Recently, I went on my first international tour, and I was able to spend eight days in the city of Berlin, Germany. This is my musical and visual recap of my time there.

Berlin is an amazing city for the creatively-inclined - there’s art EVERYWHERE. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Every street is an art gallery!

However, the city of Berlin has a very complicated past, and there are still very visible scars of the horrible things that happened there. There are areas of the city that give off a heavy, sad energy, and it’s a feeling that stays with you even after you’ve gone to another area.

But, today’s Berlin is doing its best to make up for the past and build a better, peaceful future. The abundant street art is likely a result of that process.

All in all, Berlin is a very intriguing place, and I would very much like to visit the city again in the future.

[For more photos & video of my time in Berlin, check out my Flickr account.]

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[bg music: 93 ’til infinity, souls of mischief]

Okay, it’s not the update I pledged to post earlier, but it’s an update nonetheless! Due to my recording and performance schedule, I still haven’t had the proper time to edit the footage from my European tour. However, I am definitely going to make a proper entry that recaps my time on the road - just not this week.

In the meantime, please enjoy this video that shows one of the spontaneous moments from my previous livestream show.

Video Credits: The Bui Brothers
Special Thanks: Keats Elliott
Guitar: Ken Belcher

Be back soon!
pd

Hey everyone,

I just got back from being on tour with Louis Logic, Blueprint, and DJ Illegal. The tour was awesome. I’m going through all of my video footage now, so check back for a full tour recap soon.

In the meantime, you can check out all the photos I took while on the road on my Flickr account.

And of course, you can keep track of me at http://twitter.com/pauldateh

Oh yeah, update on the album is coming soon, too!

Hope you’re all having a great week, everyone. I’ll be back in full swing shortly.

I didn’t think I would have enough time to post a real entry from the road, but here I am!

Here’s a quick video that documents my day on London.

Next stop: Bonn, Germany for the Rheinkultur Music Festival.

P.S. Thanks for Naf, Jimmy, and Zeni for driving all the way from Bradford! And special thanks to Brian and Jess from Blonstein!

I’m going on my very first international tour. Actually, it’s my first tour… ever!

I’ll be on the road with Louis Logic and Blueprint for a two-week run throughout the UK and Europe. You can see the full tour schedule on my website at http://pauldateh.com/tour.

Check out the amazing artists I have the honor of sharing the stage with:

Louis Logic - http://myspace.com/louislogic
Blueprint - http://myspace.com/blueprint

While on the road, I’ll definitely post as much video as I can. Of course, I’ll be uploading photos to Flickr, as well as updating via Twitter.

Yes, going on this tour is the “slight delay” in my album recording that I mentioned in my previous post. However, nothing has taken my heart away from the album project, and as soon as I get back in town, I’ll be right back to recording again. Don’t worry, everything with the album is going extremely well, and I’ll make sure to keep you in the loop with regular project updates

If you happen to live close to any of the cities on the upcoming tour, it would be great to see you at the show! Otherwise, I look forward to continue hanging out with you all online.

Hope you’re all having a great day,
pd

P.S. Have no fear: even though I’ll be on the road, there will be a new video posted next week!

We’ve been hanging out together online for quite a while now, I have to say that I’m really enjoying getting to know you! Your comments, video responses, and emails frikkin’ rock. Thanks for sending them, and keep sending more!

When I open my email inbox, however, there’s one question that I see over and over again: “When is the album coming out?”

Due to my touring schedule, the album release has been slightly delayed. Believe me, I really want this album done, but it has to be done right. Out of respect for you, the listener, I want to make sure that I put my best work forward. Please be patient, because I promise it’ll be worth the wait.

Significant progress is being made on the project, however. This week, we finished pre-production and are now in rehearsals. We officially begin recording the album next week!

Stay tuned. There’s much more video to come in the following weeks.

Best wishes to you and yours,
pd

My good friend Ken Belcher and I recently had our very first livestream show right here at live.pauldateh.com. Here’s one of the songs we performed: Waiting for Love. It’s an old song that I wrote way back when I was 18, and I’m really embarrassed to sing it now. But, Ken insisted that we play it at the show, so here it is!

More video to come soon. Updates on the album are on the way, too. Stay tuned.

[Very special thanks to The Bui Brothers for the awesome video footage!]

My good friend Alex was in town this week from New York City, and I thought it would be fun if we made a quick video that covered the basic differences between the viola and the violin. Although the violin is a beautiful instrument, you just can’t the kind of robust tone from a violin that you would from a viola. I hope to get a viola for myself one day!

Also, I’ll have an video update on my album recording next week. Stay tuned.

Paul Dateh performing with Ken Belcher
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
5pm PST / 8pm EST
http://live.pauldateh.com

[Video by Vu Bui]