Season 10 American Idol, Paul McDonald, begins his recurring role on Parenthood this Tuesday, and Reality Rocks has the exclusive premiere of the song he’ll sing on the NBC hour-long drama.
“Counting Stars”, a pretty piano ballad, is the first track off the long-overdue post-Idol album the indie rocker has been working on.
“I’m off to Nashville to record the full-length the next two months–with real musicians and some folks from my old band [the Grand Magnolias],” Paul told Yahoo Music. “It will hopefully give it a cooler vibe. Writing in L.A. was a much different approach than my norm, mostly drum sounds on computers and crazy programs–which are cool, but I think I prefer the way it was done back in the day, with a bunch of dudes in a room playing music with real instruments. It’s more fun that way, at least.”
I’m sure his wife, Twilight actress Nikki Reed, will be right by his side.
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