Celtfather Monthly: April 2019 (Patreon)

 Greetings Gunn Runner

I confess I am already stressed thinking about the next three months. Is it July yet?

You see, my family is moving to Atlanta. It all happens WHILE Gwen finishes her masters, Kenzie finishes second grade, and I get ready for a couple big events in California and my Celtic Invasion of Dingle, Ireland. 

With that in my mind, season 3 of Coffee with The Celtfather ends on April 17. Yes, that’s a month earlier than I planned. But I’m feeling stressed by way too much to do and not enough time to do it. 

That said, I hope to drop in and sing a few songs from time to time. But I’m not gonna schedule any shows. 

If you want to catch one of the past shows, season 3 is on YouTube. 

One of the many things I hoped to put out more regularly is the Pub Songs Podcast. That too is gonna be on slow. I will try to release one episode out per month. But even that’ll be a challenge. Please bare with me. 

The main podcast you should keep an ear open for is the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I plan to keep that coming out weekly... 

BUT I could use your help. 

Attention podcasters! 

I am looking for podcast hosts and editors to help me out over the next three months, maybe longer. If you’re interested, please email me. 

Big news from In the 'Verse podcast. Mikey Mason finally hit his Patreon goal. So we are planning eight new episodes of the podcast over the next few months. Big thanks to all of our Patrons!

The other big event in the works is the Brobdingnagian Bards next studio album. It’s official. We are scheduling a Kickstarter for July. To help people talk about our music, you can now download our entire catalog on Bandcamp for free!

And of course, we have a podcast still coming out.  

Sign up to our mailing list for more details on both those things. 

I really want to talk about merch, but all of my CDs are going into storage. So you have about a week left to order merch before I won’t take any more orders... well aside from shirts, pint glasses and coffee mugs. Those come from my printers. 

SHOWS PLANNED FOR MARCH 

Sat, Apr 6: Brennan's Irish Pub

Apr 19: Interstellar Ginger Beer & Exploration Co. 

Sat, May 4: Interstellar Ginger Beer & Exploration Co. This is my farewell to Birmingham and Gwen’s congratulations on graduating, and Inara’s happy birthday celebration. Join us!

May 17-19: California Autoharp Gathering

June 8-15: Celtic Invasion of Star Wars

STATS

Mailing list subscribers = 963 is down from 964 

YouTube Subscribers = 4076 is up from 3970
YouTube Watch Time = 131.1K up from 49,340
YouTube Views = 33.5K up from 13,869

Facebook Likes = 3587 is up 7
FB Page Views = 416 is up 2
FB Reach = 47.6K up from 14,990
FB Video Views = 31583 up from 7806

Spotify Latest Single States: "When She Held Me in Her Arms": 422 is up from 235 streams
Spotify Latest Single Stats: "Loch Lomond": 608 is up from 515 streams
Spotify followers: 1199 up 30 from 1169 
# Number of listens on Spotify: 3525 is up from 2304 
Most-popular songs on Spotify: The Widow and the Devil (1.2K), When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (908), Doctor of Gallifrey (674)

Patreon Subscribers: 168
Patreon Monthly Income: $1007

Top Irish & Celtic Music: 356 is down from 371 

Thank you for all your support these next few months. I will be back soon with more shows and podcasts for you to enjoy. 

If you'd like to be included in the feedback section of the Pub Songs Podcast, use the hashtag #pubsongs. I would love to make the show more interactive. Look for questions on Facebook. I'm using those too.

Thanks as always for supporting my music. Remember. You can help me create and release more music. Join the Gunn Runners Club to step behind-the-scenes with bonus podcasts, new music, video, and live concerts. 

Slainte!

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