The journey begins when a twelve year old Paul Goodyear buys his
first disco record, "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" by the late
disco sensation Sylvester. He had found the "love" in his life.
It was music. Since then the list of achievements within the dance
music industry just keep growing. He is a talented and well-recognised
DJ, re-mixer, producer and now also an independent record label
owner. Being born in the UK, raised in Australia, and working
regularly in the US and Asia, Paul brings an international flavor
to his sound. He revels in all aspects of his job. He is equally
comfortable playing in an intimate local bar as he is playing for
20,000 people in a football stadium or at an international party
event, mentoring up and coming dance music talent or remixing for
artists such as Whitney Houston and Deborah Cooper.
Paul started his career at the Flinders Hotel, a bar in Sydney's
Darlinghurst when he was not yet old enough to be in the premises
legally. Since then he has been a musical fixture in Australia for
over two decades, including owning and operating Ace DJ remix
service, remixing for many local and international labels, producing
up and coming Australian and New Zealand artists while working his many
residencies (including ARQ, Mars Lounge, Frisky and Home). His
studio work has yielded many chart successes including two
US Top 10 Billboard positions and both New Zealand's and Australia's
number one dance spot on numerous occasions. Even though he has
recently settled in London, Paul has just returned to London after
headlining at the Sydney Mardi Gras 2007. This continues a tradition
of performances starting with the infamous Rat and Bacchanalia
parties of Sydney's "Summers of Love" in 1988 & 1989 and moving
through to recent years with a number of significant parties including
regular performances at Sydney Mardi Gras and Sleaze, Nation
Singapore, and the Pines Party on Fire Island.
While on the decks, it doesn't matter if the audience are gay,
straight, mixed, peaktime or recovery party, as he gives from the
soul to each clubber. The recent move back to London was in order
to increase the profile and distribution of his record label TomCat
Music, which was launched last year on music download site
www.Beatport.com.
Always busy he has already started spinning at
the club "XXL" while putting the finishing touches to the long
anticipated Paul Goodyear Project Album. For this album he has
collaborated with the best in the industry including Love Tattoo,
Wayne G, Nathan G, Shauna Jensen, Carol Jiani and Paul Parker. Some
of these projects have already been picked up for release on European
compilations. Other recent releases include the new Love Tattoo
album "Bodywork", on which Paul has co-written and co-produced 5
tracks and Central Station Records 30th Anniversary Mixed CD
on which Paul was selected to showcase Sydney's Oxford Street of
the 1970s and 1980s.
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