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The Demon Lullaby gets people laughing so much, I had to filk it for my second CD of Browncoats drinking songs. Listen to both versions of this hilarious song, originally written by Daniel Glasser. Listen and subscribe at celtfather.com. 0:08 CELTFATHER NEWS First, you can catch my Facebook Live shows, Coffee with The Celtfather on […]
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I like to know which are the most-popular episodes of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Why is one show downloaded more than another? Which ones truly resonate with listeners? Sometimes it’s tough to determine. If I want to see what the most-popular episodes are of a given year, how do I determine that? Do […]
Greetings my friends, I’m starting early this year to plan for 2018. I simplified my goals, made them a little more reasonable and actionable. Below are the biggest that I’m working on for next year. I’d love your thoughts and feedback. The Spotify Experiment I have trouble wrapping my head around Spotify. I hear about […]
Who were the most-played Celtic bands and artists in 2017 on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast? Once again, I compiled my list with help from Ask Stephen. Thank you for keeping track of all the songs played by all the podcasters. You are awesome! Once again, I want to point out two important things. First, I […]
I’ve been watching the changes in the music industry for several years now. Every now and then I ask fans, “how do you listen to music?” More and more often people say they download or stream music. That’s awesome. I’m the same way. But it’s also concerning. You see, years ago I devised my brilliant […]
Hobbit Day is on September 22nd. We’re gonna celebrate it with the true story behind my popular song and album “Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits”. I’ll share the origins of Hobbit Day and how I fell in love with The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings as well all of the exciting things that have […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
