Musician Spence Paull Releases New Single ‘Do You Listen to Girl in Red’

0:00 Introduction
Hello, everybody, welcome back to another episode of WestVancouver Magazine podcast. I am Catherine Barr, online at Westvancouver.com. We have fun all the time on this show because I get to talk to pretty spectacular guests. But I am especially excited about our guest today because it's somebody I've known for a long time. She's a West Vancouver girl, but she is transitioning into one of the most amazing emerging music artists that I have heard in quite a long time. It is a thrill to have her here today. We're going to talk about where she's been. Where she's going. Her brand new single - which you've got to hear and can download on all the special stations. We're going to take the journey today with the amazing Spence Paull. Welcome to the show.
1:00 Who is Spence Paull? Tell us about your new career in music.
Q: When I tell you that Spence is a very well educated person - she has law background, she has finance background, she's got more degrees, you know, one of those people that's got more letters after their name than in their name. And when I thought about what a successful future you were going to have, I've got to tell you, I didn't think of music. But it doesn't surprise me that you've got this talent in your back pocket. And now you've chosen this as a main stream career. Tell us how you created Spence Paull and your new choice to partake in music as a brand new artist?
A: Throughout all of my academic pursuits, music was always there. And I think anyone who knows me really well has known that music has been my heart, my soul, my passion since I can remember. So you know, while I sort of took the "safe route". I did what I was supposed to do, I got the degrees I was supposed to get, I went to the schools I was supposed to go to, but music just continued to nag at me saying 'give me a shot - please, please, please'. And so I listened to music and said, 'All right, let's do this'.
5:14 The new single 'Do You Listen to Girl in Red'
Q: I was so thrilled when I heard your magical voice (and it is magical) - and for those of you listening, we will play some excerpts here later in the show. You've done lots with music throughout your life. But this one is extra special. Tell us about the launch of your new single.
A: This is the first time I've ever written in this style. I very much come from a singer-songwriter, folk, Americana, if you will, background. To work on a song that has such heavy jazz influenced pop influences, definitely new to me. And because of that, that new fresh sound (I think this single very much falls within a pop genre), but it has a lot of elements of a funk and jazz. So to have that genre crossing sound and have it be so fresh, I felt this is the one that we're going to launch on. It's about what's important in life, what your passion is, but really being your true, authentic self.
7:37 The deeper meaning behind 'girl in red'
Q: There's a deeper thing going on here. Your lyrics are very meaningful. The title 'Do You Listen to girl in red' is actually a reference to an amazing upcoming artist herself otherwise known as Marie Ulven (girl in red is her artist name, all in small letters). Was this a dedication to her? I mean, your song is about love and excitement and seeing someone special across the room and wanting to connect. But tell us about the tribute you are paying to 'girl in red' in this song.
A: Yeah, I think tribute is probably a good word. I think she's had a fantastic cultural significance, especially in the LGBTQ community. So being able to sort of take a sly little turn of a phrase that is pretty prevalent in the community. Saying "Hey, well, I don't know do you? Do you listen to 'girl in red'? I listen to 'girl in red'."
I think you know, even though this is a song written for members of the community, it's more than that. I think there's that initial thought of 'Oh my goodness,