User:Paul Robert Burton

Paul Robert Burton (Pastor Paul) is a Multi-tasking, Multi-instrumentalist, Singer/Songwriter/Producer & Audio/Visual Technician. Beginning his professional music career in 1978 as a session musician, Paul has performed with Elvis Presley’s drummer D J Fontana, James Brown’s drummer Toni Cooke and has an extensive list of musical associations with a veritable “who’s who” of the Australian Music Industry.

Paul has worked in Australia and Europe for many years with his self managed band “The Shuffle Kings” and as a live and/or studio session musician with:

John Williamson, Jimmy Barnes, Keith Urban, Kev Carmody, Phil Emmanuel, Felicity Urqhart, Doug Mulray, Nathan Cavaleri, Kevin Borich, Pete Wells (guitarist Rose Tattoo), Anne Kirkpatrick, Paul Demarco, Eddy Youngblood, Don Hopkins, Dave Wray (Frank Bennett), Jim Conway, Paul Kelly, Ed Kuepper, Doc Neeson, Steve Prestwich, Graeme Connors, Dave Tice, The Headhunters, Austentayshus, Ian Moss, Gail Page, Wilbur Wilde, Grace Knight, Don Walker, The Brewster Brothers, Moonshine Jug & String Band and many more.

From the year 2000, after years of exploring the core foundations of many different spiritual faiths, Paul began an applied theological practice (Advaita Vedanta*) that illuminated the common ground between all religions, spiritual practices, music and social change. In 2004 he was initiated into the Holy Ramakrishna Order by The Reverend Pravrajika Ajayaprana Mataji.

In 2010, He became aware of the rapid rise of ‘inappropriate mining’(**) and the importance of protecting our precious water resources, prime agricultural land, environment, cultural heritage and as a consequence a sustainable future for our children and grandchildren. He immersed himself in research and activities to understand this industry and its impacts on ecological and social communities. He then founded Our Land, Our Water, Our Future Inc www.ourlandourwaterourfuture.org

(*) Advaita Vedanta - Non Dualistic Vedanta is a perennial philosophy based on the Vedas. It gives full freedom to each individual to evolve morally and spiritually according to his own faith and conviction. It includes fundamental truths found in all religions of the world. Vedanta teaches the aim of human life is to realise the divinity.

(**) Inappropriate mining – all mining activities including CSG, open cut and long wall mining, related infrastructure and associated extraction industries that challenge boundaries and the security of natural resources such as water, agricultural soils and land, air, flora and fauna as well as the social fabric of regional communties.