Songwriter Rick Paul’s thoughts on music, songwriting, technology, life in general, and whatever else might come to mind at any given moment.
Back in 2009, I released my first full-length album, Love Holds On, a collection of original songs written over a period of approximately thirteen years. Since then, I have released ten digital singles, nine of those with original songs and one an original arrangement of a classic hymn, and another full length album with original … Read more
If you’ve visited my website at any point in the past, you may have (or at least I hope you have) noticed that it looks a little different this month. In fact, if you’ve visited this site on your smartphone, I hope you’ll notice that it looks a lot different. We’ll get to what is … Read more
Back when my daughter, Nicole, was a little girl in the mid-1990s, I had a busy career in the computer industry. I’d be working long, often stressful, days, and I’d get home fairly worn out on the energy front. Nicole’s bedtime would roll around, and I was, more often than not, nominated to read her … Read more
About a week ago I read a blog entry entitled “Are Schools Inspiring Creativity?” by Dr. Michael D. Tebbano, one of my high school music teachers who later went on to become an educational administrator. The blog advocated placing more focus on fostering creativity in public schools, which are largely relegated to following “19th Century, … Read more
I’ve been using Facebook for a few years. One of the common occurrences in Facebook-land is that you bring it up one morning or evening and it looks like some new environment compared to the last time you were there. That sort of thing happened a couple of times in the last week or so. Many … Read more
Being an ex-band geek (the “ex” only signifying I’m not in a band at the moment), one of my all-time favorite sets of movie lines comes from American Pie. The flute-playing band geek, Michelle, starts several lines in the movie with, “and this one time, at band camp,” followed by some highly matter-of-fact, low entertainment … Read more
It’s been a very long time since I’ve written a real blog entry. Sure, it’s technically only been a little over a month since I wrote my “This Blog Has Moved to Blogspot” entry, but that was only a housekeeping blog. I wrote it mainly so anyone who’d been reading my blogs on MySpace would … Read more
I suppose the subject line says it all. “This blog has moved to Blogspot.” The new address is: https://rickpaulmusic.blogspot.com/ * All my past blog entries on MySpace have been converted and uploaded into the new blog. In the process, I have also fixed or removed any broken links, making even the oldest blog entries as … Read more
In early March 2010, Vadim Efanov of the Russian music and technology company Virartech conducted an e-mail interview with songwriter Rick Paul for the “Advice for Musicians” section of Virartech’s web site. While the interview was conducted in English, it was translated into Russian for Virartech’s readers. Here is the original English language interview. VE: … Read more
The first review of my Love Holds On album has come from Janet Goodman of Music News Nashville, an e-zine focusing on the Nashville songwriting community. This is the first ever review of one of my recordings, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’m relieved to report, however, that the review was extremely positive. … Read more