Well, it’s time for Ms.Inara to be born! Labor will be induced this morning, and I’ll be posting some pictures this evening. Keep your eyes open! We’re all ready to have our newest family member join us. Two episodes of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast have been recorded, and they will both air by […]
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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 […]
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, […]
Hobbit CD Delayed a Wee Bit Longer
I know. I know. I said it was done. After listening to a few bits o’feedback, I realized I made a mistake in my mastering, and I think I figured out how to fix it. So, no. The album is not Yet finished. With DragonCon coming this weekend, and me behind on a ton of […]
Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits Is Done!
The new CD is DONE!!!! YAY! Party time! I emailed it out to my top sponsor–Guardians of the Shire, Bilbo’s Bestest Friends, and Mayors of the Shire. I hope to send the album to the printers tomorrow. Meantime, the CD release date is moved. You can tell folks to buy a copy in October. I’ll […]
Special Thanks to My Musical Collaborators
I’m still listening to Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits to see what else needs fixing before I send it off the printers. In the meantime, I want to thank everyone who recorded music for this album. Drop by and visit some of the websites below. Samantha Gillogly contributed fiddle to the album. She played on […]
Hobbit Drinking Songs in Story Form
It’s funny how just one song can make things come together or not. Yesterday, I was telling you a little about how I choose the song order for my CDs. The toughest thing to do is figure out that first song… So I let my wife pick it. 😉 What’s amazing is that everything came […]
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 […]
More Hobbit Songs
I made a wee bit more progress yesterday on the hobbit CD. The songs I mixed are We’ll Have a Pint of Stout Wildflowers of Party Field I also mixed down “Scouring the Shire”. However, I’m debating whether I want to add full percussion to it too. That’s taking a wee bit o’time. Songs that […]
Hobbit Music Mixed
I am slowly making progress on Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits. Here are the tracks that I have mixed final versions of as of today: A Well-Dressed Hobbit A Working in the Garden Bilbo’s Farewell Do You Fancy a Drink? Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits Elves Don’t Go Drinking With Hobbits Elves Everybody Needs a […]
