Sorry to have stepped away for a bit...the year has come and gone and now here we are again! I have been busy writing and recording some songs in my own little space here and will hopefully be laying down some new tracks in the near future. If you'd like a sneak preview, you can visit my myspace page. I collaborated with a friend Joe Chester who I actually met on myspace. I wrote and recorded the song 'I Love You in Shades...' and fired off the guitar and vocal tracks to Joe by email. He was kind enough to lay down his magic and mix the song in Dublin.

x Paula

Thanks for those of you who have been requesting the Joan Video on City TV's Ethnosonic.

Sadly my willow tree who cameo'd in the video, suffered a major broken limb during the massive wind storms...we are hoping he will get well soon. In the meantime, if you want to see the video again...feel free to continue to request it by emailing ethnosonic@citytv.com

Paula

You will be able to catch some interviews and live performances (me and Jonathan Anderson on guitar) that took place this past weekend at the Western Canadian Music Awards.

Muchmusic 'Going Coastal' with Chris Nelson
Sunday, November 5th - 8 pm PST or 11 ET

UMFM radio 'From the Floor' with Michael Elves
Thursday, November 2nd - 8 pm - 9 pm

This is such a great time of year for movies...Science of Sleep, Little Miss Sunshine, Half Nelson..the acting was amazing, Ryan Gosling...in particular in Half Nelson, I could not take my eyes off of him... a hard to watch movie but really stunning performances. My video has funnily enough been playing before these movies and premiered as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival prior to screenings at the Ridge. Festival Cinemas theatres took a liking to the video for 'Joan' and they have been (and will be) using it as part of their pre-show for the month of October. I sorta had to giggle as I watched the video roll by...have to say that I am not used to seeing my nostrils that up close and personal.

I will be flying to Winnipeg next week as I have been invited to showcase at the Western Canadian Music Awards Conference and Festival - Sat. October 21st (10pm) at the Collective Cabaret. Should be fun but I just logged on to the Winnipeg Sun and learned this!..Ahhhhh! An awakening that summer is over...

It has been such an amazing summer. Must be my tropical blood recognizing that I am at home under the warm rays of the sunshine or something, just feels so great. Got a chance to shoot a video for my song 'Joan', shot (thanks to the magic of technology and digital cameras), in Vancouver, in the skies across Canada and in France!

Clouds were donated by a pilot friend who will remain nameless. The train scenes were shot when I was travelling from Paris to Black Box Studios in Brittany and the opening scene was taken over top Vancouver city. But hmmm, am I giving it all away?

A big thanks to Della and Stuart McLaughlin of Grouse Mountain for donating the helicopter. Stu Mackay-Smith for donating his amazing creativity, direction, and TIME! And all the following amazing people who donated their endless hours and humongous talents; Pilar Alvarez, Redia Soltis, Mitchell Parsons, Mike Barcelona, Travis Tetreault. One last but not least thank you to Festival Cinemas...Fifth Avenue Cinemas, The Park, The Ridge will be playing my video before movie screenings during the month of October.

Watch the video HERE or on MYSPACE

xx Paula