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more free music coming next week. stay tuned. :)
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thank you for supporting independent music!
more free music coming next week. stay tuned. :)
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hello, everyone!
welcome to the 2nd installment of my 10-week album giveaway. if you don’t know what i’m talking about, just watch last week’s video and you’ll be caught up to speed. i hope you enjoyed the first track - “be more” - last week, which now brings us to the number two track on the [...]
Hey everyone,
My debut album is now available for purchase! You can get physical copies at CD Baby, and digital copies at iTunes, Amazon MP3, and all other digital retailers.
However, you may remember a while back when I said that if you really want to get the album, but just don’t have enough cash, I [...]
My good friend and guitarist Ken Belcher and I have been working on several projects together in the past couple of weeks. While we were working the other day, we thought it would be fun to take a quick break to write a “happy” song. “Hope That You” is our end result. I hope you [...]
In this week’s video, I finally get a chance to answer some of the emails I’ve received over the past few months. Also, my good friend and guitarist Ken Belcher gives us the chord breakdowns of some of our most popular arrangements.
If you have a question you’d like to ask for me to answer in [...]
Inka, Ken, and I are currently working on a new project together, which we will share with you all very soon. In the meantime, here’s a quick video of our first rehearsal.
P.S. I know it’s been a while since I’ve last posted, but don’t worry. There’s plenty of new video to come! I also have [...]
The album release date is almost here! Tuesday, January 27th, is the day, and I hope that you enjoy it.
Please join us on Saturday, January 31st, to celebrate the release of the album. If you live in Los Angeles, we’ll be having a live show at Dakota Lounge in Santa Monica. If you live outside [...]
Upon checking over my site this weekend, I realized that I never uploaded the video from the first show of the tour. So, I’m posting it now.
The tour started in the beautiful city of Bend, Oregon. Bend was great: nice people, great food, awesome scenery. The cold was something I was a little unprepared for, [...]
Here are some random moments from our time in Eugene, Oregon, and Eureka, California. During the ride in between the two cities, I talked up Twitter with Grouch and Eligh. You can now find them at http://twitter.com/therealgrouch and http://twitter.com/therealeligh. :)
We are currently in Petaluma, California, for show number seven of our tour of the west [...]
Today is tour day number four, and we’ve just arrived in Portland, Oregon, for our show at Berbati’s Pan. Earlier this morning, however, I was able to get a couple hours to explore downtown Seattle, Washington. Mrs. Belcher, the awesome mother of my guitarist and good friend Ken Belcher, was kind enough to take some [...]
Today marks day 4 of my tour of the west coast with Grouch and Eligh of The Living Legends. I’ve been doing my best to update Flickr and Twitter so far on this tour, but I’ve really been itching to post an entry here. So here’s a recap of last night’s show at Neumos in [...]
Hey everybody,
I know it’s been a while since my last post, but it’s not because of a lack of news! :) Let me quickly update you on the latest:
1. tour
I will be touring the U.S. west coast with The Grouch & Eligh of the Living Legends starting Monday, December 8th, 2008. Check the full tour [...]
*Please note new date!*
For a while now, I’ve been inviting you to email me any questions and feedback to contact[at]pauldateh[dot]com. However, it came to my attention barely earlier this week that I never received any of your email messages due to a server/forwarding error.
I feel terrible about leaving you hanging and for leaving your messages [...]
Last week, The Bui Brothers and I had a photo shoot for my album cover.
At the time this video was shot, we had already been driving around downtown Los Angeles for several hours. It was fairly late at night by this point, and we had been previously joking the whole time about getting caught for [...]
Hey everyone,
So here’s the big announcement: I am finally able to post details about the release of my album! The exact date will be solidified very soon, but I will say that you’ll be able to get the full album in January of 2009.
To give you a taste of what you’ll hear on the album, [...]
Hello, and welcome to my newly-designed site!
This new site might appear very similar to the old one before it, but we’ve actually made a lot of changes to improve site performance as well as make everything look a lot cleaner. Special thanks go out to Lan Bui of The Bui Brothers for helping me make [...]
Recently, I went on my first international tour, and I was able to spend eight days in the city of Berlin, Germany. This is my musical and visual recap of my time there.
Berlin is an amazing city for the creatively-inclined - there’s art EVERYWHERE. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Every street is an [...]
Upcoming Paul Dateh Shows:
9.4.08. Hotel Cafe
9.6.08. Knitting Factory Hollywood
9.7.08. ISA Showcase
http://myspace. com/pauldateh for more info and directions
[bg music: 93 'til infinity, souls of mischief]
Okay, it’s not the update I pledged to post earlier, but it’s an update nonetheless! Due to my recording and performance schedule, I still haven’t had the proper time to edit the footage from my European tour. However, I am definitely going to make a proper entry that recaps my time on the road - [...]
Hey everyone,
I just got back from being on tour with Louis Logic, Blueprint, and DJ Illegal. The tour was awesome. I’m going through all of my video footage now, so check back for a full tour recap soon.
In the meantime, you can check out all the photos I took while on the road on my [...]
I didn’t think I would have enough time to post a real entry from the road, but here I am!
Here’s a quick video that documents my day on London.
Next stop: Bonn, Germany for the Rheinkultur Music Festival.
P.S. Thanks for Naf, Jimmy, and Zeni for driving all the way from Bradford! And special thanks to Brian [...]
I’m going on my very first international tour. Actually, it’s my first tour… ever!
I’ll be on the road with Louis Logic and Blueprint for a two-week run throughout the UK and Europe. You can see the full tour schedule on my website at http://pauldateh.com/tour.
Check out the amazing artists I have the honor of sharing the [...]
We’ve been hanging out together online for quite a while now, I have to say that I’m really enjoying getting to know you! Your comments, video responses, and emails frikkin’ rock. Thanks for sending them, and keep sending more!
When I open my email inbox, however, there’s one question that I see over and over again: [...]
My good friend Ken Belcher and I recently had our very first livestream show right here at live.pauldateh.com. Here’s one of the songs we performed: Waiting for Love. It’s an old song that I wrote way back when I was 18, and I’m really embarrassed to sing it now. But, Ken insisted that we play [...]
My good friend Alex was in town this week from New York City, and I thought it would be fun if we made a quick video that covered the basic differences between the viola and the violin. Although the violin is a beautiful instrument, you just can’t the kind of robust tone from a violin [...]
Paul Dateh performing with Ken Belcher
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
5pm PST / 8pm EST
http://live.pauldateh.com
[Video by Vu Bui]
This week, I met up with my good friend and producer Oren Yoel to work out the arrangements to a couple tracks on my upcoming album. We’re getting closer and closer to official production, and I’m very much looking forward to the day the record gets pressed.
I’ll make sure to keep posting video updates regularly. [...]
[Join us for a very special online-only show on May 25th, 2008!]
Paul Dateh performing with Ken Belcher
Streaming LIVE at http://live.pauldateh.com
Sunday, May 25th, 2008.
5pm PST / 8pm EST
video credits:
“untitled/Trapped”
written by Paul Dateh
as performed by Paul Dateh & Ken Belcher
My good friend and guitarist Ken Belcher and I perform our arrangement of Musiq’s “Just Friends”. You can download the mp3 here.
Don’t forget to join us for our very special online-only show on May 25th! :)
Paul Dateh performing with Ken Belcher
Streaming LIVE at http://live.pauldateh.com
Sunday, May 25th, 2008.
5pm PST / 8pm EST
Guitar - http://kenbelcher.com
Vocals+Violin - http://pauldateh.com
Join us for this very special online-only event!
Paul Dateh performing with Ken Belcher
Streaming LIVE at http://live.pauldateh.com
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
5pm PST / 8pm EST
[Technical services provided by The Bui Brothers and NoodleSMart.tv.]
See you at the show online!
pd
I was tagged by Bill Cammack!
4 Jobs I’ve had:
1. youth center staff member
2. record label promotions manager
3. bookstore cashier
4. door hanger hanger
4 TV shows I like:
1. NOVA or anything on Discovery/History Channel
2. Robot Chicken
3. 30 Rock
4. Freaks & Geeks
4 Movies I could watch over and over:
1. The Sandlot
2. Back to the Future
3. Superbad
4. Better Luck [...]
This episode documents two weeks of my life on the road during the Spring of 2008.
Week One: Performing at Playboy’s “Rock the Rabbit” Spring Break Festival in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Week Two: Exhibiting for Sony Ericsson at CTIA Wireless 2008 and performing at Miss Playboy Mobile 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
I’ll be back on the [...]
I really don’t know what I hoped to truly accomplish in making this video or post. I just felt that I had to do something to externalize all these feelings and thoughts that I’ve been dealing with inside my head for all these years. I wish that I could better organize my thoughts to write [...]
In my recent episode documenting my trip to NYC, you got to see the serious side of my personality. This week, I’d like to share a little of the silly side.
Inka and I are exhibiting for Sony Ericsson at CTIA this week. We’re staying in a crazy fancy hotel, and I am fully amazed and [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve posted an entry, and I’m happy to finally have a new video to share (especially considering that my last entry wasn’t the most cheerful).
This week’s video documents my recent trip to New York City. I was in town for several meetings, rehearsals, a recording session, and a show with [...]
This video documents what happened after my show at Temple Bar last night (2/28/08).
After having a great time playing music and hanging out with awesome people at the show, I went to grab a late-night dinner with some friends. Immediately after we were seated, however, someone was beaten and stabbed right in front of the [...]
Due to being in NYC this past week, I’m going to need a little extra time to put my next episode together. But, I got a lot of great footage from my trip, so make sure to check back and see what I was up to in the city. :)
Also, if you’re in the Los [...]
Here’s a quick look at what one of my rehearsals looks like. :)
(I’m currently in NYC to work on a couple projects with DJ Johnny Juice, as well as play a show with Juice at Pace University on Thursday, the 21st. Due to my schedule while I’m in the city — and my lack [...]
When I was a student in music school, every teacher and professor I ever had always said the same thing: every instrumentalist must know how to sing. I hope that the video attached to this post qualifies as a partial fulfillment of their requirements.
I say “partial fulfillment”, because there’s a second part to that mandate: [...]
Hello, and welcome to my new site!
As you can see, parts of the site are still very much in a “bare-bones” form. I was thinking of holding off this soft launch a little bit longer so that I could make things look better, but then I remembered my goal in doing this whole thing: to [...]
I really don’t know what I hoped to truly accomplish in making this video or post. I just felt that I had to do something to externalize all these feelings and thoughts that I’ve been dealing with inside my head for all these years. I wish that I could better organize my thoughts to write something more impactful, but this is the best I can do for now.
I grew up in the community of Mar Vista, a small suburban neighborhood on the west side of Los Angeles county. I loved living there; Mar Vista is overall a great place to live and a great place to grow up. But, there are unfortunately dark pockets that exist within what would otherwise be the perfect place.
In the neighborhood I grew up in, the gang lifestyle is sometimes simply part of the area’s culture, and it’s all too easy for a young person to get pulled into the mix. Thankfully, I had my music and the local youth center to keep me off the streets, but not all kids living in Mar Vista are that lucky.
I honestly don’t know why anyone chooses to join a gang. Some people say that members join because they desire to prove their own worth; others say members join out of fear; and still others say that members join because they want to feel that they simply belong. Whatever their reasons, once they’re in, they’re locked into a lifetime of danger and destruction.
It deeply saddens me whenever I hear that one of my fellow youth center members has joined a gang. It makes me angry that some of the kids in my home town simply do not have access to opportunities for a better future — or worse: they just don’t want a better future. It makes me furious that some kids in my neighborhood don’t even know what a college or university is like, nor do they even desire to attend.
My friends weren’t gangsters, but gangsters murdered my friends. Even after two years, accepting this fact is extremely painful and difficult. But, I am truly exhausted from being angry of sad. I want to use my energy now for something better. Maybe that’s why I made this video: I wanted to make something that might help make a difference.
Even if it ends up making even the smallest of differences, it’ll be energy well spent.
I know I’ve already announced this in a previous vlog entry, but I wanted to post the exciting news on the blog side of the site, too. :)
My self-titled debut album will be launching January, 27th, 2009! After months of hard work, I’m very excited that the album is now a reality; and I can’t [...]
pauldateh
April 12th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I can’t really say much… you are making a difference with this video.
April 12th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Oh, and it has been a long time since I’ve seen such a meaningful video blog video. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
April 12th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Paul, Thank you for reaching through the screen and sharing yourself. I truly hope your video makes a difference in other people’s lives and helps you heal. Growing up in LA, unfortunately, exposes us to gangs. I am sad that you’ve been directly affected by them in such a terrible way. But I’m glad that you’re still here to share your experience and, through your story, to save someone’s life by telling it and influencing a decision for someone to not join a gang.
April 12th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I agree with Lan. You are making a difference with this video, and you make a difference every time you make music and remember where you came from. I’m so sorry for the way you lost your friends. It is unfair.
April 12th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Thank you for making this video. I hear/know where you’re coming from. I’m sending this to some friends.
April 12th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
No, not an empty gesture, not a waste of time, not stupid. I’m nearly speechless. It’s exactly the kind of deeply sincere message that any kid on the verge of getting in over their head needs to hear: they need someone to tell them that they *do* belong, and that they are not alone, and that there’s hope for a better future.
I’m so sorry you lost your friends, and that you lost them in such an unfair senseless way.
April 12th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
“…any movements towards that goodness makes all the difference.”
Amen, brother.
April 12th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
thanks for making this video. it really touched at the heart. i also had no idea that this tragedy happened which led to your song to them.
April 13th, 2008 at 11:36 am
im so sorry for your loss…..
April 13th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Es realmente triste que estas cosas curran, lo sento mucho por tí, de verdad…
pero personalmente creo que es bueno que hagas vdeos como éste, porque hacen que la gente se de cuenta de las consecuencias tan graves que puede tener unirse a gente de ese tipo, tu ejemplo puede hacer que las personas que lo hagan se paren a pensar en los daños que pueden ocasionar a la gente de su alrededor, a la gente que les quiere. Gracias por compartir con nosotros.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:29 am
Thank you to everyone for watching and commenting. Your kind words mean so very much to me. May you all be safe and in good company.
April 14th, 2008 at 7:46 am
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April 14th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Lan spoke for me, too. Exactly.
A clear example of how to better use our talents for important self-expression.
April 14th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Man, it is amazing that you have the strength to put your emotions out like this… and your message comes across strong and clear. Though this video will only be seen by a relatively limited number of people it will affect them… and that will in turn affect others in an outward ripple and you will consequently reach many.
More importantly, though, is the fact that even though you are not telling this story daily, not spreading this exact message… you are living your life and interacting with others in a very positive way… through personal exchange as well as through your music… and that may have the greatest effect of all.
I am glad to even know you, Paul.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:44 am
=)
April 14th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Couldn’t have said it better myself, well done.
April 14th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Paul,
I love jew my friend. Thank you for making this video. It is truly a reminder of how precious life is.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Very sad and touching… Making this video wasn’t a mistake if it helps you somehow. It’s beautiful…
April 17th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
i really believe you´re going yo make a difference, i have learned something very valuable today, i´m going to call my friends, they need to know how much they mean to me, thanks paul for sharing your life and for teaching me something really important, thank you so much
April 19th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
paul, i’m not sure what you hoped to accomplish with this video either, but i think the fact that you already have such an influence over others helps to get your message across. and for me, i appreciate how your videos, especially ones like this, really show the human side of you and it connects to us on a much deeper level. there are so many ways to communicate emotions experiences with others whether it’s music or through video blogs or what. but i feel like you know what a lot of us are going through. i myself had two cousins who were killed about 9 years ago and i will ALWAYS remember them being 18 and 16; they will never age. i worked a lot with male youth who were at risk for violence in the community (i worked in oakland), and i totally understand how you feel about them joining gangs cuz these kids were SMART. they had so potential and it killed me that the system didn’t believe in them and set them up to fail before they were even born. so, thank you, paul, for making such a profound video that many can relate to on so many levels, and thank you for showing this vulnerable side of you; not only does it make a difference, but artistically, it only shows how in touch you are with souls around you. much love and respect.
May 5th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
I feel you man. It’s frustrating how, for whatever reason, people resort to violent means to solve any disputes they have. I think more of us have friends that get killed because of guns or gangs than many people know. Especially in neighborhoods where violence is prevalent. It sounds strange, but in my neighborhood, “you’ve made it” really means “you’ve made it out.” I think a lot about why some communities have developed this way… and I don’t have any answers.
June 5th, 2008 at 9:24 am
wow..i’m speechless.tears are running down my eyes right now..you gonna make a really big difference with your music and this very video of yours..wow…i feel you..well, duluck with everything ,pd.imma support your music ,because you have good intentions and good music…peace out..
October 10th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
I have to cry right now, because this really IS stupid and simply not fair and it reminds me that somewhere else isn’t better than the place your living in. My best mate was thrown out of a window from the 4th floor, just because he was at the worng place in the wrong moment. He is 23 and will never be able to move again. 20 fucking 3 and he is a living dead. It sucks so much and hurts so much you just don’t know if you should scream or cry or kill those who did this. It’s so stupid and you feel so heldpless about it. And it shows that pointless violence can occure EVERYWHERE, even in a small town like lund in fucking “peacefull” Sweden.
The song you wrote for them is a beautifull homage to your friends, you honour them.
October 12th, 2008 at 1:49 am
Do what you love and do it well. YOUR friends are watching and always will be a part of you. They are gone only in this lifetime BUT they live in your memory and in your heart. So carry on… move on Because YOU are making a diffrence.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
I wish I could say something that would make your pain go away… I don’t think we’re supposed to understand why these things happen, but they do and I think the best we can do is try to make a difference in this world. And you are doing just that. You are such a good person; it comes across in everything you do and say. This world needs more people like you. You are touching people’s lives through your music and your whole person! All I can say is that your friends will be watching you always, and I promise you’ll see them again…
November 20th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
amm,, i know you are making a difference and that you are touching every heart of the listeners with those words, sometimes God let things happend because have plans, and i also know that that plans are not everytime the ones that we want, i hope you feel betteer thinking about you can help many guys by watching your video.. (:
God bleess you and stay in his love,, jajaja and i hope ii could explain myself well,, is just that i don’t know a lot of english ;D chaoo
January 8th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
im so sorry for your loss…the fact that you have the courage to make this video shows how much you care and feel…we are all with you in prayer.
February 10th, 2009 at 2:28 am
Believe me you made a difference watching that really made me realize gang is not the way and watching this made the thoughts of joining a gang go away thank you Paul and i assure that Jacob and Jessie are smiling down on you cause they are proud as everyone else how far you have made it