Some bands give away 1-3 MP3s to promote their music. I’ve been doing this long enough to realize that just isn’t enough. If you really want to get to know someone’s music, you need a good album to listen to, freely, and on repeat. Then, you’ll fall in love with it. That’s my philosophy anyway. […]
Tag Archives: Going For Brogue
#SaveTheDragons with My New Album Dragons vs. Pirates
I finally made some decisions about upcoming albums for the year and what’s next as you’ll see in my latest Kickstarter–Dragons vs. Pirates. This album is a bit of vanity project. It started years ago with an album I recorded with Captain Black Jack Murphy called Pogue Mahone Means Kiss My Arse. It was a fun […]
Marc Gunn’s 2015 CD Checklist
It’s that time. Time to compile all of my albums on a CD Checklist so that the next time I see you live and you say, “I have all of your CDs!” I can say, “Probably not!” 😉 Kicking of 2015, I decided to make a few changes. First, I discontinued a couple albums: A […]
14 Thoughts That Came to Me While Mixing My Scottish CD
Today’s post will consist of thoughts that occur to me as I mixdown tracks from Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion. I spent yesterday finishing up most of the songs. It’s sounding pretty durn awesome if I do say so myself. This is still my least favorite part of recording, the mixing and mastering. There just seem […]
GOING FOR BROGUE: IRISH PUB SONGS AND SEA SHANTIES WITH AN ACCENT
Several years ago, I started the Irish Songs & Lyrics website to help musicians like learn new songs by ear. The site features Irish song lyrics, chords, and streaming audio files so you can listen to the songs you want to learn. Unfortunately, the website stopped growing because we stopped recording. I decided to expand […]