FolkArama^TM Contact Page

This is Paul Race, author of most of the articles on this web site. I love reader questions. In fact, most of the articles on this site are the result of reader questions.

That doesn't mean I know everything, of course. So not only am I open to comments and corrections, I also learn as much from some reader questions as our readers do.

Here are some good ways to get ahold of me.

USPS Mail - If you have something to mail, you can send it in care of:

Paul D. Race
2991 FowlerRd.
Springfield OH 45502

Signing Your Festival Up - If you want to add your festival to our list of "Folk-Friendly Gatherings," please use our Folkarama Festival List Signup page

Questions and Comments for Paul (NO SIGNUP) - If you have any kind of question or comment for me, please use the form on this page. Please only use this form if you DON'T want to sign up for our newsletter.

Newsletter Signups - If you like acoustic and traditional music and you'd like to be informed about new articles we've posted, as well as what I'm 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.

Please Fill Out All the Required Fields - We won't send you anything you don't ask for, and we won't give or sell your contact information to anyone else. In fact, if we don't start up a two-way conversation within a few weeks, we will even purge your information permanently within 62 days of your e-mail.

But our time is very limited, and we want to focus our efforts on people who are as honest and open with us as we try to be with them. (Believe it or not, that is a very small minority of people who contact us through this page.)

Consequently, any form that is missing required fields or which contains obviously fake information will be deleted automatically, with no warning to the sender. And the way the form is set up, it is possible to send an incomplete form (this catches some robospammers). So be certain to check your form over before you submit it.

Sorry if this sounds a little demanding, but we have had as many as a thousand fake submissions a week at times, and we want to spend our time interacting with real people.

About the Optional Survey - We'd like to know more about our reader base, too. So if you don't mind filling in a little survey (entirely optional), that will help us figure out what kinds of articles we should be working on next.

The survey is optional, but it helps us to know where people are "coming from."

Your Real First Name (Required) Your Real Last Name (Required) Your email address (Required) Your email address again, just to be sure (Required) Street Number and Street Name (Required) Your City or Town (Required) Your State (Required) Your Zip Code (Required) Your Country (Required) Please Enter Your Comment or Question (Required) We count on reader feedback to help us plan our site improvements. Could you please answer the following questions to let us know what you've found useful or would like to see more of? What parts of the site have you found most helpful? (Optional, check all that apply) Articles About Musical Instruments Articles About Music Theory Other Articles About Music Articles About the Play Articles About Regional History Other Resources To help us plan articles (and in some cases events, please let us know that aspects of music and/or theatre you are currently involved in. Nobody will see this but us, but we find this information very helpful. Also, if you have a web page that is related to the content of this site, or you're involved with an organization that has a web page, please post the link(s) in the comment area, in case we have an opportunity to point readers to your site for specific information. Optional, check all that apply: Playing Acoustic or Folk Instruments for Fun Performing as a Solo Performer Performing with a band, chorus or other group Participating in Musical Theatre Historical Research And just for fun, please let us know any instruments you play. (Optional.) Nobody will see this but us. Also, if you feel like something needs more clarification, just put the additional details in the "Others" area below this list. If we get a number of folks listing the same instrument that we don't call out individually in this list, we may add it. Instrument Thinking About It Just Starting Not Afraid to Play In Front of Friends Usually Don't Embarrass Myself in Professional Settings Seasoned Professional Acoustic Guitar Bass Guitar Upright Bass Electric guitar Dobro/National, etc. Laptop Steel Pedal Steel 5-String Banjo 4-String Banjo 6-String Banjo Mandolin Violin or Fiddle Ukelele Autoharp Accordian (key) Button Accordian, Concertina, etc. Harmonica Woodwind (please specify in "other" below) Brass (please specify in "other" below) Keyboard(s) (please specify in "other" below)  Drums World, Folk, or Celtic Percussion (please specify in "other" below) Other "Other" - please add any instruments we didn't include in our list, or more specific instruments, such as Tabla, Tenor Sax, etc. (Optional) Thanks for getting in touch. When you hit the "Submit" button, an e-mail will be sent to us. If you asked any questions we will get back as soon as possible. To return to the FolkArama™ Home Page, click here. Sister Sites Other sites we started to keep this site from getting too big to be useful include: CreekDontRise.com is a repository of articles about Folk music and the instruments on which it has been traditionally played. The "Acoustic" page includes a long list of articles including maintenance and playing tips on all sorts of traditional acoustic instruments. 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. For instruments like dulcimers that have mostly small manufacturers or cheap imports, we try to tell you what to look for, irrespective of brand. Momma Don't 'Low includes a 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. 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, 2023 by Paul D. Race. All rights reserved. Creek Dont' RiseTM is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. For questions, comments, suggestions, trouble reports, etc. about this page or this site, please contact us. Visit related pages and affiliated sites: - Music - - Trains and Hobbies - - Christmas Memories and Collectibles - - Family Activities and Crafts -