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The Weed Garden
9+ albums
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The Weed Garden is the product of composer and multi-performer Paul Barsom's interests in rock, pop, and avant garde. Growing up immersed in an eclectic spectrum of music including '60s pop and R&B, progressive art rock, European concert music and the broad range of styles spawned during the fertile 1970s, Barsom spent his youth and early adulthood in a series of working bands of various styles. At the same time he was studying classical music, at first on his own, then in college and graduate school, ultimately earning a doctorate in composition from The Eastman School of Music. The unhealthy environment he had experienced as a road-seasoned bassist and singer from age 13 to 22 pushed him toward the steadier and safer path of academia, while doing only occasional band work. Just out of graduate school he began teaching composition and electronic music at Penn State University. But it was the staid and insular nature of conservatory culture and music that eventually led him back toward a creative middle road that melded his passions for composerly craft and intelligent song writing in a rock medium. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
