You probably know Paul Adelstein as Paul Kellerman on Prison Break or as Dr. Cooper Freedman on Private Practice. But did you know he's also a singer? His band, Doris, will be releasing an album on February 21st entitled All The Details. He was kind enough to sit down and talk with us about the album, his influences, the video for "Ladybug Luck," The Poncey Lads, and his dream music festival.How are you doing today?
Very well, thank you. It's Super Bowl Sunday. I mention that for no apparent reason.
You're releasing your album, All The Details, on February 21st. Do you have anything special planned leading up to its release?
We're doing giveaways of the CD and the 180g vinyl through contests on Facebook and Twitter. I'm going to New York to do some promotion and to do some radio stuff. We're going to have a fun record release party in Los Angeles and I hope to do a tour in the spring. We'll release a video we're working on for the song "Commencement."
I'm really enjoying All The Details and at times your voice reminds me of Randy Newman. Who are your musical influences?
Well Randy Newman is definitely one. I think I have eclectic taste, I listen to everything and I suppose everything is an influence, although that's a terrible answer. I think I learned how to write by learning Costello, Beatles, Squeeze, Replacements, and R.E.M. songs when I was a teenager. And in terms of song craft, I'm in search of the perfect three-minute song. That pushes me towards Leonard Cohen and Townes Van Zandt and Nilsson and Bowie and on and on. In terms of the arrangement and production, I do whatever I think will serve the song, but when you write a piano-based song with a soaring chorus, you can't help but try to make is sound like "Rocket Man" or "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." On All The Details, we referenced a lot of Jon Brion produced records--especially When The Pawn... and Bachelor No. 2. I love how those records sound.
