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Story Behind the Album: The Road That I Must Take

August 9, 2019August 8, 2019 by Rick Paul

My latest (released August 2, 2019) album, The Road That I Must Take, is dedicated to those who are at a crossroads in life, trying to process lessons they’ve learned along the way and decide where to head next. Oh, it didn’t start out that way. Rather, a combination of life events over the past … Read moreStory Behind the Album: The Road That I Must Take

Album Preview: The Road That I Must Take

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 by Rick Paul

Preview of my fourth full-length album, The Road That I Must Take, which will be released on August 2, 2019.

Story Behind the Song: “Undertow”

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 by Rick Paul

The story behind my latest single, “Undertow”, starts back in early November of 2003. I’d emailed a relatively new co-writer, Mary Lou Sudkamp, about some potential opportunities with our first co-write, “I Didn’t Think”. She attached a new lyric, “Undertow”, to her reply, asking about my interest in writing music to it. I was pretty … Read moreStory Behind the Song: “Undertow”

Thirty-Four Years of “Lust”

September 30, 2015 by Rick Paul

Somewhere around thirty-four years ago, back in 1981, I was attending college in the small town of Potsdam, New York at what was then called Clarkson College of Technology (now Clarkson University). I’d become very interested in a young woman I’d met via the college’s theatre club, and I’d thought we had a plan to … Read moreThirty-Four Years of “Lust”

From Russia (and California) With Love

July 29, 2019November 6, 2008 by Rick Paul

Back on August 4, 2007, in my “Summer Happenings” blog, I wrote: Speaking of the other side of the world, I’ve been collaborating with a Russian songwriter and producer, whose name is Alexei Ustinov, on a new song and recording to be released sometime later this year. Alexei is producing the instrumental tracks over in … Read moreFrom Russia (and California) With Love