Song of the Month -
This month's featured song is a brand new acoustic pop love song called
"My One and Only".
Recent News:
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.
All of Rick's independent releases are now available at
Bandcamp,
most with "name your own price" pricing.
The digital distribution change for Rick's
earliest releases,
The Lord's Prayer,
That Time of Year,
and
Bubble Gum
has been completed. These works are now available
at
CD Baby,
iTunes,
Amazon,
and other stores. Please check the
Store page for the latest list of outlets.
You can now listen to some of Rick's music on
Spotify.
Rick has a new studio page
to highlight his music production services. Check it out!
Past News:
Rick can now be also be found on
ReverbNation.
His new page there includes an
e-mail-based mailing list
and also a
store
that sells some of his CDs, digital download recordings, and ringtones.
"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.
RhythmBuilder is available now in the
iTunes App Store.
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.
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.
PowerFX Humbox VM1 user
Dave Wilson
selected Rick's songs,
"Fly"
and
"You Get What You Get"
to demonstrate this new background vocal synthesizer.
Check out clips from his unique arrangements on the
Humbox
VM1 Users' Songs page.
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.
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.
"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 in
most popular digital download stores. Downloadable (PDF) music lead
sheets are also available for all four songs from
Lulu.com.
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'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.
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.
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.
