Patrick Park (born January 1, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Biography
Park grew up in
Morrison, Colorado
The Town of Morrison is a home rule municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 428 at the 2010 census. Red Rocks Amphitheatre is located nearby.
History
This small foothills settlement is named after George ...
and currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. He was exposed to the arts at an early age: his mother was a published poet, and his father was a doctor who enjoyed playing folk and blues records and the guitar at home.
Park himself began to write songs in his early teens and played in bands starting in middle school.
He moved to New York City to try and start a music career, but left after less than eight months for Los Angeles, working numerous odd jobs that ranged from clothing store retail clerk to
karate teacher to support himself.
In 2000, Park completed his first demo collection, now known as ''The Basement Tapes''. He recorded the songs in the back of a store owned by a friend's girlfriend since he did not have enough money to use a studio.
Career
Park befriended producer Dave Trumfio (
Wilco
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,
Earlimart) later that year. He and Trumfio wrote, recorded, and mixed material for Park's debut album during the summer months of 2002 and has since worked very closely with him on various EPs and LPs.
He signed a deal with
Hollywood Records in 2003, and while recording for the major label, Badman Recording Co. released Park's first offering, the six song EP: Under the Unminding Skies. Park's first studio album, ''
Loneliness Knows My Name'', followed in 2004. Disappointed by low sales, he later commented: "
ollywood Recordshad no idea what to do with me. They're a pop label, so they were always trying to fit a
square peg in a round hole
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."
He moved to
Curb Appeal Records and released his second full-length album, ''
Everyone's in Everyone'' and his EP ''Songs of Peace – Songs of Protest'', while continuing to tour across the U.S. For his third full-length album
Come What Will (2010), Park moved back to
Badman Recording which released his EP ''Under the Unminding Skies'' in 2003. In 2013 Park released his EP " We Fall Out of Touch" through rsrch + dvlp. following with his full length " Love Like Swords" in 2014 via Cobraside.
Park received moderate attention following airplay for "Life Is a Song", which was chosen as the final song on the
series finale of the
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Twelve sp ...
teen drama
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''
The O.C.
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''.
Patrick Park opened for
Grammy Award
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winning artist
Shelby Lynne
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at a one night only charity event to benefit
Alzheimer's research on September 1, 2011, at the
Yost Theater
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in
Santa Ana.
Discography
* ''Basement Tapes'' EP (2000)
* ''Under the Unminding Skies'' EP (2003)
* ''Rarities'' EP (2003)
* ''Patrick Park'' EP (2003)
* ''
Loneliness Knows My Name'' (2003)
* ''Monday Nights at Spaceland'' Live LP (2006)
* ''
Everyone's in Everyone'' (2007)
* ''StickBirdSongs'' EP (2007)
* ''Songs of Peace – Songs of Protest'' EP (2007)
* ''
Come What Will'' (2010)
* ''We Fall out of Touch'' EP (2013)
* ''Love Like Swords'' (2014)
* ''Here/Gone'' (2019)
References
External links
Official Patrick Park website
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Living people
1977 births
American folk singers
American folk guitarists
American male guitarists
People from Morrison, Colorado
Guitarists from Colorado
American male singer-songwriters
20th-century American singers
20th-century American guitarists
21st-century American singers
21st-century American guitarists
20th-century American male singers
21st-century American male singers
Singer-songwriters from Colorado