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Paula McALeese

About Me

REACH OUT IS AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD NOW!!...........................................Paula McALeese delivers consistently impressive performances making her one of the few strong female vocalists in the country', Anna Drop-D IrelandHi I'm Paula and I am from County Down Northern Ireland, started writing songs at a silly young age with the help of an electric organ (not a brain or a heart!!) and a four stringed guitar. Started performing around Belfast in 2003 were I played my first gig in the Saturday Night Live Line up at the Pavillion Bar.. I recorded an E.P with the help of a friend and a computerI recorded 'Sorry to disturb you' just me and a a second hand acoustic guitar. For the next few months I gigged around Belfast and one night was supporting a band called Amoruza in the Front Page. They were really impressed with what I was doing and asked if I would come and be lead vocalist and songwriter for them (www.myspace.com/amoruza) With Amoruza, I continued to write and perform across Northern Ireland, with gigs in the Empire, Crescent Arts, Front Page, Aunite Annies, Spring and Airbrake, Pavillion, Rotterdam, Kings Head and basically everywhere that puts on gigs in Belfast, Bangor Lisburn, Portrush, Downpatrick, Newry..anywhere!. We released out first E.P. Discover in late 2004 with a live set in Virgin Megastore. While continuing to gig we managed to get a full half hour spot on NVTV getting to know you were I promoted the next EP to be released' Future Girl' and performed 3 live tracks. Future Girl was released to a packed out Laverys in May 2006.After the summer, I went back to playing solo with a Radio Ulster appearance on the Ralph McLean show were I played two live tracks. Along with the lead guitarist of Amoruza, Steven McKnight. I continued to write and gig as a two piece acoustic act under my own name. Recording a home made E.P 'Pale Moon Tales' at the start of 2007 and a conversation with a friend at one of my gigs in Laverys in May of last year I sent the demo to Urban Angel, a blank disc and a phonecall later led me to working on my first commercially released single under the label, 'REACH OUT' will be available very very shortlly..........reach out and check it out!!!

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Music:

Member Since: 22/11/2006
Band Website: http://www.urbanangelmusic.dloadshop.com/shop.asp?
Band Members: Paula McALeese: Vocals and GuitarStevie McKnight Guitars
Influences: Tori Amos, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Joni Mitchell, Sundays, Mogwai, Faith No More, Mansun, Portishead, David Bowie, Low, Arcade Fire, Jeff Buckley, Belly, Police, Labyrinth, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Goblins
Sounds Like: I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)
Record Label: Urban Angel
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Year, New Music, New me?

Well 2009 is here, starting writing to get recording my debut album, hopefully it will be all wrapped up for the summer............
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:54:00 GMT

Check out this event: OPEN MIC AT THE POINT

come along to The Points open Mic night on Tuesday 16th September form 9pmI will be hosting it so it will be great to see a few friendly faces :-)Pxx
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:06:00 GMT

Reach Out Video On Youtube

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FFn1MAm9DGkCheck out the Reach Out video on Youtube and let me know what you think :-)Pxx
Posted by on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:52:00 GMT

UIO5 LIVE!

I will be on the Ivan Martin show at 12.30pm today playing Reach Out and Change live with the fantastic Stevie McKnight. I have a very stinky cold so hoping I am not going to sound like a dalek!LovePx...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:01:00 GMT

RADIO ULSTER SATURDAY 8TH MARCH 2008

I AM GOING TO BE JOINING JOHN DALY TODAY AT 2PM FOR A BIT OF A CHAT AND A LIVE ACOUSTIC TRACK :-)ALL IN THE AID OF REACH OUTSTILL DOWNLOADABLE ! ONITUNESWWW.URBANANGELMUSIC.CO.UKWWW.DOWNLOADMUSIC.IEWO...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:23:00 GMT

No. 5 Irish Indie Chart!

Hey hey I am so so so so pleased that 'Reach Out' is currently at number 5 in the Irish Indiw download chart...........lets push it up and make it number one!Would be great to get a northern Irish si...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:12:00 GMT

UTV105 MONDAY 11TH FEB

On with George Jones and Stevie, the single is released today, I have everything crossed that it will do OK.............thanks to everyone who has already downloaded it, it means the worldLovePaulaxx
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:57:00 GMT

UTV LIVE THURSDAY 31ST JAN 5.30-6PM

hey, well, it is nearly my launch night for my first single and I have a TV interview tomorrow morning which will go out on UTV Life between 5.30-6pm tomorrow (31st Jan)...........trying not to get to...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:04:00 GMT

LAUNCH NIGHT FOR ’’REACH OUT’

Its my launch night for my first single 'Reach Out' on the 31st January 2008 in the Pavilion Bar on the Ormeau Road 8pmHope you can all make it, LovePxxx
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:23:00 GMT

DOWNLOAD SINGLE NOW!!

Well this is it! , my first commercially released single after years of writng and gigging.and recording dubious demos!'Reach Out' is available on pre release download  with Change, (whirlwind sp...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:58:00 GMT