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About Me - Paul
- Basics:I was born and raised in North-West Louisiana, lived in Dallas, TX for a few years, and I've lived in Madison, WI since 2006.
- Music Recording/Engineering Experience: I've been running sound, recording and mixing bands, and recording as a drummer since 1996, I began recording bands in Madison in 2006.
- Music Performance/ Formal Training: I've been playing drums since 1991, I've taken 2 high school years and 2 college semesters of music theory, 2 college semester of piano. I've attended numerous percussion/music clinics and camps including Berklee in L.A. (1997) given by the Berklee College of Music.
- Colleges Attended:University of Louisiana Monroe, University of Maryland University College, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- While attending ULM, I played quints
in the marching band and various percussion instruments in the percussion and wind ensembles as well as the symphonic
band and the ULM Orchestra. I was a fill-in percussionist for the Monroe Symphony Orchestra 4 times.
I also played drumset in the Jazz 2 ensemble, the basketball pep band, and various school musicals and recitals.
- Musicals: I've been the drummer/percussionist for the following musicals- Follies (2008 - Four Seasons Theatre, Madison, WI); West Side Story (2007 - Four Seasons Theatre, Madison, WI): Jesus Christ Superstar (2006 - St. Bernard Players, Madison, WI);
Merrily We Roll Along (2005 - University of Louisiana at Monroe); Starting Here, Starting Now (2005 - University of Louisiana at Monroe); You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (1997 - Parkway High School, Bossier City, LA)
- Bands I've Played With:Transient (Madison, WI), Eden's Empire (Madison, WI), Frozen Echo (Madison, WI), Motu (Madison, WI), Transcendence (Dallas, TX), Dim Reflection (Dallas, TX), Seven Channels (Dallas, TX), Left for Dead ( Dallas, TX), The Diezman Trio (Bossier City, LA), Good Friday (Bossier City, LA), many others...
- Biggest Musical Influences:
Phil Collins/ Chester Thompson - Genesis, Mike Portnoy - Dream Theater, Carter Beauford - Dave Matthews Band, Sam West - Stavesacre, Tim Alexander - Primus,
Vinnie Paul - Pantera/ Damage Plan, Virgil Donati, Steve Smith, Terry Bozzio, etc...
- Favorite Bands: Dream Theater, Karnivool, Between the Buried and Me, Incubus, Tool, The Mars Volta, Minus The Bear, Karnivool, Stavesacre, Avenged Sevenfold, Norah Jones, Vital Information,
Steve Vai, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Victor Wooten, Primus, Living Sacrifice, Genesis, so many more...