Paul

1. Do you sing, play an instrument or instruments? Yes, and yes. What instruments? Guitar, Bass and Piano When did you start playing? Piano when I was six, guitar at 12 and bass just the past few years. Did you teach yourself? No-one really is self-taught. Everyone learns from somewhere external; books, CDs, the Internet, friends, church, and formal lessons. I've learned from all these sources. 2. Are you in a band or bands? Yes. What is the name of the band? I'm in four bands: "Mokracy" "Zed's Dead" "Sharkey Farmer" and "Jefferson" What do you play? Acoustic and Electric guitar, varying by band, as well as lead and back-up vocals. What other instruments are in the band? Standard rock band stuff. Do you have a band website? http://www.mokracy.com 3. Do you write songs? Do you write lyrics, music or both? Both. Do you have a writing partner? Yes, Christopher Flaga. 4. Do you record your music? Do you use a home studio? If so what gear do you use? Yes, right now just Garage Band, running through a GNX4 pedal board. Do you use a recording studio? Yes, the Skinny Devil studio (http://www.skinnydevil.com.) Do you have music available on the web? if so where? Yep, http://www.mokracy.com http://www.youtube.com/mokracy http://www.youtube.com/pfelice157 http://www.myspace.com/pfelice 5. What other roles do you perform in the music business? Management? Label owner? Publishing? Promotion? Other? Management, publishing and promotion. 6. Are you a tech head? Not really. 7. What country do you live in? US 8. What are your ambitions? Continue my music career, increase my teaching network, promote and sell my music on the Web. 9. Do you draw/paint/write stories/computer art/dance or other creative pursuit? Nah. What are your pastimes? 10. What would you like to get out of Songstuff? Good networking, information and advice on all kinds of music minutia.