I hate CD printing terminology. It’s so bloody counter intuitive. Here’s the definitions from the Discmakers website. CD Replication includes the creation of a glass master from a client’s original master, a nickel stamper created from that glass master, and the injection molding of clear optical-grade polycarbonate substrates (clear discs) from the nickel stamper. The process […]
Grateful for Adventure (and Adventurers)
In 1989, I moved to Italy to live with my mom for my senior year of high school. We traveled a lot. In fact, while the rest of my senior class went to Rimini to get drunk over Spring Break, my mom and I went on a pilgrimage following the artwork of Piero della Francesca. […]
Pub Songs #125: Changing the Way You Hear Celtic Music News
I’m very pleased to bring you an extra interesting show today. I have some big news for the week, but to some degree it feels like repetition of news I’ve already shared. Yes, it is a progress report, and I made a lot of progress, but I need something different. So this week, I decided […]
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Celtic Geek Manifesto
Do you love Celtic music and culture? Do you love science fiction and fantasy? You are a Celtic Geek. Welcome to the family! For those new or uncertain about this small, but growing group of individuals, let me lay down some details about Celtic music and culture. Celtic is defined as anything from the seven […]
Healthcare and States Rights
Today, I have a political rant. I’m gonna try and keep it bipartisan, because I think the ideas fit both parties… or at least the moderates of both parties. Before I start, a simple letter to all politicians in Washington–SHAME ON YOU! To shut down the government. You are all criminals in my mind. I […]
Irish Song Lyrics Updated
With all the attacks on my wordpress pages, I decided it was time to go back to standard HTML. To that end, I am updating my Irish Song Lyrics website and making the site new and fresh with all the lyrics I currently have up. It’s gonna take a while before I dispose of the […]
“A Celtic Christmas” Is Coming Early This Year
Have you been naughty or nice? Either way, I’m expecting lots of Christmas Celtic knotwork snowflakes falling from the sky thanks to your generous donation on Kickstarter. My next compilation CD A Celtic Christmas is already at 150% of its funding with six days to go. I’m getting kinda hopeful that we will meet our […]
#146: Rolling Hills of Shamrocks
Irish Celtic music from Burning Bridget Cleary, Embarr, SaltyPaws, Poitin, David Nigel Lloyd, Full Gael, Jack Carey, Cady Finlayson, Finvarra, Loudwhisper, Cheers!, La Unica, Celtic Corridor, Jasper Coal, Scott Hoye. www.celticmusicpodcast.com If you enjoy this show, then subscribe to our Celtic Music Magazine. This is our free monthly newsletter and your guide to the latest […]
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Fulfilling Scottish Kickstarter
I’m about to send out surveys from the Kickstarter fundraiser for Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion. One of the questions includes a choice of CDs from my catalog. Here are the albums from which you can you choose: MARC GUNN Soul of a Harper (2004) What Color Is Your Dragon? (2009) Heart’s Ease (2009) Happy […]
The Greater Crime of Extreme Control of Music
We all remember the horror stories about Metallica suing their fans, and the RIAA suing… everyone. Their goal was simple–stop the illegal download of music. At some point, they woke up and realized it was bad business to sue their customers. That was great timing for iTunes who quickly dominated the market by offering reasonably […]
