Paul has taught at Del Mar College since 1997 in both percussion and music technology fields. Prior to that time, he taught percussion and music technology from 1992-1997 at Louisiana Tech University. Since 2007, he has exclusively taught music technology and recording classes at DMC focusing all his efforts in this area.

As a composer his compositions have been performed world wide and are published by Theodore Presser and Marimba Publications. His writing include articles for Sound on Sound, Percussive Notes, the Transoniq Hacker and books for Go Fish Music including "Al Di Meola - Classics", a collection of transcriptions.

Dr. Bissell has performed with a variety of orchestras and can be heard on the Spy Kids 2 soundtrack. For fun, he records local artists and runs live sound in (often) less than ideal circumstances.