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Paul's Originals

Paul Bourassa 

In high school in the 1960s, Paul performed with multiple rock bands playing top 40 songs at dances and clubs.   He played guitar, keyboards, and saxophone and was self taught on all.  In some bands he was the lead vocalist.   As a music major in college during the 1970s, he began writing music and, influenced by the music of the college choir in which he performed, wrote Psalm 96 and The Creation from scripture passages.   The songs were a blend of rock and classical music.   The Christian rock groups he directed during that era performed some of his songs.   He also co-wrote two musicals based on the story of Peter and Paul from Acts in the Bible which are featured on other pages of this website.   The first two tunes posted below were written and recorded in 1989 in his first recording studio.   The War Is Over, The Child Alone, and The Best of Love were also recorded in his studio but the rest of the tunes were recorded at live performances so the quality is just average.

In 1971, Paul took a song writing class at Long Beach City College where he was a music major.   Here are a few examples of his class work which began as poetry lessons:
Paul's Poetry


A CD of these songs is available. Send a request to: paul.bourassa@cox.net

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