#44 w/ Legendary troubadour Ellis Paul
In this episode of Mentoring for the Modern Musician the boys are THRILLED to sit down with Legendary songwriting troubadour Ellis Paul! A long overdue catching up and digging into details of his life as a uniquely successful performer and poster child for talent and hard work! Spanning an almost 30-year career there is a lot to unpack. Enjoy this conversation with a true American treasure!\nEllis Paul is a key figure in what has become known as the\xa0Boston\xa0school of songwriting, a literate, provocative, and urbanely romantic\xa0folk-pop\xa0style that helped ignite the folk revival of the 1990s. His\xa0pop music\xa0songs have appeared in movies and on television, bridging the gap between the modern folk sound and the\xa0populist traditions of\xa0Woody Guthrie\xa0and\xa0Pete Seeger.\nPaul grew up in a small Maine town. He attended\xa0Boston College\xa0on a track scholarship, majoring in English. Injured during his junior year, Paul began playing guitar to help fill his free time and soon began writing songs. After graduating college Paul played at\xa0open mic\xa0nights in the Boston area while working with inner-city school children. He won a Boston Acoustic Underground songwriter competition and gained national exposure on a\xa0Records compilation which helped him choose music as a career.\nPaul had released 19 albums by the end of 2014 and received 14\xa0Boston Music Awards, considered the pinnacle of contemporary acoustic music success by some. He has published a book of original lyrics, poems, and drawings and released a DVD that includes a live performance, guitar instruction, and a road-trip documentary. In 2014, his children's CD\xa0Hero in You\xa0was published as a book by Albert Whitman & Company. Paul plays almost 200 live shows a year.\n\xa0\nMore information and resources on Ellis can be found at his website:\nwww.ellispaul.com\nAs always, reach out to us with suggestions for show topics, comments, questions, or just to say hello! Head over to:\nhttps://m3artist.com/contact\nMake sure to share this or any episode with all of your music loving friends!\nYou got this, we got your back!