Paul Fogarty

Paul started singing for hours every day at the age of three and has rarely stopped. His first on-stage appearances were as "Zorro" as a three-year-old and his first singing performances were in school Christmas recitals when he was seven. "The school principal thought I was the best singer... but we only had 22 kids in the whole school," Paul says.
He got his first guitar from Woolworths when he was 13. "It cost 12 dollars and ninety-nine cents," he says. "But the strings were so far above the fret board you couldn't play chords... only single notes, and even that was murder. My fingers bled a lot..."
At fifteen he wrote his first song. "It just sort of came into my head, like a dream. I thought everyone was doing it."
He's written more than 1200 songs since then. He turned pro in 2001 after years as a journalist, editor, public relations guy, taxi driver, postal worker, clerk and cleaner.
He's released four independent albums since 2001. All 38 songs from those albums got radio airplay in Australia on ABC, commercial radio and community radio.
In 2000 he co-founded the famous Peregian Originals original acoustic music concerts which are still conducted fortnightly and draw crowds of 1000 people throughout the year on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
Since 2009 Paul has been living in Germany with his wife and four-year-old daughter and playing concerts and festivals throughout Europe. His songs have appeared in TV crime series, movies and other projects. He's currently working on an extended recording/performance project funded through interests in the USA.