Paul Race Music: Home Page
 Paul Race loves and plays most kinds of music, but he is especially fond of acoustic-based and traditional styles. If that makes you think of artists like Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Jim Croce, and Rich Mullins, you're on the right track. Since the 1960s, Paul has been performing original songs in just about any kind of performance situation you can imagine - coffeehouses, festivals, churches, schools, nightclubs, camps, street fairs - you name it. If you check out Paul's online resources, you'll notice that Paul spends a lot of time these days helping other musicians make good choices and find the resources they need, especially musicians who are interested in acoustic or traditional music. For example the CreekDontRise.com acoustic instrument pages provide a lot of background on various kinds and uses of acoustic instruments.
Our HarpersGuild.com page provides descriptions, history, and repair tips for autoharps, zithers, bowed psalteries, and related instruments.
Paul's RiverboatMusic.com buyers' guides attempt to sort out the hype from the facts about acoustic instrument purchases. But Paul also keeps his hand in by continuing to write new songs, learning (and writing about) new instruments, and performing when opportunities arise.
Thanks, and God bless, |
Hohner Special Twenties on the Bracket
Originally posted August 6 Back when I was playing harp all the time, I migrated to Hohner’ “Pro Harps” because of their volume, rich tone, and reliability. Recently, I wanted to play harp-on-a-bracket on a song I’m working up on banjo. Since I’m now going back and forth between multiple…
Compensated Banjo Bridge
Originally posted August 5 Just put a Grover compensated bridge on the Samick 5-string that I use backless. it has the tone I want and decent action, but playing “A” on the second fret of the third string was always “iffy,” usually quite sharp. Playing B on the fourth fret…
As a Musician with a Day Job, are You Leading a Double Life?
Originally posted, August 4, 2015. As a musician and a technology writer for an insurance company, I live a double life. Triple life, if you count Linked-In. My musical half (playing and writing music since the 1960s) has been experimenting with some of the tactics recommended by this generation of…
Updates to Blog and Home Page Format
Originally posted, August 3, 2015 If you’ve checked out our music pages and blog before, you’ll notice some updates. Hopefully, the new version won’t look like it was developed in the 1990s like most of my web sites do. Please use the contact link on any page of this site…
Real Irish Banjo Pickers at Dayton Celtic Festival, 2015
Originally Posted, July 29, 2015 As a folk-style banjo player since the 1960s, I was encouraged to hear Mumford and Sons put banjo back on the radio, at least temporarily. However, it’s also led to some interesting conversations as I’ve tried to explain to my musician friends the difference between…
Welcome to the “Building Bridges” Blog
Note: This was originally posted on July 27, 2015. We’re having to reformat the web page so I’m reposting these in the same order as they were originally posted. After operating a number of music-related web pages for years, a number of friends told me it was time to add…