Paul Barton
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How can music help us create the life we want for
​ourselves and future generations?

Want to become a musical wizard?

I can help you become fluent in the language of music so you can express yourself wherever your musical journey takes you. Visit my Music Mentoring page to learn more.

My Music

If you're new here, check out my Community Songs. I wrote them to be easily sung by any group.

If you're looking for music to listen to, check out my Albums.

About me

When I was a teenager, I became obsessed with learning the guitar. I eventually got a music degree, majoring in Jazz guitar, but something was missing from my education. I started to question why I wanted to make music in the first place, and found the typical answers unsatisfying. It seemed like many of my peers and teachers were treating music like an intellectual game. Others seemed focused on being able to "earn a living" through music, which seemed like a fun goal, but what's the point?

So I began to ask "What's the purpose of music?" 

It can build community. It can express truth. It can be a form of therapy. It can bring us into a state of transcendence. It can help us empathise.

I learned these things not from music school, but from engaging with music in real life, and in community. I still have much more to learn. 
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