Celtfather Monthly: August 2018 (Patreon)

Greetings Gunn Runner

Gen Con starts this Wednesday. I confess I'm a little worried. Gen Con is usually a busy convention for me. But this year, I plan to bring Kenzie.

Kenzie is two months away from being 8 years old. And she's still a handful. I'm not sure she quite understands what it means that "I have to work".

So I'm attempting to enlist help for the table, outside of Todd and LT. I'm trying to find things to take her to in between shows. I'm trying to find projects for to keep her occupied. In fact, if you're going, you should come by my table to get your face painted by Kenzie. :D

A few days ago, I published by Fall Video Plans. It's a pretty in depth blog because my time will be tighter than ever with my wife out of town for a few months.

I didn't mention any of the travel videos I recorded in Skye though. That's because I haven't touched ANY of those videos yet. Hopefully, I'll be able to do that in a couple weeks once the girls are back in school.

My first shows of August are at GenCon starting Thursday the 2nd. Check my Gen Con calendar for details and to get tickets.

I am back at Brennan's Irish Pub in Birmingham, Alabama on Friday, August 17th. That's one month before Halfway to St Patrick's Day celebrations begin there. 

Saturday, August 26th, I'll be back at Pepper Place Farmer's Market.

Dragon Con kicks off at August 30th. My Firefly Drinking Songs show is scheduled for Friday night. Then there are a bunch of Brobdingnagian Bards shows. Check out our Dragon Con schedule here.

As for podcasts...

Geek Pub Songs is taking a hiatus.

I'm gonna talk about "Fear and Creativity" on the next Celtfather Music & Travel. I recorded it before I went to Scotland. But I forgot about it.

This week's Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is called a "Beautiful Affair" after one of the songs in the show. Next week, I have a Back to School special planned. 

Stats

YouTube Subscribers = 3677, up 25 from 3652

YouTube Watch Time = 46,479 is down from 56,472 

YouTube Views = 12,526 is down from 13,270 

Again, I haven't been on YouTube much this summer. So no big surprise.

Facebook Likes = 3469 is up from 3452

Facebook Followers = 3350 is up from 3334 

FB Page Views = 332 is down from 355

FB Reach = 10,211 is down from 15,642

FB Video Views = 1760 is up from 1321

Weird stats here. I thought I posted some good content this month. But perhaps not. Nevertheless, I will start back on Coffee with The Celtfather midway through the month. That should make a big impact on my Facebook traffic.

Spotify Latest Single Stats: "Why Do You Torture Me": 186 streams, up 60 streams

Spotify Latest Single Stats: "Mingulay Cat Song": 260 streams up from 214 streams

Spotify followers: 1029 is up 13 people from 1016

# Number of listens on Spotify: 1556 is down from 1647

Most-popular songs on Spotify: Widow and Devil (402), Doctor of Gallifrey (302), Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster (275) displaced Reavers Malcolm Reavers (267, not in 4th)

My Firefly Drinking Songs playlist now has 61 followers, up 7

Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers has 23 followers, down 1

Top Irish & Celtic Music has 163 followers, up 9

Celtfather Experience has 4 followers. This new playlist features some of my most-popular songs.

I was listening to a podcast as they talked about how the perception is that Spotify doesn't pay artitsts. Apparently, that was actually a thing early on. Times have changed as they gained rights to play music from record labels.

So again, listen and follow me on Spotify. You can also check out my playlists.

And yes, if you're on one of the others, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Google Play or whoever, feel free to listen away!

In fact, I don't use those services. I don't know how they work. So do me a favor. Make playlists. Share them. Spread the word on whatever platform you use.

I'm sad to say, I have no new members of the Gunn Runners Club on Patreon. But ye know what... that's okay. Thank you to all of the amazing people who generously give each and every month. Thank you!

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