Celtfather Monthly May 2018 (Patreon)

Greetings Gunn Runner

Sea Shanties for Cat Lovers is on Kickstarter. It has 24 days to go. I still have over $17,000 to raise. But I hope to do a lot more promotion for the Kickstarter this month. So here's hoping.

On a last minute whim, I decided to try a video challenge called #SSSVEDA. That stands for Video Every Day in April. The idea was started by Amy Landino on her YouTube channel (Savvy Sexy Social). I figured since I was already posting a video every Tuesday, it would be easy enough to add six more days.

Okay, perhaps easy is or was not the right word. As I write this, the month is nearly over. I am close to completing the challenge. 27 new videos, just three more to make. It's insane. It was also time consuming and a bit exhausting.

BUT! I'm happy to say I learned a LOT about YouTube in that time. 

I'm not getting a ton of views or anything. But I feel like I understand where I've been going wrong. 

I want to do more with video in the future on YouTube, whether they be vlogs or music videos or travel videos or live streaming. I want to do more. I think this challenge made video creation a lot easier for me.

In fact, I've already planned my own challenge for October. MVEDIO: Music Video Every Day in October! Hehe. I'm gonna plan ahead. That will be my last vlog of VEDA. If you are a musician, I want to encourage you to give it a try. You too will learn a lot. I'll talk more about it in the months to come.

Speaking of live video, Coffee with The Celtfather continues on through May at a new time--12 PM CST on Facebook (still on Thursdays). I keep debating whether I should move it to YouTube. But for the foreseeable future, I'm gonna keep it right there. 

The next CeltfatherLive is currently planned for Sunday, May 20. Mark your calendar.

I'm gonna try to pull together a Heroes Only show for my $10+ patrons in the Gunn Runners Club. But I haven't been able to secure a date yet. I'll let you know

I have four non-internet gigs this month. First up is Interstellar Ginger Beer & Exploration Co. on May the 4th. It is sci fi themed so come join me.

On the 5th, I'll have my first show of the year at Pepper Place Farmer's Market. Then the following Friday, I'll sing more Celtic songs at Brennan's Irish Pub in downtown Birmingham. 

Then at the end of the month, I'll have my debut at FuMPFest in Chicago. This is a comedy music festival put on my by my friend Tom Rockwell, aka Devo Spice. There's a LOT of great music there.

April's Geek Pub Songs highlighted funny cat songs by myself and a few friends. I'm hoping to do a Memorial Day show this month.

Celtfather Music & Travel had a surprise episode where I ask you to Follow Me on Spotify. I have one planned for "Mingulay Cat Song". It should up soon.

I released a new single to patrons in the Gunn Runners Club. The track is called "Why Do You Torture Me?" It's all about getting song requests for obscure songs in my catalog. Which I confess I actually love. The song will be released on the The FuMP in May. It'll be on Spotify in June.

That's because I'm gonna officially release "Mingulay Cat Song" to patrons next week and to the world probably the week after that. I'm trying to get out in time to promote the Kickstarter for Sea Shanties for Cat Lovers.

Stats

YouTube Subscribers = 3598YouTube Watch Time = 76,732YouTube Views = 17,680

Facebook Likes = 3410Facebook Followers = 3289FB Page Views = 496FB Reach = 10,005FB Video Views = 2,554

Spotify

As Long As I'm Flyin' already has 2746 streams.

Latest Single Stats: "She's Shiny": 569 streams

Spotify followers: 962 up from 938. That's 24 new people.

# Number of listens on Spotify: 1683 is down from March/St Patrick's Day, but up from February (1651) 

Most-popular songs on Spotify: Widow and Devil (292), Doctor of Gallifrey (248), Reavers Malcolm Reavers (173)

My Firefly Drinking Songs playlist now has 43 followers

Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers has 14 followers

Top Irish & Celtic Music has 110 followers

If you're on Spotify, listen to my playlists. Find a song you like. Save it. Then add it to your own playlist.

I want to thank the newest members of the Gunn Runners Club on Patreon: Mark Albright, Rob Wilson, Raelyn Bangel, Darlene Kane, Valerie Petrovits, Steven Polunsky, Jenn Evans, Ed Powell.

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