New EP on iTunes! Hey check it out! The band I played with in college (Frunt Row Joe) is now available on iTunes: click here! Upcoming Shows! 9/5 PHILOMATH, OR - PHILOMATH SCOUT LOUNGE - 3PM 9/6 EUGENE, OR - EUGENE CELEBRATION - 4PM - $8 (BROADWAY PLAZA STAGE) 9/23 GRESHAM, OR - MT. HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE - 12PM - FREE 9/26 CORVALLIS, OR - OREGON STATE CAMPUS - 8PM - FREE (COURTYARD HOUSE) 9/28 ASHLAND, OR - UPPER ROOM - 7PM - $5 9/29 SHASTA LAKE CITY, CA - VERTICAL TRUTH - 7PM - FREE 9/30 CHICO, CA - NEW HOPE FELLOWSHIP - 7PM - $8 10/1 ROCKLIN , CA - SUNSET CHRISTIAN CENTER - 7PM - FREE 10/2 BENECIA, CA - NORTH GATE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP - 7PM 10/3 PLEASANTON, CA -VALLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH - 7PM 10/7 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA - KILARNEY PUB & GRILL - 9:30PM 10/8 IRVINE, CA - FEED THE MUSIC - 8PM - $5 10/8 LONG BEACH, CA - DIPIAZZA'S W/ DUBLUVA - 11PM 10/9 ROSEVILLE, CA - ANTELOPE SPRINGS CHURCH - 7PM 10/10 REDDING, CA - NEW LIFE CHURCH OF GOD - 7PM 10/11 BEND, OR - THE KILNS - 7PM - $10 10/16 SEATTLE, WA - Q CAFE - 7PM - $8 For details on any of the above shows click here. Interested in booking Paul? Email: booking@paulwright.com Help my band become the next big thing in Eugene! Click the photo below and select 5 stars! WHERE IT'S AT! Facebook Music Page Twitter.com/comealong Paulwright.com iTunes! MySpace Online Store (CDs, Shirts) Mobile updates

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I forgot I uploaded a bunch of my new photos till I logged in today and saw all the nice compliments.  I guess there are still people on MySpace afterall :)  Thanks for checkin those out.  Basically I just shoot photos with my iPhone while on tour and edit them with some apps and post em mostly on Facebook.  If you're on facebook you can find me @ http://www.facebook.com/paulwrightmusic2

Also, I just did a fun lil interview with The Pier: http://www.thepier.org

Hope all is well!
Paul

Aloha people,

My band project Rootdown is about to release our second EP this summer appropriately called "Summer Of Love".

You can hear the tunes by clicking the album cover below:



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This is a custom song I wrote for a couple in Kentucky.  They've been married since September 2007, but Valentine's Day is a sort of anniversary for them.  He was her secret admirer, and asked her out by sending a vase of tulips to her work.  She's a part-time seminary student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY and one of their first conversations was about how much they both despised a doctrine popular at the seminary called Five Point Calvinism, which is known for its acronym TULIP, T-total depravity, U-unconditional election, L-limited atonement, I-irresistable grace, and P-perseverence of the saints.
 
To make a long story short, the message he sent her in the vase of tulips said, "T.U.L.I.P.S from Calvin," which she thought was clever.  In that first conversation, they also talked about not liking other things going on at school and in both of their worlds.  They both like to do bible studies at church and volunteer for charities and also like to take a hip-hop dance class together--even though they don't think they are the greatest dancers.

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Lyrics:


Hey baby let me dry your tears tonight
Let me know Let me know

Everytime we get together we be feelin alright
And evertime I come around she be diggin my vibe
And everynight we get together we be glowin alive
With this music and tulips

Hey baby let me dry your tears tonight
Let me know let me know (let me know girl)
Tell me everything going on in your life
Let me know let me know (let me know girl)

Don’t make believe we’re not seventeen anymore
Let me know girl (know girl)
You can’t make me think we’re on a movie screen
Let me in on your real world (real world)
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I'm diggin twitter.  You can find me @ twitter.com/comealong

I'm following MC Hammer, Shaq and a bunch others.  It's pretty sweet gettin text updates from those guys. 

I used to be paranoid people were following me.  Now thanks to twitter I can feel the same way texting.

Tweet,
paul

Check baby check baby 1 - 2 - 3,

Here's your chance to design the cover for my next single, "Tulips"!  This was a custom song I wrote for a couple for Valentines Day.  You can hear a sample of the tune right now on my MySpace player. 

Photos need to be 600 x 600 pixels.

Email your submissions to paul@paulwright.com

deadline: February 23, 2009 (next monday)

Chyellow,
pdiddy

Get my new single here:
http://www.paulwright.com/love.zip

,
Paul

I met Kelsey and her mom Sherri last summer in Texas at “Rock The Desert” a festival I was playing at.  Months later when Sherri saw I was offering custom songs she ordered one for her daughter. I’ve been writing songs for people, fans, and friends for about a year now.  This one is special to me because it’s the first one I recorded in my new studio.  It’s also the first song Jeff Frankenstein and I worked on together.  I met Jeff this summer on the same flight to that festival where his band The Newsboys was headlining.  He added some keys and did the mix to this song!  

When someone orders a song I ask them for details about the person they are ordering it for.  On this particular one Sherri gave me the following tidbits of info:

- It would be cool if her Daddy could sing her a song with her name in it.  
- She is only 16..just turned 16.  
- The sweetest girl in the world.  
- She loves Jesus with her whole heart!  
- She plays guitar and piano.  
- She loves your puma song and mexican food.
- She is home-schooled.  
- She is saving her heart for courtship.  
- She is pure and kind..a real treasure to her daddy and I.....

So with those facts in mind I began writing.  The chorus came first and I just stumbled upon it improvising and jammin in my room.  

chorus lyrics:
She’s only 16 looks like a prom queen
and when she sings she can
light up the room light up the room  

And then I started writing the verses.  My friend Terah helped me whenever I got stuck on the verses.  She was also home schooled, plays music and loves God so she could relate I think.  

1st verse:
kelsey 16 not yo avg drama queen
she’s got her eyes on the prize
which is serving the king of her heart
he’s her reason her rhyme no matter the season or time
and when life falls apart you gotta stand tall
and dream big i look back to when i was a kid and
that’s what i did i wanted to sing before i wrote a song
so if you like to play piano then just jam along

2nd verse:
if life gets hard cuz it probably will
you gotta trust in God and remain real
and be still and know that he’s in control
even when the rain turns into hail and snow
let go of your worries let go of your pain
know that He remains much bigger than our brain
how can we comprehend Him
He took all of our sins and now we’re forgivin
livin a new beginning

3rd verse:
Jesus captor of her heart inspires her passion and art
guiding her steps from the start and if guys are steppin
they must represent Him
cuz she’s only walking in the Lords direction
so daddy wants to sing a song
so daddy can sing along
it goes k to the e - l - s to the e - y
cmon daddy try cuz it goes like
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I emailed the song to Sherri and she wrote back:

“She loves it..I tried to wait til Christmas to give it to her..but couldn't wait.  It is perfect.  Thanks for your speediness..a blessing to wake up to this morning!”

- To download the single click here!
- Text the word SIXTEEN to 66937 for a free ringtone and a chance to win the single
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Wassup friends?

You can find me socializing here:
Facebook (music page):http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-Wright/7464834699
Facebook (personal page): http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul_Wright/509895962
Blog: http://www.wearegoonies.wordpress.com

Happy 09!
Paul

Text the word SIXTEEN to 66937 (mozes) and get a free ringtone and a chance to win my new single "16". The 16th, 32nd, 48th (and so on in intervals of 16) person that texts will win the single!

Download the single on iTunes!  



Thanks,
Paul

Ever wanted a custom song from Paul Wright? Maybe a song dedicated to a
loved one? Or maybe a gift to your mom or dad? A little treat for your
dog? Okay you get the picture.  I am writing and recording 5 songs for
people this Christmas.  Order yours now by clicking the dog below:

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Enjoy,
Paul
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