Rick's full-length album of traditional Christmas carols, What Child is This?, is now available for digital downloads at Bandcamp, CD Baby, iTunes, and other popular digital download stores.
Song of the Month
This month we are featuring "A Place to Meet Jesus", a song about coming to Christian faith, written with Al Lowry. This month we dedicate this song to the memory of our friend Marvin Joyner, who went home to meet Jesus in the early hours of January 2, 2015.
Recent News
- Rick's full-length album of traditional Christmas carols (and one adaptation of a traditional carol with added original words and music) has just been released, and is currently available exclusively on Bandcamp and CD Baby. It will be coming soon to other digital music stores.
- We've got a new web address. While the rickpaul.info domain will still be active, we'll be using rickpaulmusic.com as our primary domain name from this point forward. The content is still the same, though -- at least for the time being. Who knows what the future may bring.
- Rick's recordings are now available for listening on Rdio.
- Rick's latest single, Sweet, Sweet Color of Love, is now available on Bandcamp, CD Baby, and iTunes, and other popular digital music stores.
- You can now listen to all of Rick's independently released music on Spotify.
Past News
- This site had a major facelift and technology overhaul (moving to HTML5 and removing frames and Flash use) with its October 1, 2012 update. If you find any problems or have any feedback on the updated site, please give a virtual shout.
- During July 2012, Rick released 5 instrumental singles, including "Midnight Caper" (1960s spy movie theme), "Just Gotta Smile" (fun whistling tune), "Stalking Mosquitoes" (electronica), "Painted Cave" (new age relaxation music), and "The Church's One Foundation" (classic hymn in a jazzy virtual saxophone quartet arrangement).
- All of Rick's independent releases are now available at Bandcamp, most with "name your own price" pricing.
- Archives of product reviews and other articles Rick wrote for the CakewalkNet.com e-zine between 2002 and 2009 are now available on the Articles page. Forty articles are available for free download in PDF format.
- "The Day After the Day After Christmas" was featured on Country Dreams Radio's December 11, 2010 show, which is syndicated on radio stations in Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Vermont.
- "Halloween" was featured on Country Dreams Radio's Halloween 2010 show, which is syndicated on radio stations in Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Vermont.
- Rick's latest digital single, Like a Lover Would was released on October 1st and is now available at Amazon, iTunes, and other stores. Please check the Store page for the latest list of outlets.
- A fragment of "Bubble Gum" is being featured in an iPhone app called RhythmBuilder, released during Summer 2010. This musical game, designed by Viratech, a music and technology company based in Russia, helps users improve their rhythm by positioning blocks to build a structure according to the rhythms tapped on the screen.
- Rick's There's a Chair digital single was released on August 1, 2010 and is now available at iTunes and other stores. Please check the Store page for the latest list of outlets.
- Rick was interviewed in March 2010 by Vadim Efanov of Russian music and technology company Virartech. The interview was conducted by e-mail in English, but the interview was published in Russian for Virartech's readers. You can read the original English language interview here.
- You can now follow Rick on Twitter.
- The "Sydney's Coolest Country" radio show on 2RRR, 88.5 FM in Sydney, Australia played "The Day After the Day After Christmas" in December 2009.
- Rick's Love Holds On album was reviewed in October 2009 by Janet Goodman of Music News Nashville.
- Rick's first full-length album, Love Holds On was released in July 2009. Check the Store page for the latest list of outlets carrying the CD, digital downloads, and lead sheets for songs from the album.
- Rick's country-flavored seasonal single Halloween was released in late September 2008. It is now available in popular digital download stores.
- Rick teamed up with Beverly Bremers ("Don't Say You Don't Remember") for 2-song, 5-track set of duets entitled Make Me Feel, released in September 2008. Besides the title song (written with Alexei Ustinov), the release includes the Bremers/Paul song "Unsaid", along with several remixes by Viratech, a Russian production team headed by Alexei Ustinov. The release is now available on CD and in most popular digital download stores.
- Rick's punk-flavored, anti-spam rant single, Spam It was released in late August 2008, and is available for digital downloads.
- Rick's pop/rock recording of the traditional hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers" was released in June 2008 on the Goodnight Kiss Records album, ALTARnative Music: Songs of Christian Faith, which is available now via Amazon, CD Baby, and iTunes, among others (see the Store for the latest list of e-tailers). The album includes 12 modern adaptations of traditional hymns by artists in a variety of styles.
- Rick's "Bubble Gum" single is featured in an animated music video produced in China by Dr. Jinsong Guo.
- The Rick Paul/Mike Parker song, "The Day After the Day After Christmas" was selected for inclusion on Indie Islands eMagazine's 2007 virtual Christmas card.
- Rick's second single, "Bubble Gum", was released in late June 2007. Digital downloads are available at most popular digital download stores.
- "Make Me Feel", written with Russian composer Alexei Ustinov, is being used to demonstrate Vocaloid (software-based virtual singer technology from Yamaha) products and technology by PowerFX and Jasmine Music Technology. You can hear new Vocaloid virtual singers, Big Al and Sweet Anne, perform a clip of the song at www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/05-28-2007.htm.
- The January 9, 2007 installation of Mister B's Jukebox, on the Mo Power Radio Show on WPMD (Norwalk, California), featured Rick's recording of the Rick Paul/Mike Parker song, "The Day After the Day After Christmas".
- Rick's 4-original song Christmas EP, That Time of Year was released in late November 2006. It is available on CD and in most popular digital download stores.
- Paul Johansen's recording of the Rick Paul/Kent Newsome song, "Loser's Rodeo", hit number two on Norwegian Country Radio in December 2006.
- Internet and terrestrial radio stations playing songs from Rick's That Time of Year EP during December 2006 included SongwriterPro.com's SongwriterPro Radio, Live365.com's Newgrass, Prog & More! station, and Norway's Radio Sotra.
- Rick now has a MySpace.com page at www.myspace.com/rickpaulmusic.
- Rick's first digital download single release, "The Lord's Prayer", was released in May 2006 and is available for purchase at most popular digital download stores.
- The congregation of Trinity Lutheran Church in Frankfort, Michigan sang Rick's adaptation of "The Lord's Prayer" during their weekly drama services during Summer 2006. The music for this service was led by church pianist, Cherie Hockenberger.
- Rick's recordings of "Santa's Best" and "It Started in a Manger" were played on Rick Cupoli's DeltaWav radio show on WEJF 90.3 FM in Palm Bay, Florida during the 2005 Christmas season. The DeltaWav show is also carried by 99.1 KSKB in Brooklyn, Iowa and 90.9 KLOX in Creston, Iowa.
- American Idol 2004 season semi-finalist Ashley Thomas sang Rick's "One Good Reason" live on the Xradio.biz Nixa Morning Show in late March 2005.
- Rodger Moore's recording of the Rodger Moore/Rick Paul song "Exactly What You Bring", is featured in the February 2005 video documentary Rylee's Gift - Asperger's Syndrome. The video depicts a family's experience with a child who has Asperger's syndrome, and is designed to help parents and teachers learn how they can help children with this disorder.
- Rick's recording of "The Lord's Prayer" was played on Rick Cupoli's DeltaWav radio show on WEJF 90.3 FM in Palm Bay, Florida during Fall 2004.
- Back in 2003, Nominjin, an extremely talented 14 year old pop singer from Mongolia, recorded the Rick Paul/Suzanne Wanvig song "All I Need to Know" with producer Rick Neigher in Los Angeles. During the first quarter of 2004, Nominjin's radio-only release of that recording has played in frequent rotation on all 12 of Mongolia's FM radio stations. Her January 2004 video of the song has also played on prime time TV in Mongolia, and was the first English language music video to be featured there. Nominjin's recording was among the top 4 most requested songs on multiple radio stations, and her video was number 5 for the month of February 2004 on Mongolia's TV5.
- The Michael J. Parker/Rick Paul song "A Rainy Day" was signed to a single song publishing deal with Nashville-based Pitchy Women Music (ASCAP) in February 2004.
- Five of Rick's songs were signed to single song publishing deals with Nashville-based Pitchy Women Music (ASCAP) during 2003.
- A few of Rick's recordings received some airplay on WEJF 90.3 FM in Palm Bay, Florida during late 2003. Songs played included "I Don't Pray Anymore", "It Started in a Manger" and "Portadown Rain".
- Norwegian alternative country singer Paul Johansen's album, Gone with the Wind was released in February 2003. It includes recordings of Rick's "If I Could Turn the Hands of Time" and the Kent Newsome/Rick Paul collaboration "Loser's Rodeo". Paul's recording of "Loser's Rodeo" was the most played song of 2003 on the Grenselaus Country radio show on Norway's Radio Sotra.
- Rick's rock recording of "It Started in a Manger" was released in November 2002 on the Volunteer Records album, Ho Ho Ho Spice. The double CD album, which benefits Hospice, includes "alternative-ish" recordings from 49 artists, including Klark Kent (featuring Stewart Copeland of The Police), Better Than Ezra, NRBQ, Graham Parker (duet with Nona Hendryx), and many more.
- In June 2002, Rebecca Lynn, a young country singer from Indiana, released Rick's "One Good Reason" on her debut album, Beautiful Lie.
- In December 2001, Thomas Blankenstein, a singer from Germany performed an early draft of Rick's "Help Us Understand" at his vocal recital at Kammerkonzertsaal des August-Everding-Kulturzentrums in Bottrop, Germany. You can hear a recording of that live performance by Thomas, who also goes by the name Skyliner, on soundclick.com.
- In October 2001, Texas country singer Jennifer Lynn released Rick's "If I Could Turn the Hands of Time" and the Rick Paul/Lisa Ellis collaboration "If I Could" on her debut album, Right Before My Eyes.
- Rick's recording of "Help Us Understand" was played on the air on Hope FM, Esperance, Western Australia during October 2001.
- In April 2001, Brandi Ward, a young country singer from Scottsville, Kentucky, performed the Nancy Albers/Rick Paul song "Little Child Lost" to a crowd of 1797 bikers at the Bikers 4 Kids benefit in Arp, Texas. Brandi also performed the song at additional Bikers 4 Kids benefits in Arkansas and Missouri during Summer 2001.
- Forever Is (The Legend of the Sleeping Beauty), a musical comedy in which Rick has two songs ("Mirror, Mirror" and "Wilda's Haunting", both written with Steve West, who also wrote the script for the show), opened February 9, 2001, for six performances, in a production by the American Music Stage at the Ernst Theater, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia.
- The Vic Michener/Rick Paul song "Portadown Rain" placed 4th in Celtic category of the 2000 Just Plain Folks Song Awards.
- Wayne Nelson, current lead vocalist for the Little River Band, and lead singer on the classic LRB hits "Night Owls" and "Take It Easy on Me", has recorded the Nancy Albers/Rick Paul song "Little Child Lost" on behalf of the Child Alert Foundation.
- The Rick Paul/Vic Michener song "Portadown Rain" was named "Song of the Day" for January 26, 2000 by the music industry networking organization Just Plain Folks.
- Norwegian country singer Jon Kolden's debut album, Forever, Me and You, which includes the Kent Newsome/Rick Paul song "Loser's Rodeo", was released in December 1999.
- Lana Kress, a country singer from Portland, Oregon, released Rick's song, "It Started in a Manger" on her debut album, Be Careful What You Wish For in November 1999. The track received seasonal airplay in the Pacific Northwest.
- In June 1999, Rick's publishing company, Closet Cowboy Music, was elected to Publisher Membership in ASCAP.
- Beth Singer, a young country singer from Wolf Creek, Oregon, released the Rick Paul/Nelda Sisk song, "It's Not Enough", on her Live While I Can album in May 1999. The track received European airplay.
- The Altarmen & Julie, a gospel group based in Shallotte, North Carolina released Rick's song, "It Started in a Manger", as the title cut on their 1998 Christmas album. The group's recording of the song was also released to radio in November of 1998 on the Vision Quest Music Group's multi-artist CD compilation, Praises to the Babe in the Manger.