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My family and I were walking back from dinner in downtown Decatur on Saturday. A musician was strumming his guitar. He had a sign that read, “Venmo…” followed by his name. Wow! What a fantastic use of technology! It stuck out in particular because that morning I was at Pepper Place Farmer’s Market in Birmingham. […]
One of the reasons I podcast so regularly is to keep Gunn Runners informed about what I’m up to musically. That’s why the Pub Songs Podcast is running weekly for the next four weeks. It was one of my many tests to see what works and what doesn’t. So far my Pub Songs Podcast test […]
Last week, I learned an interesting stat. When you buy a shirt or CD, that’s the equivalent of about 6000 streams on Spotify. Incredible! I realized early on as a musician how important it is to educate my audience. The average listener doesn’t understand that my success is largely based on you. So I try […]
I had trouble maintaining a detailed journal on last few year’s Celtic Invasion Vacations. So this year, I kept a very short step-by-step journal to share what happened. You can use this as a sort of reference of what happens on other trips. I’ll try to add details in other blogs later. Look for links […]
I feel I missed something important about my music these past ten years or so. Listeners don’t just want to listen. They want to be a part of the music. After eating dinner tonight, a large group of Invaders visited an Irish session at O’Connor’s Courthouse Pub in Dingle. I was a bit late. I […]
Are you flying to Europe? I have a very important air travel tip to share with you…sleep! International travel is brutal. Seven or more hours on an airplane or two or three. There you are cramped into smaller and smaller seats. There’s no easy way rest your head. You’re tired. Then there’s the distractions. There […]
Hard to believe. It was ten years ago when I started my Celtic Invasion Vacations. We made at trip to San Gimignano in Tuscany, Italy in May 2009. In September, I hosted a second trip. That time to Dingle, Ireland where I am heading back right now. I love traveling. I fully believe that quote […]
I want to cut back on one of my podcasts. I had trouble deciding which. Then I chatted with a Gunn Runner, I figured it out. The two podcasts in question are the Pub Songs Podcast and Celtfather Music & Travel. The Pub Songs Podcast was the third podcast I ever created. It started in […]
2018 was a great year for my music career. I had three big goals last year: build up Spotify, Coffee with the Celtfather, and More Collaborations. First was to build up my understanding and integration with Spotify. I still haven’t figured out how to make a huge splash there. But I learned a lot this […]
I know how to Win at tic tac toe… every time! Tic Tac Toe is famous for being an unwinnable game. They had a movie on the topic back in the ‘80s—War Games. It’s a fun game to play with kids especially. Kenzie doesn’t yet understand that it’s supposed to end in a tie every […]
