Paul Johnson has a long history of writing music for television and film, and while these soft melodies and raw emotions could easily be played behind many scenes, it begs the question if the writing process is different. One thing is for sure, there is detail and attention that goes into every word written and sung. One of my favorite parts of writing is looking back and realizing that what’s been said is a new insight even to me, like you’re just telling a story, then it leads to a point you didn’t know to make when you started.” ![]() “To be honest, I’m still learning the answer to that. With every song so involved yet different, such as with the vulnerability in “For The Day” and the longing in “Oh My God”, it made me wonder where the majority of his inspiration is drawn from. You can see the magical love story in “Like I Did” come to life as you listen, and you can sense that personal correlation as he sings throughout “Train”. “ Train” is also special, it’s very specifically autobiographical which makes me feel connected to it.” “I think “Like I Did” is one of them, partially because it’s kind of a life-goals thing, a scene I’d like to see someday. I knew that with such intricate story lines that there had to be songs on this record that meant something deeper to the singer. We are taken through a musical journey just in the first two tracks. It brings us nicely into “Find You”, where theme of searching for something is still at the forefront. ![]() A simple melody and folk sound, with a beautiful message about how taking an unknown path, does not mean you are lost. Although it’s still just the beginning stages, it felt full-circle, like this is what hooked me in the first place but now with a decade of practice, wrong-turns and the lessons learned from them under my belt to better define and find the heart of what I’ve been compelled to do all this time.”Ĭonstellation starts off with the whimsical “Our Way”. “In everything that I was doing I didn’t feel like I had a place where I could honestly and completely express what was trying to come out, and so initially, kind of for my own happiness, I built up a home studio and started making the music that would become Canyon City, just to have a place to see an idea through without the distorting pressures. He soon found himself in Nashville making his music known as a writer for TV and film, but something was still missing. ![]() Getting started at such a young age, lead him into writing his own songs. Surrounded by music growing up, Paul Johnson learned how to first play guitar from the local Pastor who was instrumental in teaching him the blues, and the overall philosophies of music. As I reviewed this work of art, I chatted with the voice behind the words to get a deeper look into both the artist and the record. It was one of those experiences where I immediately looked up tour dates, rewound to replay certain lines, and wanted learn more about Canyon City and Paul Johnson’s musical history. When I hit play on the first song of Canyon City’s newest record Constellation, the simple guitar picking grabbed my attention instantly, and for the better part of the next hour, I listened to some of the most eloquently written music that I have ever heard.
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