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It was the early 1990's, and 13 year old Paul Noyola had just moved to a small East Texas town with his mother and sister, after his mother and father divorced. Around that time, he was given an old guitar by a family member, which helped him find solace from his drastically changing life. A little over a year later, feeling confident in the few songs he had taught himself to play, Paul was soon performing at local civic events and private parties.

Several years later, 16 year old Paul found out that his girlfriend was pregnant. Knowing that he would need a source of income to support his son, while maintaining his grades in high school, Paul auditioned for a weekly Friday night gig at a local country club, along with his after school job as an auto mechanic. He auditioned for the gig and was hired by the club.

He quickly learned the art of entertaining in an intimate bar setting while still a young guy in high school, and after a few months of playing the country club, began to perform regionally as a solo act and in various bands. Performing in the club that was frequented by big business people and event promoters, he landed high profile performances with companies like Chevron, ESPN television, and even a State Representative. By the age of 17, Paul had several appearances on various national television programs and had performed with nationally recognized artists such as Leann Rimes and Tracy Byrd, and soon formed what would be the youngest Texas Swing/Jazz band in Texas, The Tailor Made Band.

Around the age of 17, Paul's interest in songwriting grew and his friend Lobo Loggins introduced him to Grammy award-winning songwriter, composer, and producer Don Rollins (It's Five O'clock Somewhere). The two became friends and penned several songs together, which are cataloged with Warner/Chappell Music (http://www.warnerchappell.com). Rollins introduced Paul to Nashville politics, professional studios, and the mechanics of the music business.

After graduating valedictorian of his high school class in 1996, Paul enrolled in college at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas where he majored in computer information systems. While in college, he continued performing in the Tailor Made Band and also did solo gigs around the college for extra income. Early into his second semester at the university, Paul spent several weeks in the hospital after sustaining an injury that ended his college semester and almost ended his life. He never returned to Stephen F. Austin.

Once returning home from college, the Tailor Made Band continued to tour regionally and Paul also worked various jobs in construction and as an electronics technician. Feeling the need for a stable career to provide for himself and his son, he turned to a job in law enforcement and entered the police academy at the age of 20, quitting the Tailor Made Band. Shortly after completely the academy, he was employed by a city police department after completing academy and did not touch a guitar for six years.

In 2005, the urge to write and perform music became too much for Paul to resist, and his search soon led him to guitarist Billy Wills and Matt Sebastian who were looking to start an original rock project. After auditioning several drummers, the trio found young drummer Grady Saxman. At that point, the band Demagogue was complete.  The 4 piece Demagogue began to develop and find their own sound as they wrote their new songs. Within the first year, Demagogue had written and recorded their first 5 song EP titled 'Passage To Repute', and started touring regionally to promote the EP, all while continuing to write for a full length album.  At the end of 2006, Demagogue entered the studio and began recording what would be their first full length work, titled 'Fight The Fate'. The album was completed, but unfortunately would never be released and the band dissolved in 2007, due to creative differences within the band.

After leaving Demagogue, Paul continued to write and play the occasional acoustic gig and in early 2009, contacted old friend Gray Reed who played guitar in the band Ten Ton Nothing several years before. Ten Ton Nothing and Demagogue gigged a lot together while both bands were active in Southeast Texas and Western Louisiana. Reed was involved in a new music project with drummer Roger Newman, but the project needed a vocalist and a bassist. Paul agreed to join the new project and after a couple of months of auditioning bassists, the group found Charles Evans. Gray called on former Ten Ton Nothing guitarist Josh Zerangue who took the post of guitar along side Reed. The 5 piece chose the band name Noyola and started writing new material.  At the end of 2009, the band is recording and looking forward to 2010.