Paul Finley Music

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New music! Free download for April 2012 on:

Franciscan Sisters Of Charity Website

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A wild ride with maestro Phil Keaggy!

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New CD “Songs For Joan” by Daniel Makins that I played on now available!

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2010 International Songwriting Competition honorable mention for “Michele” from “The Butterfly”.

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Another new song for 2012 on video on The Agape Sessions

Master guitarist Phil Keaggy & myself at Laity Lodge. Leakey, Texas. February 27, 2011.

“Wilson’s Smile”

Show schedule

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***For concert details* *see below***

2012

April 20 - Austin, TX - Hilton Downtown-private event w/Gina Chavez

April 21 - Round Rock, TX - Relevant Radio benefit dinner

May 5 - Austin, TX - student recital of One Day Academy

June 1 - Austin, TX - Bergstrom Airport

June 14 - Llano, TX - Fuel Coffee - w/Gina Chavez

June 23-24 - Belton, TX - Cedarbrake retreat center

July 28 - Phoenix, AZ - Private engagement

August 9 - Llano, TX - Fuel Coffee w/Harriet Myrick

For 2009 to 2012 performance record click here

CONCERT DETAILS

April 20 - Friday
Round Rock, TX
Private engagement for the Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau w/Gina Chavez
6-9PM

April 21 - Saturday
Round Rock, TX
7PM

Drew Mariani’s Giant Texas BBQ! Fund raiser dinner for Relevant Radio Austin. Held at St. William’s Parish. For info see: http://www.austindiocese.org/calendar_event_detail.php?id=7045

May 5 - Saturday
Austin, TX
Student recitals of Paul Finley & Mark Ramsey for One Day Academy

Westoak Woods Baptist Church
Community Ministry Building
2900 Slaughter Lane West (1/2 block east of Brodie Lane!)
Austin, TX 78748
Time TBA

June 1 - Friday
Austin, TX
Lefty’s Bar & Grille at Bergstrom Airport
1-3PM

Another reason why Austin is so unique. There are 5 live music venues in our airport! But this performance is for ticketed passengers only.

June 14 - Thursday
Llano, TX
Fuel Coffee House
7-9PM

One of my favorite spots on the planet along with one my favorite persons in the universe! Gina and I pair up on ths special night. It will be Gina’s first visit to the Hill Country! Let’s give her a true blue welcome! This girl is doing amazing things on an international level. Come see her while you can! FREE ADMISSION

Fuel Coffee
106 E. Main St.
Llano, TX 78643
325-247-5272
www.fuelcoffeehouse.org

admin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:22:09 +0000

Booking and contact:

Paul Finley

(Please copy and paste email address)
cptpibb@msn.com

512-743-1050

Austin, Texas

U.S.A.

TABS

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PAUL solo

Easter Song - Basic Version
Golden
Renata’s Jig (most of it)
Spirit Of Autumn Performance Notes-Spirit Of Autumn
Warren’s Pillow
Wilmore

The Wolf Song

w/SPOKEN GROOVE

The Flobgob
Harley Girl -Basic

Harley Girl -Actual TAB
George

TABS are free or you can pay what you want through PAYPAL

Please send an email to cptpibb@msn.com for Paypal account email

Videos

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Many other videos on Paul’s You Tube channel and SpokenGroove.com

“Run Like Hell” November 20, 2010. Austin, TX. Strange Brew Coffee

“Mi Amor” 2011 Llano, Texas at Fuel Coffee

“Finding Hearts” 2008 Documentary-Soundtrack by Paul Finley

“Breakaway” 2006 Soul Survivor Festival, England

Wilson’s Smile” 2009 Austin, Texas

“Adam And Eve” Austin, Texas 2009 at Flipnotics

“Spirit Of Autumn” 2004

“Metamorphosis” 2009 Austin, Texas

The Butterfly

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Paul Finley "The Butterfly"

**New CD “The Butterfly” on New Bell Recordings.** Released March 2009. Showcasing Paul at his finest yet. It’s a beautiful work of sound stories. “I did everything I could to make this CD as concise as possible. I love the journey within a song, that’s what this recording is about. In it’s individual tracks and as a whole.”

What’s unique about Paul’s guitar music is the way the songs get stuck in your head. “I write them almost like a pop song. They need a hook, and they need drama too. A balance of theme, change and return. I wanted to make an album for everybody, not just guitar players.” This CD adds a new element to Paul’s sound-the 12 string guitar-which is featured on 4 songs. Percussionist and studio ace Glenn Rios added his brilliant percussion to several tracks.

Online on PANDORA Internet Radio Purchase “The Butterfly” here.

1. Breathe 2. Arise 3. Mayim 4. The Bloodhound 5. Michele 6. Sydney 7. Winter Hill Waltz 8. Advent Meditation 12. Metamorphosis 14. Send In The Clowns

Butterfly Intro’s

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Butterfly intro’s are being posted on this page which still under construction. Below are song descriptions in audio & visual format for all tracks on “The Butterfly”.

TRACK 3 “MAYIM”

"A stream was welling up out of the earth and was watering all the surface of the ground". Book of Genesis

TRACK 5 “Michele”

Meet Michele…..

Michele Miller

TRACK 9 “THE WIZARD”

The Wizard himself-Roy H. Williams.

TRACK 12 “WILSON’S SMILE”

Wilson’s actual smile!!

My buddy Wilson Tan from Singapore

TRACK 13 “SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES”

John Fahey, composer of "Sunflower River Blues". He did a great service to American music by introducing American Folk songs and styles to concert level audiences.

TRACK 15 “YOU”

St. Mary's-Hardington. Somerset, England

St. Mary’s Hardington in Somerset England. This church dates back to the late 800’s (yes that EIGHT). I recorded “You”, the last track on my CD “The Butterfly” in this church in 2007, during time off from the Soul Survivor Festivals Peter & I (Spoken Groove) played at in 2005-2007. The natural reverb within church is what you hear on the recording. This is one of my most favorite places on earth to spend time playing in. Many thank you’s to the Coates family who lived on this property at the time!

Live Acoustic Rig

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	Live Acoustic Rig

	O.K. fellow gear heads, here’s the nitty gritty on my live set-up for Mary. The pick up system is a Trance Audio Amulet/AcousticLens System. It mounts inside the guitar, underneath the saddle. This is cool: there are 2 pick ups; one for the treble strings ( E B G ) and one for the bass strings ( D A E ). There is a converter/preamp mounted inside the guitar, from there it goes to a stereo guitar cord out. So you have special cords and jacks that accommodate the stereo cord ends in your line. Stereo guitar cord goes into the main Amulet preamp ( small blue box ) that has a master volume knob. Out of this preamp the signal is split back again. 1 output for treble pick up, 1 for bass to send out different signal paths for each respective pick up.From there both signals are further preamped and EQ’d for beefier quality. The treble pick up signal goes into a Rane ME 30 Graphic EQ, then into a Lexicon Alex effects unit which I use for reverbs. Important trick here; I only use reverb on the treble strings, I keep the bass string dry. There is a tiny amount of bleed of reverb onto the bass, because the pick ups sit side by side inside the guitar, and I like this subtle bleed. So this trick gives the melodies that are usually played on the treble strings their own space, a separate sound color from that of the bass strings. The reverb lets the melodies hang on the treble strings while I keep the tighter sounding chugga chugga rhythm parts going on the bass strings. Last gizmo in that chain is a Behringer Ultra-G D.I. box. The bass strings signal path ( after coming out of the main Amulet preamp ) goes into a L.R. Baggs Para Acoustic D.I. box. I love the Baggs unit. This is my bass signal third preamp, EQ and D.I. box all rolled into one. It has lots of EQ capability, XLR or 1/4 outputs, accepts phantom power, are built rock solid, and is easy on batteries. AND they aren’t expensive. Sounds great on fiddle too.All my connecting cords ( except the stereo cable ) are George L’s cables. These cables sound MUCH better than the average guitar cable. Compare this cable to another and hear for yourself.A Keal road case holds everything safely together. The case was custom designed and assembled by Randy Schwartz and Paul Kaiser.
	STRINGS Acoustic Strings:Martin Acoustic SP 80/20 Bronze Medium gauge .013 .017 .026 .035 .045. 056 12 String set: Elixir Polyweb 80/20 Bronze Light gauge .010 .010 .014 .014 .023 .009 .030 .012 .039 .018 .047 .027 Electric Strings: D’Addario XL nickel wound .011 .014 .018 .028 .038 .049 PICKS Tortex green ( medium heavy )

Tunings

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“The Butterfly” April 2009 ———————————————————————–GUITARS USED:
1. Breathe - D A d g a d’ ( Capo 9th fret )                                                         Mary
2. Arise - D G d g a d’ ( Capo 7th fret )                                                                 Mary
3. Mayim - C# G# c# f# g# c’# ( 12 string, Capo 5th fret )                              Margie
4. The Bloodhound - C# G# c# f# g# c’# ( 12 string, Capo 5th fret )              Margie
5. Michele - standard ( Capo 5th fret )                           Mary, ‘91 Gibson J-30, Larivee, Kramer Focus 3000
6. Sydney - Drop D                                                                                              Mary, Gibson ‘75 Flying V
7. Winter Hill Waltz - D A d g a d’                                                      ‘91 Gibson J-30, Oscar Schmidt auto harp
8. Advent Meditation - D A d g a d’ ( Capo 9th fret )                                            Mary
9. The Wizard - C G d g a d’ ( Capo 2nd fret )                                                     ‘91 Gibson J-30
10. Adam & Eve - B1 G d g a d’ ( 5 string capo 7th fret )                                     Mary
11. Wilson’s Smile - C# G# c# f# g# c’# ( 12 string )                                         Margie
12. Metamorphosis - C# G# c# f# g# c’# ( 12 string, Capo 5th fret )           Margie
13. Sunflower River Blues - C G c g c’ e’                                                            Mary
14. Send In The Clowns - D A d g a d’                                                                    Mary
15. You - standard                                                                                                 Mary

“14 Windows” June 2004
3. Golden - drop D ( D A d g b e’ )
5. Spirit of Autumn - E B B f# g# c#’
7. Never A Lake Of Fire - C G d g a d,
changes midway to G1 G d g a d
9. Song For Ginger - standard tuning
11. Renata’s Gig - C G d g a d ( Capo 2nd fret )
13. 6 By The Pool - standard ( Capo 7th fret )
15. Irene - open C ( C G c g c’ e’ )
17. Thanks For The Party - drop D
19. Stillhouse Hollow - drop D
21. Farewell…. - standard ( capo 12th fret )
25. Wilmore - D A d g a d ‘
25. Out Of Body - D A d g a d’ to D A d f# a d’ to D A d f a d’ to C A d f a d’ to Bb A d f a d’
27. Valentines Day - standard
29. Willow City Loop - drop D

“A. D .” October 2001
1. Easter Song - standard
2. Victory Dance - C G D g a d’
3. Sedona - D A d g b e’ ( drop D )
4. Warren’s Pillow - standard
5. Immaculate Heart - standard, capo 2nd fret
6. I Am With You - standard
7. Behold - double neck baritone/6 string guitar baritone - A D G C E A
guitar - drop D
8. Wedding - drop D
9. 3 AM Surprise - standard, lots of electric tracks!
10. Vacuum - standard
11. Chipmunk - standard
12. Do You? - D A d f# a d’
13. Drop D Me - drop D ( get it? )
14. Lament For Bloodlines - drop D
15. Minuet For Handmade - standard, capo 7th fret
16. Whiskey/Boy - drop D
17. Wolf Song - a wolf played this song, how should I know the tuning ?

Spoken Groove “When Lego’s Learn To Love” May 2006
1. Thrill of the Moment - Drop D
2. In Love With Your Sound - C G d g a d’
3. Movin’ With The Groove - standard
4. Monet #3 - D a d g a d’
6. Beauty Queen - standard
7. #100 - standard
8. Many Sighs - standard
9. Climbing Out Of - standard
11. #27 (mandolin) - gg dd aa ee
12. Breakaway - D A d g a d’
13. Spoken Without Words - standard
14. The Little Tree - D A d g a d’
15 Vanity of Vanity - standard
(tracks 5 and 10 omitted)

Spoken Groove “Acoustic Spoken Groove” September 2003
2. Funk Infection - standard
4. Shake - standard
6. All So Cliche’ - standard
8. The Flobgob - standard
10. Harley Girl - drop D
11. Never A Lake Of Fire - C G d g a d’
changes midway to G1 G d g a d’
13. George - D A d f a d’
14. Deep Sea Creature - drop D
15. Flow - standard
17. Rashi & Me - standard, changes to E G d g b e’ for ending jam
18. Mary Poppins - G G d g b e’
22. #36 - standard
23. Wilmore - D A d g a d’
24. Descent Of The Moon - standard

Peter Nevland Band (Spoken Groove)
“Birth Of The Spoken Groove” September 2003
3. Harley Girl - drop D
14. Descent Of The Moon - standard

Peter Nevland “Late Bloomer” (Spoken Groove) May 2002
8. Night Longings - drop D
12. Rain - D A d g a d’

Meet Mary & Marge

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Meet Mary

“Mary” is a Washburn DC 60 E, serial # 62304. I purchased it new on September 6, 1991 for about $800 at The White House Of Music in my home town of Waukesha, Wisconsin. This model was produced only for about 5 years. Aside from when they were first available, I’ve only seen a few ever since they came out in the early 1990’s. What sold me on the guitar is the unique 24 fret (2 octave) neck. Very rare for any guitar, and unheard of for an acoustic. What keeps me playing her is the incredible tone, it has SO improved with age. And it is a warhorse! Takes a beating on the road and has held up amazingly. For example:

Due to a drunk patron, Mary took an upside down dive off a 3 foot stage in New York City in 1993 and came out with only a tiny ding. By rights that should have broken the headstock off. In Temple Texas, a metal footswitch dropped on it from several feet up when the guitar was lying on the stage floor without a guitar stand. Dumb idea. Mary also survived Tropical Storm Alison, a flood in Houston on June 8, 2001. The car I was in got stalled in high water, was pushed to higher ground, but the water kept rising. Thankfully the water never got higher than the rear wheels after that. I had to leave the guitar in the trunk as my girlfriend and I waded thru chest high water to flee to a nearby hospital for shelter for the night.

Recent repairs & modifications have been done by Tom Oatley. Tom was Jimmie Vaughan’s guitar tech for 5 years, and was also a tech for the Dixie Chicks recently. Of special note is the beautiful hand made metal cross he himself made after receiving the idea for it in a dream! It’s purpose was to cover the hole in the side left from the original electronics panel. The pick up system he installed is a Trance Audio Amulet System. This pickup system I was turned onto by Michael Hedges, who used a prototype model. It’s what captures all the body knocks and hand nuances on the guitar.

Other mods have been done by Luthier Del Langejans of Holland, Michigan. The man makes guitars that will make you melt. He’s made guitars for guys like Phil Keaggy & John Michael Talbot.

Another important addition are brass bridge pins on the bass strings. Again, I got the idea from Hedges, but then was convicted to make the change after hearing for myself when I played Willy Porter’s guitar. Brass pins add a huge amount of volume and tone. Both very good things!

The neck & headstock is 1 piece of mahogany which I find amazing. Several pieces of wood at least are normally used for this step. And mahogany being a soft wood makes for easy neck vibrato when you shake the guitar with love.

Meet Marge

“Marge” a 2007 Taylor 354ce, serial # 20071114023, purchased in January 2008. It was an outer space experience the first time I played her at Strait Music in my now home of Austin, Texas. That same outer space experience continued the 2nd & 3rd times too before I purchased it. It is a writing tool extraordinaire!! Oceans of sound. I tune it C#G#C#F#G#C#. A HUGE sound! Who ever invented the 12 string should get a medal for being extraordinarily cool.

A trick I often do w/Margie is capo at the 5th fret in the tuning I mentioned. This is a fantastic balance of bass, middle & treble. The melodies I often play on the middle 2 strings, the lower strings work the bass range, and the top strings work as drones or harmonies. 3 parts-that’s the key to a full sound. I employ the capo like this on “The Bloodhound”, “Mayim” & “Metamorphosis” on The Butterfly.