PAUL SEQUENCE
FERGUSON
At the age of twelve, Paul Ferguson picked up his guitar and taught himself to play by attentively listening and adroitly emulating the musical mastery of such greats as Al Di Meola, Carlos Santana, George Benson and Wes Montgomery. With the technical knowledge that enabled Paul, to advance to the position of president of a computer software/web publishing company, and the discipline and determination he acquired as a black belt in Shotokan Karate under the tutelage of Mr. Errol Bennett, Paul explored the principles of the keyboard and subsequently developed the techniques, melodies and rhythms that produce the unique sound of SEQUENCE.
Using a keyboard, midi-guitar, synthesizers and an analog guitar, Paul creates digital orchestrations that reveal the genuine soul of his musical compositions. His many accomplishments to date include producing music for the Harris Corporation’s DTV (digital high definition) television, the development and implementation of entertainment programs while in the Armed Forces, a tour of Germany with his six-piece band FFB, performances for the United Nations League of Women, and the production of music for TV commercials that have been aired on all major networks in the United States and throughout the Caribbean. In 1998 Paul produced music for ALIX Toys, an interactive CD-ROM Catalog.
He has also played lead guitar for
the Platters, and has opened for such
great acts as Ray Goodman
and Brown, Blue Magic, Roy Ayers, Onaje Allen
Gumbs, Najee, and
Manhattan Transfer. Paul has performed for such renowned
establishments as the Minority Golf Association of America, The Apollo
Theater, also the Manhattan Center, Indigo Blues and Sweetwaters
in New
York. He has both arranged and performed music for
UJAAMA, Titus Walker’s
Theater Company in New York City.
Paul has also played for the Bose Factory
Corporation using
their latest home theater system the lifestyle 30 to
demonstrate
through.Paul has recently played at Madison Square Garden as
well.
Performing as a one-man orchestra, Paul was among
the featured entertainers
at the June 1996 Black Comedy Awards.
With Guru, he scored the soundtrack
for the movie Girlstown
(1996). His musical expertise earned him the coveted
position of
Musical Director for GBTV’s Culture Share, a popular show that
broadcasts in New York, London, Grenada and other islands of the
Caribbean.
He also scored the soundtrack for the Documentary
Arabian Culture through
the Equine Industry for
B.E.T
Along with Chaka Khan, Ramsey Lewis, Branford
Marsalis, Donald Byrd, Ronny
Jordan, Patra, Kenny Garrett, Kool
Keith and Lonnie Liston Smith, Paul was
recently featured as a
pianist on Guru’s compact disc Jazzmatazz ll. As a
member
of the musical entourage of Guru’s Summer ‘96 European Tour,
Paul
performed at the JVC Jazz Festival in London (Royal Albert
Hall), Foro
Italico (Rome), Arena Festa Dell’Unita
(Corregio), Arena (Vienna),
Muffathalle (Munich), Boerse
(Wuppertal), North Sea Jazz Festival/Congresgebouw
(Den Haag),
Lycabettus (Athens), and the Phoenix UK Jazz Festival.
In 1998
Paul was invited by Bet/Emerge Magazine to record one of his
original songs Seashore Symphony on a compilation CD called The History
Of
Love. With such artists as Marion Meadows, Jean Carne, Will
Downing, Jacques
Burvick, Pieces of a Dream, Chuck Jackson,
Dionne Warwick, Marcus Johnson,
Signature, Pure Soul, and Dianne
Reeves. In addition to the CD he will also
be recording on the
all jazz channel at BET ( BET on Jazz ).
In 2002 Avant
Garde Digital Pictures Inc. announces the newest member of its
production family Mr. Paul “Sequence” Ferguson. Undertaking
the role of
composer, Mr. Ferguson will produce original
compositions for our growing
“New Media”
organization. Content will include theatrical feature films,
direct to DVD programs and a barrage of specially conceived Internet
projects. Mr. Ferguson’s dynamic musical endowment has
propelled him to the
very top of his game, and is thereby an
invaluable asset to the production
family. Paul has scored two
DVD’s for avant garde digital pictures Inc. In
2002, the
first one titled "the Macomb incident" deals with psychic and
paranormal phenomena, the second one is "stress reduction" dealing with
a
program by the same name.
In April 2002
"sequences" musical sty lings will be presented to the public
in
an innovative manner. They will be preloaded into cd/mp3 players at
best
buy stores throughout the United States. "Sequence" was
chosen for this
project by www.ssiamerica.com because the
quality of his musical creations
will assist them in increasing
their sales of cd/mp3 players to the buying
public.
The sound of SEQUENCE will become the sound of the next century. A sound
that will take you far and beyond, a sound to soothe the soul
and relax the
mind, a sound that will hit the charts and stay
there, a sound that you will
not forget. Now sit back, relax in
your favorite ambiance, and enjoy the
digitally orchestrated
masterpieces of...
E-Mail
pffmusic@msn.com Web
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