I’ve been meaning to post this video for a while, but never got the chance to do so until now. Our 5-week tour in Tokyo was an awesome success, and we look forward to being back in Japan later this year!
Special thanks to http://sakura-house.com for their awesome hospitality. Osewa ni narimashita!

in memory of jessie mendoza & jacob santiago
january 29th, 2006.
find out the full story behind this song at http://pauldateh.com/2008/04/12/41208-we-all-belong/
without you here
written by paul dateh
performed by paul dateh & ken belcher
[verse 1]
I wish that I could
Go back to the time
That I saw you last
Before all this came to pass
I should have stayed a little longer
To talk [...]

hope that you (from “the good life” album)
written & performed by
paul dateh & ken belcher
“the good life” is now available for purchase worldwide!
physical cd: CD Baby
download: iTunes or Amazon MP3 Store
http://pauldateh.com – violin. vocals. writing.
http://kenbelcher.com – guitar. writing.

felicia fleck (from “the good life” album)
written & performed by
paul dateh & ken belcher
“the good life” is now available for purchase worldwide!
physical cd: CD Baby
download: iTunes or Amazon MP3 Store
http://pauldateh.com – violin. vocals. writing.
http://kenbelcher.com – guitar. writing.

here’s a look back over 2009 through random video that i’ve recorded over the year.
music: meridian
by: paul dateh & ken belcher
album: the good life
available now on itunes or amazon mp3 store!

thanks for all your awesome support throughout 2009! wishing the very best to you and yours in 2010!
vocal/violin: paul dateh
guitar/percussion: ken belcher
bass: tim archer

happy holidays from tokyo! we’ll be back in the states soon.
best wishes to you and yours,
paul
the christmas song
by mel torme and bob wells
as performed by paul dateh & ken belcher
remaining tokyo tour dates:
monday, december 14th, 2009
wasted time – shibuya, tokyo
http://wastedtime.jp/schedule.html
thursday, december 17th, 2009
l@n akasaka – akasaka, tokyo
open – 16:30
start – 17:00
Tel: 03-3568-6818
http://lanakasaka.syncl.jp/

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Paul Dateh & Ken Belcher
Tokyo Tour 2009 Upcoming Performances:
11.27.09 – 18:00/19:00/20:00
Hukle Berry café @MIZUE EDOGAWA-KU
3-24-5 minashinozakicho, Edogawa-ku,Tokyo
http://www.gourmet-marktwain.com/
(Sorry that I haven’t yet had a chance to post our full schedule. As soon as I get a break, I’ll make sure to do so!)

Paul Dateh & Ken Belcher
Tokyo Tour 2009 Upcoming Performances (full schedule coming soon):
11.23.09 (22:20 – 22:50) wasted time – cover 3,000 yen – dai 3tanaka bildg B1F, 31-3 Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo – http://wastedtime.jp/map.html
11.25.09 (13:00/14:00/15:00/19:00/20:00/21:00) caffe di mare – 3-108-3 ishikawacho, chuol-ku, yokohama – http://hotpepper.jp/strJ000745533

I never go karaoke-ing back home in LA, but I figured if I was ever to go, I should at least give it a try in Tokyo. Fun times.
Here’s the info for our next gig (I’ll make sure to post our full schedule very soon!):
Live & Free space Cafe @ Shimokitazawa YURAx
http://www.burari-shimokitazawa.com/shopDetail.html?shop.id=151
東京都世田谷区北沢2-14-8 春日ビル2F
090-9735-7592 (Mr. [...]

Paul Dateh & Ken Belcher
performing at
Location: RAMLA in Iida-bashi (Iida is 2 i’s and not Lida)
Date: 11.17.09
Time: 17:30 & 19:00
Landing Page: http://www.ramla.gr.jp/
Access Map: http://www.ramla.gr.jp/access.html
Schedule: http://www.ramla.gr.jp/MUSIC/suke_11.pdf
More shows to come. We’ll post our full Tokyo performance schedule asap!

we are in japan! i’ll make sure to post our full performance schedule asap. hope you’re all having a great day! -pd

Hey everyone!
“The Good Life” – the new record by Paul Dateh & Ken Belcher – is now available worldwide! Check out iTunes or Amazon MP3 store for digital copies and cdbaby.com for physical copies.
To celebrate the record’s release, the awesome people at EPIC FU will be hosting a special online-only release party. Please join us [...]

overkill
by colin hay
as performed by paul dateh & ken belcher
paul dateh & ken belcher’s original record – “The Good Life” – will be released on 11.03.09. stay tuned!

paul dateh & ken belcher’s new original record – “The Good Life” – will be available on 11.03.09. stay tuned!

get the mp3 of our cover of blackbird for free at http://pauldateh.com/music.
ken belcher are finishing up our first collaborative acoustic record this week. stay tuned for its official release in november!
also, feel free say hello to ken belcher on his website at http://kenbelcher.com!

Okay, here’s a quick rundown on how you can be involved:
Option 1. Create an artistic interpretation of what “love” means to you and mail it over to us.  Your piece must meet a minimum size of a standard 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper, although you’re more than welcome to go larger if you like.
Send [...]

here’s a quick look behind-the-scenes of my songwriting process.

I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon
written by Jeff Moss
as performed by Paul Dateh & Ken Belcher
Shouts out to the awesome people at PBS! :)

please help my friend @drew beat the crap out of cancer. use tag #BlameDrewsCancer on twitter and join the fight. get all the details at http://blamedrewscancer.com.
if you’d like to download this song for free, you can find it at http://pauldateh.bandcamp.com.
also, if you live in the LA area, please come see my live show this wednesday, [...]

Paul Dateh & Ken Belcher
performing live at Dakota Lounge
Wednesday, August 26th @ 8:30pm
1026 Wilshire Blvd. – Santa Monica, CA
21+ only
Hey everyone,
As you may already know, Ken Belcher and I are finishing up work on our upcoming acoustic EP. To celebrate, we’re having a show to give you a preview of the record. We will also [...]

download “without you here” 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.

download “who knew” 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 “untitled #1″ 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 “strong” 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 “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 [...]