Santa Monica, CA (Paleo Official Website) - Today, indie recording artist Paleo wrote, arranged, and recorded his 189th song in as many days, bringing him one step closer to an unprecedented goal: to write and record a song every day for an entire year. Paleo started the project on Easter Day 2006, and - if he's able to sustain the impressive pace - will complete it on April 16, 2007.
His self-imposed rules are as follows:
The songs must be original, and written over the course of the day they're credited to.
A day's song must be recorded, mixed, and uploaded to the Internet by sunrise.
Every Sunday, he must rewrite the lyrics to the Sunday Prayer, the Diary's first song.
The day Paleo fails to complete a song, the experiment is over.
His resulting sacrifices are many:
No time for love.
No time for friends.
No time for meet-and-greets and indie rock politics
No time for sex, drugs, or drinking.
Still, Paleo is no hermit. Since the beginning of the Song Diary, he has played well over 100 shows in dozens of states. From Boston to Tampa, Minneapolis to San Antonio, Seattle to San Diego, Paleo has not only completed a song a day, but also memorized and performed the majority of them.
He's not interested in merely going through the motions; each song is meant to be the best that Paleo has ever written to that point. The public nature of the Song Diary's Internet presence assures that accountability to the public and the laws of good taste are constantly on his mind. In short: they gotta be good.
Paleo released his first album, Misery, Missouri, in 2005, following it up with two complete tours of the continental United States. Five months ago, Paleo placed fourth out of 10,000 entrants in the International Songwriting Competition. He also scored the award-winning short film, 'The Fourth.' Currently unsigned, his forthcoming second album is scheduled for release in 2007.
While all of these are impressive accomplishments by themselves, the Song Diary takes Paleo's artistic ambition a step further, marking a new creative chapter for the songwriter, if not songwriting in general. Of course, the project has not come without a great deal of physical and psychological exhaustion - which may explain why such a feat has not been tried before.
For an updated tour listing and to listen to the Song Diary, visit www.paleo.ws
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PALEO 2006 Song Diary U.S. Tour (Tour will continue through Tax Day of 2007)
10.12 Oklahoma City, OK The Hi-Lo
10.13 Dallas, TX The Cavern
10.14 Austin, TX The Hole in the Wall
10.15 San Antonio, TX Soho
10.18 Prescott, AZ The Raven Café
10.19 Phoenix, AZ The Paisley Violin
10.20 Los Angeles, CA 14 Below
10.23 Park City, UT Celcius Lounge
10.24 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
10.25 Fort Collins, CO The Bean Cycle
10.26 Omaha, NE The Pizza Shoppe
10.27 Iowa City, IA The Mill
10.28 Chicago, IL South Union Arts
10.29 Ferndale, MI Gracie's Underground
10.30 Columbus, OH TBA
10.31 Philadelphia, PA Spazz House Halloween Party
11.05 Dekalb, IL TBA
11.06 Madison, WI Indie Coffee
11.07 Jacksonville, IL Noir Art Emporium
11.08 St. Louis, MO The Underground
11.09 Little Rock, AK The Treehouse
11.10 Memphis, TN The Otherlands
11.11 McComb, MS Good Karma Cafe
11.12 New Orleans, LA Zeitgeist
11.13 Birmingham, AL TBA
11.14 Nashville, TN TBA
11.15 Chattanooga, TN TBA
11.16 Atlanta, GA TBA
11.17 Athens, GA TBA
11.18 Columbia, SC TBA
11.19 Ashville, NC TBA
11.20 Greensboro, NC TBA
11.21 Chapel Hill, NC TBA
11.25 Arlington, VA IOTA
11.27 Pittsburgh, PA The Shadow Lounge
11.28 State College, PA Dragon Chaser's Emporium
11.29 Brooklyn, NY Laila Lounge (Jezebel Showcase)
11.30 Patchogue, NY Fadeley's
12.01 Waterbury, CT John Bale Book Company
12.02 New Haven, CT Rudy's
12.15 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
12.14 Tampa, FL Transitions Art Gallery
12.20 Brooklyn, NY Laila Lounge (Jezebel Showcase)
12.21 Somerville, MA PAs
12.28 Dayton, OH Nite Owl
WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON THE STONES THEY THREW AT HIM:
"... as chilling as the hushed confessions of an old friend: honest, intensely personal, and riveting. Paleo is pure lo-fi bliss." - On Tap Magazine
'Armed with a gently cracking voice, a six-string acoustic guitar, and a never-ending repertoire of expressive folk-pop ballads, the itinerant singer/songwriter staves off creative ennui with an ambitious online "song diary" and makes ends meet by selling copies of his self-released debut, Misery, Missouri. Showcasing Paleo's vast talent, the lo-fi recording swings between howling world-weariness and manic, bat-shit happiness, recalling both the magical weirdness of Neutral Milk Hotel and the disturbed genius of Elliott Smith.' - Flavorpill Chicago
'... stripped down, lo-fi masterpieces that can just as easily draw comparison to Bob Dylan and The Beatles as it can early Elliott Smith and acoustic Dino Jr. The passion and energy on these recordings are the real deal too, not some contrived emo-folk persona. - Matt DuFour / The Tripwire
'... stretches the folk wanderings of Nick Drake and Tim Buckley... has the lyrical play of Jeff Tweedy and, at times, the vocal delivery of a devilish Jack White, although balanced with a more poetic freedom.' - Rocky Mountain Times
"Misery, Missouri is a hodgepodge of sound that stumbles like a drunken man fighting his balance. As soon as you think the rhythm is going to teeter over and collapse into chaos, it somehow rights itself and even breaks into a dance number on occasion. Chaotic and beautifully layered, it's one of the most fully realized albums of the past year. I've given it at least 30 spins and still, I hardly tire of it." - The Owl Mag
'... raw, acoustic folk songs and a gentle voice somewhere along the lines of Elliott Smith.' - The Austin American-Statesman
'...jaw-droppingly incredible. The sheer volume and quality of this experiment easily rivals Sufjan's 50 States project, and is a bit more exciting in that it's imaginable that it might actually be completed.' - Yer Blog
"Original in real, sometimes deep, ways. These are tales of love gone bad, bad gone love, and bad getting really bad." - Music Emissions
"Haunting, rambunctious ballads that pull from a diverse group of influences such as the Beatles and Bob Dylan to more modern-day bands such as Neutral Milk Hotel and the Microphones." - Recoil Mag
'...country-folk music that's been twisted and stomped into the shapes of its master's eccentricities: a wild, warped yet still somehow brittle and sensitive good time.' - Erasing Clouds
"You'll listen to this one three or four times in a row the first time you get it into your stereo. Pick up a copy." - Splendid Magazine
"Misery, Missouri is a uniquely satisfying experience. Rarely are debuts this mature and multi-faceted. Misery, Missouri presents tunes that are simultaneously confident and fragile. This young man has a great deal more to offer than the average alternative songwriter." - Babysue.com
"The kind of warm and lounge-y record you play when friends come over, one of whom is sure to ask: 'Who is this?' And when you answer, you know they're making a mental note 'cause they plan to run out and buy a copy the next day." - Neumu.net
"Dreamy, listless emotional outpourings come floating out of the speakers. Every track drips with cathartic release." - Rib Mag
"Plumbing the depths of melancholy while still attempting a hesitantly upbeat optimism, this is music meant to be listened to in your attic while trying on your grandma's old clothes." - The Little Village
