I love Celtic music. However, I have no delusions. My music is not for the typical Celtic music fan. I won’t have a PBS special any time soon, wearing formal Scottish attire and having a puffed out chest while an orchestra backs my autoharp. At the end of this year, I will have two albums […]
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Why My Own Blog Is Better Than Facebook Or Twitter
I must be getting old. Now I’m either a lot wiser or more fearful of change. Maybe both. When I first started promoting the Brobdingnagian Bards online in 1999, I was overzealous. I signed up to every newsgroup or mailing list that was related to our music. I spammed them constantly. I didn’t know spamming […]
Wanted: Decent Webcam for St. Patrick’s Day Party Online on March 15th.
I finally picked a date for my next online concert. On Friday, March 15th at 7:30 pm CST, I will host a St. Patrick’s Day party on Google Hangouts. Details are coming soon. If you’ll note, I am running a sale at my Celtic Music Store. My hope is that I can raise money to […]
Marc Gunn Celtic Art by Ingrid Houwers
I found this awesome art designed by my friend Ingrid Houwers over four years ago. I really need to put this on the website, better displayed. It’s gorgeous!
Introducing the Gunn Runners Club
The modern music business is even more beholden to the fan. It’s sort of like return to the 1700s when rich patrons took care of the food housing for folks like Mozart, Bach and even Turlough O’Carolan, the great Irish harper. The modern musician doesn’t necessarily seek out rich patrons. He relies on the generosity […]
Hobbit CD Collaborator Profile: Laurent Leemans
There were sooo many great musicians who recorded on Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits. I emailed these folks and asked them a few questions. Who are you and what do you do? My name is Laurent Leemans, aged 40, 3 lovely daughters (the only thing I love more than making music), librarian because music is […]
GRP #5 – Music Marketing, Themes for the Celtic Music Magazine, Liberation of Character
I’m back with another Gunn Runner Podcast, rambling about all sorts of things. Enjoy! Subscribe to the podcast here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/gunnrunners http://traffic.libsyn.com/gunnrunners/GunnRunnersPodcast-005.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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GRP #4 – Your Favorite Non-Profits, Spotify Dilemna, NTIF Not, Capt Murphy, Celtic Christmas Updates
All of the left-over news from last week’s podcast, plus a few new news items. http://traffic.libsyn.com/gunnrunners/GunnRunnersPodcast-004.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Gunn Runners Podcast #3
Looks like that plan for a 5-10 minute show ain’t happening. I have a lot of news this week. More than I really could actually do in one 12 minutes. So I guess I’ll use the rest of this news for next week. So enjoy and stay tuned for next week. http://traffic.libsyn.com/gunnrunners/GunnRunnersPodcast-003.mp3Podcast: Play in new […]
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Gunn Runners Podcast #2
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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