In April 2008 Paul had the opportunity to work with Rock & Roll Royalty. Tommy Ramone dropped in with his group "Uncle Monk" to record some acoustic roots tracks and also recorded a live show hosted by the studio that evening. In the same week Albert Bouchard of Blue Oyster Cult worked with Paul recording the Canadian version of the band.
Paul was introduced to Grant Avenue Studio in the spring of 1985 and over the next 13 years he worked on many projects both as an artist and producer until 1998 when he became co-owner. Paul’s intimate knowledge of the studio allowed him to "hit the ground running" and in his first year he produced four projects.
In 2005 and 2006 Riemens was nominated in 6 different categories at the Hamilton Music Awards.
As a recording engineer and producer, his work was nominated for "Best Pop" (Lounge -self titled), "Best Country" (Plain & Simple-The Bar Flies), "Best Instrumental " (Diesel & Smokes-Dan Walsh) and "Best Blues"(Flesh & Bone -Alfie Smith). As an artist he was nominated for, "Male vocalist" / "Best Country".
Paul has recorded 7 albums of original material, and early in 2006 released "Plain & Simple".
His latest collection of songs "Redneck Lullaby" was recorded in late December 2006 and boasts appearances by Ritchie Hayward of Little Feat - Willie P Bennett - Lori Yates - Jessie OBrien and Michael Fonfara of Checkmates/Lou Reed/Rhinocerous fame.
As the in-house Mastering Engineer, Paul has mastered recordings for some of the biggest names in Canadian music. His work can be heard on Gordon Lightfoot’s "Harmony", Ray Materick’s "Greatest Hits", Keith Glass’s "Straight Ahead", and Chantal Chamberland’s "Dripping Indigo".
Tom Wilson and Bob Lanois enlisted Paul to master their award winning "Shack Recordings" earlier this year. Bob Lanois came back later in the year with his solo recording "Snake Road" (recorded with his brother Daniel Lanois) .
In collaboration with Chris Houston and Lou Molinaro, Riemens has recently recorded sessions with Richard Lloyd of "Televison" and Cheetah Chrome of "The Dead Boys" . Together, Lou, Chris and Riemens are planning a series of Rock Legend Live Recordings at the famous Grant Avenue Studio.