Paul White

Paul White is editor of 'Sound On Sound' magazine where he shares his musical and recording experiences with other gear addicts. He also acts as technical Editor for Performing Musician magazine which is aimed at the live performer. Both mags show up in Smiths each month and are also available on subscription, just in case you want to drop a hint for your next birthday or Christmas present! Paul plays live with the 'Pewke Band' and as part of an acoustic/electric guitar duo with Ray Mytton - who is also well worth chasing up on Myspace as he is an incredible player and composer. His Dreamcatcher album is a real gem. You can see Paul and Ray on Youtube at the following links: ******************* http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=v8U568t1Bwc ******** AND ***********http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecps3T3IZTQ *************************The Pewke Band is so named because the band originally asked members of the audience to pick a name for the band. Nuff said! We have a university chair ..boards and guitar, a BAFTA winning wildlife film editor on bass and vocals, a drummer who is less than one third our average age and then there's me! Despite this apparently glowing line-up we don't let an overfamiliarity with the material compromise the spontaneity of our songs which are, let's be honest, often as rough as a badger's bum! They're all covers but done in such an inaccurate way that it's hard to believe they're not entirely original! Check out the full horror of it all on thepewkeband.comPaul works in his own recording studio in the inspirational setting of the Malvern Hills and plays a number of instruments including guitar, percussion and some 'bluffing' on ethnic wind instruments. He also used to be a drummer many years ago before taking up a musical instrument. On a Technical level, he particularly enjoys blending natural acoustic instrument sounds with electronically manipulated sounds. If only he spent more time playing Strats than building them from bits he bought on ebay he might be a better player ;-))Paul also has a couple of hippy type 'music to soak lentils by' ambient albums for sale on iTunes - Clouds Behind the Sun and Dark Solstice. There are two more recent (and Paul thinks rather better) albums entitled Macrocosm and Footprints in Eternity which as as yet unreleased, though there is a chance they may simply escape.