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Paddy Mills

About Me

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At 22, Paddy was ten miles off the coast of Maine apprenticing with a natural foods chef on Monhegan Island. When he wasn't cooking, you'd find him on the rocks above the sea, cheap wine in one hand, cheap guitar in the other, quoting Jack Karouac and Edward Abbey. Only the call of the road could have finally pulled him away from that magical place. It's this tension between his strong rural roots and insatiable wanderlust that have come to define his life and music.As a songwriter, Paddy has a knack for finding the overlooked. He knows that common sense is not so common, and simple truths are not so simple. With a hitch-hikers heart and a back pack full of notebook philosophy, Paddy leaves you grinning like you've just been let in on a secret -- one that you might just have known all along. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.1

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/17/2005
Band Website: paddymills.com
Band Members: Winner 2007 Village Soup Times Reader Poll, best musician. Winner 2006 Unity College Earth Day Songwriting Contes Finalist 2006 New England Songwriting Contest Finalist 2005 New England Songwriting Contest Finalist 1999 Big Noise Song Slam
Influences: Poi Dog Pondering, Van Morison, Greg Brown, Jack Karouac, Ben Harper, John Denver, Ani Difranco, Jeff Buckley, Ellis Paul, Tom Robbins, Steve Miller, The Gratefull Dead, Strangefolk, John f@k'n Mellencamp, The Black Crowes, Ed Abbey, Tom Petty..... The Boss, The King, and The Chairman of the Board... Guinness..... Bushmills.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Ormal Nye Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New CD "Our Hometown"

The new Cd is done. Our Hometown is available at CD Baby http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/paddymills
Posted by on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:04:00 GMT

Recording

So, I spent Sunday in the studio. I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW PROJECT! To begin with, I am recording at Jud Caswell's Frog Hollow Studio. Jud has taken on the roll of producer and engineer. I can...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 07:55:00 GMT

Coast to coast

Aaahhh.... September..... This crazy moon... I swear it's following me around. Do you ever listen to Coast to Coast AM? It's this radio show that's on in the middle of the night, it satrts at 1 AM in ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:06:00 GMT

our hometown show

Ahhh.... The Water Works show last night was so cool. There is nothing like a full room, half friends and loyal home town fans, and half tourists that have never heard me before. The combination is ju...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

recording

So, This recording project is starting to shape up into a zygot, or an embrio of an album. Spent some time in the studio last week, sketching, arranging, and doing some basic production meeting work ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Just Plain Folks

The crazy week end is finally over.No more driving. Back to normal life. A little gardening, playing with Ezra, some housework. The Just Plain Folks Showcase was cool. I got to see a lot of  tale...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Sunday morning

Ow, my figers hurt! I'm just rolling out of bed after getting home at 2 AM on the third night in a row. The Just Plain Folks documentary filming in Portland yesterday was cool.  The End Zone in B...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

King Eider's/Black Bull

Hey, just chill'n out Saturday morning. King Eider's on thursday was very chill, last night at the Black Bull was insane. Thanks to everyone that came out! Iv'e got a few hours this morning so I'm wor...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Buisy week

Ah, so I've been doing some colaborating with my good friend Jud Caswell. We've been working on a song called Wool. Much fun, and Jud is a brilliant songwriter so it's coming out very well. Thursday a...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Great weekend

So, It's Monday again, time to setle down from weekend craziness. The Friday night show at the Black Bull was crazy as usual. I love that place. Saturday was my first show a the Old Goat, that was a l...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT