I love this scene from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. James T. Kirk: Scotty, progress report? Montgomery Scott: Almost done, sir! You’ll be fully automated by the time we dock. James T. Kirk: Your timing is excellent, Mr. Scott. You’ve fixed the barn door after the horse has come home. How much refit […]
The Long Arm (Lyrics)
Lyrics and music by Marc Gunn Performed by Marc Gunn From CD: As Long As I’m Flyin’ The Long Arm is reaching for you Wants to wrest and take control It struck down your family Now it’s aimin’ for your soul It’s grasp is filled with hate It’s fingers naught but fear White knuckled, it grips […]
Selecting Songs for the Celtic Podcast
It used to be very difficult making new episodes of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. The best thing about turning the show weekly is that I streamlined the process. I found new ways to pick tracks other than through the iPod shuffle or just new tracks. I’m pleased to say I found an actual […]
Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #325: Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Music
We are just 6 months away from St. Patrick’s Day. So we’re gonna celebrate with an extended show of Halfway to St Patrick’s Day Celtic music from Black Market Haggis, Sharon Shannon, Lochlainn, Coast, Forkroot, Screeched Inn, Peat in the Creel, Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac, Mark Davies, Seamus Kennedy, Crepuscule, Screaming Orphans, Ed Miller, […]
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PSP: Halfway to St Patrick’s Day Pub Songs #160
September 17th is the halfway point to St. Patrick’s Day. So this month, we’re gonna celebrate with some traditional Celtic pub songs from my huge catalog. I’ll share a little about the history of Halfway to St Patrick’s Day, reveal the new Brobdingnagian Bards album, explain why you can get 5 classic CDs of mine […]
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Celtfather Mailing Lists Divided and Conquered
I finally did it. I finally figured out how to separate mailing lists so I don’t have to copy and paste to a different list server every time I want to send a mailing list to fans. How you ask? My Reverbnation mailing list is now changing. Here are the main mailing lists that I […]
The New Music Business Has No Use for CDs
DragonCon was a pretty incredible, for many reasons. One of which was to see the changing landscape of the music business. For a long time now, folks in the music business have warned about the demise of the CDs. I think my market has mostly been safe from this impending doom, because I’m playing folk […]
Marc Gunn’s Story… How It All Began
In 1999, Brobdingnagian Bards released our first album. It was called Marked By Great Size. Like all new musicians, we thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. I started sending the album out to magazines and radio. I heard back only crickets. After months of emails, a review finally came in from Dirty Linen. That was one the […]
How the Autoharp Changed My Life
It was the end of 1997. The guitarist for my Alt-Rock band Breastfed decided to quit. Our drummer didn’t want to start another search for a lead guitarist. The band was over. I was surprisingly okay with that. I decided to be a musician because I wanted to be a songwriter. But I recognized that my […]
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Best Gen Con Podcast Episodes
I just released a new episode of Celtfather Music & Travel about “Kids at Gen Con: Survival Tips”. I was looking for new ways to promote this episode because I think it’ll be extremely beneficial to Gen Con attendees. That’s why I started updating my Gen Con events page. As I was doing so, I […]
