Bio

Paul Strayfer started on the local music scene in the heavy metal band, All For Nothing, back in 1996 at the age of 14. After 10 years and 3 albums with the band, they departed and focused more other metal projects. Paul, on the other hand, found a niche in his acoustic playing. He started playing a few instrumentals that he wrote at various open mikes in the Staten Island area and immediately started getting a great response. His heartfelt music can appeal to anyone who hears it, and it's fun to watch too with various "two-hand tapping" techniques and "guitar-slapping". As Paul puts it, "The most general and simplistic definition of music is the transfer of emotion to sound. All these songs I write, I write for myself... to take whatever deep feeling I have and create a piece of music that represents it. I know I've done my job when someone can relate to one of my songs when I haven't spoken one word." Last year Paul was signed to do the score for a film which will be released in 2009 and plans on continuing writing for as many films as he can. "When making a movie, there's a lot of emotion that the director wants to translate to the viewer. There's often a gap between the acting and dialog that prevents that emotion from reaching the viewer. I want to fill that gap." www.PaulStrayfer.com