Song of the Month -
This month's featured song is
"A Rainy Day",
written with Michael J. Parker.
The recording is is a rough mix from Rick's upcoming full-length album-in-progress.
Breaking News:
Be sure to check out the AmazonMP3 widget at the left of this page under
the menu to hear clips of all of Rick's recordings currently available
for digital downloads.
Rick's pop/rock recording of
the traditional hymn
"Onward, Christian Soldiers"
was just released on the Goodnight Kiss Records album,
ALTARnative Music: Songs of Christian Faith,
which is available now via
AmazonMP3,
CD Baby, and
iTunes.
The album includes 12 modern adaptations of traditional hymns by artists in a variety of styles.
Rick's recordings are now available at more digital download stores, including the new
Amazon.com MP3 store. Check the
Store page for the latest list.
Ringtones for Rick's recordings
are now available at GroupieTunes
and iTunes.
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.
Country music lovers can now find Rick on
Digital Rodeo.
The country music-oriented social networking site
provides a jukebox to hear and purchase Rick's music. You can sign up to be
Rick's "neighbor", too, to see at a glance when new songs or photos
are uploaded.
"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".
You can listen to an MP3 archive of the entire show on
Mister B's web site.
Rick's 4-original song Christmas EP, That Time of Year was
released in late November 2006. Check out the free previews at
Rhapsody or
Napster.
If you like what you hear, you can purchase it right there, or find the latest list of on-line stores
carrying the release on the Store page. Downloadable (PDF) music lead
sheets are also available for all four songs from
Lulu.com.
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. Visitors to that page will be able to
stream some of his songs, check out his latest gig schedule, read his blog
(same one as you'll get if you click the blog link on this site), and more. If you
sign up to become his MySpace "friend", you can also post comments for Rick, and the world,
to see, receive show reminders among your bulletins, and probably some other things
we haven't figured out yet.
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, Nomin Cater (a.k.a. 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, Nomin'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.
Nomin'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.
In August 2004 this web site was given a So Musical! Top Music Site Award
by SoMusical.com,
a directory of over 100,000 music-related web sites.
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.
It is being actively pitched to major label country acts.
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. It is
available via CD Baby.
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. You can hear his recording on the Child
Alert Foundation web site.
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.
