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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
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2020-01-02T19:00:00-05:00
2021-11-18T04:26:06-05:00
2019 STATS
<p>TOP SPOTIFY STREAMING COUNTRIES<br>(for Paul Tait)<br>United States<br>India<br>Mexico<br>Poland<br>Guatemala<br>France<br>United Kingdom<br>Germany<br>Netherlands<br><br>WORLD WIDE TOP STREAMING COUNTRIES<br>(for Paul Tait)<br>United States<br>Great Britain<br>Guatemala<br>Australia<br>Netherlands<br>Canada<br>Germany<br><br>TOP STREAMED SONGS (as per CDBaby)<br>(for Paul Tait)<br>Mr. Clean<br>Symptom of my Slothing<br>Street Sleeper<br>I Didn't Quit I Surrendered<br>No Friend of Mine<br>The Weird Old Musician Who Lives Across the Street<br>Tappin to the Beat<br>When Good News and Bad News Are the Same News<br>The Wreck of the Titanic<br>What Better Way<br>To Where I Belong<br>Play For You<br>Frenemies<br>Nowhere to Go<br>Angel With a Vamp Inside<br>Squirt Gun Girls<br>I Started at the Top<br>One Thousand Times<br>Like You Wanna Be Love<br>Summer Nights<br><br>TOP SONGS PLAYED ON PANDORA INTERNET RADIO<br>(for Paul Tait)<br>Mr. Clean<br>Symptom of My Slothing<br>Street Sleeper<br>No Friend of Mine<br>I Didn't Quit I Surrendered<br>The Weird Old Musician Who Lives Across the Street<br>Tappin' to the Beat<br>When Good News and Bad News Are the Same News<br>The Wreck of the Titanic<br>What Better Way<br><br>TOP PAUL TAIT VIDEOS 2019<br>Autumn<br>Summer Nights<br>In My Heart Tonight<br>Place Your Faith<br>Angel With a Vamp Inside<br>Distance Into the Sun<br>Don't Stop Being a Rocker<br>1975<br>Television City<br>Song to the Moon</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060383
2019-07-14T20:00:00-04:00
2019-07-15T18:21:24-04:00
An actual song fromn 1988
<p>This was a song from 1988. Yep, actual lyrics! No idea how the music went. Maybe it's on a copyright tape from that year...?<br>Reading these I understand why no record company number counter pinhead exec understood what the hell I was about!<br><br>Cousin from Kingston<br><br>East West lady<br>On a channel to nowhere<br>Blue stain satin diamond<br>Barrette in her hair<br>Old man’s bitchin’ about her<br>Hangin’ around<br>But don’t feel sorry<br>She’s a sister of Dionysian<br><br>AC\DC beatin’<br>Traffic at midnight<br>Roadside action heavy<br>By moonlight<br>Bourgeois debutants cloudin’<br>The sunshine<br>And all our efforts couldn’t<br>Re-route the main line<br><br>Yeah, too much flows between her eyes<br>To ever be honest or true<br>Half a quart of blue blood whiskey<br>And she’ll be ready for you<br><br>Stand still promise<br>With the Fountain of Youth, yea<br>She dives for a nickel<br>But the quarter recoups, yea<br>We should’ve made a deal<br>With the Senate of Suffer<br>Still all that bulls**t won’t<br>Print you a number<br><br>And so it’s round and round<br>We run<br>A snake sweat bottle and a <br> Cousin from Kingston<br><br>© 1988 Word and Music by Paul Tait</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060382
2019-06-18T20:00:00-04:00
2022-09-15T11:03:42-04:00
LEGACY REVIEW: Boston Rock and Roll Press, 2000
<p align="center">Mental Picture\Unlistenable Mess: The Completed Home Recordings</p>
<p align="center">Paul Tait 1992-2000</p>
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<p>Steve Winwood once said of his self produced self performed album “Arc of the Diver” that it was a text book case in what not to do as a recording engineer. Clearly this collection of one offs and midnight madness’, from an engineers perspective, could sit beside Winwoods without bowing in deference. In fact, you could say Mr. Tait has rewritten the book on what not to do as a recording engineer.</p>
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<p>Recorded on a TASCAM 4-track cassette (yes, cassette) deck, mixed to a cassette (yes, again, cassette) deck and then slapped on to digital (finally some sense!) this 46 song two CD set follows a clear and precise a recipe for hiss, pop and crackle!! On some of the tracks it is evident that no attempt at noise reduction was attempted whatsoever; making for a highly agitating listen to for those of us with sensitive ears.</p>
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<p>But should you be able to shelve your modern aural sensibilities, your digital ears if you like, and simply take in what the music has to offer; the performance, the words, the songs themselves, then this is an extraordinary collection of work. Paul Tait is truly one of music’s unsung, unsigned greats when it comes to pure pop rock expression. And by pop rock music I do not mean the fluff we accept today for contemporary pop rock music, I mean good old fashioned solid pop rock and roll songwriting delivered with passion, zeal and just the right amount of humor.</p>
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<p>The discs are divided into two camps: Mental Picture and Unlistenable Mess though clearly the latter pronouncement (an example of Tait’s self effacing humor) could be either. The first fifteen or so songs are, though, from recent years when we assume Paul figured out what DBX meant and that the button had to be “On” before it worked. I would recommend these tracks for those of you who either A) never heard Paul before or B) listen to music for a living.</p>
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<p>And a note to the uninformed: Paul Tait is not a new name on the Boston scene. He first debuted in 1982 with a radio friendly rocker called “Pop Musician”. Over the ensuing years, he released song after song, album after album but never quite got out of Denver, as it were (for a retrospect of his more professionally done and radio friendly recordings pick up “Survivor After All: The Best of Paul Tait”). Retiring from performing in 1994, he continued to record and release records locally up until 1999 when he hung it up for good. Or so we were lead to believe…. This newly released offering may indicate that all the “cookies” are not quite out of the jar. We just truly hope that the rest of them are recorded better!!</p>
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<p>Rating:<br> <br> The Recording: No stars; forget about it; Paul should hire George Martin</p>
<p>The Content: Four stars; top notch; can’t beat him as a songwriter or pianist, but he needs a George Martin or a Phil Ramone to really bring his songs to life.</p>
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<p> -Rob Hunter</p>
<p> Boston Rock And Roll Press, 2000</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060381
2018-12-29T19:00:00-05:00
2018-12-30T17:28:29-05:00
Paul Tait Music and Video Stats for 2018
<p>Top Videos (as per YouTube)</p>
<p>Summer Nights</p>
<p>Place Your Faith</p>
<p>Distance Into the Sun</p>
<p>In My Heart Tonight</p>
<p>Autumn</p>
<p>Don't Stop Being a Rocker</p>
<p>Everything</p>
<p>Song to the Moon</p>
<p>I Don't Have an In Between</p>
<p>Lovers in a Dangerous World</p>
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<p>Top Countries:</p>
<p>India</p>
<p>Vietnam</p>
<p>Brazil</p>
<p>United States</p>
<p>Mexico</p>
<p>Indonesia</p>
<p>Turkey</p>
<p>Thailand</p>
<p>Saudi Arabia</p>
<p>Argentina</p>
<p>Iraq</p>
<p>Russia</p>
<p>Philippines</p>
<p>United Kingdom</p>
<p>Italy</p>
<p>Malaysia</p>
<p>Chile</p>
<p>Colombia</p>
<p>Pakistan</p>
<p>Romania</p>
<p>Egypt</p>
<p>Spain</p>
<p>Peru</p>
<p>Ukraine</p>
<p>Poland</p>
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<p>Other countries that tuned in:</p>
<p>Germany, Kazakhstan, France, United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Morocco, South Korea, Taiwan, Canada, Kuwait, Israel, Lebanon, Greece, Jordan, Portugal, Cambodia, Japan, Bangladesh, Sweden, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Nepal, Australia</p>
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<p>Top Albums (as per CDBaby)</p>
<p>Two On One: “..born at night…” and “all that is left is all that remains”</p>
<p>CryptoCreative</p>
<p>Rest of the Best of</p>
<p>Diligence</p>
<p>I Still Believe: The Best of Paul Tait</p>
<p>Full 88</p>
<p>Everything is Subject to Change</p>
<p>Mixing My Emotions</p>
<p>AlternaTait</p>
<p>PTEP8</p>
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<p>Top Songs (as per CDBaby)</p>
<p>Angel with a Vamp Inside</p>
<p>Like You Wanna Be Loved</p>
<p>Play For You</p>
<p>Wreck of the Titanic</p>
<p>Squirt Gun Girls</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Top Stores (as per CDBaby)</p>
<p>Spotify</p>
<p>Amazon</p>
<p>iTunes</p>
<p>Apple Music</p>
<p>Yandex (Russia only)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Top Streaming Countries (as per CDBaby)</p>
<p>United States</p>
<p>Germany</p>
<p>Great Britain</p>
<p>France</p>
<p>Norway</p>
<p>Philippeans</p>
<p>India</p>
<p> </p>
<p>paultaittunes.com unique website visits:</p>
<p>52,605</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060380
2018-12-22T19:00:00-05:00
2018-12-23T07:58:12-05:00
Video Blog Volume II 18
<p>Paul reflects on 2018 and the mess "CryptoCreative" was. Click <a href="https://youtu.be/qpa6s5o1xX0" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060379
2018-11-12T19:00:00-05:00
2018-11-13T17:21:26-05:00
Early Reflections on the Arts
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7fqvu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7fqvu-0-0"><span data-text="true">Want to thank Casper Jones (guitars), Tracy Ferrie (bass), and Peter Koeplin (drums) for their awesome one of a kind musicianship. They are the best part of the album!</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="clmf8-0-0"><span data-offset-key="clmf8-0-0"><span data-text="true">I am the next best part as the songs are mine, vocals mine, piano mine. Ha ha ha</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fmuuf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fmuuf-0-0"><span data-text="true">As I have hinted but now must make official, this album is the last. It was 35 years ago last April I released my first record, so (without planning) this last one is 35 years later. I cannot see any reason to add more catalog to the online market.</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2934v-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2934v-0-0"><span data-text="true">Plus the production people I have worked with for decades all have fallen by the wayside... two over Donald Trump! Such stupidity to lose a friend of 32 years over politics!</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2jh9l-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2jh9l-0-0"><span data-text="true">There are no decent studios where I reside and I have zero desire to create home made tracks even though they'd be digital this time and not analog.</span></span></div>
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060378
2018-10-23T20:00:00-04:00
2022-05-11T02:11:41-04:00
Video Blog Volume II 17
<p>Paul talks about music, poetry, and...</p>
<p>CLICK <a href="https://youtu.be/s0l5SgF_9nA" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060377
2018-09-28T20:00:00-04:00
2018-09-29T18:26:50-04:00
Video Blog Volume II 16
<p>TSS! Click <a href="https://youtu.be/Su1stnFwiIs" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060376
2018-09-18T20:00:00-04:00
2018-09-19T11:09:38-04:00
No one from Nowhere who is Everywhere: My Web Links
<p>Paul Tait Online<br><br>paultaittunes.com (Official web site)<br><br>Spotify Artist Link<br>https://open.spotify.com/artist/4MFzuAptX5FFFp6Cs9uWUX<br><br>FaceBook Artist Page: fb.me/paultaitartistpage<br>iTunes Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/paul-tait/id264983564<br><br>Twitter: https://twitter.com/Oldnewbie54<br>CDBaby Store: https://www.cdbaby.com/artist/PaulTait<br>Amazon Author Site (books only): amazon.com/author/paultait <br><br>YouTube Channels<br>youtube.com/oldnewbie47 (Main - Top Videos)<br>youtube.com/oldnewbie50 (Oldies - some video blogs)<br>youtube.com/asphaltspreader (Video blogs and covers)<br><br>Pandora Internet Radio<br>https://www.pandora.com/paul-tait<br><br>Soundcloud Free Songs (31!)<br>https://soundcloud.com/paul-tait-10/sets (31 FREE songs!)</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060375
2018-09-13T20:00:00-04:00
2018-09-14T18:27:20-04:00
Video Blog Volume II 15
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/uEdjxiAJEKY" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060374
2018-09-11T20:00:00-04:00
2018-09-12T18:10:20-04:00
APPLE MUSIC!!
<p>I am on Apple Music. Not to be confused with iTunes, Apple Music is a streaming service as opposed to a store. Similar to Spotify. Here are the charts for the last three months:</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396976/552514e9571aad432f4d61cf827cad695300f6e1/original/apple-music-songs-july-august-2018.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NjYyeDM3MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="370" width="662" /></p>
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<p>And here is the world wide map showing where my listens come from:</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396976/82b0ac586fed530e070934a1348a577d1bec3c0e/original/apple-music-map-july-august-2018.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6OTAxeDQzOCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="438" width="901" /></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060373
2018-09-04T20:00:00-04:00
2021-11-24T23:36:30-05:00
Video Blog Volume II 14
<p>Updates an more updates! Click <a href="https://youtu.be/CSUnN2B_zvs" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a>!!</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060372
2018-08-14T20:00:00-04:00
2018-08-15T18:29:59-04:00
Video Blog Volume II 11 and 12
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/5YeH_EsfWxw" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a> for 11</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Click<a href="https://youtu.be/fCxYX0kO6gE" target="_blank" data-imported="1"> HERE</a> for 12</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060371
2018-07-27T20:00:00-04:00
2018-07-28T17:46:41-04:00
Video Blog Volume II 10
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/hksNWaXM21U" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060370
2018-07-18T20:00:00-04:00
2018-07-19T18:19:40-04:00
Video Blog Volume II #9
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/oBuxL0IQt6U" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060369
2018-07-11T20:00:00-04:00
2018-07-12T18:46:24-04:00
Video Blog Volume II #8
<p>CLICK <a href="https://youtu.be/6fz6MfpeW5c" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060368
2018-06-23T20:00:00-04:00
2018-06-24T10:55:02-04:00
Video Blog Volume II #7
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/_oaAcNPJZ7Q" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060367
2018-05-01T20:00:00-04:00
2018-05-02T18:21:06-04:00
Video Blog Volume II #6
<p>Poetry is reviewed! Music is mixing!</p>
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<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/SJQ_bY3Yx1A" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060366
2018-04-19T20:00:00-04:00
2018-04-20T17:42:19-04:00
Video Blog Volume II #5
<p>Major changes to upcoming projects. Well, not to them but to anything that might follow. Cut off at the end again by the Canon memory card (new one does not work). Talks about the old days with full bands just going in and banging out songs.</p>
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<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/ImvwazobnZE" target="_blank" data-imported="1"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060365
2018-03-30T20:00:00-04:00
2018-03-31T11:44:33-04:00
Video Blog Volume II #4
<p>The truth about what really happened!! How it effects Paul's upcoming releases!!</p>
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<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/obdqEfHlWPE" target="_blank" data-imported="1"><strong>HERE!!</strong></a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060364
2018-03-11T20:00:00-04:00
2018-03-12T19:26:48-04:00
Video Blog Volume II #3
<p><span data-offset-key="df9ld-0-0"><span data-text="true">Paul talks about the new album, the project AFTER it, the new book of poetry, and the impact new eyeglasses may have on the volume of poetry after the next one!!</span></span></p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/kZ8lI3ouLSg" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060384
2018-03-07T19:00:00-05:00
2019-07-27T16:58:59-04:00
Q&A with Paul Tait (from ThisOnlyRock Radio)
<p>CLICK <a href="https://thisisonlyrockradio.blogspot.com/2018/03/paul-tait.html?fbclid=IwAR0o-bmnY-_wivlXUJ8G7BhSRz3Ke2WVCFXOVL0onAlMAda4ll5jL4KVTp0" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060363
2018-02-20T19:00:00-05:00
2018-02-21T07:19:53-05:00
Video Blog Volume II #2
<p>Paul talks about the new book, the new album, health issues, and why no one can haver an opinion without being labeled.</p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/wrb7KU_zUU8" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060362
2018-02-01T19:00:00-05:00
2018-02-02T16:23:01-05:00
Video Blog Volume II #1
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/I4EODrQgQ_o" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a>!</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060361
2018-01-29T19:00:00-05:00
2018-01-30T08:45:51-05:00
Done!
<div data-empty="true">Last Monday, the 23rd, I started the basics on a new album. Piano\Vocals\Additional keys\a rythmn trak\backing vocals and a Narration track for Kenny Lewis to replace me not being there. It runs along with the song saying what I want and when I want it.</div>
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<div data-empty="true">Finished last night\early morning. Everything is now at Mixed Emotions Music!</div>
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<div data-empty="true">I am so fortunate to have the same team that worked on the 2010-2011 albums on this one. Casper Jones, guitars; Pete Koeplin, Drums; and Tracy Ferrie, Bass. Boston is not touring this summer so Tracy is available. Stroke of luck though honestly I would have waited for him to be done with the tour if they had chosen to (or Tom had chosen to). He is that important (as they all are - Example, I can't imagine any guitarist on my songs except Casper).</div>
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<div data-empty="true">Done. On my end anyway. Loads coming when the drums are added (listening) bass is added (listening) and the guitars added (listening), Then first mixes (listening - a lot) final mixes (listening a lot a lot). Once approved, the mastering and, yes, more listening. By the time this is out I'll be burned out!</div>
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<div data-empty="true">I am planning on going ahead with pro made jewel case duplications via CDBaby. Short run, promo and pals only. I used to love making the jewel case copies from scratch (ensuring everything was as I wanted it on each) but I just cannot get into that anymore.</div>
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<div data-empty="true">Speaking of age, it shows on the piano playing primarily due to me not playing regularly anymore. Lots of unexpected pain and at times my right hand simply stopped! Did not want to continue the solo! I am no more inclined to play each night than I was so... indeed the end is near if for no other reason. I have been playing for 58 years. There comes a time...</div>
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<br><br>Vocally I never stopped singing. Every night I sing to everything from America to Led Zeppelin and all in-between. So the voice is still there!</div>
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<div data-empty="true">I will not say never again. In fact I already have a list of songs for another album! All legacy catalog songs from the 80's - early 2000's that didn't get their due.</div>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
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2018-01-11T19:00:00-05:00
2018-01-11T19:03:21-05:00
Updates... January 2018
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="674at-0-0"><span data-offset-key="674at-0-0"><span data-text="true">Finished editing "Boston Dialect Vol I" tonight. Sending it to the distributor asap.</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bbor4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bbor4-0-0"><span data-text="true">Renewed the commitment to make another album though I firmly said in 2015 I would never put myself through another process like that again. Leopard and spots. Scorpion and sting. Pick your analogy.</span></span></div>
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
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2018-01-05T19:00:00-05:00
2018-01-06T16:45:18-05:00
Paul Tait's 2017 Music and Video Stats
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8t524-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8t524-0-0"><span data-text="true">I Don't Have an In Between</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cu72q-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cu72q-0-0"> </span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9go13-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9go13-0-0"><span data-text="true">Top 25 YouTube Countries (out of 202)</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="72guk-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="72guk-0-0"><span data-offset-key="72guk-0-0"> </span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="2bkoj-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2bkoj-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2bkoj-0-0"><span data-text="true">Vietnam</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="egf35-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="egf35-0-0"><span data-offset-key="egf35-0-0"><span data-text="true">Mexico</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="52ou-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="52ou-0-0"><span data-offset-key="52ou-0-0"><span data-text="true">India</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="7536s-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7536s-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7536s-0-0"><span data-text="true">Thailand</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5590d-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5590d-0-0"><span data-text="true">Brazil</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="b12cd-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b12cd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b12cd-0-0"><span data-text="true">United States</span></span></div>
</div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2ahu3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2ahu3-0-0"><span data-text="true">Turkey</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="fq3e7-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fq3e7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fq3e7-0-0"><span data-text="true">Iraq</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="60kg1-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="60kg1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="60kg1-0-0"><span data-text="true">Russia</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="48st6-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="48st6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="48st6-0-0"><span data-text="true">Colombia</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="amp8r-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="amp8r-0-0"><span data-offset-key="amp8r-0-0"><span data-text="true">Saudi Arabia</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="d38l4-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d38l4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="d38l4-0-0"><span data-text="true">Morocco</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="6g8kk-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6g8kk-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6g8kk-0-0"><span data-text="true">Egypt</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="u17p-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="u17p-0-0"><span data-offset-key="u17p-0-0"><span data-text="true">Indonesia</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="4krah-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4krah-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4krah-0-0"><span data-text="true">Algeria</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="fuh5e-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fuh5e-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fuh5e-0-0"><span data-text="true">Bangladesh</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="dodt1-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dodt1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dodt1-0-0"><span data-text="true">Argentina</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="1qnlg-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1qnlg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1qnlg-0-0"><span data-text="true">Peru</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="arh0p-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="arh0p-0-0"><span data-offset-key="arh0p-0-0"><span data-text="true">Philippines</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="bb82-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bb82-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bb82-0-0"><span data-text="true">Pakistan</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="6lki5-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6lki5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6lki5-0-0"><span data-text="true">Ukraine</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="9ghf3-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9ghf3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9ghf3-0-0"><span data-text="true">Kazakhstan</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="cqja7-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cqja7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cqja7-0-0"><span data-text="true">Romania</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="cokqe-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cokqe-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cokqe-0-0"><span data-text="true">Italy</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="9oaoc-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9oaoc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9oaoc-0-0"><span data-text="true">Cambodia</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c4vbf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c4vbf-0-0"> </span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="c387q-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c387q-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c387q-0-0"><span data-text="true">Other top countries:</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="210j7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="210j7-0-0"><span data-text="true">Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, Chile, France, Nepal, South Korea, Serbia, Tunisia, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Belarus, Japan, Canada, Taiwan, Portugal, Venezuela, Kuwait, Jordan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Tanzania, Ecuador, Greece, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Netherlands, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, Hungary, Dominican Republic, Qatar, Senegal, Armenia, Macedonia (FYROM)</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="chous-0-0"><span data-offset-key="chous-0-0"> </span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="dfmel-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dfmel-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dfmel-0-0"><span data-text="true">paultaittunes.com website hits: 56,765</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1o6pg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1o6pg-0-0"> </span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="94bmo-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="94bmo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="94bmo-0-0"><span data-text="true">Top Ten Countries</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="7ni8d-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7ni8d-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7ni8d-0-0"> </span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="c5q6f-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c5q6f-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c5q6f-0-0"><span data-text="true">United States</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="67g7g-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="67g7g-0-0"><span data-offset-key="67g7g-0-0"><span data-text="true">Czech Republic</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="6jutc-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6jutc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6jutc-0-0"><span data-text="true">Germany</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="dji1g-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dji1g-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dji1g-0-0"><span data-text="true">China</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="cclek-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cclek-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cclek-0-0"><span data-text="true">Russia</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="3b3a8-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3b3a8-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3b3a8-0-0"><span data-text="true">Indonesia</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="b7hr6-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b7hr6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b7hr6-0-0"><span data-text="true">India</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="dcu8c-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dcu8c-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dcu8c-0-0"><span data-text="true">Ireland</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="fu6kn-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fu6kn-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fu6kn-0-0"><span data-text="true">South Korea</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="2osb1" data-offset-key="e1qp7-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e1qp7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e1qp7-0-0"><span data-text="true">Netherlands</span></span></div>
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060358
2017-12-27T19:00:00-05:00
2017-12-28T16:26:10-05:00
RARE Live Track from 1990!!
<p>This song is not available anywhere! Recorded on a "boom box" mic at Grovers in March 1990 here's "Safe to Be Alone"!!</p>
<p><a href="/files/523310/safe-to-be-alone-live-1990.wmv" data-imported="1">Safe_to_Be_Alone__Live_1990.wmv</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060357
2017-12-13T19:00:00-05:00
2017-12-14T15:08:58-05:00
"Boston Dialect" - The Next Project
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<p>I have made an "executive decision" to divide "Boston Dialect", my next volume of verse, into two parts (I and II). Releasing 230 poems at once would be very difficult to digest as well as nearly impossible to review.</p>
<p>Later on, I will republish as one volume, keeping to my original design and artistic vision.</p>
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060356
2017-12-12T19:00:00-05:00
2017-12-13T15:53:52-05:00
Early End of Year Report from Spotify
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2vqfr-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2vqfr-0-0"><span data-text="true">Early year end stats from Spotify:</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="25ker-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="25ker-0-0"><span data-offset-key="25ker-0-0"> </span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="3r6q-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3r6q-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3r6q-0-0"><span data-text="true">Top Countries</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="107ao-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="107ao-0-0"><span data-offset-key="107ao-0-0"><span data-text="true">1 United States</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="bg8s7-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bg8s7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bg8s7-0-0"><span data-text="true">2 United Kingdom </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="b59ec-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b59ec-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b59ec-0-0"><span data-text="true">3 Germany </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="4psqt-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4psqt-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4psqt-0-0"><span data-text="true">4 Malaysia </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="ehoh2-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ehoh2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ehoh2-0-0"><span data-text="true">5 Argentina </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="42tts-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="42tts-0-0"><span data-offset-key="42tts-0-0"><span data-text="true">6 Sweden </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="6us5r-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6us5r-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6us5r-0-0"><span data-text="true">7 Guatemala</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="dahsi-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dahsi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dahsi-0-0"> </span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="d9tjq-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d9tjq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="d9tjq-0-0"><span data-text="true">Top Cities</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="5a7q9-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5a7q9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5a7q9-0-0"><span data-text="true">1 Rabinal GT </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="ddv8r-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ddv8r-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ddv8r-0-0"><span data-text="true">2 Kiel DE </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="f1kl7-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f1kl7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f1kl7-0-0"><span data-text="true">3 Sungai Petani MY </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="3a4fs-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3a4fs-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3a4fs-0-0"><span data-text="true">4 Ipswich GB </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="ekjkn-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ekjkn-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ekjkn-0-0"><span data-text="true">5 Wolverhampton GB </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="83b5s-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="83b5s-0-0"><span data-offset-key="83b5s-0-0"><span data-text="true">6 Wandsworth GB </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="55pt-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="55pt-0-0"><span data-offset-key="55pt-0-0"><span data-text="true">7 Tucuman AR </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="1fbr6-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1fbr6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1fbr6-0-0"><span data-text="true">8 Stockholm SE </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="5ap08-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5ap08-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5ap08-0-0"><span data-text="true">9 Cambridge US </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="5fl7t-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5fl7t-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5fl7t-0-0"><span data-text="true">10 North Haven US </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="2gqa1-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gqa1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2gqa1-0-0"><span data-text="true">11 Germantown US </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="ccmk7-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ccmk7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ccmk7-0-0"><span data-text="true">12 Bellevue US </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="9cuas-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9cuas-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9cuas-0-0"><span data-text="true">13 Compton US </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="bl3vf-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bl3vf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bl3vf-0-0"><span data-text="true">14 Lake Worth US </span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="ebc53-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ebc53-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ebc53-0-0"> </span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="f7nbg-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f7nbg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f7nbg-0-0"><span data-text="true">Top Songs</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d4ncv" data-offset-key="72dgi-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="72dgi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="72dgi-0-0"><span data-text="true">1 Play for You </span></span></div>
</div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="55usn-0-0"><span data-offset-key="55usn-0-0"><span data-text="true">2 Back In Business </span></span></div>
</div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="27bh2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="27bh2-0-0"><span data-text="true">3 The Wreck of the Titanic </span></span></div>
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060355
2017-11-28T19:00:00-05:00
2017-11-29T10:03:12-05:00
Paul Covers "Heaven Can Wait" by Meatloaf
<p>40 years ago this album rocked the world. Paul's as well!</p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/wkLaNp0zOXY" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060354
2017-11-18T19:00:00-05:00
2017-11-19T15:59:53-05:00
King Herod's Song 1977
<p>40 years ago right around now (exact dates escape me) the PVMHS chorus staged "Jesus Christ Superstar". Many think this was a Stage One production, but no it was a chorus show directed by Mike Lamy.</p>
<p>I had the honor of singing the part of King Herod. One song. One scene. The result of which propelled me into a kind of "HS Stardom" reserved for athletes (something none of the actual "acting" I had done and awards I had won for it did).</p>
<p>For those who don't know why Herod is <span class="text_exposed_show">taunting Jesus and demanding he perform a "trick" for him. read the Gospel. Herod in the show was flamboyant and over the top. I played him as such!</span></p>
<p>Here is an audio only recording (my very first studio effort done in 1977 with the shows band and Lamy producing) of "King Herod's Song" (note I was 17 here):<br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/Gz304NOf5kc" target="_blank" data-imported="1"><strong>CLICK</strong></a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060353
2017-10-28T20:00:00-04:00
2017-10-29T10:36:56-04:00
Paul Tait Online Links
<p>paultaittunes.com (Official web site)<br><br>fb.me/paultaitartistpage<br>https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/paul-tait/id264983564<br><br>https://twitter.com/Oldnewbie54<br>https://www.cdbaby.com/artist/PaulTait<br>amazon.com/author/paultait <br><br>youtube.com/oldnewbie47 (Main - Top Videos)<br>youtube.com/oldnewbie50 (Oldies - some video blogs)<br>youtube.com/asphaltspreader (Video blogs and covers)<br><br>https://www.pandora.com/paul-tait (Internet radio)<br><br>https://soundcloud.com/paul-tait-10/sets (31 FREE songs!)</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060352
2017-10-12T20:00:00-04:00
2017-10-13T18:37:25-04:00
Text Blog #6
<p>I have not been blogging much simply because I do not care. </p>
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<p>Sure, stuff has been going on, but most of it is detailed on FaceBook and repeating myself has never been ideal. Plus very little has gone on with music or the new book (still on track for a November 1<sup>st</sup> release).</p>
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<p>I have to say revisiting the old 4-tracks has lit a “fire”, albeit a little one, in me to maybe make another CD. Re-recording those old songs, something I said I’d never do, would… would what? Exactly.</p>
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<p>It would waste a ton of money. Are any of the songs so fantastic I can’t live without fully actualizing them as real records? No.</p>
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<p>So thus endth the debate.</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060351
2017-10-05T20:00:00-04:00
2017-10-06T15:21:05-04:00
Paul Covers "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
<p>For everyone everywhere dealing with everything.</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/qDj2ceqP8i8" target="_blank" data-imported="1"><strong>Bridge Over Troubled Water</strong></a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060350
2017-09-27T20:00:00-04:00
2017-09-30T18:00:49-04:00
Legacy Tracks from TuneCore CD's
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<p>2008, 2009, up to new music being released in 2010 I published via TuneCore four CD's of catalog material. Some released as cassettes in the 1990's, some never released.</p>
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<p>"They Came From The Cellar" mixed tracks from the 1990's cassette with never before issued songs. This is one of them.</p>
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<p>But some story first...</p>
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<p>In 1991-1992 Barry Armstrong and I had a band called "Sticky Situation". The idea was for us to be co-lead singers and to just be a jam band. Joined by guitarist Ron Chapdelaine, guitarist Dave Wesling, and the late great drummer Steve Edmands, we had a fine few months just playing on Sunday nights for fun.</p>
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<p>But then... the phone call came. Could we play The Paradise in Boston? Barry and Ron's old band, The Return, was on the recent "Boston Music Showcase" CD and a show featuring acts on the disc was booked. Since The Return had disbanded, well, could we do a set?</p>
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<p>Hmmmm... The Paradise was and is still one of the top places for bands to play, to work to get to, and here it was being handed to us! Didn't take long to break the "no club dates" rule.</p>
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<p>This song I wrote for the group was 4-tracked somewhere in early 1992 when we had become a club act. We played Grovers, Pavilion, and all the rockin haunts of the day... but, we never ever got back to The Paradise. Talk about "starting at the top" and workin your way down!!</p>
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<p>Here is "Always Near Never Far". Inspired by a real girlfriend I had who often would come over on Friday night and stay till Sunday... Sunday night till Tuesday...</p>
<p><a href="/files/523307/always-near-never-far.wmv" data-imported="1">Always_Near_Never_Far.wmv</a></p>
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<p>A real "creepy" song from "They Came From The Cellar".</p>
<p>Recorded in 1993 some said I was inspired by the then recent OJ Simpson murders. No. Not even a thought in my head when I wrote it. It is called "Pound of Flesh" which ought to give it away, what it's about, but I suppose you'd have to know Shakespeare. How many of ya do??</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/tyrYF9JLQAo" target="_blank" data-imported="1">Pound of Flesh</a></p>
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<p>Another rare out of print track from "They Came From The Cellar", released in 2008.<br> <br> "Beacon of Heart" was intentionally minimalist. A full studio version with band would probably not be more "active".<br> <br> I like my voice here. Just thought I'd add that! lol And I was still a heavy drinker\smoker back then (1994) :O<br> <br> "And then in a flash of wisdom<br> The disconnected montage relates<br> You see the morning beacon of a heart<br> No longer to sate"</p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/WZNJNNNrTxI" target="_blank" data-imported="1">Beacon of a Heart</a></p>
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<p>From "As Then Is Now" issued in 2007 (written and recorded in 1998).<br> <br> "Sun of Awakening Skies" was a throw-back to the kind of titles I gave songs in the late 70's early years of the 80's.<br> <br> It is also to my fiance back then. I was for a long while plagued with reoccurring dreams of traveling back to the house we shared. It was always the present in these dreams and I was always going as a guest to a party. The dream would always end with her and I talking...<br> <br> Then one dream took place in a church yard... shortly after I wrote this song.<br> <br> Unlike just about anything I wrote then or since I never knew what to do with it!</p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/AlrPXf4JJ6k" target="_blank" data-imported="1">Sun of Awakening Skies</a></p>
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<p>A song from 2007's "Tunes Out of Time". Here is "Get Yourself Together"! (Recorded at home in 1994).</p>
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<p><a href="/files/523308/get-yourself-together.wmv" data-imported="1">Get_Yourself_Together.wmv</a></p>
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<p>A song from 2007's "Tunes Out of Time". Here is "Paper and Stone"!<br> (Recorded at home in 2003).</p>
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<p><a href="/files/523309/paper-and-stone.wmv" data-imported="1">Paper_and_Stone.wmv</a></p>
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<p>A personal fave from "Back In Business: Paul Tait 2003".</p>
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<p>"Flaws in the Ointment". A sarcastic goofy twist on flies, cats... and nothing to do\nothing to lose. Originally a part of "Back In Business: Paul Tait 2003".</p>
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<p>A self made four track wonder!</p>
<a href="https://youtu.be/nUO4PeOSPd0" target="_blank" data-imported="1">Flaws in the Ointment</a>
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060349
2017-09-22T20:00:00-04:00
2017-09-23T17:14:32-04:00
Hurricane Irma
<p>Paul's on the scene storm diary! Before, during, after, and a week later! Also includes updates on his Spotify playlists and more crap with Bookbaby.</p>
<p>Storm Video Report click <a href="https://youtu.be/zD1LH6c5Saw" target="_blank" data-imported="1"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p>
<p>Post Storm and Updates click <a href="https://youtu.be/ZFzQtYmlrk0" target="_blank" data-imported="1"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060348
2017-09-13T20:00:00-04:00
2017-09-14T19:35:48-04:00
Spotify Playlists!
<p>I have three playlists now up on Spotify:</p>
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<p>Diverse and Exciting<br>https://open.spotify.com/user/126655839/playlist/2JUNfDcAIxQo9KmGRZ13qK</p>
<p>Run Wild<br>https://open.spotify.com/user/126655839/playlist/5GYuYNSwhNEUj5Gha9dYuY</p>
<p>Two On One: "...born at night..." and "all that is left is all that remains"<br>https://open.spotify.com/user/126655839/playlist/1a7q3Ah7qbgC0VHqZTfxWq<br><br></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060347
2017-09-12T20:00:00-04:00
2017-09-13T17:14:26-04:00
Pandora Stats: 2014-2017
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060346
2017-08-06T20:00:00-04:00
2017-08-07T19:28:46-04:00
Text Blog #5
<p>One month before launch I have decided to abort “Paul Tait Live For You 2017”. It just simply isn’t good enough. Not me, no, I am as great as always, but the recording sucks. No matter how I tried to make the sound better, really nothing could be done about it. I wanted the video up so bad, more to show how great I still was, that I made myself like it\accept it. But… no, it’s a mess.</p>
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<p>So what I have done is edit together the live audio clips from the 80’s and 90’s into a 40 minute set. I called it simply “The Paul Tait Live Collection”. It features:</p>
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<p>Brand New Day</p>
<p>Eagle and Hammer (the Cold War Bop)</p>
<p>I Can’t See You In My Dreams</p>
<p>Life in the Big City</p>
<p>I’m Fine</p>
<p>Run From Home</p>
<p>Heart of the Dawn</p>
<p>I Still Believe</p>
<p>Place Your Faith</p>
<p>Song to the Moon</p>
<p>Pop Musician</p>
<p>Destiny</p>
<p>Midnight Angels</p>
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<p>The last two are the only tracks I could salvage from all that work I did in the spring. Oh well, as much as I hate wasting time it did get me playing again. I have not played much since. I started writing a song but soon lost interest. Writing a song means nothing unless I intend to record it one day and I am very committed to never engaging that process again. But even if I did... I have tons of catalog songs (some listed in the live recordings) that are ripe for full actualization.</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060345
2017-07-30T20:00:00-04:00
2017-07-31T18:05:25-04:00
Text Blog #4
<p>I started work on “Boston Dialect”. Found a way to get the formatting I want by creating a new header in Arial 14. Titles are either the first line or something I think is cool from the verse.</p>
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<p>That is about it for anything artistic. Well… considering pushing back the release of “Seven Centers” till November as an unexpected medical bill costing $200+ has popped in. Fucking stress test. I never paid any co-pay for them in MA!</p>
<p>In fact in MA, when I had a MassHealth plan, a paid NOTHING for my entire stay in the hospital! With Medicare, I’d have to pay $300.00 a day for the first five days and then nothing afterwards; but I doubt that. I am sure fees for this or co-pays for that would come pouring in.</p>
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<p>Still plan on uploading and promoting the home shot “Paul Tait Live For You 2017” in September. The covers collection got over 5k views in one week so my fans in Asia and Europe have not forgotten me. USA? No traction video wise. Fucktards.</p>
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<p>Living in fear of the federal status update on my disability. That at 58 I’ll have to find a job. I’d rather be dead. Just like when I got sick I would rather have died than continue on, I’d rather die than face another life changer. I have had no interest in being alive since 1995 so every little shit thing that happens is just another disgusting pile I have to eat\wade through.</p>
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<p>Bye.</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060344
2017-07-13T20:00:00-04:00
2017-07-14T18:19:27-04:00
Paul Covers The Beatles I Should Have Known Better
<p><a href="/files/523306/i-shouldve-known-better-0001.wmv" data-imported="1">I_Shouldve_Known_Better_0001.wmv</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060343
2017-07-12T20:00:00-04:00
2017-07-13T19:38:02-04:00
Paul Covers ELO "When I Was a Boy"
<p><a href="/files/523305/when-i-was-a-boy-0001.wmv" data-imported="1">When_I_Was_a_Boy_0001.wmv</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060342
2017-07-06T20:00:00-04:00
2017-07-17T09:19:06-04:00
Text Blog #3
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7m6i0-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7m6i0-0-0"><span data-text="true">I was still thinking an integrated record with both guitar rock and piano rock mixed - as I had done with my previous releases. Later, as all you devoted fans know, I'd change it all up and make one album of piano songs and another of guitar songs.</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="96prd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="96prd-0-0"><span data-text="true">Most of these made it to the studio but a couple were "eaten by bears"; an analogy based on salmon swimming up stream to their place of birth to mate. Many do not make it due to currents or big bears that wait along the waters edge. So when a song of mine never gets recorded, it was eaten by bears!</span></span></div>
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</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="4vm3" data-offset-key="ceigg-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ceigg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ceigg-0-0"><span data-text="true">DON’T STOP BEING A ROCKER</span></span></div>
</div>
<div data-block="true" data-editor="4vm3" data-offset-key="bt02f-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bt02f-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bt02f-0-0"><span data-text="true">WORLD OF PAIN</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="4vm3" data-offset-key="frn52-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="frn52-0-0"><span data-offset-key="frn52-0-0"><span data-text="true">IN THE SKY THERE ARE NO LINES</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="4vm3" data-offset-key="88toe-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="88toe-0-0"><span data-offset-key="88toe-0-0"><span data-text="true">ONE THOUSAND TIMES</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="4vm3" data-offset-key="3nlq1-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3nlq1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3nlq1-0-0"><span data-text="true">NO SOLICITING</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="4vm3" data-offset-key="b4be7-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b4be7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b4be7-0-0"><span data-text="true">FORCE OF WILL*</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5kdl8-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5kdl8-0-0"><span data-text="true">COMFORT FROM THE SUN*</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="37j04-0-0"><span data-offset-key="37j04-0-0"><span data-text="true">SEARCHING THE SKIES</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="4vm3" data-offset-key="4pl4h-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4pl4h-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4pl4h-0-0"><span data-text="true">LOSING MY MIND</span></span></div>
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<div data-block="true" data-editor="4vm3" data-offset-key="bll56-0-0">
<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bll56-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bll56-0-0"><span data-text="true">THE NOTES AND THE WORDS</span></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3srle-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3srle-0-0"> </span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ab9q9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ab9q9-0-0"><span data-text="true">*Eaten by bears</span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="7eccd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7eccd-0-0"> </span></span>
<p>Yes I mourn the loss of those two tunes. Yet since I am "The Creator" I can resurrect them one day. Nothing is over till I am.</p>
<p> Other news is more of the same BS. When I talked these things I'd veer off into them but as a writer I realize unless something truly earth shattering happens; there is no point in writing about it.</p>
<p> Think I'll re-learn "Force of Will". That one almost made it on both "Full 88" and "Everything is Subject to Change". In fact, those album titles were to be "Force of Will" had the song been on either! Why? Cause each one was a force of my will. Neither really needed to be made; I had said "it all" as a singer\songwriter on "Born at Night", "Addendum", and "all that is left isd all that remains". "PTEP8. "Full 88", and "Everything is Subject to Change" were real big wastes of time, effort, and most importantly... money. But I wanted to make them and made them happen even though each was an uphill climb.</p>
<p>The results. Meh. Really. 26 songs of meh. Nothing on any of those three projects measures up to "Angel With a Vamp Inside", "Play For You", "No Friend of Mine", "I Didn't Quit I surrendered", "The Weird Old Musician Who Lives Across the Street", "Street Sleeper", "Mr, Clean", "1975"... and on and on. </p>
<p> The 26 that followed were uninspired. I did not care anymore. Not really. They came out cause they came out. Hell I write songs all the time nowadays but hardly ever sit at the piano and try and work them out because... I do not care. If I did, the end results would be a batch of more meh. So why??</p>
<p>Of course I need to give a shout out to "World of Pain", the final song on ESC that Joel spent an extra $500.00 mixing and so forth. It is a wonder at 9.5 minutes and features superb guitar from Casper Jones. But as a song? POS. One chord, cliche lyrics, and just a lot of rambling on my part. The original composition was not so loose. BUT I wanted a long rambling crazy song and well that is what I paid for.</p>
<p> Bye till whenever.</p>
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060341
2017-06-20T20:00:00-04:00
2017-06-21T19:26:46-04:00
Video Blog 60
<p>As Doug Adams titled one of his great Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy books, "So long and thanks for all the fish"! Yes this is it for the VBlogs. After NO ONE watched the last one Paul has decided to stop wasting time. So GOODBYE.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/nChdSdBJSvs" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060340
2017-06-18T20:00:00-04:00
2017-06-19T16:27:03-04:00
Text Blog #2
<p>According to YouTube VBlog 59 has gotten ONE VIEW. Lowest ever. Worse, that one view was ME! (I always watch anything I post to make sure it looks okay online so… yeah.) YouTube analytics says ONE VIEW and that was from me.</p>
<p>Seeing the trouble I have been having with the camcorder not being recognized by the computer (requires a reboot and the use of a port belonging to another external), the camcorder shutting down from lack of memory but not indicating that with a “beep” or something that would signal me to shut up, and the simple fact that even if one of these gets watched the max has been about 20 views. This means the views this site gets (3-4 thousand a month) do not come from anyone watching the VBlogs.</p>
<p>Thus I must conclude they are a waste of time.</p>
<p>I like even numbers as much as I hate wasting time. I will therefore film a VBlog 60.</p>
<p>Not much to tell anyway…</p>
<ul>
<li>“The Paul Tait Home Collection” will be promoted starting in July. </li>
<li>I will begin working on what will become “Boston Dialect” somewhere around August. </li>
<li>“Paul Tait Live for You 2017” will be uploaded and promoted in September (the 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary of launching my online presence in earnest). </li>
<li>“Seven Centers” has been pushed back to October so as not to collide with the YouTube concert (more a case of promotion money than truly caring about a collision in the market).</li>
</ul>
<p>Real life? I see the heart doc for the results of my echo cardiogram Wednesday of this week. Then comes another appointment with my general practioner\endocranologist Dr. Grainger. In October I see the dentist to begin what will be a fun filled, pain filled, money drain (even with insurance).</p>
<p>Unless something out of the blue happens that is my life.</p>
<p>I will keep up my monthly journal (which no one gets to read till I am dead) and will make text blogs whenever anything noteworthy occurs.</p>
<p>VBlog 60 will be shot in July. Maybe. We’ll see…</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060339
2017-06-03T20:00:00-04:00
2017-06-04T14:44:16-04:00
Free Copy of "Sand 'n Ashes"!!
<p>Get a FREE copy of Paul's latest book "Sand 'n Ashes" in exchange for writing a review!<br>https://storycartel.com/books/sand-n-ashes</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060338
2017-05-31T20:00:00-04:00
2017-06-11T17:44:59-04:00
Video Blog 59
<p>Paul's new book of verse is out! "Sand 'n Ashes" can be bought and downloaded from these online retailers: iBooks, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Baker & Taylor, Copia, Gardners, eSentral, Scribd, Goodreads, Ciando, Vearsa (Google Play, Overdrive, Playster, Hoopla)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/gaMpVszLII0" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060337
2017-05-17T20:00:00-04:00
2017-05-18T18:02:31-04:00
Video Blog 58
<p>Paul talks about the power grid, the internet and how we are all at the mercy of it all! Yeah and also Bookbaby's complete screw up of "Sand 'n Ashes".</p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/IoqWdUo3Ubo" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060336
2017-05-13T20:00:00-04:00
2017-05-14T16:24:06-04:00
Live "Heart of the Dawn" and "Run Wild"
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/QagzUV82zDo" target="_blank" data-imported="1">here</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060335
2017-05-05T20:00:00-04:00
2017-05-14T16:20:57-04:00
Live "Destiny" and "Midnight Angels"
<p>After several failures Paul manages to get good sound!</p>
<p><span id="cch_f3bb768341650c2" class="_mh6 _wsc"><span class="_3oh- _58nk">Live "Destiny" and "Midnight Angels". Click <a href="https://youtu.be/keHMFPi98sQ" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></span></span></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060334
2017-05-03T20:00:00-04:00
2017-05-04T18:09:34-04:00
Video Blog 57
<p>It is May and Paul talks about the new book of verse, the demise of any "live streaming" event, and the usual ramblings.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/hfMT-r4IY9Y" target="_blank" data-imported="1"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060333
2017-04-18T20:00:00-04:00
2017-04-18T20:10:58-04:00
The Next Big Sound Top Performer!
<p>Yes this just keeps on rolling. Every week since November I have been named a Top Performer on Pandora Internet Radio by The Next Big Sound. Here is the latest:</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396976/8a5c565be27ddc0ce251638c8fa0894d44b1576a/original/pandora-top-performer-april-2017-iijpg.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NjM0eDQxNyJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="417" width="634" /></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060332
2017-04-10T20:00:00-04:00
2017-04-11T17:45:04-04:00
Video Blog 56
<p>Extra special long VBlog for no reason whatsoever! It is APRIL and Paul talks about it's significance, 10 years online, and the joys of forgetting.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/Lji0uZ9dxZI" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060331
2017-03-29T20:00:00-04:00
2017-03-30T17:23:41-04:00
Video Blog 55
<p>I threw the camcorder against the wall and fixed it!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/rR75XKpCjsw" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060330
2017-03-18T20:00:00-04:00
2017-03-19T14:44:02-04:00
Text Blog #1
<p>Yes I call this Text Blog #1 as it is the first real text blog I am doing.</p>
<p>I made the “executive decision” not to buy a new camcorder (Canon support suggestions were things I had already done, of course, and therefore useless) as the cost of a decent one is on par with publishing my next book. Couple that with no plans to make any more music videos AND that pretty much no one watches the Video Blogs, well, it would be a huge waste of money.</p>
<p>So text it shall be.</p>
<p>So whazzzup?? Remember when that was a huge “Buzz Phrase”? Doubt anyone says it anymore. Except me. Here. Yup. Old Buzz Phrase Man they call me.</p>
<p>“Where’s the beef?” “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” And who remembers this one and also what commercial\product it was for, “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.”? For extra points, here’s another related to the latter, “That was a spicy meatball!”</p>
<p>In keeping with the YouTube trend that started in 2015, the promotional clip for "Run From Home (live 1992)" has earned 16,725 views.</p>
<p>No further promotional videos are planned for "Diligence: 1983-2003".</p>
<p>You can watch all of my top videos here:</p>
<p>youtube.com/oldnewbie47</p>
<p>Really that is it. Nothing new on the book front, music front, or any front.</p>
<p>See ya next time.</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060329
2017-03-06T19:00:00-05:00
2017-03-07T16:30:38-05:00
No more Vblogs?
<p>The “new camcorder I got in 2015 is, well, not new anymore. Like everything it has built in obsolescence. Guess two years is that limit!</p>
<p>Do I buy a new one? After all, it is nothing but a toy as no more music videos are planned.</p>
<p>Of course without that tool there will be no more video blogs. Seeing NO ONE really watches them (outside of a very small circle of friends) it is not a major loss. I can continue blogging in writing for any of you here that bother.</p>
<p>I shall see how I feel.</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060328
2017-02-25T19:00:00-05:00
2017-02-26T18:22:36-05:00
Video Blog 54
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f7pel-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f7pel-0-0"><span data-text="true">The brand new Video Blog! #54! Click <a href="https://youtu.be/Qt5IZqRXtRM" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a><br></span></span></div>
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060327
2017-02-10T19:00:00-05:00
2017-02-11T09:01:17-05:00
Paul's Tribute to George Michael
<p>Paul Tait pays tribute to the late George Michael with one of Michael's best songs from "Listen Without Prejudice".<br><br></p>
<p>Click<a href="https://youtu.be/XB_mtAcFuBE" target="_blank" data-imported="1"> HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060326
2017-02-07T19:00:00-05:00
2017-02-08T16:45:53-05:00
Video Blog 53
<p>Videos! Poetry! Nurses</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Click<a href="https://youtu.be/5g50sD9_68A" target="_blank" data-imported="1"> HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060325
2017-01-29T19:00:00-05:00
2017-02-26T18:26:08-05:00
Video Blog 52
<p>The eyes have it! Click <a href="https://youtu.be/dSqpg5vOKEM" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060324
2017-01-27T19:00:00-05:00
2017-01-28T17:27:03-05:00
I entered a contest!!
<p>Paul Tait: Don't Stop Being a Rocker DIY Tiny Destop Entry!! Contestants are supposed to play\sing an original song from a desk. Wel, my piano is not a desk and no desk in near the piano so... I did this</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/yfdTRMRlzL4" target="_blank" data-imported="1"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060323
2017-01-23T19:00:00-05:00
2017-01-24T18:33:44-05:00
What Does a Top Perfomer Look Like??
<p>It looks like this!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396976/b1cfe2d1414077b8fab97c84eb8a3395d14ad645/original/pandora-top-performer-january-2017-iii.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NzY0eDQ1MiJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="452" width="764" /></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060322
2017-01-15T19:00:00-05:00
2017-01-16T17:40:31-05:00
Video Blog 51
<p>Paul talks about the release of "Diligence"; finishing "Sand 'n Ashes"; being the Top Performer on Pandora for the whole month of December; that Twitter is a waste of time; and how he just simply cannot care.</p>
<p><br>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/4SYPuNczIOI" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060321
2017-01-04T19:00:00-05:00
2017-01-06T08:32:17-05:00
2016 Paul Tait Music and Video Statistics
<p><strong>Top Albums (as per CDBaby sales stats)</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Two On One: "...born at night..." and "all that is left is all that remains"</li>
<li>Everything is Subject to Change</li>
<li>Rest of the Best of</li>
<li>Mixing My Emotions</li>
<li>I Still Believe: The Best of Paul Tait</li>
<li>AlternaTait Deluxe</li>
<li>PTEP8</li>
<li>Full 88</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top Songs</strong> <strong>(as per CDBaby sales stats)</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Looking for the Love of God</li>
<li>The Weird Old Musician Who Lives Across the Street</li>
<li>Play For You</li>
<li>I Started at the Top</li>
<li>Like You Wanna Be Loved</li>
<li>Some Days</li>
<li>World of Pain</li>
<li>YYY</li>
<li>Searching the Skies</li>
<li>I Don't Have an In-Between</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top Countries</strong> <strong>(as per CDBaby sales stats)</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>United States</li>
<li>Russia</li>
<li>Great Britain</li>
<li>Mexico</li>
<li>Spain</li>
<li>Austria</li>
<li>Canada</li>
<li>Denmark</li>
<li>Philippians</li>
<li>France</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top Stores</strong> <strong>(as per CDBaby sales stats)</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Spotify</li>
<li>YouTube Music</li>
<li>iTunes World Wide</li>
<li>Yandex</li>
<li>Amazon</li>
<li>Google Music Store</li>
<li>Deezer</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top YouTube Videos</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Lovers in a Dangerous World</li>
<li>Tuesday Morning 850am</li>
<li>Everything</li>
<li>Don't Stop Being a Rocker</li>
<li>Web Commercial for Everything is Subject to Change</li>
<li>Destiny</li>
<li>I Don't Have an In Between</li>
<li>VBlog 36</li>
<li>Midnight Angels</li>
<li>Run Wild</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top Countries (out of 179)</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Vietnam</li>
<li>Thailand</li>
<li>Mexico</li>
<li>United States</li>
<li>India</li>
<li>Brazil</li>
<li>Russia</li>
<li>Algeria</li>
<li>Turkey</li>
<li>Peru</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><em>Significant views also came from:</em></p>
<p>Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ukraine. Philippines, Egypt, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Indonesia, Argentina, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Georgia, Laos, Belarus, Poland, Tanzania, Azerbaijan, Italy, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Chile, Mongolia, Ecuador, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, France, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Spain, Moldova</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Pandora Stats</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top Songs</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Symptom Of My Slothing</li>
<li>Street Sleeper</li>
<li>Tappin' To The Beat</li>
<li>I Didn't Quit I Surrendered</li>
<li>Mr. Clean</li>
<li>The Weird Old Musician Who Lives Across The Street</li>
<li>To Where I Belong</li>
<li>No Friend Of Mine</li>
<li>What Better Way</li>
<li>Frenemies</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top Cities\Regions</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Boston, MA (Manchester, NH)</li>
<li>Atlanta, GA</li>
<li>Los Angeles, CA</li>
<li>New York, NY</li>
<li>Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota), FL</li>
<li>Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI</li>
<li>Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN</li>
<li>Houston, TX</li>
<li>Omaha, NE</li>
<li>Spokane, WA</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Demographic age group:</strong> 18-34</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top Spotify Streams</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Play for You</li>
<li>I Started At the Top</li>
<li>The Weird Old Musician Who Lives Across the Street</li>
<li>Looking for the Love of God</li>
<li>The Wreck of the Titanic</li>
<li>Frenemies</li>
<li>No Friend of Mine</li>
<li>Someone Else's Eyes</li>
<li>Like You Wanna Be Loved</li>
<li>Angel With a Vamp Inside</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Web Site Hits:</strong> 41,951</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top Countries</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Czech Republic</li>
<li>United States</li>
<li>Russia</li>
<li>Germany</li>
<li>United Kingdom</li>
<li>China</li>
<li>Ukraine</li>
<li>Sweden</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Egypt</li>
</ol>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060320
2016-12-30T19:00:00-05:00
2017-01-02T19:09:43-05:00
Video Blog 50
<p>Paul talks about reaching 100 poems in his upcoming volume called "Sand 'n Ashes" and what to do next since he's not done with the source material (still two "subjects" of work left); fireworks in FL, and why next year won't be different than last year.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/yAINO8ShgFs" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060319
2016-12-27T19:00:00-05:00
2016-12-28T09:41:52-05:00
Greg Lake \ The Eagles: Two Songs
<p>Paul tests his USB port and rather than waste the footage sings "Still... You Turn Me On" and The Eagles "Take It To The Limit".</p>
<p> </p>
<p>File will play in Windows Media Player and most apps.</p>
<p><a href="/files/523304/greg-lake-and-glenn-frey-tribute-email-ver.wmv" data-imported="1">Greg_Lake_and_Glenn_Frey_Tribute_Email_Ver.wmv</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060318
2016-12-25T19:00:00-05:00
2016-12-26T17:06:45-05:00
The Big Sound
<p>Six times since October I have been named the Top Performer of the week on Pandora Internet Radio by The Big Sound, a service which aggregates Pandora play.</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060317
2016-12-23T19:00:00-05:00
2016-12-24T17:50:04-05:00
Video Blog 49
<p>Paul reveals the source of the next volume, or volumes, of poetry! Talks about the great players he has had the privilege to play with! Then Paul serenades you all with a rendition of The Eagles “Tequila Sunrise”.</p>
<p><br>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/bxmrfu0NahM" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060316
2016-12-05T19:00:00-05:00
2016-12-06T08:50:08-05:00
Video Blog 48
<p>Release date! Distribution woes! Poetry on the move!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/GwWd3EGAd8c" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060315
2016-11-18T19:00:00-05:00
2016-11-19T18:22:05-05:00
Video Blog 47
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060314
2016-10-31T20:00:00-04:00
2016-11-19T18:17:50-05:00
Video Blog 46
<p>Same old same old. Click <a href="https://youtu.be/ekuCJc6H0dA" target="_blank" data-imported="1">here</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060313
2016-10-18T20:00:00-04:00
2021-04-21T13:05:36-04:00
Video Blog 45
<p>VIDEO BLOG 45: Paul tells it like it is. His life as a person, his life as an artist; how they worked for and against each other; how one ruled, how one dominated in the end, how that nearly WAS the end, and who really matters: an artist or a practical person.</p>
<p><br>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/PISn3JPhEck" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060312
2016-10-04T20:00:00-04:00
2016-10-05T18:42:50-04:00
Video Blog 44
<p>October's Video Blog. I blab about my health, and include the updated version of "Lovers in a Dangerous World".<br><br>If you want to skip the blab go to the 14 minute mark for the song.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/P3-ctpiLT6U" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060311
2016-09-03T20:00:00-04:00
2016-10-05T18:41:40-04:00
Video Blog 43
<p>Paul just can't shut up! Click <a href="https://youtu.be/IhSOrGqplRM" target="_blank" data-imported="1">here</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060310
2016-08-06T20:00:00-04:00
2016-08-07T17:28:51-04:00
Addendum to 42
<p>Addendum to 42. Click <a href="https://youtu.be/7gVeFaHSIuc" target="_blank" data-imported="1">here</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060309
2016-08-04T20:00:00-04:00
2016-08-05T19:05:25-04:00
FaceBook Links
<p>FaceBook has simplified it's links to artist pages. Here aree my direct links:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Paul Tait Artist Page</p>
<p>fb.me/paultaitartistpage</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Message me:</p>
<p>m.me/paultaitartistpage</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060308
2016-08-04T20:00:00-04:00
2016-08-05T19:03:39-04:00
Video Blog 42
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/a6k5T-saXPw" target="_blank" data-imported="1">here</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060307
2016-06-29T20:00:00-04:00
2016-06-30T18:10:52-04:00
Video Blog 41
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/spbbroh-T4c" target="_blank" data-imported="1"><strong>here</strong></a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060306
2016-05-01T20:00:00-04:00
2016-06-10T18:14:02-04:00
Video Blog 40
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/dhWe1De3ODw" target="_blank" data-imported="1">here</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060305
2016-04-09T20:00:00-04:00
2016-04-10T18:05:42-04:00
Video Blog 39!!
<p>Paul talks about April releases, the importance of contact information, and zits at 56! Click <a href="https://youtu.be/XIE5tsJ-umg" target="_blank" data-imported="1">HERE</a>!</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060304
2016-02-23T19:00:00-05:00
2016-02-23T17:38:00-05:00
Video Blog 38
<p>https://youtu.be/lfPscDfsf9g</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060303
2016-02-15T19:00:00-05:00
2016-02-16T16:34:11-05:00
Video Blog 37!!
<p>Figured I ought to do a Video Blog about the books of poetry. Yes I do talk about them but also, as usual, go off in a couple directions...</p>
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060302
2016-01-01T19:00:00-05:00
2016-01-01T17:19:58-05:00
Paul’s Reflections on 2015
<p>2015 was the busiest year I have ever had regarding new material being released. While I have issued more than one album in a year before, they were anthologies. For the first time I released two albums of newly recorded material in one year.</p>
<p>I say “newly recorded” because not all the songs were written for their respective releases. To be honest, half of <strong>“Full 88”</strong> comes from my back catalog.</p>
<p>Which songs? Well I’d be a cheat if I said the above and did not give you the details, right? So here are the tunes and years:</p>
<ul>
<li>Midnight Angels (written in 1997)</li>
<li>Rain in Chicago (written in 1997)</li>
<li>Run Wild (written in 1988!)</li>
<li>Something Going On (written in 1998)</li>
<li>Unrequited (written in 1998)</li>
</ul>
<p>The rest? “In The Sky There Are No Lines” was written in 2011, “One Thousand Times” comes from 2012, “Someone Else’s Eyes” and “The Notes and the Words” from 2013. The only song written close to recording was “Destiny” which was written in July of 2014.</p>
<p><strong>“Everything is Subject to Change”</strong> is a little more immediate (as if that matters – I do not believe in expiration dates when it comes to songs. Unless they date themselves by being topical a good song transcends time).</p>
<p>Still, the songs were not written for the project. They were culled from 2011-2014. Example, “Don’t Stop Being a Rocker” was written right after my hospital adventure in 2011. The other songs came as the lean years went by.</p>
<p>The most recent of the songs was “Self Awareness” which I wrote “to order” as I needed one more track to make ten (nothing in my catalog fit). I wrote it in November of 2014 pretty much in the time it takes to listen to it.</p>
<p>The truth of it all is the last honest burst of inspiration that resulted in an album of songs as one collective was 2011’s <strong>“all that is left is all that remains”</strong>. That was meant to be my last album. And it should have been. I had nothing more to say. Personally, I should have died when my heart and kidney’s failed. <strong>“all that is left is all that remains”</strong> would have been a very fitting goodbye.</p>
<p>Back to 2015…</p>
<p>So what I think? After all is said and done I have things to say about each album as well as the videos. More exactly, what I thought was NOT good as there is more good than bad.</p>
<p><strong>“Full 88”:</strong> Through no ones fault but mine as a writer, “Someone Else’s Eyes” and “The Notes and the Words” are boring as hell. They go nowhere. One straight line from beginning to end. No oomph to the choruses. Nothing.</p>
<p><strong>“ESC”:</strong> In “Some Days” the vocals could be more prominent. They get buried in the mix. That is about it for that album! No other complaints.</p>
<p>Videos?? My favs are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Run Wild</li>
<li>Midnight Angels</li>
<li>Self Awareness</li>
<li>Don’t Stop Being a Rocker</li>
<li>Destiny</li>
</ul>
<p>The alchemy I concoct with post color adjustment, superimposed collages, and wipes all are at their best in those clips.</p>
<p>2015 also saw the publication of my first book of verse. “Stray Lines” came out in June and was a critical and artistic success.</p>
<p>Money? Ha ha ha</p>
<p>That pretty much rounds up the year. The last year for music as I have no intention of recording anything on this kind of scale ever again. Too expensive and too much stress. Going forward plans are to publish my vast back catalog of poetry. I have approximately 12,000 poems so… lots to do!</p>
<p>Thank you for your support.</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060301
2015-12-31T19:00:00-05:00
2016-01-05T16:27:08-05:00
2015 Paul Tait Music and Video Statistics
<p><strong>Paul Tait Music and Video Statistics for 2015</strong></p>
<p>TOP SONGS (as per CDBaby):</p>
<p><em>Correction: Due to some sales being issued late, "Wreck if the Titanic" became the most downloaded song of 2015</em></p>
<p>The Wreck of the Titanic</p>
<p>Play For You</p>
<p>The Weird Old Musician Who Lives Across the Street</p>
<p>Angel with a Vamp Inside</p>
<p>She Spits</p>
<p>I Didn't Quit I Surrendered</p>
<p>Nowhere to Go</p>
<p>Tappin to the Beat</p>
<p>No Friend of Mine</p>
<p>In The Sky There Are No Lines</p>
<p> </p>
<p>TOP ALBUMS (as per CDBaby)</p>
<p>Two On One "...born at night..." and "all that is left is all that remains"</p>
<p>Rest of the Best of</p>
<p>I Still Believe: The Best of Paul Tait</p>
<p>PTEP8</p>
<p>Mixing My Emotions: 1995-2010</p>
<p>Full 88</p>
<p>AlternaTait Deluxe</p>
<p> </p>
<p>TOP COUNTRIES (as per CDBaby)</p>
<p>United States</p>
<p>Great Britain</p>
<p>France</p>
<p>Estonia</p>
<p>Denmark</p>
<p>Germany</p>
<p> </p>
<p>TOP STORES (as per CDBaby)</p>
<p>Spotify</p>
<p>eMusic</p>
<p>Omnifone</p>
<p>Google Music Store</p>
<p>Deezer</p>
<p> </p>
<p>TOP VIDEOS (as per YouTube Analytics)</p>
<p>I Don’t Have an In-Between</p>
<p>Don’t Stop Being a Rocker</p>
<p>Destiny</p>
<p>Web Commercial for Everything is Subject to Change</p>
<p>In the Sky There are No Lines</p>
<p>Midnight Angels</p>
<p>Unrequited</p>
<p>Run Wild</p>
<p>Self Awareness</p>
<p>Web Commercial for Full 88</p>
<p> </p>
<p>TOP COUNTRIES</p>
<p>Note: 209 countries viewed Paul Tait videos in 2015</p>
<p>The Top Ten:</p>
<p>Vietnam</p>
<p>Mexico</p>
<p>Thailand</p>
<p>Turkey</p>
<p>Indonesia</p>
<p>Philippines</p>
<p>Russia</p>
<p>Peru</p>
<p>Brazil</p>
<p>Morocco</p>
<p>And these countries make up the top 75:</p>
<p>Colombia, United States. Romania, Algeria, Ukraine, Argentina, Serbia, Tunisia, Iraq, India, Poland, Malaysia, Taiwan, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Cambodia, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria, Chile, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, Venezuela, Bangladesh, Belarus, United Arab Emirates, Spain, France, Nepal, Armenia, Italy, Ecuador, Macedonia (FYROM), Greece, Hungary, Portugal, Canada, United Kingdom, South Korea, Azerbaijan, Japan, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Moldova, Tanzania, Croatia, Latvia, Singapore, Israel, Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka, Albania, Ethiopia, Germany, Senegal, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Qatar, Myanmar (Burma), Netherlands, Hong Kong, Australia, Belgium, Kenya, and Palestine</p>
<p> </p>
<p>TOP LISTENS ON SOUNDCLOUD</p>
<p>Eagle And Hammer (The Cold War Bop)</p>
<p>I Can't See You In My Dreams</p>
<p>Everybody I Know</p>
<p>She Spits</p>
<p>Angel with a Vamp Inside</p>
<p>Song To The Moon</p>
<p>I Still Believe</p>
<p>World Of Pain</p>
<p>Be With You</p>
<p>Pop Musician</p>
<p> </p>
<p>TOP LISTENS ON PANDORA INTERNET RADIO</p>
<p>Symptom of my Slothing</p>
<p>Mr. Clean</p>
<p>I Didn't Quit I Surrendered</p>
<p>Street Sleeper</p>
<p>The Wreck of the Titanic</p>
<p>Tappin to the Beat</p>
<p>When Good News and Bad News are the Same News</p>
<p>To Where I Belong</p>
<p>The Weird Old Musician Who Lives Across the Street</p>
<p>What Better Way</p>
<p> </p>
<p>TOP REGIONS ON PANDORA<br> <br> Los Angeles, CA </p>
<p>New York, NY</p>
<p>Chicago, IL</p>
<p>San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA</p>
<p>Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX</p>
<p>Seattle-Tacoma, WA</p>
<p>Philadelphia, PA</p>
<p>Houston, TX</p>
<p>Phoenix, AZ</p>
<p>Washington, DC (Hagerstown, MD)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Paultaittunes.com unique visits: 87,820</p>
<p> </p>
<p>TOP WEB SITE COUNTRIES:</p>
<p>Viet Nam</p>
<p>Algeria</p>
<p>United States</p>
<p>Mexico</p>
<p>Morocco</p>
<p>Russian Federation</p>
<p>Tunisia</p>
<p>Thailand</p>
<p>Indonesia</p>
<p>Ukraine</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060300
2015-12-06T19:00:00-05:00
2015-12-07T17:09:31-05:00
John Lennon: 35th Anniversary
<p class="text1">I did not know Mr. Lennon. But I knew his music and always called him John, never Mr. Lennon.</p>
<p class="text1r">Had I met him while living in New York (I left just three months shy of his murder), I am sure I would have smiled and simply said, "Hi, John."</p>
<p class="text1r">He reportedly liked that. He liked that New Yorkers were not overwhelmed by the sight of a Beatle walking down the street with them. He was so comfortable there he never had bodyguards. He didn't want anything to separate him from the people in the city.</p>
<p class="text1r">He was also very generous with his time and with autographs. No diva-tudes from John, no. He signed whatever was put before him by whoever was putting it before him — including an album from a shy young man who waited in front of the Dakota Apartments on the early evening of Dec. 8, 1980.</p>
<p class="text1r">He handed John a copy of his latest album, "Double Fantasy," and after signing it, John reportedly looked at the young man and asked, "Is that it? Is there anything else?"</p>
<p class="text1r">The man shook his head, no; mumbled a thank-you; and John and Yoko headed off in their limo to the Record Plant where they would spend the next few hours working on Yoko's single, "Walking on Thin Ice."</p>
<p class="text1r">But there was something else the young autograph-seeker wanted. Something unspeakable. You see, that same man would still be waiting outside the Dakota at approximately 11:30 p.m. and would murder John Lennon.</p>
<p class="text1r">I was half asleep in my strange old bedroom — home to earn cash to head back out on my own musical journey, this time out to LA. My parents were watching Monday Night Football when my mother came in my room and asked if I were awake.</p>
<p class="text1r">Acknowledging that I was, she said, "John Lennon has been shot." Strangely, I did not leap out of bed and dash to the TV like a madman. No, I quietly, calmly asked, "Is he dead?" She replied, "They don't think so, but no one knows right now."</p>
<p class="text1r">Unbelievably, I soon fell asleep! Why? Because never in my wildest thoughts could I imagine it being intentional. I figured it being New York, a city I knew so well, a stray bullet hit John in the arm or leg and that would be all. Or it had been a robbery attempt; and, again, John would not be mortally wounded. Just a flesh wound, as they say in the movies.</p>
<p class="text1r">No one would intentionally shoot John Lennon!</p>
<p class="text1r">Then the next day... oh, God, that awful next day.</p>
<p class="text1r">I did not know Mr. Lennon. But I knew John. The "John" that was always followed in name by "Paul, George, and Ringo." That is what I lost on Dec. 8, 1980. I lost "the John" following by the Three. I lost The Beatles.</p>
<p class="text1r">Never again would they be in the same room. I'd never see a picture of them in their '60s laughing over some goofy thing that had happened on the way to the photo shoot. All hope was lost for me to hear John and Paul sing together again. And as silly as it sounds now, for a while, honestly, it felt like hope in and of itself was lost.</p>
<p class="text1r">Everything about The Beatles was forever covered by a cloud. Every Beatle record, movie, live show. Everything they ever did was tainted.</p>
<p class="text1r">Their early records that just rang out with the uninhibited pleasures of Beatlemania, like "She Loves You," now brought tears to my eyes. But they were not tears for John, or for Yoko, Sean, Julian or anyone but for me. Aching, selfish tears, they were; tears for what I had lost; for what inside of me was forever gone, what was forever broken.</p>
<p class="text1r">I did not know Mr. Lennon. But I knew The Beatles, and when the remaining three did "The Beatles Anthology," telling their story in their own words, there was an empty place at the table. As great as it was seeing and hearing Paul, George and Ringo together, even making a new recording using an old John demo to go by, it was off kilter, off balance, incomplete. We'd hear Paul, George and Ringo muse on Beatlemania and Shea Stadium (the biggest rock concert in the world at the time); but we would only have old taped interviews from the '70s for John's insight.</p>
<p class="text1r">Now, 35 years later, my parents have since passed away, as have my artistic ambitions. But as long as I live I will never forget where I was that night. How Howard Cosell, of all people, made the announcement; or how in the days that followed Yoko asked for 10 minutes of silence to honor John; how I shut the Muzak system down in the store where I worked since the management wouldn't comply; how we, as in the folks in the Boston music community and in the local colleges signed a petition to have the UN start its assembly with a minute of silence honoring John's post-Beatle efforts for world peace; and how each anniversary brought with it its own moments of sadness.</p>
<p class="text1r">I did not know Mr. Lennon. But I knew The Beatles and I knew the John who played guitar, harmonica and piano, and wrote and sang for them. And I know that at least for me, since his murder, nothing has been quite the same.</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060299
2015-11-15T19:00:00-05:00
2015-11-16T07:54:32-05:00
Random Things...
<p>I made the “executive decision” to push out the video for “Self Awareness”. I had nixed it all together due to, going by my established schedule; it would not have debuted until January 2016. I want all this music stuff done by years end! Seeing that “I Don’t Have an In-Between” earned 16,703 views in little over two weeks I figured “strike while the iron is hot”.</p>
<p>Been debating, as I could not sleep, the concept of an autobiography. Nothing new, just always envisioned it divided into two parts; The Person and then The Artist. I’d cover the same periods of time only from two different perspectives. Sounds unique, huh? Well, it also sounds laborious and perhaps confusing. Best to integrate, of course focusing on the arts, but side mentioning the personal horseshit.</p>
<p>See my life has been two separate ones. As an artist I was\am one of a kind. Creative in so many ways no one I have ever met or actually heard of can match me. As a person however I have been a total loss. Lousy friend, angry worker (at any job), heavy drinker, crappy at romance, just a general slug. So why dedicate half a book to that asshole?</p>
<p>See though? There is the ground plan\basic architecture (Cover time periods… Birth to 1971, 1972-1978, 1979-1981, etc etc). So I do not have to do it now. Someone else, if necessary, can!!</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060298
2015-11-07T19:00:00-05:00
2015-11-08T18:05:42-05:00
Video Blog #36!!
<p>Click <a href="https://youtu.be/-GZOC0xfgxo" target="_blank" data-imported="1">here</a></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060297
2015-10-26T20:00:00-04:00
2015-10-26T20:42:01-04:00
New Book Update
<p>Book Update: I finished it. Well, first pass. All 60 poems picked, edited, spellchecked, and formatted. Now to leave it alone for a while. Then go back and read through it to ensure I do not think it all is crap. Even if I do I'll still publish because I cannot trust my opinion of myself when it comes to my verse writing. Music\songs, sure... I can tell when one is worth pursuing and one is simply not good enough. The verses alone?? Nope. Best I can do is make sure <span class="text_exposed_show">they are not out and out embarrassing!!</span></p>
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<p>I plan on a February release date (Amazon\Kindle, Barnes and Nobles, etc). In the meantime, my critically acclaimed first book of verse, "Stray Lines", is available for download!!</p>
<p>Note: These are more Booklets than books. Being a new poet, I read that it is unusual for one to publish at once more than 50-100 in a single volume; unless it is an anthology. So I picked 60 for my first four volumes. Then... look out... I have a project in mind for about 150-200 in a single book! I will warn you all ahead of time.</p>
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060296
2015-10-11T20:00:00-04:00
2022-05-09T05:35:35-04:00
"Everything is Subject to Change" Song List!
<p><strong>I Don’t Have an In-Between</strong></p>
<p><strong>Some Days</strong></p>
<p><strong>Losing My Mind</strong></p>
<p><strong>Don’t Stop Being a Rocker</strong></p>
<p><strong>No Soliciting</strong></p>
<p><strong>Heart Condition</strong></p>
<p><strong>Searching the Skies</strong></p>
<p><strong>Self Awareness</strong></p>
<p><strong>Life is a Prison</strong></p>
<p><strong>World of Pain</strong></p>
<p><strong>All songs © 2015 Paul Tait</strong></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060295
2015-10-11T20:00:00-04:00
2015-10-12T17:56:06-04:00
Video Blog #35!!
<p>Yes Paul creates a brand new Vblog, his first in two years! Check out this one sided conversation <a href="https://youtu.be/IOmZuwLZzV0" target="_blank" data-imported="1">here</a>!</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060294
2015-09-21T20:00:00-04:00
2015-09-22T19:44:29-04:00
About Casper Jones...
<p>I have to say that without the guitar prowess of Casper Jones "<strong>Everything is Subject to Change</strong>" would not be the album it is. While no doubt Joel Simches could have found a guitarist or several guitarists to play on the songs, I doubt any would have matched the outstanding playing of Casper. Honestly I would have been hesitant to go ahead without him!</p>
<p>He proved his technique and creativity when we worked on "...born at night...", "all that is left is all that remains", and the EP "Addendum". I never had to give him more than a hint of what I was looking for. He delivered and then some.<br><br>Original indeed but you can hear elements of suggestions I gave him like Blackmore, Page, Iommi, and so forth on certain tracks. He himself injected the stylings of the great Dick Dale, the king of surf guitar, for "Don't Stop Being a Rocker" (I actually did not suggest anything because I wasn't really thinking guitar on that one as far as a specific) and boy does it work!!<br><br>Like "<strong>Full 88</strong>" was The Joel Simches Chocoblis album in that it would not sound as lush and full without his input; this is, to me, The Casper Jones Album. Could not have been done without him!</p>
<p>Thank you Casper for being a huge part of "Everything is Subject to Change"!!</p>
<p>Now am I being awfully pretentious in thinking everyone is gonna love this new album? Maybe. But I LOVE IT and that is what counts more than anyone else loving\liking it. Sure I hope they do but... what is this that I do all about anyway? My fulfilling what I set out to do in 1978.</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060293
2015-09-14T20:00:00-04:00
2015-09-15T19:35:20-04:00
Updates and Projections
<div>Well November is… too darn far away! Hated to put "<strong>Everything is Subject to Change</strong>" out so far after it was done but releasing it in July after everything else would have been anti-climatic. I’d hate for “the end” to be anti-climatic!</div>
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<div>As far as that goes, it won’t be the end of releasing stuff. No, I already have plans to re-release the live material recorded some 25 years ago! Now it’s antique! Songs recorded at Grovers, Brandies University, The Pavilion in Billerica, and the Balcony Lounge in Peabody.</div>
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<div>I first put some live stuff out in 1997 on tape, then in 2007 on CD. It has ever been reviewed but… how can it be compared to studio stuff? These were board mixes to a cassette! No mixing post production other than editing and noise reduction.</div>
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<div>For that reason it pains me to not include the version of “I Still Believe” from The Channel. I really wanted that place represented but… the board mix had so much hiss even noise reduction did not clean it up enough! And too much NR muddies the performance so… I had to delete the tune from the project!</div>
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<div>Nonetheless it will be 8 songs; four available nowhere else! Four pretty good songs that “got away” and never got the studio treatment.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>But that won’t be released till next year… Then I feel everything will be complete. The total picture of what I did musically would not be complete without live being represented. I was a live performer first, my first love was performance; be as an actor or a singer.</div>
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<div>Like being plugged into a current when I played with a band, especially with a solid drummer, I was never still. Sure, stuck often behind the piano, I still never just sat still.</div>
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<div>Now I am old and boring. :p</div>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060292
2015-07-26T20:00:00-04:00
2015-07-26T20:22:42-04:00
Update on Release Date for ESC
<p>ESC UPDATE:<br><br>Yes "Everything is Subject to Change" (ESC for short) is uploaded to CDBaby, finalized, and set for world-wide release on November 2nd.<br><br>The first video single, "I Don't Have an In-Between", is finished and I am plotting the next one as I write (for a song called "Don't Stop Being a Rocker"). Sure these won't be posted till months from now but one never knows the future so I like to have everything done ahead of time.<br><br>Then that is it. No additional plans for recording.<br><br>With the April release of the piano-centric "Full 88" and the guitar rocking ESC coming up that says everything musically I have to say. 100 of my recordings will be online for sale. 40 or so of my videos on YouTube. What else but for the "next level" which is 25 years too late if it even were to manifest?<br><br>So in spite of the universe playing it's wicked joke I feel I have prevailed. I did it myself with no record company, no publishing house, no nothing but me and, in recent years, hired studio help. I have sold music in every country and have had my videos viewed in each one of them as well. What else is there but tons of money and "Ellen"??<br><br>So November 2nd. Oh I'll remind you. Lots of times!<br>-Paul</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060291
2015-07-04T20:00:00-04:00
2015-07-05T10:26:03-04:00
Update on New CD
<p>Things are moving along with the upcoming CD. I still have to decide when I am going to release it.<br><br>A lot depends on this months and next months sales reports from CDBaby. If "Full 88" has not been downloading or songs from it not being cherry picked then I need to let the CD "breath" without adding another to the mix. Maybe add another video or relaunch the campaign for the Web Commercial.<br><br>If still nothing by fall, or nothing significant, I will chalk it up as a mis-fire. Lumping all ballads together may have been a mistake. Most of my dl's have traditionally been the uptempo rocking songs.<br><br>Then I may release this new one towards Christmas. As I have mentioned, all the tracks on it rock.<br><br>Pandora radio REFUSED "Full 88" because it was too mellow they said, so I do not think they'll refuse the new one as, imo, it melts glass! Casper Jones's guitar work sure as heck melts it!!<br><br>However, if the sales figures show the album is doing good... I will sit on the new one till next year. It will kill me. But I will.<br><br>So I shall see what the reports say.</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060290
2015-06-17T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-24T18:15:49-04:00
New CD in Mixing Stage!
<p>The next CD is coming along. Now it is in Joels hands...</p>
<p>Major kudos to guitarist Casper Jones! His artistry and ability to play just about any style (kick ass hard rock to reggae) has made this production all I had hoped.<br><br>Nonetheless, I am so glad this is the end. Like I said to Joel during "Full 88" I forget how things get for me internally right around this particular time in production. I am also reminded now of why I drank a lot, lol</p>
<p>Working title for the project? "Not For Lack of Trying" but that will probably change.<br><br>From now onward it is me and poetry. For that form of published expression it is just me and the distributor... no one else. No illustrator. No proof reader. I do it all.</p>
<p>Oh but don't despair... I'll find something to bitch about! May even do an old fashioned Vblog just to vent!!</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060289
2015-04-26T20:00:00-04:00
2015-04-27T18:49:25-04:00
Full 88 and What is Next!
<p>With "Full 88" just beginning it's shelf life it might seem odd that I have begun a NEW CD PROJECT with the incomparable Joel Simches. But I have!</p>
<p>Yes, ten new songs are in the works and if all goes as planned I hope to release another CD in the late fall\winter. Why?</p>
<p>I always admired the bands and artists from the 60's and 70's who were contracted to released two albums a year; one every six months. So in that spirit, I am aiming to do the same.</p>
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<p>On-board this time around is master guitarist Casper Jones. As you may recall, Casper played on the albums "...born at night..." and "all that is left is all that remains". I am more than honored to be working again with such an immense talent!!</p>
<p>Recording on my end was done a while ago. Joel's work begins in earnest within the next week or so. Once rough mixes are made, they will be send to Casper, who now resides in his native Denmark. He has a home setup and will then send back tracks he's done to us to have Joel do the mixing and mastering. A true International Effort!!</p>
<p>Well, that is the plan! Of course I know anything can happen an so In will remain "edgy" till all is said and done. Nothing new!</p>
<p>So lots going on.</p>
<p>As with "Full 88" this album nearly did not get made as I felt the recent CD was a fine Goodbye to that aspect of my creative life. The new goal was to jump fully into putting together books of verse for publication. Yet I still had these songs... I could not just leave them to gather dust... PLUS they are the direct opposite of the material on "Full 88"... raw fast guitar-centric rockers!</p>
<p>So when this is out consider "Full 88" and it as a big 1970's double album with one disc being "Piano Paul" and the other being "Rocker Paul"!</p>
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060288
2015-02-01T19:00:00-05:00
2015-02-02T18:21:05-05:00
New Album Update
<p>The new album is finished! It is uploaded to CDBaby and will be available online April 7th.</p>
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<p>The disc i called "Full 88"!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Two videos have been produced but will not be uploaded to YouTube till later this month and then the other in March.</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060287
2015-01-19T19:00:00-05:00
2015-01-20T09:25:13-05:00
Latest Greatest on Album
<p><span class="userContent" data-ft="{" tn>UPDATE: The final mixes have been approved and the new album is heading into the Mastering process!!<br> <br> Once this is done I will upload the artwork and the music to CDBaby with an international online release date of April 7th.<br> <br> Before then, in March, the first Video Single will be released to YouTube. It will be for a song called "Run Wild". In fact I just put the final edit to bed. Well, not final... I will replace the current mix with the mastered one once I have it.<br> <br> I am considering putting together some sort of over all Web Commercial to be out in February that would feature a list of all song titles and samples from at least five. So that is on my mind...<br> <br> More info as I have it!</span></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060286
2015-01-01T19:00:00-05:00
2015-01-02T16:36:47-05:00
2014 Music and Video Statistics
<p><strong>2014 Music and Video Statistics</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Top Downloaded Songs (as per CDBaby accounting)</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>The Weird Old Musician Who Lives Across the Street</li>
<li>Oceans of My Mind</li>
<li>YYY</li>
<li>I Didn’t Quit I Surrendered</li>
<li>Like You Wanna Be Loved</li>
<li>1975</li>
<li>Harvard Square (WCGY Radio Spot)</li>
<li>In My Heart Tonight (Blooper mix)</li>
<li>Angel With a Vamp Inside</li>
<li>Squirt Gun Girls</li>
</ol>
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<p><strong>Top Albums (as per CDBaby accounting)</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Two On One: “…born at night…” and “All that is left is all that remains”</li>
<li>Rest of the Best Of: 1984-2003</li>
<li>AlternaTait Deluxe</li>
<li>I Still Believe: The Best of Paul Tait</li>
<li>PTEP8</li>
<li>Mixing My Emotions: 1995-2010</li>
</ol>
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<p><strong>Top Online Stores</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Spotify</li>
<li>Muve Music</li>
<li>Rhapsody</li>
<li>iTunes</li>
<li>Deezer</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top Countries</strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>United States</li>
<li>Great Britain</li>
<li>Germany</li>
<li>Norway</li>
<li>Sweden</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top Videos (as per YouTube)</strong></p>
<p><em>This year I am combining stats for both sites, Oldnewbie47 and Oldnewbie50</em></p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Frenemies</li>
<li>1975</li>
<li>Paul Tait Live at The Pavilion 1992</li>
<li>Pop Musician</li>
<li>Heart of the Dawn</li>
<li>SoundCloud Promo Video</li>
<li>Teenage Psycho Chick on Drugs</li>
<li>King Herod’s Song (audio only)</li>
<li>I Didn’t Quit I Surrendered</li>
<li>Survivor After All</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top Countries</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Egypt</li>
<li>Serbia</li>
<li>Algeria</li>
<li>United States</li>
<li><span style="color:#000000"><a title="Philippines" href="https://www.youtube.com/analytics?o=U#dt=ly,fe=16435,fr=lc-PH,fs=16071;fc=1,fcr=0,r=views,rpa=a,rpbm=7-93-32,rpd=117,rpg=7,rpm=l,rpr=d,rps=7" data-imported="1"><span style="color:#000000">Philippines</span></a></span></li>
<li>Saudi Arabia</li>
<li>United Arab Emirates</li>
<li><a title="Bosnia & Herzegovina" href="https://www.youtube.com/analytics?o=U#dt=ly,fe=16435,fr=lc-BA,fs=16071;fc=1,fcr=0,r=views,rpa=a,rpbm=7-93-32,rpd=117,rpg=7,rpm=l,rpr=d,rps=7" data-imported="1">Bosnia & Herzegovina</a></li>
<li>Cambodia</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Additional popular countries (listed by number of views):</strong></p>
<p>Nepal, Thailand, Turkey, Mexico, Colombia, Jordan, Japan, Qatar, Poland, Peru, Kuwait, United Kingdom, Montenegro, Chile, Canada, Romania, France, South Korea, Bangladesh, Palestine, Italy, Greece, Kazakhstan, Libya, Hungary, Czech Republic, Argentina, Yemen, Morocco, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Germany, Sudan, India, Tanzania, Netherlands, Portugal, New Zealand, Malaysia, Belgium, Indonesia, Spain, Israel, Lithuania, Taiwan, Ghana, Denmark, Australia, Croatia, Macedonia (FYROM), Norway, Afghanistan, and Slovenia</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top Song on Pandora Internet Radio:</strong></p>
<p>Angel with a Vamp Inside</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top listens on SoundCloud</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>I Can't See You In My Dreams</li>
<li>Angel with a Vamp Inside</li>
<li>Eagle And Hammer (The Cold War Bop)</li>
<li>I Still Believe</li>
<li>Everybody I Know</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Paultaittunes.com has only been live since September but these are the number of unique hits since:</strong></p>
<p>20,945</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Top Web Site Countries:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>US Commercial</li>
<li>China</li>
<li>Great Britain</li>
<li>Russian Federation</li>
<li>Germany</li>
</ol>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060285
2014-11-23T19:00:00-05:00
2014-11-24T09:00:07-05:00
Music Update: To the next level
<p>Basic tracks (piano\keyboards\lead vocals) have been completed and the tracks sent up to MA where real drums, bass, and assorted extras will be added. Boston legend Joel Simches will be spearheading the project in Waltham at Watch City Studios.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Once done and mixed, I’ll get the tracks back and make decisions on what was done and if anything needs to be changed. Already I know I need to re-sing one of the songs. Playing-wise I am pretty happy with what I have done; though never completely (of course).</p>
<p> </p>
<p>If all goes smoothly I expect to have the new release out by spring of next year.</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060284
2014-11-17T19:00:00-05:00
2014-11-18T07:47:23-05:00
Current Music Update...
<p>Good news! The files sent to the engineer in Boston synch up perfectly! That was a major concern and now it is not!</p>
<p>I have half the album done from my piano\keys\vocal perspective. Next will be for Joel Simches (engineer, drummer, bass player, percussion, and also additional keyboards where required) to add his expert playing to the tracks. Then depending on how the music has changed or not, I may re-sing a few of the songs.</p>
<p>Each step, on my end, brings new technological challenges. I am sure to some they may be no-brainers, but to a musical technophobe like me, they are hurdles. Odd thing is, I am a certified computer tech in Windows based applications! Yet with music tech... I suck.</p>
<p>Hating it probably doesn't help.</p>
<p>In other important news, the symptoms of Bells palsy have greatly improved. I am singing almost 100% normally. The "almost" is not a stopper or something so blatant that it is distracting... just something I am aware of and work arund where necessary.</p>
<p>So onward and upward. Five more tunes to make an even ten and then??? Joel suggested I go ahead and lay the basics for the next ten even if I have no solid plans to record another CD. At least then they'll be ready should I decide in a year or so to make a all rocker follow-up to this piano based entry.</p>
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Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060283
2014-11-07T19:00:00-05:00
2014-11-11T16:33:23-05:00
New Music Update...
<p>Well I have all the new equipment. Manual much clearer to follow than a Japanese translation. Nonetheless, I am in full panic mode about starting this.</p>
<p>Why? I hate being my own engineer. I like sitting and playing, not worrying about levels and so forth. And if it were not for the lazy SOB's down here in Central Florida studios I'd be in a <em>studio</em> doing this and not a converted bedroom.</p>
<p>Also, the last time I was engineering for myself it was back in analog days AND 11 years ago. I had that down to the point I could go to the basement at any hour, hit REC and lay down a new idea. Many of those ideas are now distributed on "Rest of the Best of" and "AlternaTait Deluxe).</p>
<p>But this digital thing. Pisses me off.</p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060282
2014-10-17T20:00:00-04:00
2014-10-18T08:46:55-04:00
Music Update
<p><span class="userContent" data-ft="{" tn>The ZOOM Recorder is apparently damaged or the SD card necessary for recording is damaged. Won’t go into deep details but I’ll need to return it to Guitar Center for either service or replacement.</span></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist
tag:paultaittunes.com,2005:Post/6060281
2014-10-02T20:00:00-04:00
2014-10-03T19:37:17-04:00
New Project and Health
<p><span class="userContent" data-ft="{" tn>I have suffered an occurrence of something called Bell's Palsy. Symptoms resemble that of a stroke, drooping mouth, difficulty in speaking, etc. Of course singing is frustrating as all heck.<br> <br> No treatment. No, just have to wait for it to suddenly go away as suddenly as it arrived.<br> <br> Good news is I can record the basics, ev<span class="text_exposed_show">en a crappy vocal for follow purposes, and send them up North to be worked on. However, if this has not gone away by the time I get demo roughs for the real vocals then...<br> <br> Then I do not know how long it will be before I can sing again.</span></span></p>
Paul Tait: Singer-Songwriter-Poet-Pianist