Author: Paul

Please note the time change of today’s Livestream: 4:30pm EDT. I vowed not to cut my hair until I went on tour again… so the return of touring means a return to the hairdressers! I have an appointment at 3pm, so will be doing today’s Read More …

HAPPY HUMP DAY! Join me for a Facebook Live Concert of upbeat music to celebrating making it to the half way point of the week!  7:30pm EDT https://www.facebook.com/paulbguitar/live

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I hope you can join me for another in the studio livestream, today at 7:30pm EDT. This week we’ll be dissecting yesterday’s daily song, exploring its elements of metric modulation and rhythmic displacement. I hope you can join me :) https://www.crowdcast.io/e/in-the-studio-2

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I hope you’re all having a lovely weekend. I hope you can join me for our weekly Facebook livestream, tomorrow at 4pm EDT. Here’s the link: https://fb.me/e/1oON8jDhq Apologies for not posting a song of the day for the past few days – it’s been a Read More …

Today we’ll be starting a new series of our Thursday livestream. Following on from the fascinating 6-week journey through the history of western music, today we’ll be starting a 3-week study of how music was used politically throughout the 20th century. The last couple of Read More …

Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the last day of Summer, let’s not let it pass without a celebratory send-off. Join me on Facebook for a performance of all the monthly pieces to date, with accompanying artwork by my dad. Here’s the link to the Facebook event (I’m Read More …

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Join me for our weekly Facebook live at 3:30pm EDT Here’s the link: https://fb.me/e/1Da4AOVtR I recently learnt that you don’t have to have a Facebook account to watch, so even if you don’t do Facebook the above link should work for you :)

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I hope you can join us for the last installment of The Story of Music, today at 3:30pm EDT. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/the-story-of-music—pt-6

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Got stuck in virtual traffic on the way to today‘s final show of the virtual tour, so will be starting at 4:30pm EDT (an hour later than scheduled). Hope you can join me for a livestream of original music, and the best virtual bar in Read More …

I hope you can join me for the penultimate show on my Virtual Tour – today I’ll be virtually playing in Jacksonville, FL at 3:30pm EDT. It’ll be happy hour at our virtual bar, so come thirsty! https://www.facebook.com/paulbguitar/live

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Join us for part 5 of our exploration of the history of music… https://www.crowdcast.io/e/the-story-of-music—pt-5

While I’m busy in The Beehive, Emma’s hanging out in a Beehive of her own… What a virtual tour this is shaping up to be! I’ve just got over my mid-tour cold & am currently virtually heading for Ft. Lauderdale, FL. I hope to see Read More …

I’m back from the dead… well, back from 3 days in bed. I’m getting over the bug that struck me on Saturday and sent me to bed for 3 days. I think what the doctor orders is some virtual Summer sun in Key West, FL. Read More …

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Today I’m heading to North Carolina for show #4 of my Virtual Tour. Join me here on my Facebook page for a livestream to make up for ELP Legacy’s cancelled tour: 3:30pm EDT https://www.facebook.com/paulbguitar

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Join us for another exploration of an (almost) complete history of music. 3:30pm EDT https://www.crowdcast.io/e/the-story-of-music—pt-4

I hope you can join me on Facebook for the first show in my virtual tour.  I know many people were disappointed when the September ELP Legacy tour was cancelled/postponed, so I wanted to do my bit to make up for it… for every show Read More …

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I hope you can join me for another ‘In the Studio’ livestream this evening, 7:30pm EDT. We’ll be creating music, doing some writing, mixing and whatever else comes up. Hope you can join me :) https://www.crowdcast.io/e/live-in-the-studio-3

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Come and join me over on Facebook for another Sunday live concert! https://fb.me/e/1IXE0TEjs

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Join me at 3:30pm EDT for the 3rd installment of our journey through the (almost) complete history of music. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/the-story-of-music—pt-3

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I hope you can join me for another livestream from the studio – last week we wrote a piece of music, this week we’ll be looking at mixing and creating a video for it. Tuesday, 7:30pm EDT https://www.crowdcast.io/e/in-the-studio

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Well, if you haven’t seen the Lens video I put on the Patreon app, then you might not know that our Carl Palmer September tour has been cancelled… but the Patreon show will go on! Join me for the second installment of The Story of Read More …

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Happy Friday everyone! After a long virtual drive I’m ready to play another virtual show tonight in Florida. There’ll be a virtual bar serving your favourite virtual drinks, and I’ll be playing some REAL LIVE music. Hope you can join me on Facebook at 7:30pm Read More …

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I hope you can join me over on Facebook for our Sunday Concert livestream. As you know, I’m hosting my Sunday streams over on Facebook as they’re pledging to support/encourage artists by giving them bonuses if they meet various “Stars Challenges”. A star is a Read More …

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***PLEASE NOTE THE EARLIER TIME OF TODAY’S STREAM*** In my search for earlier composers, I came across an amazing 6 part documentary by composer Howard Goodall, giving a detailed history of the development of music from its earliest forms. Join me for the first part Read More …

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Join me in an hour (Tuesday 7:30pm EDT) for a performance and behind the scenes explanation of everything I’m doing during it

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Firstly, apologies for not posting a daily song yesterday – it was a very long (but fun) day. I drove down to NY, did a show with Manticore ELP Tribute band, and then drove home before the weather was forecast to get bad. Was so Read More …

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Join me and Rick Wakeman for the start of our exploration of the life and work of The Red Priest: Antonio Vivaldi

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Oops! Sorry, I lost track of time in the studio. Hope to see you in 15 mins (3:30pm EDT) for Pt.2 of JS Bach. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/composer-spotlight-j-s–2

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Starting at 7:30 EDT, our regular Tuesday Concert Commentary. See you soon! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/concert-commentary-11

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Join us for our regular Sunday get together

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Recently I’ve been listening to a lot of J.S. Bach, and when not listening, I’ve been attempting to write fugues.  Let’s take a look at the man and his music in this afternoon’s livestream: 3:30pm EDT https://www.crowdcast.io/e/composer-spotlight-j-s-

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Another look at how me and Simon managed to perform a live duo show from either side of the Atlantic. This time I’ll be talking us through Tarkus! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/concert-commentary—11

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I hope you can join us for our 3rd and final exploration of Mozart’s life & music. Today 3:30pm EST https://www.crowdcast.io/e/composer-spotlight-7

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Can you believe it’s been a year since me and Simon attempted to play Pictures at an Exhibition from either side of the Atlantic? Tonight we’ll revisit that epic undertaking and I’ll talk you through step-by-step exactly how we did it.

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Tomorrow’s livestream will be a little earlier than usual, due to the Euro 2021 finals – first time England have reached an international football final in 55 years! As you know, I’ve been busy writing a score for the 1922 silent film Nosferatu, and right Read More …

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I hope you can join us at 3:30pm EST today for our second exploration of the life and music of Mozart. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/composer-spotlight-6

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Join me for the 2nd part of last year’s virtual concert in Rome – featuring performances in the Colosseum, the Pope’s bedroom, the Sistine Chapel and the Catacombes! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/concert-commentary-10

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Due to tomorrow being July 4th, I thought I should move our weekend livestream to today. I’ll be playing some of the new compositions I’ve been writing and giving you some sneak peeks of coming daily songs. Hope you can join me :)

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Join us for a new composer spotlight, this time we’ll be exploring the life and works of Mozart. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/composer-spotlight-5

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Join us at 7:30pm EST for another Concert Commentary. This week we’re taking a look at highlights from last year’s Virtual Tour, including a selection of Stefano’s hilarious intro videos. See you soon :) https://www.crowdcast.io/e/concert-commentary-9

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Hey everybody, Facebook are currently supporting livestreaming artists by giving them extra stars (a way people can tip on FB live-streams) for every star donated. Basically, I have to get to $175 worth of stars in 28 days (starting from last Sunday), and they’ll give Read More …

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Join us today at 3:30pm EST for the third and final part of our exploration of Beethoven’s life and music.  https://www.crowdcast.io/e/composer-spotlight-4

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Join us for the final installment of the Baltimore date of Paul & Dave’s Excellent Adventure! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/concert-commentary—9

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Hope to see you later for our weekly Sunday get together :)

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Join us for our second look at the life and music of Beethoven. 3:30pm EST :) https://www.crowdcast.io/e/composer-spotlight-3

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I hope you can join me for the second part of my show with the wonderful Dave Bainbridge, from our 2019 Excellent Adventure tour. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/concert-commentary—8

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I’m back from vacation and ready to livestream! Hope you can join me for our Sunday get together :)

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As mentioned earlier this week, I’m moving our Thursday livestream to today, as I’m going to be away for a couple of days. Hope you can join us for another Composer Spotlight, this week we’re starting a 3 week series on the mighty Beethoven! 

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Join me for another trip through time. This evening we’re going back to pre-pandemic 2019 when me and Dave Bainbridge went on an Excellent Adventure!

As you know, these past months I’ve been spending most of my time in the studio writing, and it recently occurred to me that you don’t hear as much from me on the Patreon page outside our live-streams… and obviously not everyone can make the Read More …

Wow! It looks and feels like Summer has officially arrived here in MA today. I hope you’ve all got this lovely weather – if not, come and share some of ours with a livestream of summery acoustic tunes.

We finished our weekly Silent Sthursday last week with a great documentary about the early silent film era. Today we’re going to start a new Thursday livestream series: Composer Spotlight, in which we’ll be exploring the life and music of a different composer each week… Read More …

Join me for the final installment in our commentary of the show from my first solo tour – When Melies met Debussy

I’ve just uploaded the first 2 postcard compositions to the Patreon Download Page on my website. There you’ll be able to download the audio for each composition and watch the accompanying video. I was very excited when my copies of the May postcards arrived a Read More …

Join us for a Sunday get together of music and chat :)

Join us at 3:30pm EST for another exploration of silent film and the music that accompanies it. 🙂

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The Popcorn single is released tomorrow, so I thought we’d celebrate together by having a listening party. Hope you can join me! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/popcorn-single-release

I hope you can join us for another Silent Sthursday – an exploration of silent film and the music that accompanies it

Join us for the start of a new concert commentary this evening, as we delve into the vaults to reminisce, relive and occasionally cringe at past performances (why did I ever think those flamboyant hand gestures were a good idea? 😂).  https://www.crowdcast.io/e/concert-commentary-5

Join me for a concert featuring live video looping, guitar solos and knock knock jokes! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/sunday-concert

I hope you can join us for another Silent Sthursday livestream, today at 3:30pm EST. :) https://www.crowdcast.io/e/silent-sthursday-15

I hope you can join us for a continuation of our current concert commentary, with a show from my 2018 solo tour, “When Melies met Debussy”. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/concert-commentary-6

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Join us for another exploration of silent film, and the music that accompanies it. Today, 3:30pm EST https://www.crowdcast.io/e/silent-sthursday-14

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Join us for the second part of the ELP Legacy Quebec concert from 2018. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/concert-commentary—elp-2

Join me today at 3:30pm EST for the return of Silent Sunday – with LIVE accompaniments! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/silent-sunday-its-back

I hope you can join us for another exploration of Silent film and the music that accompanies it. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/silent-sthursday-13

See you in an hour for this evening’s concert commentary livestream: 7:30pm EST 🙂

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Hope you’re having a lovely weekend! Join me on Sunday, 3:30pm for a solo guitar concert. I’ve been working on a few pieces this week, looking forward to performing them for you tomorrow.

You can join us for another Sunday get together – starting in an hour at 3:30pm ET https://www.crowdcast.io/e/patreon-get-together-34

I hope you can join us this afternoon (or evening, depending on where you are) for another trip to the world of Silent film, and the music that brings it to life! 3:30pm ET https://www.crowdcast.io/e/silent-sthursday-11

I hope you can join us for the final installment of our trip down Memory Lane. Tonight we’ll be finishing this concert from 2005, which will include Carl’s drum solo. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/concert-commentary—7

I hope you can join us for today’s Silent Sthursday – another exploration of silent film and the music that brings it to life!

April marks the beginning of a year of postcards, which I’ll be sending out to all patrons on tiers that include the “postcard from the road”. If you’ve not heard about the project, I’m writing a piece of music for every month of the year, Read More …

Join us for the second part of our trip back to The Mexicali Prog Festival in 2005. Last week we witnessed the drums distorting & the soundman kicking out my speaker cable on his way to fix them… will the drums be fixed? Will the Read More …

In keeping with Easter traditions, mine & Simon’s gift to you this Easter is something with a decorated hard outer shell… Tarkus! Join us at 3pm ET for a Transatlantic duo concert

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A few days ago I received a message on Facebook: “Hi Paul, I have a question I hope you could answer (or if you could be kind enough to ask Carl.  4/1/05 (April 1, 2005) Carl played a gig at the Baja Prog Festival, Teatro Read More …

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Join me, Simon, Dyanne Klinko & Noddy’s Puncture (UK ELP Tribute band) as we discuss and celebrate everybody’s favourite armadillo!  The Crowdcast stream is open to all patrons and includes a watch party of ELP’s live performance of the piece. The stream starts at 3pm Read More …

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This Sunday’s Livestream will be a gathering of guests to discuss, demonstrate and dissect Tarkus (we’re going to need some sharp scalpels to get through that armadillo armored plating)! Join ELP Tribute band Noddy’s Puncture, Dyanne Klinko, Simon & myself as we talk and play Read More …

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Join us for our Sunday get together – 3:30pm ET, 7:30pm GMT

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Well, it’s been a long time coming, but the new website is now live! The site was designed with you all in mind – there are a couple of patron-only areas for you to check out, and I’ll be adding more in the coming months. Read More …

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I hope you can join us for another Patreon catchup and concert commentary, this evening at 7:30pm ET (11:30pm GMT) https://www.crowdcast.io/e/concert-commentary