Paul Nicholson

What is music to you? What does it give you?

I'm a painter first, I see what I do with sound as an extension of my visual painting. Sonic painting, if you will. I am coming out of a long fallow period with the sound work, been painting like a madman for the last 3 years.

What is your music dream?

Personally to make a series of CD albums and to collaborate with like minded individuals in satisfying projects.

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

I'd be more likely to bring people's attention to the one we already have and how easily we could lose it all by blindly following leaders.

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

Blueberry Hill by Louis Armstrong

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre, Pink Floyd, Cars, OMD, ELP, Miles Davis, Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Joni Mitchell, Blondie, Ladytron, Chvrches, Jethro Tull, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Moody Blues, Weather Report, and on and on...

What inspires you to make music?

Life

What is the message you want to send with your music?

Listen

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

Nervous

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

Not qualified... I don't really consider myself a musician but more a sound painter, and arranger of sounds into layered scapes. I have not paid the dues of hours of practice as a child or teen.

What do you think of Drooble?

I have no idea... I will let you know, I just joined.

What frustrates you most as a musician?

Egos

Do you support your local scene as a fan? How?

I attend performances around the Bay Area pretty regularly.

What qualities should a musician nowadays have in order to get their music heard by a larger audience?

Break out innovation, so much seems to be trying to sound like something or someone already out there and done.

Share some awesome artists that we’ve never heard of.

Michael Bruckner, Przemyslaw Rudz, Johan Tronestam, ToXyGeNeDK, Nattefrost, Sayer, Arcane, Bruno Ender Lee, Amy X Neuburg, Phobos, Cousin Silas, Jack Hertz, Plike, many more...