My mind is in Italy right now. I’m not sure what got me started, but I’m jonesing for a trip. Italy is my home away from home. I graduated from high school in Vicenza. Now I have a bunch of wild and crazy ideas for bringing people to Italy and seeing places I know and […]
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How Do You Relax?
I love my life as an independent musician. It’s not glamorous. I’m not raking in cash, rather just staying afloat. However, I still feel like recently I’ve been in a rut. It’s from sitting in front of the computer too much. I love interacting with people online, but sometimes it gets to be too tiring. […]
What Color Is Your Own Podcast? Getting an Eternal Membership to DragonCon
I love DragonCon. Knowing now that I might not get invited back as a guest and get a guest membership pass, I decided I really, really want an Eternal Membership badge. The problem is that it costs $750! So I decided I’m gonna try and raise the money for an Eternal Membership badge. At first, […]
NEMOFOTMAD Chord Book
by Marc Gunn Artist: Sarah McUmber-HouseBook: Nemofotmad Chord Book, Vol. 1: Chords for More than 200 Tunes in the Celtic & Old-Time TraditionsYear produced: 2008 A couple months ago, I received an email from Sarah McUmber-House asking if I would like to review her new book “Nemofotmad Chord Book, Vol. 1: Chords for More than […]
Whiskers Releases Come to an End. And Dragons?
I got back from the last of my Whiskers in the Jar CD release house concerts. This final edition of the Whiskers Tours took place in Watauga, TX, just outside of Fort Worth. The show went smooth and was a ton of fun. Thanks to Raenell for putting this on. I must say, I like […]
How to Run a Renaissance Festival Record Label
I’m listening to something I found on iTunes U, a service that brings college courses for free download. It’s called The Folkways Collection. This actually doesn’t sound like a university course, but as a documentary on the Folkways record label. It is fascinating. Folkways was a record label found in 1948. It featured recordings that […]
Monahan’s Mudders Milk Updated
Over a week ago, I wrote my new song “Monahan’s Mudders Milk”. I’m really excited about it. It is sooo much fun and infectious. Cedric of the Bedlam Bards is the first to start covering the song too. Last night, we played it at the Cactus Cafe. I haven’t had a chance to listen to […]
Life Is a Vacation, Cont…
I should elaborate on my Life Is Just a Vacation post that “If Life was The Vacation, and Death was just a temp job. What would your last thoughts be before you died?” It’s not easy answering that question. For me, “I’m glad I became a musician” is a nice last thought, but I don’t […]
Weekly Update and Cactus Cafe This Wednesday
What a great trip to Louisiana! I spent a couple days walking around the Quarter and the Garden District. New Orleans is such a beautiful city. Then I had my two shows. They went over great, introducing some new songs and arrangements. The CD release at the Saltwater Grill even pulled in couple media people […]
Dr. Horrible for President
The presidential race is upon us. Most people are frustrated. We all know politicians lie. After watching Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, I realize the only way to change status quo is to treat the disease that rages on. As Dr. Horrible says, “The fish rots from the head as they say. So my thinking is […]