Paul J Penton – Songwriter

Paul J Penton LIVE at Open Studio Northcote with the Fabulous Tesoriero Brothers.

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“I was exposed to Ralph Mctell a very fine acoustic player, fingerpicker and entertainer at the age of ten. Many hours were spent listening to his records, trying to work out what he was doing. There was plenty of time to do this because I was living in a country town where sport was king, but I was no king of sport!”
- Musical Miscellany

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Paul’s first album [2001] ‘In the name of …’ is available now on i-tunes or limited numbers of the CD available direct for $10 U.S. Plus Postage.

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“Paul’s music explores themes of spirituality, our place in the ‘Post-Modern Society’ as well as explorations of the intimacies of relationships and love, weaving these through a range of influences; from basic folk to classic jazz , from country rock to ambient pop.” -New Country Gazzette

Paul J Penton is emerging as one of Australia’s exiting new breed of craft based songwriters. After two years of intesive study with Berklee Music College, seminars with Berklee Music School legend Pat Pattison, and hit songwriter Jason Blume as well as Nashville #1 writer Steve Seskin Paul J Penton’s songs are begining to reflect the maturity of his studies.

With tuition from renowned vocal coach Renee Grant-Williams who has worked with industry luminaries such as Keith Urban, Christina Aguilera, Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood and Garth Brooks, Paul’s occasional performances at the ‘Elwood lounge’ are steadily improving as he tries out new material to gauge audience reaction and to maintain performance levels. More regular full length shows are being planned.

As well as being keenly interested in the craft of songwriting, Paul is a talented Sound Engineer recording Classical and World music. Paul also supplies sound design for Radio Dramas and Documentaries, recently being recognized with a 3rd prize at the ‘New York Radio Awards’ for his work on ‘Spooks’. Paul Also recieved a United Nations Media Peace award for his work on a documentary about the recent Indonesian elections.

In the last year Paul has completed courses in advanced mixing and mastering techniques in Pro Tools with Berklee music college and is looking forward to developing and producing new Artists in Melbourne. Paul has also completed Andrea Stolpe’s ‘Commercial Songwriting Techniques’ through Berklee and is currently deepening his understanding of harmony and rythm construction, studying the work of Jai Josefs – author of ‘Writing music for hit songs’, as well as reviewing Songwriting CD’s from Hit songwriter Jason Blume.

Paul meets regularly on Mondays with a group of like-minded writers for encouragement and critiques and actively Co-Writes with several Melbourne and interstate songwriters. Paul is also a member of Nashville Songwriters Association International.

Current projects include the crafting of his latest creations with a view to producing Nashville Demos as well as recording some songs in the September quarter for an E.P. and online release.

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