From Serenity Valley to the Pub: Bring Me Home, Boys (Patreon)

Greetings my friends

I’m running a Pub Songs & Stories Video Challenge right now. I share a song and story I’ve recorded. I publish it every Thursday at noon.

“Bring Me Home, Boys” was inspired by the Firefly episode “The Message”. A body was mailed to the crew of Serenity from a fellow soldier in the Unification War. It had a message that said, “Bring me home to my family.”

I took that idea back to the Battle of Serenity Valley. I told a story of a soldier who knew he wouldn’t make it home. So he made a plea to his fellow soldiers, “Bring me home, boys. Bring me back to my family.“ It’s become a highlight for my Firefly Drinking Songs show.

I originally wrote the song for my album, Sci Fi Drinking Songs. The Bedlam Bards loved the song so much that they added an additional verse for our album, Firefly Drinking Songs.

The Pub Songs & Stories video version I shared last week was the original version. You can see me perform “Bring Me Home, Boys” on video and hear the audio version as well.

Patrons can read more below.

Sláinte!

Marc

PS. Wanted. Sales helper for CONjuration. Would you like to go to CONjuration for free? I need someone to help me sell merch on Saturday, November 7. I’m performing there on Friday and Sunday, but I’m at Georgia Ren Fest on Saturday. So I desperately need some help.

Email me if you’re interested.

UPCOMING SHOWS

Oct 31: Georgia Renaissance Festival, Atlanta, Ga

Nov 6: CONjuration, Duluth, Ga

Nov 7: Georgia Renaissance Festival, Atlanta, Ga

Nov 8: CONjuration, Duluth, Ga

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What song would you like me to record and share the story?

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I feel like I have a ton going on right now. But I think I’ll start with just one thing that is at the top of my mind—Pub Songs & Stories Video Challenge.

My goal is to record and release 10 videos of me singing and then sharing a story behind those songs.

There are several reasons why I started this video challenge.

Top of the list is I’ve been trying to figure out how to share my music on YouTube for several years now. That’s because I need a method online to promote and grow my audience. Right now I just don’t have one.

The videos I’ve made haven’t had a huge amount of success. But I think the story angle will add a lot. Because it helps my fans know a little bit more about the story and it also helps newbies learn more about the songs that I write and perform.

This plan also works well for my audio podcast of the same name, Pub Songs & Stories.

I need to record a story anyways. Worst case I can use the audio from the video version. Best case I’ll have a separate story that works in conjunction with a video story.

In either case, the podcast and the video helped promote each other.

The 10 video challenge appealed to me because I wanted a goal. And I wanted a goal that I could track easily and easily accomplish. Ten videos is not a huge challenge. I don’t think.

The biggest challenge, of course, with doing anything on a weekly basis is creating a schedule. But I decided I was not going to record weekly. Instead, I am batch recording 4 to 5 tracks and releasing them weekly.

I can’t tell you how much this helps me stay organized. Yes I still have to come up with a story. But it’s so much easier when I don’t have to think or motivate myself to record the tracks.

This is one of the challenges I’m facing in the studio as well.

It is hard to record a single new track every week like my good friend Mikey Mason does. Especially with all the projects I have going on including five podcast, now video, and just life

I have a great studio set up. But it’s designed for podcasting. I can turn on my mixer, open up GarageBand and I’m ready to record my voice. Yes I still need to have show notes and all that stuff, but it’s so much easier than recording a single song.

But I guess, as I think about it, that is probably a good lesson in itself...

I work better batching projects.

I even started doing that with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I record 2 to 3 episodes in one go.

I’m interviewing Celtic musicians on a more regular basis now. It’s going great! I record on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10 and 11 AM. I have a process. That’s where it all begins.

And now I have a process for my 10 Pub Songs & Stories Video Challenge. And not just those videos. I’m gonna start sharing video updates of how it’s going.

So stay tuned and thank you so much for all of your continued support. Sláinte!