Paulini has been a busy girl in the last few weeks. As you can imagine, World Youth Day took up a lot of her time and she’s also been performing at various corporate gigs and attending a variety of events along the way.

In addition she has been hard at work in the studio putting together the pieces of her new album.

Over the next few days she will be doing more writing and recording material for the album and for what her new management regards as ultimately a “relaunch” of Paulini as an artist and musician!!

Which reminds me, now I can tell you a bit more about that new management mob.

I spoke with Tom today, a big supporter of Paulini’s who has been involved in her career for some time now. Some of you will have met him at various Paulini/Divas gigs around the traps. Tom left Caplice a while ago to work with the company who have just started managing Paulini. And I have to say, after a long chat about their work with Paulini I am feeling very reassured and excited for her future.

So who are these new management people?

Their name is Revolutions Per Minute (RPM – clever huh!! I like it) and they are a small but experienced and dedicated company with a promising approach to managing artists.

Here’s what they have to say about themselves:

[RPM IS} An Artist Management and Public Relations company made up of people who  share the same philosophical approach – developing a small roster of enduring Artists who are committed to building credible and global careers.

RPM is a niche yet first-rate contemporary Music Management company in the Australian Entertainment Industry with a diverse and incredible Artist roster including Shannon Noll, Paulini, Melinda Schneider and The Motorola ARIAs.

Founded in 2004, RPM originated as the sole venture of Nicole Hart. The extensive experience Nicole has gained over the years at SonyBMG, Mushroom, etc – in addition to her love of music, experience in creating hit records and strength in Artist Management – is the passion and drive behind the company and the success of RPM and its Artists.

RPM has quickly become one of Australia’s most reputable and respected full-service international management and artist representation companies. They pride themselves on their diverse and eclectic talent roster spanning internationally through worlds of music, publicity and concert events.

In this business, one must anticipate trends and truly love the art form. RPM is rooted in the inspiration and discovery of Australian talent and the progressive evolution of setting new standards in the management and public relations realm.

In short, they sound like a breath of fresh air and if Nicole has retained any of the underlying philosophy and approach of our iconic Mushroom records then that is good news – not just for Paulini – but for the Australian music scene in general!

YES BUT is she still with Sony/BMG???

I know many of you are DYING to know the answer to that question – so here it is.

YES she is.  This may disappoint some of you I know as there has been a lot of discussion that she may have been better off with an independent label. BUT there is a great up-side to this because it also means Paulini continues to have the considerable resources of a major recording company at her disposal while she works on her new album.

But more importantly, if her management are as dedicated and savvy as they seem to be, the combination of having well-focussed management as well as access to the resources of Sony/BMG could be the best thing for Paulini. I guess we can only wait and see….

AND LASTLY – what sort of music is she doing??

Some of you have asked (in the comments and by email – particularly my persistent correspondent – you know who you are LOL) what style of music this new album will showcase. We’re all wondering where Paulini plans to go musically and I know we all have our preferences – although they are often quite diverse!!

Unfortunately I still can’t tell you much about this. All I know (ie have been told) is that the songs are “distinctly Paulini” both in the lyrics she has written, the style of music she is producing and – tantalisingly – in the way she uses her diverse vocal talents throughout the recordings. Apparently, as soon as you hear it you will know who it is and that it’s Paulini’s very own, individual, distinctive sound and style.

Ahhhh. It’s all so intriguing……LOL

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