.:Paul Answers Your Questions:. Page 3..

Have you got any live gig recordings from mansun days you would be willing to put online for free?

Why not if i can dig em out, you can have em, but I'll have to look first. I never really collected anything to do with Mansun, I was only the singer.

Do you have any Grind recordings or was Steve left with the masters? Ohh nice leadbreak in the epic clip by the way

I've got everything I've ever done since I was 10 years old in my tape store that I call 'pergotry' (however you spell it). I was always a better musician than I let on in Mansun, in the 'britpop' days you had to be rubbish at playing, but i can string a solo together, in fact wide open space only has me playing on it, it wasn't really a band track, that was one of my solo efforts.

Can You or Chad teach me to play guitar pls ;)

Not good enough to teach anyone.

Have you considered mixing your new material in surround sound, many of the instrumental layers of the previous albums would really come alive with a surround mix

Yeah i agree, but my new stuff is simpler and more raw so stereo will do just fine for now!
 

You can even post surround mixes online, be a good way to get peoples attention.

Yep, I may just do that!!

Oooh that reminds me.......Some time ago there was talk of a live web cast.........of an acoustic set I think. Is that something you would consider? Please?

Later this year, I'll do something on the web, if you tell all you friends and enough people were willing to watch I'd deffo do it, but you'd have to get enough interest drummed up to get me out of hibernation.

hey Paul before I ask anything I would like to say that you are one of my favourite musicians ever and that six is probably my fav. album of all time.

Thank you! that aside,

1) what new bands do you think are worth listening to if any, you can even tell us which ones you may have influenced

I highly doubt any band is influenced by Mansun, and even if they were they'd lie about it and say they were influenced by Captain Beefheart, that's the nature of the biz kids!

2) if you tour, any chance my band could support or something. You may think I'm kidding but I'm serious, check out www.myspace.com/zephoria and email me with any feedback eyc at roryzephory@hotmail.com Cheers.

Ill check you out!!

Hi Paul Well this is a question I've already asked but anyway, when listening to your songs (like Face In The Crowd) sometimes I imagine they could feature in a film or a TV series (I know Skin Up Pin Up, Six did) so I wonder if you've ever considered writing film music. And if, what genre would be your favourite one? Would you like to write music for a blockbuster or a low budget film? Thanx a lot.
 -Misha-

I'd like to write an orchestral score in the future but not yet, I'm still a rock n roller at heart! I wouldn't care what type of film it was, as long as i liked it, preferably something like 'Being John Malcovich'

Hello Paul What type of 'sound' is your solo material going to be? Are there any recent bands that have influenced your musical style or production?

I don't take influence from anything in the charts, but i listen to production of records and what's currently going on, coz producing is my hobby on the side. The sound of my stuff will be rock or electronic, i've got both versions of most songs, but ill decide on a direction at the last minute

I have a request. Paul please make it really big and play in the US. Illinois to be exact! I'd never be able to go see you live in the UK

I'm to lazy, sorry.
 

Do you feel like the time away from the pressure of writing for a band has helped you produce songs you are more happy with?
 

I'll only do stuff i'm 100% happy with now, no compromise for me anymore.
 

Will the joint project be using the parrot sessions that Chad and you did?

I don't have the parrot session, Chad has them, as for working together jointly, he's been helping me out on a few backing tracks on my own project.

when will we be able to hear the demo's you did with corporation blend?

What demos? I never did any with Corporation Blend
 

After Mansun split I expected you to only do writing/producing for others, for some reason I thought you'd be more comfortable only dealing with the 'behind the scenes' creative processes. I thought you could have (and already are with Skin) do that with a lot of success. So what drives you to start a solo career? And what do you like to drink?

I will do writing and producing for other artists, but they are few and far between. I've wanted to make an album since the band ended, the fact that its a solo album as such is irrelevant, its just a way of getting my songs out there into the ether, I'll happily give it away on the net for free if nobodies interested, i'm doing it for me, an element of vanity i suppose if i search deep into my soul, but really just to keep trying to prove myself as a songwriter as that's what i love.

Thanks very much to Paul for answering the questions