Marc Gunn’s Plans for the Future

Well, you’ve heard the news. The Brobdingnagian Bards are going their separate ways. Andrew posted his plans for the future. But what about me? If you follow my personal website, you might know some of my plans. They include plans to move, changing the way I play shows, vacation tours, and lots and lots of […]

Marc Weeklies: Looking Forward

We’ve had dozens of comments over the past couple of days with the announcement that the Brobdingnagian Bards are gonna work on individual projects. I really appreciate all everyone’s supportive comments. I’ll have more of that in an upcoming blog. Meantime, thank you for supporting my music. This Week: — Quote of the Week: “When […]

Reviews Wanted! – Win an Exclusive Free CD

I just finished an exciting new 4-song EP. It’s untitled but features a couple new songs (“Monahan’s Mudders Milk” and “A Lil Bit O’ Love”) and a couple of old songs with new arrangements (“Wild Mountain Thyme” and “Beer, Beer, Beer”). It was produced by Rich Brotherton who also produced my latest cat CD, Whiskers […]

Vote for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is the premiere podcast for all styles of Celtic music. The show comes out about every two weeks and features an hour of amazing music from some of the best independent Celtic music groups online with over 40,000 downloads of each show. Best of all, it’s 100% free! That’s […]

Important Announcement for Brobdingnagian Bards Fans

The Brobdingnagian Bards have been amazed and gratified by the outpouring of love and support from their fans over the last 10 years. Marc Gunn and Andrew McKee have had the good fortune to meet interesting people, see new places, and, most importantly, have fun every step of the way throughout their journey together. After […]

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Nominations are now open for th PodCastAwards. Please vote for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast for “Best Podsafe Music”. Tell your fellow Celtic music listeners to do the same. Originally published at Marc Gunn .com. Read. Interact. Breathe. It’s easy; it’s free.

Old vs. New Music Business

Last night, after our show, we played a song for a couple of Ike refugees. One of them was wrote for Billboard Magazine for 15 years or so. When the song was finished, he had that look on his face. I went up to him, and he told me how good our sound was. With […]

If ____ Wins, I’m Moving to ____!

It’s official. I’ve now heard people on both sides of the political arena say if their candidate doesn’t win then they are moving to another country. I think it’s absurd to even say jokingly. But then I like satirizing the absurd, so I thought of a fun game to make fun of all candidates. Yup. […]

I Love Making Up Words

I was reading a story I wrote a long time ago. I think I posted it in my LJ a while back. Don’t remember where. I was re-reading it tonight and saw another word that was listed as a “misspelling”. But what’s a misspelling if you’re just having fun with the English language, AND it […]