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CreekDontRise.comTM
(Paul Race speaking) as a musician, writer, and teacher, I love helping people find and learn instruments that will help them enjoy the kind of music they like.
That's why there are so many articles about guitars, banjos, autoharps, bases, harmonicas, dulcimers, and more - you can see them listed in the dropdowns from the green menu bar above.
In fact we've started "sister sites" to keep this site from becoming so large you couldn't navigate it.
Who Is This Site For? - Anyone interested in traditional music, acoustic music, Folk Revival music, or the instruments such music typically uses. Whether you're a total newbie or a professional looking to learn about some instrument you haven't tried yet.
What Can I Learn Here?
- How to choose, shop for, set up, and play most instruments that are commonly used in Folk, acoustic, and traditional music.
- Historical information about Folk and Traditional music and the instruments they used/use.
- Simple rules of music theory that will help you quickly grow as a musician, and
- Much, much more.
How Do I Find the Information I Need? - The long green index bar near the top of this page lists many of our resources, as does a summary list further down the page.
Chances are, you found this site through a Google search that took you right to the page you needed first. But Google usually only links to the first page we published on the subject, so once you're here the green bar is your friend.
What if I Have a Question You Haven't Published the Answer To Yet - If you have a question or comment or correction of any kind, please use our Contact page. If you want to sign up to Paul's newsletter "Momma Don't 'Low" at the same time, please click here.
We try to respond to every serious question personally. That's one reason we require your real name and address on our forms; too many trolls and scammers have wasted our time and we'd rather spend it helping you.
Keeping Up With Our Endeavors - If you want to keep up with our musical and writing forays, please check out my
FB music page here
Also, we have restarted our e-mail newsletter Momma Don't 'Low again.
On this Site
The dropdown menu at the top of our home page and a few others is one attempt to make things easier to find. But if you're just poking around in general, here are some areas you may find helpful:
CreekDontRise.com(tm) Sister Sites
Other sites we started to keep this site from getting too big to be useful include:
RiverboatMusic.com is a buyers' guide for acoustic and traditional instrument from a musician's point of view, focusing on the uses, reliability, and practicality of various instruments, and not just the marketing hype about the shape of the fret markers or whatever.
Momma Don't 'Low is currently a subsidiary of this site, but we have plans for expansion. If you like acoustic and traditional music and you'd like to be informed about new articles we've posted, as well as what Paul is up to musically these days, please go to the Momma Don't 'Low page. There you will learn about joining our free program for fans, writers, performers, and producers of acoustic and traditional music.
The primary benefit currently is the free e-mail newsletter that discusses all of those topics above and more. We plan to include other features as time permits.
Note - If you wish to sign up for our newsletter and ask a question at the same time, please click on the Momma Don't 'Low newsletter button to learn more and to get a link to our signup form.
 - PaulRaceMusic.com
is the "landing page" for Paul's own musical endeavors, plus many memoirs and blogs about music and the music business.
ClassicTrainSongs.com describes railroad songs that every train lover should know. Or at least know about.
- SchoolOfTheRock.com has articles about Christian music, Christian music careers and performance, Christian living in general, and vintage saxophones, another of Paul's interests. This site has separate newsletters, etc., by the way - there isn't a lot of overlap with the Momma Don't 'Low(tm) newsletters.
About the Play
Not to forget about the play that started it all. In 2001, my work commute took me 104+ miles a day across Ohio countryside. Ohio's Bicentenniel was approaching. I started writing songs in my head as I drove - songs that were intended to capture the essense of each major chapter of our state's history. The collection of songs soon turned into a play that would feature them.
To a large extent, I wanted to document and celebrate the things that have made the American Heartland different from any other place, while there are still folks who know the difference.
For more information about our play and about our little piece of the Heartland in southwest Ohio, click here.
For information about other music collections and projects, check the links at the bottom of this page.
Whatever else you get out of our pages, I hope you come away with some great ideas for "sharing the joy."
And please stay in touch!
- Paul Race
All material, illustrations, and content of this web site is copyrighted (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 by Paul D. Race. All rights reserved.
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