I am excited to announce that Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits is finally on sale at the Celtic Music CD Store. The album officially went on sale around noon because somebody forgot to list it on the website. (Darn me!) I can’t believe I forgot to post it for sale this morning. In fact, it […]
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The latest news, information, and Weeklies about Marc Gunn.
Can Cover Songs Make or Break a Folk Musician?
It’s not easy making it as a folk musician. That’s why I spend a lot of time thinking about how to succeed in the music biz. I do it for me, but also for other musicians that I help out through my free music marketing ezine. Nearly every day, I learn something new. There are […]
Are You Subscribed to My Facebook?
I am thinking of killing my Facebook fan page. The fan page is great for communicating with fans, but I have 3200 friends on my personal page and only 1600 on the fan page. The reason I haven’t done it yet was because personal pages have a limit of 5000 friends. Fan pages don’t. Now […]
Listening Party This Saturday on Middle-earth Network Radio
Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits goes on sale officially this Saturday, October 22, 2011. We thought it’d be cool to have a listening party online. Middle-earth Network Radio has agreed to host it. We’ll play the album and talk about it too. It all takes place this Saturday at 7:30pm CST.
Gerry O’Beirne On Tour in Louisiana and Texas
Gerry O’Beirne is a fantastic Irish songwriter. He has a couple dates in New Orleans and Austin. I saw him play with Andy M. Stewart many years ago at the Cactus Cafe. He was actually the highlight of that show for me. Friday October 21 8.30PM The Irish House, 1432 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA. […]
Songs of My Father’s People
When I want to rock out, I put on some Celtic rock or fun Irish drinking songs. Usually, I like to listen to lyrics. When there’s a lot of music going on, I don’t really hear the lyrics. I hear the music. That’s why I enjoy Ed Miller, Fabrizio de Andre, Nick Hennessey, and a […]
3 More Websites by Marc Gunn
A week ago, I blogged about three websites you may not know I have. I thought I’d continue that theme and share a few more websites that I own that you might find interesting… or not. 1. 4 Celts and Fans of Irish Celtic Music I got into SEO (Search Engine Optimization) back when I […]
Hobbit CD Pre-Orders Are All Packed and Ready to Send
I finished packing up the last of the Hobbit CD pre-orders last night. I plan to take them to the mail this afternoon. So keep an eye on your mailbox.
Slowly Mailing Out Hobbit CD
It’s a slow process getting all of these CDs out to everyone who pre-ordered them. But I made a big dent in them today. I’ll have a bunch in the mail tomorrow. So you know when you you might expect your CDs, I started with the biggest sponsors and I’m working way back through date. […]
Am I Making a Difference in Social Media?
The 5th Annual Mashable Awards are now open. The Mashable Awards are “community-nominated awards program, which recognizes the companies, people and projects that made the biggest impact on the digital landscape this year”. Mashable is a pretty big website for digital news. I read it every day. Most of the categories don’t have anything to […]
