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Autobiography
I know this is a little self indulgent, but I think it's supposed to be. I had to put the band Osiris information on this page. Click here to skip to Osiris information. My professional career can best be described as before and after Osiris, that's why this page reads present to past.
A Little History
After a ten year hiatus from the music scene (as a producer, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and singer) I've re-invented myself. I am now composing and producing instrumental music & scoring film projects.
From 16 - 25 years old I was a member of the band OSIRIS; a Southern California Rock band that was signed to Windi Records. We played about 100 gigs a year for more than five years. We also wrote originals and had a very devoted fan base. At our peak we drew crowds of up to 3000 people at larger concert halls, but our fame never went further than Southern California. Click HERE for more information. We could write enough bizarre stories to fill a book, but that's not what this site is about. It's about what went into making the NOW Paul Dewitt.
From 16 - 25 years old I was a member of the band OSIRIS; a Southern California Rock band that was signed to Windi Records. We played about 100 gigs a year for more than five years. We also wrote originals and had a very devoted fan base. At our peak we drew crowds of up to 3000 people at larger concert halls, but our fame never went further than Southern California. Click HERE for more information. We could write enough bizarre stories to fill a book, but that's not what this site is about. It's about what went into making the NOW Paul Dewitt.
In the 1970s I taught private guitar lessons and invented a faster way to help new students learn rock improvisation. Google "Paul Dewitt" and "Music Focus" or CLICK HERE to learn more. I also worked for Don Kirshner to further my education on the marketing of music.
My musical training on Classical piano and guitar came from both my mom and private lessons from an undergraduate student of Angel Romero. I had two years study at Golden West's Audio Engineering & Recording Production, as well as two more years working as a producer for the University of Sound Arts. It has always kind of irked me though that I'm three units short of an Associates Degree from El Camino College. Oh well...
In the 1980s I became known in the industry as a guru of Alternative Rock; especially after releasing my album Stranger In His Own Home Town (which got good reviews in the press). So I started Dewitt Productions & Dewittian Music Publishing; which I operated from my studio in Hollywood. I also signed with publicist Lena Michaels and did group seminars at a local college. My classes focused on marketing plans and how to write investment proposals. I also spent some of my time writing a column in Cash Box Magazine entitled, "From Alternative to Pop."
In the 1980s I became known in the industry as a guru of Alternative Rock; especially after releasing my album Stranger In His Own Home Town (which got good reviews in the press). So I started Dewitt Productions & Dewittian Music Publishing; which I operated from my studio in Hollywood. I also signed with publicist Lena Michaels and did group seminars at a local college. My classes focused on marketing plans and how to write investment proposals. I also spent some of my time writing a column in Cash Box Magazine entitled, "From Alternative to Pop."
By the early 1990s I was a bit disheartened financially and was about to become a father, so my wife and I moved to Nashville, TN where I went back to Manufacturing Engineering full time. Yep, I sold my studio and said "good-bye" to my musical dreams. At least for then.
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Below are clippings written by and about Paul in the music industry before there was an Internet. They are surrounded by this yellow picture frame to help you find them.
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From left to right:
John Salas (Drums) / Tim Campbell (Bass Guitars) / Guy Stepp (Rhythm Lead Guitars) / Paul Dewitt (Lead Guitar Keyboards)
We all sang lead and background vocals but most the time Paul Dewitt was front-man lead vocalist. After 6 years Dayton Borders was added as full time keyboardist.
My Current Activities
I just completed an all instrumental album to highlight the relaxing side of myself in contrast to the Rock side of Buzz Words. My roots in Classical are combined with my computer ability to compose and record. The current single entitled ‘To Do Or Not To Do’ on the album 'A Giant Dewittian Chill Pill' is the most commercial music I've ever written. You see, I believe Ambient music has been given a bad name. So my aim is to create music that draws the listener in and engages them on many different levels without spoon feeding their emotions with lyrics. It's sad that these days very few people actually stop and listen to music (instrumental or not) to see where it takes them. There's also too much Ambient out there that doesn't give the listener memorable melodies like other commercial forms of music.
Now for a bit about the band Osiris.
We hung out at the beach where they filmed Baywatch. Yes, the girls all look that thin.
Due to large crowds at free outdoor parties we'd play sometimes (blocking all street traffic), it was put on the books in 3 different cities in Southern California that it was illegal for Osiris to play at any engagement within those city limits. It's been 25 years and I wonder if those laws are still on the books? We figured the loss of those cities was worth the PR we got in the newspaper.
Names of Some Original Tunes Written by Osiris
Hovvel Jovvel Hippy House
Accelerated Pace of Life
Blue Eyes
Mozart's 40th Symphony
Shining on this Thing With You
Keep Alive in This Life
Inside of You
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What I do for a day job?
CNC Programming, Manufacturing Engineering, Tool Design
Most people have never heard of this stuff, so I'll try to describe it. Things made of metal have to be machined from raw stock to the shape the designer needs to make the metal component function. Everything from bathroom faucets to the blades in a jet engine need to have a computer control a machine as it cuts away the excess metal. So what I do is take the design engineers CAD model and I decide what machines need to be bought, then I design the fixture to hold the part, then I program the machines to cut away the excess material. It's very high tech and I get paid really well. Plus I get to use computers all day, which helps me when I use computers to make music.
The End Of Osiris
When the record company partners split up, that left Osiris without any representation and no bookings due to legalities. For a solid year after the break up of the record company they could not book us, so we went from about 100 gigs per year to 10 self-promoted, original material concerts instead. Needless to say, that was the beginning of the end for Osiris, because from that point forward it kind of slowly dried up, and eventually we all went our seperate ways. That was also the year that Music West ended up losing its facility, which left myself and several other band members without a place to give music lessons (another form of income). So after six to seven years of making good money in the music business, our streams of revenue dried up.
Details on the "Buy One Get One FREE" are on the Dewittian Music Publishing web page and info on our guarantee is on the Paul Dewitt page.
