#CeltfatherMonthly: March 2018 (Patreon)

Greetings Gunn Runners

This is the big month. It's the release of As Long As I'm Flyin' on Tuesday, March 6th. W00h00! We made it. Whew!

I can't believe all of the incredible promotion time I have had for this album. It's been great.

I also had a number of interviews on podcasts. That's something I've been talking about doing for years, but never reached out to make it happen. This was awesome. Plus, it was cool hearing some of the stories behind the album. You can find links to them all on my main blog.

Remember, you can only get the physical CD in the month of March. So if you prefer CDs over digital media, you better order you copy ASAP. The physical album will go on sale on my Bandcamp page next Tuesday. Find a link in the shownotes. Oh! And I will also have a Deluxe Package that you can purchase on Bandcamp as well.

If you haven't saved my latest single "She's Shiny" to your Spotify page. Please do that. And give it another stream or a dozen. 

Some other Spotify stats.

Track the listings of the latest single "She's Shiny": 189 streams. It is my #4 most-popular song.

Track the number of Spotify followers: 900 up from 873. That's 17 new people.

Track the number of listens on Spotify: 1651 up from 1594

Track my most popular songs on Spotify: Widow and Devil (241), Reavers Malcolm Reavers (202), Doctor of Gallifrey (196)

I have several playlists that I want to recommend for you, including: Firefly Drinking Songs, Top Irish & Celtic Music, Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers and Jedi Drinking Songs. They are all slowly growing. Find all of my playlists here.

February was a good month for internet concerts. I moved my Coffee with The Celtfather shows to Thursday (still on Facebook). The attendance is a little low, but steady. It's serving it's purpose. If you watch, please remember to share on your news feed. Then post a comment that helps immensely.

I did two #CeltfatherLive evening concerts as well. They went really well. So I scheduled the Shiny St Patrick's Day CD Release Party for Thursday, March 8th at 8 PM CST. The show will be broadcast live on YouTube again. I want to do one more concert later March. But I haven't picked a date yet.

You can register to watch those concerts for free at celtfather.com/watch. As I said, the concert is free, but if you want to buy tickets to support me and insure that I keep putting out regular shows, that is a HUGE incentive. I would love to do at least one a month, but if I keep getting support, then I will push for two shows.

Speaking of shows, my wife is interning in Houston, Texas this summer. So I'll have about two weeks where I might be able to do shows. Ideally, I'd like to do house concerts. But I'm open to other venues. If you want to make it happen, please contact me ASAP. I'll be there from the end of my Celtic Invasion of the Isle of Skye until about July 13th.

On Friday, March 16, I'll be back at Interstellar Ginger Beer & Exploration Co. And on March 17th, St Patrick's Day, and my birthday, I'll be back at 5 Points in Birmingham, Alabama. On the last day of the month, I will be back at Sherwood Forest Faire in Paige, Texas, outside of Austin.

In podcast news, I finally recorded Canton Radio for the all new Geek Pub Songs podcast. The episode was recorded as if I was a touring musician who stops by the Canton Radio program to promote an evening show at the Canton Inn. 

I actually reference an episode of the QUASOR podcast in the show. But as it turns out, the episode I reference in the show was actually not yet published. The podcast stalled out after we lost an audio editor.

So this is a good time time to ask. If you know anything about audio editing and would like to help me create a fund podcast audio drama, please contact me. I'll get you in touch with David Reiland who is the primary producer of the show.

Any case, Canton Radio will be published on Sunday, March 4th. This is a good time to mention that all of my podcasts will now be published on Sundays. I moved them because I'm gonna start publishing videos on Tuesdays and some on Fridays.

Celtfather Music & Travel will have extra episodes this month. On the 11th, I'm planning a St Patrick's Day special. I also want to do a feature on Firefly Drinking Songs, the show. Or something else. Plus, I have an episode still planned for "The Long Arm". 

I might be a bit too ambitious this month.

At the end of the month, I hope to launch a Kickstarter for the third edition of the Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers series. 

In case you missed it, I launched another Patreon page for the Brobdingnagian Bards. We are kickstarting the band for a new generation. We're starting a fan club on Patreon that will also help fund the production of new music. You can join for just $5 per month.

Carol was the first to take advantage of my "What Color Is Your Album" offer. I completed the album. It was awesome... I think. Hopefully, she'll provide her own feedback. But she now owns a one-of-a-kind album with songs she loves. That's just brilliant.

I want to thank the newest members of the Gunn Runners Club on Patreon: Tina Good, Jennifer Bartlett, Jeff Peterson, Eva Schweber, Ari Koinuma, Dan.

You can help me create and release more music. Join the Gunn Runners Club for as little as a buck a month. This will help me create new music for you.