3 new songs at paulstarling.com

hello everyone,
webmaster mac has added 3 brand new tracks from my latest sessions. these songs are only available at paulstarling.com at this time, so head over and get your starling fix before the year is over! all 3 are downloadable so you can share them with your friends and family. the 3 songs are:

* darling be evil - big sound with lots of guitars, vocals, bass, & drums all played by mr. starling himself.

* it's fine - chamber pop song that turns into a hard hitting power pop rollercoaster. lyrics about getting out of a burning bookstore.

* painting a room - sharp song about giving in with twangy guitars and heavy bass.

while you are at paulstarling.com why not add yourself to the mailing list? or maybe check out the numerous videos & pictures on the media page? or better yet purchase your very own copy of my "ghost waltz' album! so much to do!
take care,
paul starling
http://www.paulstarling.com/Media.html

3 new songs at paulstarling.com

hello everyone,
webmaster mac has added 3 brand new tracks from my latest sessions. these songs are only available at paulstarling.com at this time, so head over and get your starling fix before the year is over! all 3 are downloadable so you can share them with your friends and family. the 3 songs are:

* darling be evil - big sound with lots of guitars, vocals, bass, & drums all played by mr. starling himself.

* it's fine - chamber pop song that turns into a hard hitting power pop rollercoaster. lyrics about getting out of a burning bookstore.

* painting a room - sharp song about giving in with twangy guitars and heavy bass.

while you are at paulstarling.com why not add yourself to the mailing list? or maybe check out the numerous videos & pictures on the media page? or better yet purchase your very own copy of my "ghost waltz' album! so much to do!
take care,
paul starling
http://www.paulstarling.com/Media.html

ghost waltz now available for download

hello friends,
webmaster mac has added a cool new feature to paulstarling.com. you can now download the album for 10$ directly from the site. all you have to do is go to http://www.paulstarling.com then to the store and you will be there! the songs are all high quality mp3's that you will own forever! in the future we will also offer additional non-album tracks & videos for download. go check it out!
la la love,
paul starling
http://www.paulstarling.com

p.s. don't forget to check out my latest song 'all the good looking girls are dead' on myspace now

new song posted @ the starling myspace

happy thanksgiving! i finished a new song about 10 min ago and decided that since its a holiday i would post it on myspace asap! its called 'all the good looking girls are dead' which sounds rather depressing but its really quite a upbeat song. give it a listen while you eat your pumpkin pie.
la la love,
paul starling

www.myspace.com/paulstarling

http://www.paulstarling.com

show friday

love,
paul

show friday, its free!

happy halloween!!!

hello friends. i posted a new song as a little treat for your halloween night. (http://www.myspace.com/paulstarling) its called 'day of the dead' & is about a evening out i had a few weeks ago. i play all the instruments on this one as i did with 'old tack pianos'. for some reason i've been pleased playing snare and tambourine. anyway hope your halloween is a good one. find some ghosts!!!
la la love,
paul

Alerton Park live @ Rocks

very interesting article

http://people.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1365732.php/John_Lennons_feather_message

old tack pianos wait for you

have a listen won't you? five songs are just waiting for you(http://www.myspace.com/paulstarling), one of which is very new. (old tack pianos) also there is a show this saturday in santa barbara @ rocks on state st. starts round 9pm with katy pearson singing you some of her beautifully crafted songs. after that you get mr. paul starling and his band of flying tea cups. it is sure to be a must see event.
la la love,
sir paul

p.s. 'ghost waltz' is for sale. its a gas

new song posted @ the starling myspace

i've been working on some new songs (as you know) and this one seems to stick out to most of the people i've played it to. so, i think maybe you will like it as well. i'm playing all the instruments on this one, just cause dave was busy with wicked. anyway enjoy. its called "old tack pianos"
love,
paul starling
http://www.myspace.com/paulstarling

p.s. expect things to start rolling again.
p.s.s. happy birthday john lennon

i decided to make a john lennon playlist

just for fun i made this playlist of late 63,64, & early 65 john lennon songs. some are well known, others are not. after each song i list what album it came from & what year it was recorded. it is as follows:
1. baby it's you - please please me (1963)
2. no reply - beatles for sale (1964)
3. keep your hands off my baby - live at the bbc (1964)
4. leave my kitten alone - anthology vol. 1 (1964)
5. bad to me - demo (1963) *written for billy j. kramer
6. it won't be long - with the beatles (1963)
7. every little thing - beatles for sale (1964) *one of the few times lennon sang lead on a mccartney composition
8. ticket to ride - help! (1965) *rumored first use of fender strats by harrison & lennon on a beatles recording
9. not a second time - with the beatles (1963)
10. please please me - please please me (1963)
11. bad boy - beatles vi (1964)
12. i feel fine - beatles 1 (1965) *first recorded feedback on a rock/pop song
13. there's a place - please please me (1963)
14. anna (go to him) - please please me (1963)
15. i call your name - long tall sally ep (1964)
16. please mister postman - with the beatles (1963)
17. ask me why - please please me (1963)
18. all i've gotta do - with the beatles (1964)
19. i don't wanna spoil the party - beatles for sale (1964)
20. you've really got a hold on me - with the beatles (1963)
21. i'll be back - a hard days night (1964)
22. yes it is - past masters vol. 1 (1965)

channel island show friday

sweet baby james

i've been listening to 'sweet baby james' by james taylor all day today. its a good track. i think you would like it (if you haven't heard it already). thats all for now.

hello friends! i thought it was time to add a new song from my album 'ghost waltz' to the myspace page. (http://www.myspace.com/paulstarling) its called 'books will burn' and it features all the usual paul starling stuff: lots o harmonies, reverb'd guitars, cross stick bass drum patterns, & of course some thick bass lines. anyway if you haven't heard this one then head over and check it out. if you like it mucho then maybe you would like to own it alogn with 14 other songs by buying the album 'ghost waltz' @ http://www.paulstarling.com
take care!
love,
paul & co
p.s. show @ channel islands college this friday night!!

free show tomorrow

bands start playing at 12, we go on at 1

beard?

sometimes you have to ask yourself: should i grow my beard or shave it off?

songs

songs i've been listening to:
1. sympathy for the devil - the rolling stones
2. black friday
3. bad sneakers
4. my old school
5. riki don't lose that number - steely dan
6. all my stars aligned
7. what me worry? - st.vincent
8. everyman has a woman who loves him - john lennon
9. oh woman, oh why? - paul mccartney
10. strait lines - silverchair
11. positively 4th street
12. i don't believe you (she acts like we never have met) - bob dylan
13. wake up alone - amy winehouse
14. i am the walrus - the beatles

a negative night

tonight was not a good night. i didn't really even want to go out, but for some reason i decided it would be ok. it wasnt and i wish i had just stayed home and worked on something productive. LA is a bad scene. the valley is ever worse. bars in the valley, the lowest. thats about all. my night: stayed sober, watched friends act like idiots, talked to maybe the dumbest girl i've ever met. the end.

no giraffes

wednesday night i finished writing and recording 'no giraffes'. i really like how it turned out. it has a very different feel than my usual stuff. its not that the music is much different from the ghost waltz stuff, its just that the way i recorded it ex: the sounds of the guitars and bass and such, sounds very different. i think its a little harder around the edges, not so much reverb on the vocals and such. right now i have about 14 newish songs, by new i mean either recorded after or during ghost waltz. the ones recorded during were never intended to be on that project because of my mind set at the time. i wanted ghost waltz to stand up as one piece of work. i think the next thing i do, be it a album or ep, will be more of a track by track adventure. then again who knows. i may change my mind. as of right now i'm still all about ghost waltz and trying to get it heard by as many people as i can. in fact i have two pretty interesting shows coming up in september. hopfully we can sell some more cds and gather more contacts. as for now i need to put together some more albums.
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currently reading: the biography of marion davies by fred lawrence guiles
many years from now by barry miles

olive branch complete

last night i finished 'olive branch'. played it for the parents and they both liked it very much. will be working on 'no giraffes' tonight. by the way i miss a girl. her name you ask? track 8 'ghost waltz'
~paul
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works in progress:
a. no giraffes (verse, bridge)
b. books upon books of books for you (chours)

newly completed songs:
a. olive branch
b. you tell your own lies
c. july in a canyon

songwriting is sometimes like magic

last night as i was attempting to fall asleep, i started thinking about lots and lots of things. past friends i don't speak to anymore for whatever reason, bicycles, books, old movies, all kinds of odd things you think about while falling asleep. well anyway i then started thinking about handing my old friends all these various objects as a type of olive branch. as soon as the word olive branch came into my mind a verse along with melody and lyrics was right in front of me. it just came out of nowhere. i think my brain was subconsiously placing all these thoughts for me, knowing later i would want them in a song. so anyway this verse appeared and i decided to get up & record what was there. went to my trusty mac and laid down that first verse and a bit of a second verse which i just kind of made up. for the next 20 minutes or so the rest of the song just came; more verses, a bridge, chorus. all of them just appeared. so i laid down a basic guitar and vocal track. onto that went a second acoustic along with another vocal. then for good measure i added 2 tamborine parts that kind of sound like casstinets. after all that it was about 2:45am so i decided to get in bed and wait for legends of the hidden temple to come on at 3. i fell asleep soon after.........
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works in progress:
a. olive branch (recorded: acoustic guitars, vocals, bass, tamborine, snare)
b. no giraffes (verse & bridge)
c. books upon books of books for you (verse)

cut and paste paul, st.vincent, marion davies

today i got my infected under arm cut open in order to get rid of the infected stuff. it wasn't a very pleasant event. i now have a large bandage taped from my left collarbone to the bottom of my left ribcage. it looks like i've been shot, which is kind of cool i guess. after the doctor i mailed off another copy of 'ghost waltz' to some fella in texas. i'm wondering if he is friends with aaron rollins or johnny lloyd rollins if you're into that kind of thing. i believe i've sold about 60 cds now, which is a lot more than i thought i'd have by this time. very nice.
so saturday is the drumming gig for bob fisher's band. it will be nice to play a show where i can just sit in the back and groove along. apparently i'm supposed to play 3 songs acoustic & sell my cd's as well at this gig. i'm not sure if that will be good or slightly odd. maybe it will be slighty good. we'll see.
i've been listening to st.vincent's album 'marry me'. i've got to say that it is one of the best albums by a new/current artist in a very long time. key tracks for me are: marry me, all my stars aligned, landmines, and what me worry? i dislike when people do that "they should like _______ mixed with _______", but she really does sound like bjork singing fiest songs with better melodies. 4 out of 5 stars.
last thursday i recieved in the mail miss marion davies autograph. this sounds like i'm nuts but when i hold it i get very starstuck and crazed fan like. my brain does that whole "she touched this!" thing, which i know is a bit odd but its still a nice feeling. i ordered a 8x10 picture of her which i'm going to frame with the autograph. i will place her next to paul mccartney.

love to you,
mr. paul starling
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works in progress:
a. no giraffes (verse, bridge)