the show at friday night in nyc was amazing, thanks to the canal room for being a beautiful venue, cosmo, nysc & q104.3’s jonathan clarke for being beautiful hosts, and alexa wilkinson and bess rogers for playing beautiful sets.

here’s a video of me & the band debuting our new song “whiskey” (thanks to tony maceli for the vid):

3. Whiskey – Mieka Pauley – Canal Room – February 13, 2009 by whosthebass

amazon mp3 and cosmopolitan magazine’s starlaunch have teamed up to promote my cd Elijah Drop Your Gun – and you can download the entire album for free from now until March 10th. get your copy, leave a review & spread the word – I’m all for giving shit away. take THAT all you suits in the music biz.

Elijah Drop Your Gun :: free @ amazonmp3.com

Cosmopolitan Magazine and the New York Songwriters Circle are celebrating my contest wins with me & the band at our Canal Room show this friday night. Q104.3FM’s Jonathan Clarke is hosting the show, and Bess Rogers & co-StarLaunch-ee Alexa Wilkinson will also be there. this show is going to be amazing. I really hope you can make it out.

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As for the winner Mieka Pauley … keep an eye on this rising star.

nice coverage of the finale of Cosmo’s StarLaunch.

at the live concert finale last friday, I was chosen as cosmopolitan’s “Fun Fearless Female Rockstar of the Year” !! yay. the band & I were treated like celebs, it was crazy : red (actually, blue) carpet & everything. cosmo has just been amazing in their support of independent artists. you can check out pics here, & here’s the video of me & the band playing our winning song (be sure to check out 5:08 when brian literally rips off his guitar, cueing the end of the song) ::

“Mieka’s Winning Cosmo Starlaunch Performance” on YouTube

and here’s a video of the judges handing me the ginormous check for 10 grand (THANK YOU, sylvia, david & mike !! and THANK YOU to everyone who voted) ::

“Cosmo StarLaunch Judges Declare Mieka Pauley Winner” on YouTube

the other fun fearless females in the top three with me were beautiful and gave amazing performances – fortune 457 & alexa wilkinson – they were so fun to hang with, and I was so honored to perform with them.

voting for Cosmo StarLaunch ends this Thursday night, 12/4, at midnight — I would be so grateful if you voted (and voted obsessively often for the next two days). this has been an amazing time, and your votes could help me get money, studio & stage time, publicity, love…

ps – as part of the competition, the 3 finalists (including me) will open for natasha bedingfield in NYC this friday night. even though we’re playing just one song each, I would LOVE to have you in the audience — the final decision is based in part on live text-msg-voting from the audience … your support would mean the world …

if you want tix to the show ($30), get them in person from the Mercury Lounge box office (217 E Houston) & say you’re part of the mieka pauley contingent — they’ll waive all the ticketmaster fees.

tune in to 104.3FM in nyc (or stream q1043.com) sunday night at 9pm – I did a live performance and interview with Jonathan Clarke for Out of the Box. what a fun guy. we talked about the New York Songwriters Circle and Cosmo, and I played All The Same Mistakes.

9PM Sunday night, 11/22/08
Q1043 Radio NYC
104.3 FM in the NYC area
streamed from q1043.com
Out of the Box

cosmo narrowed down the semi-finalists in their starlaunch competition, and we’re in the top 3 !! so we’ll be opening for natasha bedingfield and solange knowles at terminal 5 in nyc on dec 5th. wow, yay. thank you to everyone for your votes – you can continue to vote and help us get the #1 spot … (meaning money, studio time, and more … )

update 11/20/08:
here’s the official press release

I just found out that I’ve been chosen as one of the top 10 finalists of Cosmopolitan Magazine’s StarLaunch contest for the next “fun, fearless, female” musician – I have the chance to make it to the final three where I’d get to open up for Natasha Bedingfield & Solange Knowles, hosted by MTV’s Damien Fahey, at a concert in nyc on dec 5th.

if you all want to help out, you can vote for me at cosmopolitan.com/starlaunch. (and by voting, you personally have a chance to win a trip to nyc to see the show.) the grand prize is lotsa money and studio time … much needed. cross your fingers and vote a lot.

below is the vid that got me in, and below that’s a pretty pictcha: