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 last couple o'weeks were uber productive. I finished mixing and mastering Live at the Cactus Cafe, a new CD of Marc Gunn & The Dubliners' Tabby Cats. I hope to get the graphics this week and release the CD at I-Con if I'm really lucky. This is my third CD to be released this year. That blows my mind! But I won't be keeping that up for long. So I'm relishing it while it lasts.

Today, I plan to put together the first of my St. Patrick's Day shows for the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I want to jump back onto Happy Songs of Death. But for now, I think I need a week or so to regroup. St. Patrick's Day and my birthday are almost here. I need to just be in the moment and spend a few days determining what happens next.

This Week:

— Quote of the Week: “I was not built for Sunlight, I was built for Pub light”. Anonymous

— CD of the Week: “Heroes and Scoundrels” by The Lost Boys. Their latest album is now available. Much teal fun!

— Book of the Week: Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World by Marti Olsen Laney, Psy.D. Being an introvert, I just started this book. Barely 20 pages in and I already love it. Read the Prelude. If you're an introvert, I think you'll see a LOT of similiarities and find new ways to communicate in an extrovert world.

— Download and Share Live Shows like this one. Have you recorded a live show of mine? Share it with others. I give you permission to do just that. I setup a site on archive.org to allow you to freely post your recordings of my live shows.

— Video of the Week: Tailchaser's Song with music from Whiskers in the Jar.

— Irish Songs & Lyrics. My personal collection of Irish song lyrics. Great place to start when learning songs. If there's something you want to see, let me know.

— ATTN: Musicians – Guerrilla Music Marketing. If you're a musician trying to plug your way through the music marketing jungle, then check out these masterful books by guerrilla music marketer, Bob Baker. He's the guy I learned from the, the best.

— Heart's Ease Now on CD Baby. My new instrumental autoharp CD is now available on CD Baby as well as on iTunes. Get a copy and/or post a review.

— St Patrick's Day Party Music! St. Paddy's Day is almost here. This site has a bunch of St. Patrick's Day resources I compiled.

— Marc Gunn Live at Salerno, Italy. I release my music under a creative commons license and archive.org is kind enough to host live shows. So if you've recorded a live show of mine, go post it. Or just download this one for free.

— Rock Your Celtic Roots. Ingrid Houwers was working on a design for my Happy Songs of Death CD. She came up with this Awesome image and we both thought it would make a brilliant St. Patrick's Day T-shirt.

— Faire Magazine. A new magazine dedicated to all things Renaissance festival.

— Walkabout Images. Lisa's pictures of nature.

— Celtic Invasion Vacations. Sorry. You missed out on the Celtic Invasion of Italy. However, I have three other invasions I'm thinking about. Sign up to the mailing list to find out more.

— Tim Dodge's podio book Acts of Desperation.

— Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers. The album that launched the new Celtic Cat music genre!

— Marc Gunn in the News:

St. Patrick Never Drank featured on Dr. Demento. My latest song on The FuMP has lyrics written by Spaff and music by me. The song was featured this week on Dr. Demento and you can download it for free on The Funny Music Project tomorrow.

“Bella's Highland Jig” was featured in the Misfits Audio Production.

What Color Is Your Dragon Reviewed by Wildy's World. Wildy is open to do more reviews.

Canipping Green Featured on Shillelagh Safari with DJ Seamus Friday

“What Color Is Your Dragon?” was reviewed by Wildy's World earning 5 out of 5 stars.

“Lusty Young Sith” was featured on Into the Dark.

P.G. Holyfield landed a publishing deal for his new novel. Dragon Moon Press will be publishing his novel “Murder at Avedon Hill”. He announced the deal in his podcast and played “Stardust Serenade” as the background music.

Grumbledook praises the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast in his blog When Is a Geek Not a Geek.

— UPCOMING GIGS. Yup. There were some new shows added for the next couple of months including info now available for the Florida house concert and my birthday party that you can attend on my birthday, March 17th, St Patrick's Day. Don't let that weekday stop you from joining what I hope to be an annual birthday party extravaganza!

3.13 (ROBERT, LA) House Concert
3.15 (NEW ORLEANS, LA) The Kerry Irish Pub
3.17 (NEW ORLEANS, LA) Baccanal Marc Gunn's Birthday Bash
3.26-29 (COLLEGE STATION, TX) AggieCon 40
4.3-5 (BRENTWOOD, NY) I-Con
4.17-19 (DENVER, CO) StarFest
5.13-22 (TUSCANY, ITALY) Celtic Invasion of Italy

Don't forget to make a demand to see me perform. Seven Trees is trying to build the demands for me in the Pacific Northwest.

— Check me out on Sunset Connoisseurs Society, Myspace, SoundClick, Demand a Show on Eventful, Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, Livejournal, Sonicbids, and DeviantArt. And if you'd like a CD…

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