What an awesome day of Chart Topping-ness! Yesterday, How America Saved Irish Music climbed up to the top of the charts on Amazon, and it’s still there! So let me start by thanking everyone who helped make this Chart Topping event a success. In particular, I want to thank everyone who pre-ordered the album, because those […]
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Topping the Celtic Charts with Real Competition
Ever since 2000, when the Brobdingnagian Bards first started charting on MP3.com, I have loved to see how my music would continue to chart on some scale. Charts are an important part of the music business. Billboard Top 100 determines what the most-popular songs are in the world in any given week. iTunes and Amazon […]
Are You Still Buying CDs? Or Have You Gone Digital?
Over a year ago, I wrote a blog extolling the virtues of CDs and how awesome they are. The problem is that I don’t mess with CDs much any more. I take them. I rip them. I file them. That’s the last I see of the physical album. Yet when I go to a show and find a […]
How to Rate Music – My Rating System
A while back, I posted my rating system on an episode of the Pub Songs Podcast. I’m rather proud of it and like how it works. But I realize I didn’t have a written account. So here goes. First, I should point out that this system is geared towards my iTunes playlist. However, it works […]
Scottish Songs and Burns Supper
I woke up this morning and realized we are just five days away from St. Andrew’s Day. That’s the Scottish version of St. Patrick’s Day. It is celebrated on November 30th, usually with a big feast. I’ll be honest, I’m not super familiar with the holiday outside of what I read about it on Wikipedia. […]
New Celtic Christmas Compilation CD –
Last month, we released a brand new compilation CD of Celtic Christmas music. The album is called A Celtic Christmas and features 17 tracks of original and traditional Christmas songs and tunes by some of the best indie Celtic musicians online! A warm fire glows in the hearth of Celtic culture with this warm compilation CD […]
The Greater Crime of Extreme Control of Music
We all remember the horror stories about Metallica suing their fans, and the RIAA suing… everyone. Their goal was simple–stop the illegal download of music. At some point, they woke up and realized it was bad business to sue their customers. That was great timing for iTunes who quickly dominated the market by offering reasonably […]
Memories of Middle Earth (Remastered) Pre-Orders Now Open
Brobdingnagian Bards released Memories of Middle Earth in 2003. Ten years later, we are excited to re-release the album, newly remixed and remastered. The album debuted at DragonCon to a swarm of excited comments. Now we are ready to officially release the album on September 22, 2013 aka Bilbo’s Birthday or Hobbit Day. Starting today, you […]
Help Victims of Irish Music Top the Charts… Again
I just published a “Where are they now?” article about Victims of Irish Music. I first released the album in 2006. It continues to be one of my top-selling albums. But every year around St. Patrick’s Day, it drops on the charts as new albums are released. That’s fine, but I want to see it […]
Wrapping Up January!
It’s hard to believe that we’re in the last week of January already, but here we are, looking forward into February! This month has seen the release of Marc’s new CD Not Every Day is St. Patrick’s Day, and the launch of the CD and the single “Nancy Whiskey” to the top of the Charts […]
