Colombian-Salvadoran Music Director/Musician/Bass Player/Live Sound Engineer/Stage Manager.

Paul Josem Vargas is a Colombian/Salvadoran Musician, Bass Player, Music Director, Stage Manager and Live Sound Engineer. Paul started as a Musician when he was living in El Salvador at 15 years old, working, writting and composing for the mythical rock band "Polifacetik" which conquered the regional radio stations, peaking singles at #1 multiple times in Radio Femenina and other regional radio stations with songs like "Ella", "No Es Mi Hogar" among other singles. Polifacetik transcended to be a mythical rock band with powerful live performance that lived in the memories of the scene till the day. In 2018, Paul left Latin America and Immigrated to Los Angeles, California. Since, Paul has worked in live & studio situations, playing bass or guitar for opening acts for bands such as, Los Pink Cheese Green Goes, The Marias (Los Angeles, California), Surfistas Del Sitema (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Barco (Buenos Aires, Argentina), among others and have recorded with Andres Farias (Farias Production), Red Bull Studios LA, Estudio Citie LA, Ice Cream Studios Los Angeles, Family Bridge Studios LA, Electric Sun Studios LA, among other Grammy, Multi-Platinum studios in Los Angeles, California. Paul also has worked as an audio engineer, stage manager, MD or played bass for bands/artists in well known festivals/stages in USA and Internationally, such as NU Festival (Honduras), Topanga Days (Topanga, California), NAMM Show (Anaheim,CA), La Guitarra (El Tunco, El Salvador), City Walk Universal Studios (North Hollywood, California), Jazz Festival (San Salvador, El Salvador), Pana-Rock (Panajachel, Guatemala), 50 Year Anniversary of Radio Femenina (San Salvador, El Salvador), Pico Rivera Sports Arena (Montebello, California), Estadio Magico Gonzales (San Salvador, El Salvador), Joshua Tree Music Festival (Joshua Tree, California), Echo Park Rising (Los Angeles, California, Scenarium (San Salvador, El Salvador), Love Long Long Beach, Lucidity (Santa Barabara, California), Didgeridoo Festival (Oregon,USA), Reggae On The Mountain etc working with artists such as Ziggy Marley, Steel Pulse, Ky-Mani Marley, Yellowman, Don Carlos, Paul worked in the summer nights of Pershing Square, working with artists like Banda Limon, Banda Maguey, Banda Arkangel R-15, among other festivals in the scene of South and North California.
Paul is a versatile musician that considers himself a contemporary musician, playing different styles and genres of music in electric and upright bass, from reggae, salsa, cumbia, jazz, pop, merengue, rock, goth, metal, anime rock, funk, soul, rnb, gospel, latin, afrobeat, brazilian, bossanova, samba, blues, country, americana, afro-latin, naningo, rock en español among many other genres of music. Paul also has worked and is working as a bass player or music director with different cover bands and emerging up and coming artists from Los Angeles such as Eddie Escalante and The Vamps, Will Kano, Pangea Soul, Yanming Lu, among other artists. Paul worked with church musicians, working for Nigerian/African and Hispanic churches around Lynwood, Montebello, South-Central, Watts in California. Currently finishing his Bachelor in Bass Performance at Musicians Institute after working for some years in the Los Angeles scene and pursuit his degree, Paul has been one of the top Bachelor Music Performers as a student, excelling in the schools music community and creating a path of opportunities to come. If you wish to hire Paul as your MD, Bass Player, Live (Front of House/Stage) Touring Engineer and/or Tech/Stage Manager feel free to reach out. Paul Vargas is a Bilingual speaker, fluent in Spanish and English which makes him so diverse to work in many scenes in the USA and/or Internationally.