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Paul

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About Me

While I know this is a "music profile", I'm not here to spam or send out mass friend requests. That said, unless I already know you, any friend requests without a prior message will be denied. Any friend requests from private profiles will be denied. Now that that is out of the way, I hope you like the music!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/8/2004
Band Website: andyhollander.com
Band Members: Andy Hollander: Vox, guitar; Paul Trate: guitar, bass
Influences: Thin Lizzy, Bad Company, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Buckley, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Tom Jones.
Sounds Like: Throw our influences in a blender and that's pretty much what you get!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Transitions

Without going into too many words, these two videos sum things up for me lately.Where I am right now; Where I'm hoping/working to be in the very near future (also my favorite version of my fa...
Posted by Paul on Wed, 07 May 2008 02:23:00 PST

Pets

I fucking quit pets. if you send me a comment I will delete you without prejudice. I'm done with this fucking shit. If you think I'm kidding, see what fucking happens. Do whatever you have to do but I...
Posted by Paul on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:48:00 PST

Getting fed up

meh, I don't know what it is but I'm finding my patience level at an all-time low lately. seems the littlest bit of bullshit tends to set me off and can ruin an otherwise great day. in other words I'm...
Posted by Paul on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:28:00 PST

To all the Irish on my list...

...I raise my glass to you. the un-destroyed-by-Metallica Thin Lizzy version....
Posted by Paul on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:43:00 PST

Influences

I have a picture folder under with the 'Influences' headline. Made up of guitarists who have shaped my life over the years. While they have made me want to be a better player, none of them have given ...
Posted by Paul on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:17:00 PST

Inspiration

Where does it come from? Different places for different people for sure, but it can come from some things we see every day or it can just pop out of the blue. I hadn't touched a guitar in months (sin...
Posted by Paul on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:08:00 PST

Grief

I admit it. I'm horrible at dealing with it. Most of the people who I have lost were when I was really young (before the age of four) so I didn't have a comprehension of what was going on.My mother wa...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:15:00 PST

Magic and Loss

Magic and LossIt's only the internet. Internet=Serious Business. She would get a giggle from the second one. It's one we used to share in our conversations. For being on this planet such a short perio...
Posted by Paul on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:07:00 PST

I miss me

something happened to me that day back in January...some of you know the day I'm referring to. most don't, though i won't rehash it all here, some of my words will allude to it.but it feels like when ...
Posted by Paul on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:25:00 PST

This is why friends rule

I really want to thank Meg for bringing this video to my attention. She didn't even knew i liked Tom but it's not even about that, it's about the Bukowski poem he's reading. I hope it affects all of y...
Posted by Paul on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:33:00 PST