Patronage in the 21st Century

Patronage in the 21st Century

For the past 10 years or so, music industry professionals (not connected to the major labels) have predicted a major change in the distribution of music. iTunes kicked off that change by offering easy to download music. But it was subscription-based music that really sent shockwaves through the industry. Spotify changed everything. This is great […]

Apple Music & 10 Years as a Musician

Being home with the kids has been limiting the number of tasks that I am able to get done, but there is still a lot going on! This week marks the 10-year Anniversary of me leaving my day-job to pursue podcasting and Celtic music full time – I don’t regret a minute of it! And […]

Celtic Christmas Music on Spotify

There’s a lot of good Celtic Christmas music on Spotify. Many Celtic bands have released Christmas albums or singles. Not all have put them on Spotify, but there are quite a few. The tough part is finding these awesome Celtic Christmas albums. Unless you’re familiar with the specific artists, you might not be able to […]

Review of Spotify

I finally got a chance to download and use Spotify.  I downloaded it because I wanted music to romance my wife on Valentine’s Day.  I learned a lot about it.  I’m gonna share the good and the bad of Spotify. Spotify Review from the Fan’s Perspective I drank the Kool-Aid.  Spotify rocks!  Yup.  There is […]

GRP #4 – Your Favorite Non-Profits, Spotify Dilemna, NTIF Not, Capt Murphy, Celtic Christmas Updates

All of the left-over news from last week’s podcast, plus a few new news items. http://traffic.libsyn.com/gunnrunners/GunnRunnersPodcast-004.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download