Path To Paradise was started in September of 2017 by local musicians in Roanoke by lead singer Zaine Comstock and guitarists Michael "Mick" Miller, and Jon Hudgins. After establishing themselves as a small time local acoustic act playing in bars, the lineup changed several times. The band hired talented guitarist Conner Dotson as a bass player but quickly moved him to lead guitar, at the same time Jon left the bad for personal reasons. Michael left the band shortly after the band hired on Jesse Banks Booth to do drums, who shortly thereafter was fired due to personal disputes between himself and the other band members. Jared Harshbarger was a temporary guitarist when Michael Miller left the band to deal with his personal life, and the band reached another incarnation leaving Zaine as the only original member.
The band brought on Austin Setchel to play the bass, who subsequently left due to personal reasons shortly thereafter due to being too busy with school. Following that, the band hired on Micheal Scott for rhythm guitar and Micheal James Valentine on drums, when we went in studio with Final Track records to record our first 5 song EP. Micheal Scott left the band shortly therafter. Michael "Mick" Miller returned to the band after to act as a business contact and booking agent instead of playing with them live on stage.
Currently, the band lineup is as follows:
-Zaine Comstock: Lead vocals
-Conner Dotson: Lead guitar/vocals
-Micheal James Valentine: Drums/percussion
-Brett Masterson: Bass
-Skyler Gilbert: Rhythm guitar
The band writes original music and perfoms covers, and has recently been booked to play shows at local venues in roanoke as well as play the 50th annual Roanoke Festival in the Park on May 26th and 27th.
We are releasing our EP on all major music sharing sites on Thursday, March 22nd 2018, and recording our next single, coming out after May 2018. Following that, we are remastering the songs on our current EP and recording our 1st fully original album, consisting of 12 new songs, by the end of summer/middle of fall 2018.
The new album, titled "The Start" will be sold on Itunes and Amazon Music with the standard version consisting of the 12 new songs and the limited edition album will include ther 12 songs as well as the remastered EP and personal gifts from the band for a higher price.
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Path to Paradise has had another very busy and exciting month through April 2018! We practiced a lot the first couple of weeks for our show on April 13th with B3nt Jimmy, and it showed! We played an amazing show, and even got to sign some autographs afterwords! Videos of the show are currently uploaded to our various social media accounts, and have been extremely well recieved!
In other news, the band recorded 4 of the next songs that need to be released, and were invited to be featured on the local WFXR news in preparation for our upcoming show at Roanoke's Festival in the Park! Also, we found out when we're gonna be playing and where!
Path to Paradise will be playing on the main stage at 3 PM for the festival, and tickets are availible now online! We anticipate this being our biggest show yet! Also, we totaled it up and we currently have 16 songs that haven't been practiced or recorded yet, so more than enough for our next album!
The VP of Colombia Records A&R team also contacted the band and had us send in the demos from our EP, and we're anxiouly awaiting to hear back from them! This is definitely the biggest thing to happen to P2P yet!
Finally, all of our social media sites have been updated, and the band is currently planning on setting up more shows and posting more footage for everyone to enjoy!
Thanks for reading, and don't forget to share us with a friend if you like our music!
#WalktheP2P
Greetings from Path To Paradise! The band had decided to release a monthly newsletter to inform our listeners of up and coming news having to do with the band and upcoming shows!
So, Let's get started.
Path To Paradise releases our first EP onto the top 100 social media music sharing sites on Thursday, March 22nd, 2018! We played a show on Friday, March 16th, at The Q, co-headlining with Long Story Short, a very popular local band out of Roanoke, VA, and performed very well! (Videos coming soon!)
The current lineup has changed as well, And is as follows:
Zaine Comstock - Lead Vocal
Conner Dotson - Lead Guitar/Backup Vocal
Michael James Valentine - Percussion
Skyler Gilbert - Rhythm Guitar
Brett Masterson - Bass Guitar
On top of that, earlier this month we went and got photos taken by our friends at Kevin Wolfe Photography at a local skate park called the Lily Pad. (Thanks to David "Froggy" Reams!) Those pictures have been posted to our other social media sites as well!
Our EP album art was developed from the photos we took, and new band photos including both new members of P2P will be coming out soon!
Be looking out for our music to play on college radio stations around VA, and we plan to play shows for the campuses shortly after the music is heard there!
Finally, our old guitarist Michael "Mick" Miller has assumed the role of Personal Assistant/Publicist/Promoter for the band, and is working tirelessly to handle the business and legal side of the music that we needed handled. We're all extremely grateful to him for the work he's been doing.
In other news, Path To Paradise has been booked to play at the 50th Annual Roanoke Festival In The Park! We're working out the details about which stage, and time and date now, with more announcements to follow! The festival itself takes place May 25th, 26th and 27th of 2018 in Elmwood Park in downtown Roanoke VA!
Also, the band is currently working on 2 music videos for our original track that we're going to release on our official Youtube channel later this year!
T-Shirts are almost ready to sell as well! That, plus custom P2P guitar picks, business cards, and hard copies of our current EP at shows!
Finally, The band has been working tirelessly on new music and show preparations, from buying new musical equipment and instruments(Conner aquired a Schecter Solo-II custom Les Paul!). Our current EP is going to be remastered with Final Track Studios, we will be releasing a new original Single in the coming months(we did a teaser of that at the show we played at The Q with LSS!), and by the end of Summer 2018, we plan to release an entirely original and new 12 song album, which will be availible online and at shows! (Special edition will come with the remastered EP and single, as well as some special information and messages from the band!
Our social media sites have been completely revamped and updated, and you can find links to them in the contact page our our EPK (this site).
Thank you for being a part of this journey with us, and remember to always #WalktheP2P !!!
-Path To Paradise
Path to Paradise will be playing Roanoke, VA's 50th annual Festival in the Park! Main stage at the Elmwood Park Ampitheater, our set will start at 3 PM. We're honored to be a part of this wonderful event and proud to be representing Roanoke's local music scene!