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Paul D McDowell
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🎸 Songwriter & fingerstyle guitarist
Live looping originals weekly on YouTube
Raw and unpolished — making music straight from the heart.
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It’s the middle of the night and I can’t sleep. Going live on YouTube in fifteen minutes
(2am Perth time) #livemusic #livelooping #middleofthenight
July 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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My heart is expanding from all the support from viewers in my original live stream shows on YouTube recently! ❤️🎸🐶
July 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Taking the arvo off in the hammock with a kalimba and fam ❤️🐶☀️ #chill #relax #hammock #musiclife #songwriterlife
July 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Thanks to everyone who listened to my new song “Art Frieze” - whether via my YouTube channel, the free download at my website, on the music streaming platforms, or on yesterday’s live stream. It feels so good to be with you! Thanks again 🎨🎸🐶
June 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Art Frieze started as a live stream idea — now it’s out everywhere! 🎉
🎧 Stream → ditto.fm/art-frieze
🎥 Live show today 5:00pm Perth on YouTube
🎁 Free download: pauldmcdowell.com/music
#NewMusic #AltPop #AustralianMusic #FreeDownload
June 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Live streaming originals on YT in 5mins (4.30pm ish Perth time, Weds)

#originals #music #livelooping
June 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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New song almost recorded. Maybe keys, more guitar layers still to do before mixing.. not sure.. sounding good though - getting there 😊 #newmusic #artfreize #recordingmusic
June 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Flashback to summer. Baxter loves the beach! 🎾🏖️🐶 #maltipoo #summer #beach
June 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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I would like to pay my respects to Brian Wilson. I remember singing along to this song “In My Room” from the back seat of the car while my folks drove me and my sisters around North Wales in the UK. We were all singing away! The best memory. Thank you.
June 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Baxter approves this solo 🐾🎸
Live stream today at 3:30pm Perth / 5:30pm Sydney / 8:30am UK / 9.30am Europe / 12:30am LA. Come hang. YouTube.

#SongwriterLife
June 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Comment of the Week (from last week) goes to Jimmy 👋
Your message during a live stream sparked a spontaneous songwriting moment.
I wrote a song live to share a bit of my process — not overthinking, just letting it flow.
New comment every Friday 💬
#CommentOfTheWeek #PaulWritesSongs #LetTheMusicHappen
June 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Wrote a song live for the first time last week 💀 Something kinda came together. Who knows what’ll happen today? Streaming in a few mins on YouTube — join the chaos 🎸#rc600
#LiveSongwriting #OriginalMusic #SongwriterLife #DIYMusician #CreativeProcess #PerthMusic #MusicInTheMaking #BehindTheScenes
June 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Just live streamed my original songs and it felt incredible 🎹🎸
Thanks to everyone who tuned in 🙌
Replay’s up on YouTube — more streams coming soon 🎥🎶
#livemusic #songwriter #loopstation #originalmusic #DIYmusician
June 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Making that sweet new music for you. Working on a new track all day today - soon to be released (fairly soon anyway) #thanks #music #songwriter #art #gratitude #musicproducer
A laptop with my DAW (Logic Pro) open - lots of music tracks and a full display of most of the lyrics from the new song I’ve been working on today for your listening pleasure. A man (Paul D McDowell, ie me), sitting all blurry with laptop in front of him. He is wearing a jumper with a hood it is orange and brown with a cool tribal looking pattern on it. He has a grin. He has a moustache. He wears a grey beanie and black rimmed glasses. He has green headphones under his hat and is busy making music on his laptop A shimmery river scene at night with reflections through a window. Lots of lights and yellow colours, a few red, one purple and some white lights too. Peaceful vibes
June 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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A songwriter with a screw loose 💀
I found this table on the side of the road, gave it screws.
Now it holds my tambourines like a pro.
DIY studio life is real.
🎶Actual songs here→ pauldmcdowell.com
#SongwriterLife #DIYmusician #TambourineTable #BehindTheScenes #StudioRig #VergeCollection #HomeStudio
June 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Lyric writing with Baxter this morning 🐾 for a song I cobbled together in a live stream last week. My first live stream songwriting - off the cuff and unplanned. Felt freeing #Songwriting
#MusicCreation
#IndieArtist
#OriginalMusic
#CreativeProcess
#WritingWithBaxter
#PerthMusic
Fluffy dog next to a book with new lyrics written in it from this morning’s songwriting. Sunny day. He smiles at the camera Two pages of new lyrics from this morning’s songwriting with a pencil leaning on the book. It lies face up on green dewy grass. Sunny day Fluffy dog next to a book with new lyrics written in it from this morning’s songwriting. Sunny day. He looks away to the side of the camera, smiling Cute fluffy maltipoo dog inspects the pages of a book with new lyrics written in it from this morning’s songwriting. Sunny day. He sniffs inquisitively
June 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Sundays are weird when you're a songwriter.

No live stream today - just wandering with Baxter, with space and gaps to breathe - in life, as in music.

First post here. Socks with sandals. Discuss.

#perthmusic #musiciansofbluesky #songwriterlife
June 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM