Paul McDonald “Counting Stars” First Listen (Audio)

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.

Via Yahoo Music Reality Rocks

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