A number of years ago, I realized there were certain things that I needed when I was on the road to avoid any problems that would prevent me from playing my autoharp. This rescue apparatus I named the ARK, also called the Autoharp Repair Kit. The picture to the left is right is my ARK. […]
St. Patrick Never Drank
Isn’t it kinda funny how St. Patrick’s Day is now synonymous with getting plastered on March 17th? What a shame! There’s so much more to the Irish than getting drunk. Listen to the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast, and you’ll know what I mean. Now in all historical honesty, St. Patrick probably did drink. Beer […]
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St. Patrick Never Drank (Lyrics)
by M. Spaff Sumsion, 2008 Isn’t it kinda funny how St. Patrick’s Day is now synonymous with getting plastered on March 17th? What a shame! There’s so much more to the Irish than getting drunk. Listen to the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast, and you’ll know what I mean. Now in all historical honesty, St. […]
Marc Weeklies: St. Patrick’s Day Party
I flew back from Minneapolis last night. MarsCon was a ton of fun, and whoa, they had some parties! Awesome seeing and meeting all the Dementia musicians who I’ve only heard about through Manic Mondays and The FuMP. Oh! And I got to try out the new wireless setup for my autoharp. It Rocks! The […]
Marc’s Musings: St. Patrick’s Day CD Discount
MARC’S MUSINGS — March 3, 2009 – Marc’s Music News– Mardi Gras – New CDs: Heart’s Ease and Best of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast– Tour Texas: Minnesota, Texas, New Orleans Birthday Bash– Where Do You Want to Go Next Published 1-4 times per month. To manage your subscription, go to the end of […]
Death Grows on You… No Wait, That’s Grass!
Last week, I went into the studio to record Happy Songs of Death. It was far more successful than I anticipated. I laid all the autoharp tracks and most of the vocal tracks. These included: Clementine Blues Won’t You Come With Me Flupandemic Waxies Dargle Johnny Jump Up High Jeannie High Whiskey, You’re the Devil […]
Free MP3 Reprisal – Stardust Serenade
My new instrumental CD Heart’s Ease is now for sale, so I thought this is a good time to reprise a free MP3 download of the first track on the album, “Stardust Serenade”. This instrumental tune was written after watching the new movie based on Neil Gaiman’s popular book, Stardust. I like to write music […]
HEART’S EASE: Instrumental Autoharp Music
Take a breath…listen. Listen to an instrument that in the hands of Marc Gunn, becomes a pathway to fairy fields and drifting clouds, to magical realms and deepest dreams. The autoharp — conventionally known as the instrument of middle schools and German engineers — is transformed into an expression of heart, spirit and soul, with […]
Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #63
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Marc Weeklies: Feeling the Love from Lots of Bloggers, Podcasters, Videographers and Writers
With my new St. Patrick’s Day song recorded for TheFump.com (you’ll have to subscribe to that podcast get the new song for free, I’m not ready to start recording “Happy Songs of Death”. I was trying to decide how in depth to get with this recording when I bury myself in my home studio tomorrow. […]