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MUSIC VIDEO

2010-11-14T12:07:00.000-08:00

enjoy our music video for the song POWERNAP

http://vimeo.com/16518840

WEBSTER HALL

2010-10-04T15:12:00.000-07:00

We're playing Webster Hall for the firs time. Paragraph personally and cordially invites you to attend.

Tues. Oct. 12.

7pm.

All. Ages.

Webster Hall Studio

PARKSIDE LOUNGE

2010-09-05T23:28:00.000-07:00

9/10/10

PARAGRAPH PLAYS PARKSIDE LOUNGE

FEATURING LIVE DRUMS

COME

11:30PM

@317 E. Houston St., New York, NY 10002

near ave B

BAR MATCHLESS

2010-07-26T09:52:00.001-07:00

We have an upcoming show, it's going to be great.

we're playing with Captain Ahab and the Seacrackens and Colin Steel and the Wiretaps.

BAR MATCHLESS

FRIDAY JULY 30

its an early show, get there for 8 PM SHARP

JUNE SHOWS

2010-05-28T20:02:00.000-07:00

cool shows coming up:

JUNE 4th at Newsonic... sick loft party in Williamsburg. 76 rutledge. 10 pm.

JUNE 18th at Trash Bar... with some of our favorite friends LES VINYL, THE DELAY, DOC MAILMAN. Mad Staten Island. Free tater tots. 9pm.

JUNE 19th at MARIE'S GOURMET.... celebrate Mario and Bryans birthday all night long after the Jay Miller show.

CHIC PUNK 1 NOW AVAILABLE

2010-05-11T07:34:00.001-07:00

Our latest EP CHIC PUNK I is now available for digital purchase.

Up until now it's only been available at shows.

3 hot tracks.

Get it.

Re-Release of PARAGRAPH

2010-04-06T09:54:00.000-07:00

We're re releasing our self titled album PARAGRAPH on bandcamp. You can name your own price for it and you'll get 3 hidden bonus tracks when you download the whole album. If that don't beat all.

Get it here.

treAt

2010-02-17T17:53:00.000-08:00

if you can guess what the image in the picture is we'll give you an autograph!

a very special message

2010-02-06T13:52:00.000-08:00

paragraph finally speaks

2010-02-04T16:33:00.000-08:00

In a rare public appearance, Paragraph shared some thoughts with WSIA FM disc jock Vincent Forte.

The following audio is unedited.

i can't sleep thinking about what you say to me

2010-01-28T22:07:00.001-08:00

UVUMI and thesixtyone

2010-01-27T22:30:00.000-08:00

You can follow us now on the music networking website UVUMI or the sixtyone.com.

these sites are reeeeal good-like for getting into new music.

http://uvumi.com/#paragraphmusic

http://www.thesixtyone.com/paragraphmusic/

unreleased SONG

2010-01-23T14:05:00.001-08:00

this is an unreleased song we recorded a few months back.

we have a new EP coming out real soon called CHIC PUNK 1

this song is not from that release.

a photo

2010-01-21T14:44:00.001-08:00

more photos at our myspace page

by dani disaster

paragraph goes south

2010-01-13T23:15:00.001-08:00

Paragraph Goes to Florida from paragraph on Vimeo.

Paragraph Presents a CHIC PUNK party

2009-10-14T16:45:00.000-07:00

2009-10-11T00:43:00.000-07:00

song

2009-10-07T22:59:00.000-07:00

Su Kramer. Germany. 1978.

new CD info

2009-09-10T13:37:00.001-07:00

we are in the studio working on our "2nd" full length CD. as of now, we have 1o potential songs in the works that you definitely have not heard yet, but...don't hold your breath...we are taking our time with this one...my gut is saying we will be done sometime in the winter. for now, we have put one of the demos ( Needs ) up on our Myspace. we really hope you are looking forward to the whole collection...love you!

2009-08-06T23:13:00.001-07:00

2009-08-06T22:45:00.000-07:00

Van Duzer Street Festival

2009-07-29T13:29:00.000-07:00

bands will be playing from 4 Oclock to 7 Oclock. come and be entertained on the street...

Michael

2009-07-23T14:21:00.001-07:00

Daniel

2009-07-23T14:20:00.000-07:00

Joseph

2009-07-23T14:18:00.000-07:00

Daniel

2009-07-23T14:17:00.001-07:00

Joseph

2009-07-23T14:16:00.001-07:00

Michael

2009-07-23T14:15:00.001-07:00

one more Flyer

2009-07-21T10:41:00.001-07:00

OPEN BAR from 8 to 9 and free tater tots with your drinks .. so ya know ..

more lyrics

2009-07-08T12:20:00.001-07:00

2009-06-30T22:45:00.000-07:00

Phil Collins

2009-06-24T12:17:00.000-07:00

This song off Face Value is one of my favorite songs of all time. I can't tell you how many times I have listened to it and felt something completely new.
Click on the Phil Collins "face" up above to stream the track. If you love it as much as I do, go and buy or download the album.

paragraph

2009-06-08T11:23:00.000-07:00

photo taken by Mike Shane

SELDA

2009-06-03T22:50:00.000-07:00

this voice gets me everytime. SELDA.
if you see me around. ask me to burn you a copy of a CD of hers.

Matt Wilson

2009-05-03T15:59:00.000-07:00

"Dan,

Here's my new song, Tuesday Weekend. I hope you enjoy it...See you later on tonight.

-Matt"

Matt Wilson is a wonderfully sincere, local artist here in Staten Island. You can find him playing bass in surf band Captain Ahab & The Sea Crackens...who have a new CD up on itunes.

Matt also playsa da bass in The Rabbits (who you would also love)
...if you missed the Rabbits / Paragraph set the other night...it's really okay...but you should have been there.

Don't forget Matt also plays in the Fire Monkeys. Don't forget Matt covers The Replacements. Don't forget Matt claims that he can take me in a Prince sing-off.

Obviously the dude keeps himself busy...it amazes us that he can find time to produce these musical gems. A new Matt Wilson solo song arrived in the mail the other day...this is the gem I speak of.

It is always fun to see Matt play in bands...he can be like a bull in a china shop...a man on a mission...but it is when he is by himself at an open mic or on his computer with Cool Edit Pro that you really get a taste of the lovable personality he possesses. A personality that sings and plays and everything else..Very genuine stuff.

This song has a very authentic feel to it..a little reminiscent of Brian* Wilson...with warm harmonies...modest tones...and a pretty ring-out..is it called a "ring-out"? I'm talking about the very last chord in the song.

...Tuesday Weekend also sits at just more than 1 minute in length.

Check it out below! I think you will love it as much as I do. Come see Matt play sometime soon!
www.myspace.com/theradiantradish

Tuesday_Weekend.mp3 - Matt Wilson

2009-04-15T15:46:00.001-07:00

Niice Face

2009-03-20T23:09:00.000-07:00

Daito Manabe got famous by making music with his special ‘face instrument’. Now he wired up his friends, so they have a band.

upper left: Muryo Honma
upper right:Setsuya Kurotaki,
lower left: Motoi Ishibashi
lower right: Seiichi Saito

Daito Manabe:Direction,programming and composition

supported by
Masaki Teruoka and Katsuhiko Harada: device
Taeji Sawai: sound design

old people & new music

2009-03-09T13:02:00.000-07:00

this is just such a funny thing.

2009-03-01T21:31:00.000-08:00

hey, you guys.
just throw this tune on and go clean your room or something.
take a shower maybe.
blast it and thank the universe for shit.
ok...
BREAK!

Hellhole Ratrace - Girls

Go team. We love you.

showshowshow

2009-02-10T01:25:00.000-08:00

come enjoy yourself

C00L new SONG

2009-02-04T02:20:00.000-08:00

Boys and Gurlis, we remixed a song of ours. You haven't heard any versions of it yet, but you will. This is pretty fresh.

coolupgrade.mp3 - PARAGRAPH

Neil Young

2009-02-03T14:05:00.000-08:00

...so there is undoubtedly a whole lot of vocoder stuff everywhere. It's everywhere from Weezy to Kanyeezy to Kilgore Treezy is Deezy.

well...I think I may have just found something that has to do with the subject at hand. Props to discoworkout.com. I mean it's nothing crazy different, but it is a "vocoded" Neil Young...and I've never heard anything like this from him. The album is called TRANS.

...a 1982 failure.

AND there is a difference between auto-tune and vocoder. This is vocoder. Sorry.

here is a blurb....an interesting blurb...

“Neil Young found that when using a vocoder when communicating to his son (who was born with cerebral palsy), he was able to elicit a better response. The emotional power of this experiment shows in the lyrics, particularly with the lines “So many things still left to do / But we haven’t made it yet.”

“We R In Control” - Neil Young

I KNOW!!!!

SHOW!!

2009-01-31T15:24:00.001-08:00

crying..

2009-01-31T14:23:00.000-08:00

If you have ever seen David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, you may remember the scene in club Silencio when a female opera singer performs a Spanish version of Roy Orbison's Crying.

Well, first of all, this scene is rediculous..the movie as a whole is one of my favorites of all time.

What I want to point out here...and what blows my mind the most about this track...is that it is the exact take from the "audition" when David Lynch heard it for the first time...

The woman who sings the song is Rebekah Del Rio.

"When I met David (Lynch) that fateful morning I was not aware that he was recording my voice. I sang with all of my heart and soul and I left very shortly after. Little did I know that the recording would haunt David to the point of writing a special part in his then pilot, “Mulholland Drive”. It was such a thrill to receive the phone call from my faithful friend and agent, Brian Loucks at CAA while I was struggling in Nashville to say that David wanted me to fly to L.A. and film my part."
-Del Rio

click on the picture below to here the song...I hope you like it as much as I do...

music comp

2009-01-31T13:58:00.000-08:00

Indamixx Laptop is First Pre-Configured Music Netbook, Running Linux, $499

Five hundred bucks. In music tech terms, that usually gets you, what, a single app bundle? Now, it can get you a whole computer, pre-loaded with a bunch of music software. It may not be as powerful as a modern laptop, but it’s also in a cute, smaller form factor you can keep everywhere in case inspiration strikes, or balance on the corner of your Steinway grand. Meet the Indamixx laptop. Whether you want one or not, it’s emblematic of the ongoing commoditization of laptop technology, with ever-cheaper, lower-power brains.

Highlights:

Brains: 1.6Ghz Intel Atom CPU netbook (looks similar to the Asus, but it’s actually Sylvania)
energyXT bundled: Runs energyXT, the awesome music production workstation with modular features and some unique editing capabilities – sort of the “indie” electronic music workstation of choice
Full laptop-like specs: a full complement of I/O including 3 USB ports; an 80 GB hard drive (not bad for a machine this size!)
Custom Linux distro + apps: Tons of pre-configured Linux music production software running on a custom distribution called “Transmission” – with Hydrogen Drums, Ardour DAW, DJ software Mixxx (that’s three x’s to Indamixx’s’s two – don’t ask), and lots of other lovely tools
Sounds pre-loaded: 2900 drum sounds, 350 samples + scratches
Import sessions: The new Ardour Xchange imports from your existing DAW (worth its own article, I think!)
Broadcast your sets: Included Internet console for streaming your live gigs, etc.
Hosts Windows VSTs: An included Windows-compatible host for your existing plug-ins
Bundle: includes 1GB SD card, free carrying case, free US shipping, a t-shirt, and 30 days software support while you get it set up

$499 for the whole bundle – stuff like Ardour Xchange alone lists for US$75, energyXT is commercial, and you get these other goodies, as well (the memory card, case, etc.). So I think this is very competitively priced.

flyer

2009-01-27T23:48:00.000-08:00

MONDAY NIGHT at The Annex in Manhattan.
we are playing with Like Trains & Taxis...good friends from New Jersey.

the show starts around 9 Oclock at night.

sshhhhhh...

we don't like to make fun of stuff too often but...

2009-01-27T23:10:00.001-08:00

sometimes i can't believe songs..

i mean it's sort of obvious that the song is weak
but skip ahead to about 1:38
see if you can count more, but i believe there are 5 key changes during this chorus!

oh man!
get your laugh on.

as for paragraph - we've been working extra hard.
we've been practicing more and we're re-working new (and old!) songs.
but shhhhh... mad secrets.
keep it that way!

tell your friends,
P-gang

hey super model

2009-01-24T16:11:00.000-08:00

mike made this of himself...

and this is a good song...

it's by Younger Brother.

an exgirlfriend tipped me on it.

don't let the intro turn you off.

be patient.

it's like an electronic country song.

mad unique like "unique new york"

keep pronouncing those vowels, baby.

All I Want (Original Mix) - Younger Brother

joe's 1st

2009-01-24T13:49:00.000-08:00

We here at PARAGRAPH don't only listen to dance music.
Exhibit A:

Conversion Party is a Brooklyn/Connecticut based garage/indie rock band. I know, I'm using "indie" to describe this genre of music. Somebody should do something to stop that.

These boys recently put out a cool little album called More No More with songs ranging from short energetic jams to harmony-filled nuggets.

check out the album here

and listen to a track here Rabbit, Run

Exhibit B:

This dude Koushik is a Canadian hip-hop musician that's worked with Four Tet, Caribou, and Madvillain.

This song is pretty chill. It's called Be With.

Exhibit C:

James Brown has an album of some rad instrumentals. The Chicken is one of those instrumentals, and it's just right.

The Chicken - James Brown

There's so much more music to share.

MJ

2009-01-23T23:51:00.000-08:00

Michael Jackson.

Speaking of remixes and re-edits, I was on WavesAtNight.com and I came across a great mix of MJ's Get on The Floor that was done by a fine Brooklyn group called Holy Ghost! This DFA supported duo has been making hot remixes of everything from Michael Jackson to Moby or MGMT. They don't only do "M" letter music...there are others...and even originals...if you enjoy dance...HOLY GHOST! is a group to investigate.

The song, alone, is the ba-bomb!
...this remix does it justice in every sense of the word.

Oh!!!...and by the way...we were in a deli recently and caught a newspaper caption that read :
MICHAEL JACKSON 6 WEEKS TO LIVE
I typed in "Michael Jackson Dying" into a google search and it looks as though it may be true...I mean...internet true...let's just hope for the best and see what happens...if you want to send us a "Get Well Soon Michael" card...we'll make sure that it goes up on this page...I can't promise it will get to Michael Jackson.

<3 good night...here is the song.

Micheal Jackson - Get on the Floor (Holy Ghost! Edit)

P.S. Sorry for all this streaming nonsense...we'll have you downloading in no time. I will also have some fun paragraph stuff to talk about soon. Pictures, demos, info, etc....so stay tuned. xoxo

Faithfull

2009-01-21T14:34:00.000-08:00

I really love a track called Broken English by a chick named Marianne Faithfull...

The song is just a very steady force "probably" more suited for car dancing...not bar dancing...although it is fun...late night...you can throw it into a mix at a familiar venue to see the reactions of the people that you know so well.

Well..anyway..these uncertainties that you may have can be put away in a Jordan shoe box under your bed, my friend. I just found a dance remix of Broken English that is just simply bangin'. The dude responsible goes by Baron von Luxxury. ha. Besides this gem, he also has done work on Glass Candy, Daft Punk, Giorgio Moroder...and more...

www.myspace.com/baronvonluxxury

I love these kinds of remixes...I'm talkin' about the ones that just take the song to that next level...no major changes...the song is still the song...but now you can 1-2 step and DJs can live happily...it almost can read more like a re-edit than a re-mix.

If you know the original, I think you will agree..but..Whatev brah. Here is the song. Enjoy!

“Broken English (Baron von Luxxury Light Touch Remix)

The Very Best

2009-01-19T23:19:00.000-08:00

Before i go to bed...i want to leave one more song on here...having this blog is a brand new adventure and i may be a touch over excited, but...these guys are so good right now...

The Very Best is a combination of Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit.

www.myspace.com/TheVeryBestMyspace

...from Baltimore club and nasty-ass crunk to poppy electro and Enya samples.
There are songs in Chichewa, Swahili, Portuguese and English, the latter two a result of collaborations with Marina Vello (formerly of Bonde do Role) and MIA.

...these dudes is making some feel good joints right about now and I wanted to tell you all about it.

the very best :: kamphopo

CaLL Me

2009-01-19T11:15:00.000-08:00

It is monday. Happy Martin Luther King Day. To celebrate, Mike and I are travelling to Princeton, NJ to pick up a guitar rack (Danny) and a guitar tuner (Mike). We heard that the BEST BUY over there started a new thing where they sell instruments and accesories. It's worth an investigation...

So...you are most likely off from work and school today....so...relax...stick around home for a while and find some new music. It will feel good.
To start you off, I have attached a song that caught my ear...bigtime. I can't get over how much I like this song. It's older, but the production value is so killer...man oh man...just take a listen...
The band is an old UK duo called Mighty 7 and the song is called CALL ME.

"I'm not sure why this record doesn't turn up more often, as it was released on EMI, a major label, but I think the story goes that it came out as a limited promo. It was written and produced by Gee Bello, seen above on the right with Nat Augustin, who is an important figure in the UK jazz funk scene and member of still performing act Light Of The World. Mighty 7 was a studio project that he worked on after Light Of The World were on a hiatus."
-BeatElectric.blogspot.com

here is the jam.

Mighty 7 - Call Me

<3 Daniel

MAD LOVE

2009-01-18T13:31:00.000-08:00

okay. yo. so paragraph got a blog.
feel free to send us stuff at PARAGRAPHNYC@GMAIL.COM

If you have a song you think we will like, a picture or painting, a video, etc.
Send it over..and we will probably post it, baby.

We will be updating this thing weekly. Keeping you fresh.
It is important to listen to NEW music all the time.
This page will be a cool place to find some. Check our links as well.

As for news...we are and have been recording our first official full length album SOAKING WET.
This takes time and thought and heart and soul and we are having a blast.
We record with Omar Chowdhury and we recommend that you get in touch with him about recording and mixing your next album. Just wait until we are done...

Right now...we want to make moves. If you have any suggestions or comments for us...WE WANT TO KNOW.....we are all ears and very very very open to everything.
We are trying to get our name out there...trying to get our music to as many people as possible. Like billions.

SO....thanks for stuff...

Here is some NEW LIVE Animal Collective material that I found...
It is a song called Blue Sky that the band has been playing at shows...the song is even newer than the new album...Merriweather Post Pavilion.
If you haven't already....get your "paws" on the album. Personally, I am in love.
I can and can't believe they are working on new material already...but here it is..

animal collective :: blue sky (live at Koko)

<3 Daniel