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About Me

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I play guitar in a band called RiverGard ..MOUSEOVER ALT="RiverGard's MySpace Page" . I use an Ibanez S470DXQM Guitar, S.I.T. (Stay In Tune) strings, a Fender Ultimate Chorus amplifier, and a Boss GT-8 multi-effects pedal. So...do I endorse those products (you may be asking yourself)...ABSOLUTELY!!! The only ting I would change (given enough cash or unlimited resources) would be to get a nice boutique Tube amp or an actual vintage Fender 65 Deluxe Reverb amp. Having said that...this solid state Fender is the next best thing to tubes. It sounds better than anyone else's solid state amp and lots of tube amps.I am a kid at heart I guess. I get paid to make video games for a living...what could be better? I've also played guitar in different bands since the age of 4 (well...I didn't start playing in bands until 14, so I guess you could say I had 10 years of practice first). I am now 43 (as of October 4th, 2006) and living in the central United States (Kansas City, Missouri) and looking for another game industry job while I play music to fill in the gaps.
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My Interests

Motocross and all that that entails (supercross, arenacross, motocross, supermoto, snowcross...), Computers, Music (all kinds), Cars, and Women (maybe this should be listed FIRST?).

CURRENT RIVERGARD GIGS
We are playing this week at RG's Lounge on 40hwy in Independence. Thursday October 11th is Country Night at RG's, we play from 7pm to 10pm. Friday and Saturday we play from 9pm to 1am with Saturday being the Club 291 and Club 95 Reunion Party at RG's.As always, tell us you heard about us on MySpace to receive a Free personally autographed picture of the band (supply limited).

I'd like to meet:

Anybody who understands that life is what you make of it every day with everything we do. Also would REALLY like to meet Dwayne "DOG" Chapman, Criss Angel, The Amazing Jonathan...

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Music:

Both kinds...Country AND Western! (just kidding...I like it all)... Country, Rock, Blues, Motown, Latin, Jazz, Classical, Contemporary, Christian, even some rap. Basically anything with a solid memorable 'HOOK'.

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Movies:

Animal House, The Gladiator, Superman Returns (and all the original Superman Movies...I miss Christopher Reeve), Batman Returns, The Transporter, anything by Monty Python... I'm generally interested in any decent Action, or Comedy movie...I also like some horror movies and drama...but it's got to have a solid story line to keep my interest.

Television:

Reality, gameshows, Motocross!Criss Angel Mind Freak, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, DOG the Bounty Hunter, Three Sheets, I bet You, Heroes, American Idol, The Biggest Loser, 1 vs 100, Wheel of Fortune, American Chopper, American Hotrod, AMA Supercross, AMA Motocross, Two Guys Garage, Unique Whips, Pinks....

Books:

I'm not much of a reader unless it's a manual for some software (or a game), or unless it's a music, pc or gaming magazine.

Heroes:

My Dad the late Jerry Valenti without whom none of this would be possible...You are still with me and are still dearly missed dad...God Bless, Dwayne "Dog" Chapman, Dennis Kucinich, Christopher Reeve, Cody Gilmore (AMA #374), Ricky Carmichael, Jeremy McGrath, James "Bubba" Stewart, Gary Moore, Joe Satriani, Brent Mason...

My Blog

No end in sight? I hope not!

Well friends...our good fortune never seems to stop. This past week RiverGard has got some more great gigs and made some awesome connections. We played Q104's Wedding From Hell and were somewhat dissa...
Posted by Paul on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:46:00 PST

The Week from Hell! lol (not in a bad way)

Well this week is an exciting week for RiverGard and for me. Tonight (thursday October 4th) is my birthday and also RiverGard's return to our "home" at RG's Lounge for Country Night at RG's. So you ca...
Posted by Paul on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:39:00 PST

RiverGard Update

Ever since we played the gig opening up for Cowboy Crush things with RiverGard seem to have kicked into another (higher) gear! Last weekend we played at "The Players Club"...a pretty nice and intimate...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:13:00 PST

What a FUN weekend!

Well last weekend was a total blast and full of suprises as well. First was Friday, we opened for Cowboy Crush in concert at the Johnson County Old Settlers celebration (aka The Johnson County Fair). ...
Posted by Paul on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:05:00 PST

CONCERT in Olathe with Cowboy Crush and RiverGard this Friday Sept. 7th!

Hey friends... That's right...RiverGard is opening up the show for curb/asylum recording artists Cowboy Crush in downtown Olathe, Kansas this Friday September 7th at 6:30pm at the 109th Annual Johnso...
Posted by Paul on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:54:00 PST

Country Wars/Club Wars Extravaganza

Thanks to all that came out to Jerry's Bait Shop in Lees Summit last night the Country Wars/Club Wars Extravaganza was a smashing success! First was Country Wars and The Jerry Dowell Band hit the stag...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:02:00 PST

More on RiverGard

Well, we played another benefit last Sunday (July 22nd) at Bogarts and it went very well. They had everything worked out really well and the organization was top-notch. We were supposed to play a 45 m...
Posted by Paul on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:42:00 PST

What a Sunday!

Well it was a very eventful and successful Sunday. We (RiverGard) played a couple of benefits, both for very good causes...lots of money was raised at both events and we had a GREAT time! First up was...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:35:00 PST

What an AWESOME week!

Well...this week my band RiverGard was busy, busy, busy! No complaints here. We played Thursday the 28th at RG's in Independence, Friday the 29th at The Hiway House north of the river, and Saturday th...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:36:00 PST

RiverGard picking up steam fast!

My band RiverGard is picking up a lot of steam fast. As you may know if you've read my other blog posts, we got a gig opening for curb/asylum recording artists "Cowboy Crush" in concert at Johnson Cou...
Posted by Paul on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:10:00 PST