Today we’d like to introduce you to Paul RoseWood.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I started my musical journey when I was about fifteen years old. I had always been interested in singing and music but I really “got the bug” when I was put together with three other prospective musicians to form a band in high school. We continued as a group for about six years and then went our separate ways. I still had a drive for becoming a musician, so I continued on my own. I have persevered through times of doubt and uncertainty, continuing to create music with each new year that comes. I chose to move to Nashville to get closer to the beating heart of country music – regardless of where I started, I knew somehow I’d find my way to music city.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
I would say that in the music industry, there are always struggles, so I’m nothing short of being one of those people. I wouldn’t say I had it rough but there are definitely times, almost constantly where you’re second guessing what you’re doing. Maybe a video didn’t take off like you wanted or the song didn’t do as well as you’d hoped. You spend money on something and wonder if it was worth it. There is a constant doubt. I didn’t have turmoil, but regardless of any rough patches I strove to turn any of those doubts into positive motivation. I seem to kind of do that naturally.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I am a country music artist, based out of Nashville Tennessee, but I grew up in the open corn/cow country of western OH. There are a lot of people who know me as just Paul the good ol’ backwoodsman, but a lot of others; especially on the internet, who know me as Paul the country music guy. I like both, if I’m not playing music, then I’m probably outdoors somewhere doing something. It’s good to have the best of both worlds sometimes, you’ve got to do a little bit of both to keep the straight path. Despite the low spots here and there, I’ve personally come to realize that I can’t do without the music. I can dial it back and may need a break but I always come back to dabbling in it and trying something new. That drive is what helps me move forward for future new music. Today, there is a lot more that comes along with being an artist in the industry. There’s a lot of extra time that is required to be put into social media nowadays and sometimes that ends up taking more of a toll than just being able to write good music. If I had a perfect world, I’d love to be known for just performing original songs that I wrote, but everything else has to come with it in order for that to even slightly come true. I happily look forward to the day that I am able to be more of a sole entertainer singing my own songs.
What were you like growing up?
Growing up as a farm kid in Ohio, doing thighs outside was something of a hobby for me. This whole thing got started when my mother asked me when I was quite young, “is there anything that you aren’t doing that you want to do?” and I told her I wanted to learn how to play guitar. So the next thing she got me a cheap guitar at a local shop and I started lessons. Next thing I knew I was learning chords, learning my favorite songs, and singing more and more. Prior to that I had already been singing in church. In high school I was working on farms, getting up at 4:30, 5 a.m. driving over to local dairy farms and milking cows and then I’d go and play a gig that night. I did some sports during early high school, I did baseball and track for a year but it just never stuck. I just was never really a sports guy. I’d rather be out in the woods or playing country music. I was in show choir as an extra-curricular. I have always had a tight group of friends and I was never really a popular kid. Because I had a band later in high school, I did get a bit more attention during that time, but that never really concerned me. I was always doing my own thing, I know I grew up different from someone who had famous parents or been brought up around music. My mom dabbled in piano sometimes but the house wasn’t filled with music every day. I have always been an outdoorsy guy and I have always had a good place in my heart & soul for singing and country music and just music in general. Nobody really had big aspirations to play instruments in my family, I was the only one there doing that type of thing. Due to that I could do it at my own pace and mix it in with everything else I was doing and pretty soon music took over my top priorities and that has held true to this day.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.paulrosewood.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulrosewood/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulrosewoodmusic/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbBHrJn8ra-T6QCsc72aN7Q
- Other: https://www.paulrosewood.com/linktreepage
