I’m proud to say I won’t be the first autoharper putting together a Celtic Christmas album. I was listening to Riverdance soprano, Katie McMahon‘s CD Celtic Christmas for an article on the Celtic Music Magazine when I heard the distinctive sounds of an autoharp in the mix. “An autoharp?!,” I thought, “That’s awesome! But who?” […]
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3 Websites You May Not Know I Run
A few Gunn Runners have emailed me saying, “I was searching for XXXXXX and came across a website. I was surprised to find that it was one of yours.” Yes. I have more than my fair share of websites. In fact, I have well over 50 sites with some sort of content that I created. […]
A Long-Expected Party 2: There & Back Again, Another Glimpse at Perfection
I’m back from A Long Expected Party 2: There & Back Again at Shaker Village in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. I had a brilliant time. A Look Backward at ALEP 1 Three years ago, I wrote that the first ALEP was one of the top 5 weekends of my life. It was a magical experience. For […]
On Preparing Autoharps and Hobbit Drinking Songs for a Hobbit Gathering
Since Kenzie is doing better, last night, I finally did some prep for ALEP2: There & Back Again. That means, I finally fixed the chord bars on my autoharp, I packed my costuming, and I practiced some of the new hobbit songs. I think I finally learned “Everybody Needs a Drinking Song”. A wee bit […]
Top 5 Regrets About DragonCon 2011
I had an amazingly awesome time at DragonCon, but whenever you plan something, it never quite works like you expect it to. This time, the whole weekend turned out better because my family came out. Yet, there’s still a few things I wish could’ve happened. I wish the Bedlam Bards could’ve made it. The Firefly […]
Friday Night at DragonCon
DragonCon was a lot more relaxing for me this year. I’m sure having the family with me made a big difference. Last year, I was a wee bit worried about how I would take care of a family as a musician. I took it easy and had fun this weekend. Some awesome shows helped! Originally, […]
20 Hobbit Songs Done!
Good day in the studio. I finished mixing all but the last tracks–“Cat and Rat” and an alternate version of “Scouring the Shire” with percussion. All of the other songs are awaiting mastering. Nathan Deese of the band Barrowburn is adding additional instrumentation to those two songs. “Cat and Rat” was written like it was […]
Get Free Hobbit MP3s Before the CD Is Released
I plan to release Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits at DragonCon this year. The album is getting very close to being finished. Before I close up the pre-sales, I’m trying to raise about $500 more dollars to cover some unexpected expenses for the CD. To that end, I decided I would start making early mixes […]
Finding My Heart’s Ease (Album Review)
by Beth Hansen-Buth Tonight is a time for me to sit in my room with kitties, to relax and to meditate. I don’t do this often enough anymore, it used to be more of a habit in the evening after dinner to take some time to be quiet. Quiet is my soul’s food. With […]
Reflexology (Lyrics)
by Marc Gunn, around 1992 I was listening to a lot of “Weird Al” Yankovic when I wrote this song. You will note there is nothing about reflexology in the song. That’s because after writing the lyrics on a sheet of paper, I was watching TV and saw a feature on reflexology. It sounded interesting […]
