page_title: Paul Speer
section_title: Early years
hierarchical_section_title: Paul Speer / Early years
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context_page_description: Paul Speer is a Grammy nominated guitarist, composer, and record producer. He has released several solo albums, music video albums, and collaborations with other artists such as pianist David Lanz, drummer Scott Rockenfield of Queensrÿche, Paul Lawler, and vocalist Satine Orient.
context_section_description: Paul Speer took up guitar at the age of nine and played his first paid gig at age twelve in a trio with brothers Neal and Gary.  In 1969, the expanded group now known as the Stone Garden, recorded the single "Oceans Inside Me" and pressed 300 copies, a rare collector item today.
  Speer attended music school at the University of Idaho in Moscow before moving to Seattle to play in nightclub bands.  In the mid 1970s, he took up residence in Los Angeles where his interest expanded into audio production and engineering.  Speer returned to Seattle in the late 1970s and began producing records in local recording studios and in his own studio.
caption: David Lanz and Paul Speer 1990
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