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United States of America
Everett, WA
United States of America
Genres
  • Classical
  • Instrumental
 
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More About paulerickson

Paul Erickson has been a guitarist for over 50 years. He follows in the footsteps of other classical guitarist/composers like Francisco Tarrega, Fernando Sor, Matteo Carcassi, and others. Growing up, Paul was a rocker, a country, and jazz artist, but has been focused on classical for the last decade. Find his website at https://paul.ericksons.net.
Fun Stuff about the Artist

Life on the Street

I've performed at farmers markets, restaurants and more. I did actually perform on the street, though. I was invited by the city for a sponsored art walk. I set up with just an acoustic guitar and someone came by wondering where to put the money. With no tip jar I just opened my closed guitar case for him. I played for a couple of hours and netted about $10. One nice person left a 5 dollar bill.

Embarrassing Moment

When I played for a country band at a major country club in Seattle, I was playing bass at the time. I used to play bass with these really thick heavy picks. Breaking a string for a guitar player is embarassing enough, but as a bass player, you only have 4 of them. Bass players shouldn't break strings on stage, but because of my style it did happen to me with a big pop, and then no where to go without the misssing string.

My Instrument

I had a Takamine 12 String guitar for a while. I played it until their were big gouges in the fingerboard. I had the frets repaired on it once and kept it going for a while. Eventually it just wasn't playable anymore and I sold it along with another guitar I had.