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Paul plays out...
1. solo
2. with his band The Arts and Sciences
3. with his other band, the New Million Box
4. with Juliana Finch and the Noonday Drunks
5. and also plays guitar for Pizzaland
6. He's also working on a side project with Jimmy Ether of The Ether Family Presents called (all the) Sceneless Hipsters
7. and can be found occasionally singing a song or two for the Susi French Connection.

In his sad need for attention he has also provided vocals, live and/or on tape, for the Indigo Girls, weaklazyliar, the Lindsey Rakers Band, Chain Poets, the Swear, Ken Will Morton, the Indicators, the Accusations, and Sue Witty.

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Hey there. It's Paul.

Look, I tried to write some nice third person narrative about myself but it just wasn't coming. Truthfully, I've written a few of these for myself now and, worse still, I've read a lot of other people's bios as well. They're mostly awful. You may not know that if you haven't had to read them, but they really are. So, at the risk of my manager pulling her hair out in the near future over this bio, I'm just going to hit the high points and then we'll all be out of here in time for dinner.

In college I was in a band called the Ice Weasels. I know. In the late 90's I had a band called Radiant City. We roamed the southeast for five years, released a critically acclaimed record called Trouble If Its Fair and played Music Midtown in Atlanta.

We split in 2000 and I started playing solo and released Slumberland to more critical acclaim. I know I've said that once already and I know how it sounds, but I really have been very lucky when it comes to reviews. That record got the attention of Amy Ray's Daemon Records label, though I didn't know it at the time.

So meanwhile I went back to the studio to record Camera Obscura. I didn't really know what I was going to do with it once I was done, but that didn't stop me from spending the next year and a half working on it with a number of other musicians and producer Rob Gal and together we crafted something really special. Well, I thought so, anyway, and the reviews seemed to bear me out. As I said, I've been very lucky with reviews. Daemon Records came along and asked if they could release the record and I said yes, and then followed that up with a lot of touring, both solo and opening for the Indigo Girls.

The band that I toured with obviously became a tight unit so when it was time to record again I took that group and formed The Arts & Sciences. In contrast to the previous record we went in and recorded Hopeful Monsters over the space of two weeks, the basic tracks being recorded live with the four of us in a circle. The methods matched the material, which was a pretty raw diary of a lot of self-inflicted turmoil I was going through. I think it's a great record but I still have trouble listening to it today. Nonetheless it got the same glowing response as the previous records.

Apart from some fits and starts of playing between then and now I've taken a lot of time off. I started playing in some other bands, which I tend to find relaxing and fun, and I put together a backing band in Boston (don't ask, seriously, it doesn't make any sense). So now here I sit, writing some new songs, splitting time musically between the southeast and New England, and wondering how far I can make it go this time.

In other words, I don't know where any of this is headed. But I suppose that's always been the goal.