Returning to New York a couple of years later, he soon penned his first song. Continuing his education at a local high school, he was later introduced to alternative rock, and rock music. Deciding to try his hand at it himself, him and his brother soon joined a four-man crew called 1Accord.
While he was in high school, Paul was also a member of the all-county chorus; not only that, but he was a part of a classically-trained voice ensemble. Although he received a basketball scholarship to college, he rejected the offer in lieu of pursuing his musical career. At the age of twenty four, the New Yorker contributed to the back-up vocals of her hit song, Unbreakable.
After accumulating a few years of experience, Paul decided to try his luck at the first season of American Idol , a new talent competition series that hit the country at the time. Unfortunately, he did not receive a callback from the producer. Not letting it get to him, the New Yorker continued to hone his craft over the next few years.
For his initial blind audition, he chose to perform a rendition of Complicated by Avril Lavrigne; in response to his performance, two of the four judges ended up turning their chairs for the singer.
By the end of it, he had chosen to be a part of Team Blake- some of his fellow teammates included Gwen Sebastian, RaeLynn. Following the blind auditions, the competition proceeded to the Battle Rounds- a stage in which the contestants battle against each other for a chance to remain on the show.
With the help of a few advisors, the coaches also started to narrow down the playing field by training the different artists. After what seemed like an intense showdown on the stage, he advanced to the next round while ALyX was sent home. By the end of the Battle Rounds, over two dozen contestants had been eliminated from the competition. By April of that year, the competition had moved on to the next stage- the Live Shows. A couple of weeks later, Paul and the rest of the competitors found themselves on the stage of the Quarterfinals.
For the first time in the show history, an instant elimination was done by each of the coaches. That week, two were sent home- Jesse Campbell, and Jordan Unga. Another great performance, it earned him 50 Coach points and 73 Public points- which was enough to advance him to the finals.
Oh yeah laughs. I think I made it harder on myself because I picked up a guitar I decided to learn guitar and take lessons and for the most part teach myself guitar. There were times when I went out there— and I'm talking a big arena stage and it's just me, a spotlight, a guitar and a percussionist— those times of intimidation definitely came about. But I'm the kind of person that, when adversity is in front of me, I will give myself something else to do to stay focused while I'm handling the situation.
So I taught myself guitar and I decided that I was going to do songs that I wrote with my guitar. So instead of focusing on singing in front of a bunch of people in an arena, I was so focused on playing my guitar correctly and getting these songs across to the crowd.
Oh yeah. I always incorporated blues into my music and B. But especially B. King because he, in my opinion, he kept a genre of music alive singlehandedly. He never let it die. It's almost like what James Brown did with soul music I really have so much respect for those artists that went against the grain from the beginning and what they were doing became popular, but they never stopped.
I read that your parents played a large role in your early musical ventures. How much influence did they have on your career? My dad was a music minister, but even before that, he always kept instruments in the house.
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