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About Me

Paul Ford has been a fixture on the music scene for many years having performed with bands such as Archive, Dodge the Dog, Hazardous Waste, X-Chanj, Edgy Moon and Voyage, among others. He's a talented composer, writer and performer, and also works as a radio disc jockey and traffic reporter for several of the area's best and most popular radio stations. He's been writing music for more than 20 years and has collaborated with many talented artists to produce great material. His latest project, The Moon, contains a collection of work covering a variety of topics and experiences. In addition, more than a dozen guest artists appear on this record reflecting the talent and diversity of his musical styles and his collaborative abilities. Yet another album is already in the works, so this prolific writer continues to demonstrate his capacity for creating great music.

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Music:

Member Since: 02/04/2008
Band Website: http://www.brickhouse-acoustics.com
Band Members: Mike Hellebusch-Guitars Frank Reynolds-Drums, Percussion, Background Vocals, Guitar Gerry Hoeumann-Bass John Dutemple-Trombone, Horn Arrangements Stan Wagner-Strings and String Arrangements on "If I were Superman" Steve Allain-Guitar, Lead Guitar and Background Vocals on "The Guru Song" and "The Moon" Billy Strausser-Lead Guitar/Background vocals on "My Hallucination" Paul Ford-Lead and Background Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Songwriter
Influences: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Elvis, Lyle Lovett, Tom Petty, Hank Williams (Sr. and Jr.) George Jones, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, U2, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, KSHE Classics.
Sounds Like: I call my sound retro-eclectic because I write and record in the style of my influences. I dont use sampling or fancy synthesizer tricks. I like using real feelings, instruments, and musicians. Hopefully you can hear some of my influences-listed above-in my original songs.
Record Label: Brickhouse Acoustics
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Songwriters Blog: My Hallucination

THE WRITING: During my days with Dodge the Dog, I would often arrive at Franks for practice early, and warm up my voice and play some guitar. One particular evening, for no particular reason I said,.....
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Songwriters Blog: If I were Superman

THE WRITING: This song truly came to me from somewhere else and pounded my brain until I had to write it down. I was watching the Terri Hatcher episode of Seinfeld and it just zapped into my head like...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 14:50:00 GMT

Songwriters Blog: Guru Song

Guru Song:THE WRITING: This song began as another song. I had the music from a failed effort called Sweet Lorraine. That was a song that did'nt really work. Then I was reading a book called Skinny Leg...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 06:14:00 GMT

First......Blog......Ever!!

Hello! Well here I am for the first time in the Blogosphere! Its colder than I imagined, there is much less oxygen-which explains my lightheadedness! Well anyway, Welcome to my blogmare! My name is Pa...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:56:00 GMT