download “play that song” for free at http://pauldateh.bandcamp.com!
full album is available digitally via iTunes or Amazon MP3 store. physical copies can be purchased through CDbaby.com.
thank you for supporting independent music!
more free music coming next week. stay tuned. :)

download “goes around” for free at http://pauldateh.bandcamp.com!
full album is available digitally via iTunes or Amazon MP3 store. physical copies can be purchased through CDbaby.com.
thank you for supporting independent music!
more free music coming next week. stay tuned. :)

download “celtic blues” for free athttp://pauldateh.bandcamp.com
full album is available digitally via iTunes or Amazon MP3 store. physical copies can be purchased through CDbaby.com.
thank you for supporting independent music!
more free music coming next week. stay tuned. :)

download “control” for free at http://pauldateh.bandcamp.com
full album is available digitally via iTunes or Amazon MP3 store. physical copies can be purchased through CDbaby.com.
thank you for supporting independent music!

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 [...]