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I was starting to get a wee bit worried that I made no dent at all in the CD Baby charts. But right as I started typing this blog, I checked the website. There was Pirates vs. Dragons at #12 on all of CD Baby! We did it!!!!!! I confess I’m a bit shocked that […]
St. Patrick’s Day Songs for Kids is now officially on sale all around the ‘net. You can buy it via CD Baby in my Celtic Music CD Store, or on iTunes and Amazon. The physical album looks great, and it’s a lot of fun. So far, I have 10 reviews on Amazon from some fans who […]
My newest album with Jamie Haesuer How America Saved Irish Music was released on February 19th with amazing results. It hit #1 for Best Traditional British & Celtic Folk music on Amazon where it stayed in the top 10 for about a week. This was all done before the official CD was even available. Why? Mostly […]
Seven or so years ago, Christene LeDoux held a crowdfunding campaign for album Dust ‘n’ Branches … Songs From A Wanderer. This was long before Kickstarter or IndieGoGo. I was one of the first to pre-order the cd. I fell in love with Christene’s music on mp3.com. Her song “The Entertainer” is still one of my favorites. […]
There are few albums I eagerly await to hear. The Tea Merchants have one of them. It’s called Gaslight Snaps. It’s been out for months. But it just became available digitally today. The Tea Merchants are one of the best trad Irish groups in the Southwest. The group features Chris Buckley on fiddle, Charlie Branch on […]
I’ve been waiting for this day to finally arrive. It actually happened the day before Thanksgiving, but I didn’t have time to let you know. You can finally buy Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits is finally as a CD on CD Baby. For some reason, it took them three weeks to post the physical CD […]
Any time you read anything about music marketing these days, someone is there saying, “You should make a video.” I know nothing about making video. The idea of making one is rather daunting, in fact. I finally upgraded my computer. There was a free video program on it. So I decided to make a simple […]
Square is the savior of the self-employed. I don’t remember where I first heard of Square. It was about two or three years ago. The website promised they would send you a square credit card reader for you cellphone… for free. It also promised to charge a small percentage (2.75%) of transactions. That’s it. There […]
I’m surprised and happy to see that my new Celtic Christmas song, “Christmas in Scotland“, is for sale on CD Baby, iTunes and Amazon. I wrote and recorded it last year for my wife. It was inspired in part by our trip to Scotland in 2010. Listen to the single on YouTube. I say surprised, […]
The Gunn Runners Podcast is a new weekly show. It’s 5-10 minutes of Marc Gunn news unless I get carried away… like today. This week’s show had me talking about my weekend at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival as I drove home. A little CD news and a brand new Celtic Christmas single called “Christmas in […]
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