{"id":744,"date":"2012-08-02T23:36:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T07:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bw-vic42.demoing.info\/?p=744"},"modified":"2023-12-03T20:40:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T04:40:56","slug":"paul0brien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vic42.com\/paul0brien\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise brings a re-discovered love of music back to a shining star"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id744_477c07-e7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id744_477c07-e7 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id744_477c07-e7 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 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class=\"kt-adv-heading744_cda2aa-49 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading744_cda2aa-49\">Sunrise brings a re-discovered love of music back to a shining star<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id744_8ab43d-b4 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id744_8ab43d-b4 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id744_8ab43d-b4 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id744_8ab43d-b4 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id744_8ab43d-b4 > 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data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading744_7f0ab8-e9\">Growing up <a href=\"http:\/\/paulobrien.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul O\u2019Brien<\/a> was surrounded by Celtic sounds, he played a variety of instruments and at thirteen began playing guitar. <\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading744_ef2b77-52, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading744_ef2b77-52[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading744_ef2b77-52\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading744_ef2b77-52 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading744_ef2b77-52[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading744_ef2b77-52\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading744_ef2b77-52 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading744_ef2b77-52\">He went on to produce twenty-four albums and tour the world as a Celtic musician, singer and songwriter. Then there came a point while playing popular Irish tunes that he realized he wasn\u2019t playing his music any more and gave it all up for a special needs teaching position in Victoria. <\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading744_07fba2-4c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading744_07fba2-4c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading744_07fba2-4c\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading744_07fba2-4c mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading744_07fba2-4c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading744_07fba2-4c\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading744_07fba2-4c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading744_07fba2-4c\">Ten years later, a sunrise driving to work inspired a meaningful song. Six weeks later he resigned. It coincided with his friend Wayne innocently asking him to strum for fun. His love of music was reborn. Now, this local self-promoted star works with a German agency and is booked frequently in Europe. 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