Music
| Percussion ability: | Beginner | Vocal range: | Mezzo-Soprano |
| Vocal ability: | Lead singer | Like to join a band: | No |
Singing styles
 | Pop |
Favourite genres
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Paula is the Percussionist
New South Wales, Australia
Pop
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Paula is the Singer
New South Wales, Australia
Pop / Hip-hop
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London born multi-faceted vocalist, songwriter, performer Paula Baxter aka ‘Miss P’ started her musical journey at the age of 6 influenced by artists such as Nina Simone, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. After graduating from Hammersmith and West London College, Paula went on to perform with various original and cover bands before being snatched up by Norman Cook (Fat Boy Slim) to sing backing vocals for one of his projects (The Alfabet Tree) Several years of playing venues such as The Jazz Café, Ronny Scotts, The Golden Glove, The Camden Underground and Astoria followed before the band released an album and toured Europe. After some mild success Paula left the band to concentrate on her original material, which then lead her to relocate to Sydney. ?
??A natural performer, Paula also sings in Spanish, French and Ga and is a budding percussionist. Originals are a blend of reggae, soul, funk and pop that tell stories about life, love, loss, gain, lessons learnt and the power of positive thinking. With a unique vocal style that is sultry, soulful, powerful and distinctive, Paula delivers a song with heart and direction truly captivating her audience. Her debut EP ‘Experience’ co written with Paul Searles (Skunk Hour) and Carolyn Shine was released in 2009 to rave reviews and is to be followed up by an album due for release late 2011. With an electrifying stage presence it’s easy to see why Paula has been busy performing her own material and why she has also been called on to lend her vocals to many of Australia’s finest artist including Christine Anu, 80‘s pop sensation ‘1927’, Jazz Artist James Morrison, Mark Williams (Dragon) Dale Barlow (Boom Crash Opera) Tania Doko (Bachelor Girl) Paul Mac, Rock legend Richard Clapton, Paris Wells, RnB pop singer Jessica Malboy and African sensation Afro Moses.
?Paula has also had the pleasure of working with artists such as; Steve Bali (Noise Works) Ian Moss (Cold Chisel) Marcia Hines (Australian Idol) and Diesel. Recording projects include co-written material on albums by Love Tattoo, Rephrase and the Opera Bar series to name a few. International artists such as Josh Grogan (USA), Michael Franti (U.SA) Sol Creech (U.S.A) the Mark Ronson Band (U.K) Dale Stranland (Eric Clapton) and the great Smokey Robinson have shared a stage with Paula and in 2005 Paula and was called upon to sing at the after party for Robert De Niro’s film ‘Hide and Seek.
