LAURIAN PAUL

I'VE ALWAYS HUNGERED AFTER THE PERFECT POIGNANT EXPRESSION IN LYRIC AND VERSE THAT TOUCHES, DEFINES, MOVES AND TOTALLY ENGULFS THE RECESSES OF TRUE FEELINGS. THIS COUPLED WITH WHAT SOOTHES THE SOUL AND SATISFIES THE COMPLEX FEELINGS OF THE HEART MAKES A GREAT SONGWRITER, SONG AND GREAT MUSIC, REGARDLES OF GENRES. MUSIC IS NOT A CONSTANT BUT A REFLECTION OF A PRESENT DAY MOVEMENT AND A SIGN OF THE TIMES. IN MY TEEN YEARS, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND AND THE MARSHAL TUCKER BAND WHERE THE ARTISTS THAT SHAPED MY IDEAS ANDTHE REALITIES OF MY YOUNG LIFE NOW. NOW IN MY ADULT YEARS, THE MUSIC AND LYRICS OF THE PAST, ALONG WITH EXPERIENCES AND PASSIONS OF NOW, HAVE LEAD ME TO APPRECIATE ARTISTS LIKE GEORGE STRAIT, DWIGHT YOAKUM, ALAN JACKSON AND SONGWRITERS SUCH AS JAMES TAYLOR AND DEAN DILLON ALONG WITH A HOST OF OTHERS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. THE COMPOSITION OF ALL THESE INFLUENCES, ALONG WITH MOVEMENTS, MOODS AND MELODIES, DRIVE MY INSATIABLE APPETITE TO CREATE AND PUT TO MUSIC, WORDS WITH MEANING IN SONGS THAT STIR THE SOUL, TOUCH THE HEART, REFLECT A TRUE FEELING AND REMEMBER A TIME. TOO MUCH TO ASK? I'LL LET YOU BE THE JUDGE AND JURY BECAUSE I'VE CONDEMNED MYSELF TO A LIFE OF CHASING SUCCESS.