There’s a lot of good Celtic Christmas music on Spotify. Many Celtic bands have released Christmas albums or singles. Not all have put them on Spotify, but there are quite a few. The tough part is finding these awesome Celtic Christmas albums. Unless you’re familiar with the specific artists, you might not be able to […]
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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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
First 3 Steps to Making a Living with Your Own Business
I got an email today from Maria. She wrote: Dear Marc, I’m a jewelry artist who is seeking to create a business that will support me. I have 5 mental disabilities and can’t be employed conventionally. My friend Anna loves to spend money on your music (I know, I have been gifted with a LOT […]
Why My Own Blog Is Better Than Facebook Or Twitter
I must be getting old. Now I’m either a lot wiser or more fearful of change. Maybe both. When I first started promoting the Brobdingnagian Bards online in 1999, I was overzealous. I signed up to every newsgroup or mailing list that was related to our music. I spammed them constantly. I didn’t know spamming […]
Love it or hate it? Mediocrity and The Carpenter
It’s funny how different albums affect you. Last year, I bought The Avett Brothers’ newest album, The Carpenter, because I loved their debut album. This one is a solid 3 stars on my rating scale. I’ve barely listened to the album since i bought it. Partially because it lacks the folky quality of their first […]
Why Irish Songs and Scottish Songs?
Larry on Facebook responded to yesterday’s post about my Scottish music album. He liked the idea and thought I should play more Scottish music. After all, I am from the Scottish Clan Gunn. Why not more Scottish music? When I was a kid, my dad took me to some Scottish Highland Games. I fell in […]
Was St Patrick’s Day a Promotion Success?
Is Google Analytics accurate? According to my stats this year, visits to my Irish & Celtic Music Podcast were at an all-time low, about 750 visitors. That’s down 100 from last year and down about 3000 from the year before that. Because last year’s numbers were down, I worked extra-hard this year to promote my […]
This started as a St. Patrick’s Day post… It’s early morning. I’ll Ramble instead…
Just five more days until the big day. It looks like I will not have any shows on St. Patrick’s Day proper, but my St. Patrick’s Day music preparations are going great. I finished two Paddy’s Day shows for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. The Celtic Music Magazine has a bunch of new articles and […]
