Click to hear episode 6 (time = 26:16, size = 30.0 mb) It’s amazing what one little bluegrass song about a mule can do for you. “Spotted Mule” pretty much wrote itself, became the title track to my CD, a […]
Songs and Stories Podcast #5: High and Lonesome
Click to hear the episode 5 (time = 17:47, size = 20.3 mb) What comes first? The music or the lyrics? That’s probably the most-asked question about songwriting, and the answer is simply, “yes”. (As in, “Yes, the music or […]
Sat 10/27 and Sun 10/28 – Harvest’s End Festival at Roudon-Smith Winery
It’s that time again: Wine, music, crafts, and wine all weekend at Roudon-Smith Winery’s annual Harvest’s End Festival. Besides a great party hosted by David and Annette Hunt, I have the privilege of rounding up a few of my favorite […]
News, links, tunes, shows
Howdy everyone – Hope you’re enjoying this great bout of Spring weather – California gave us April showers last week, highs in the 70s this week, and rumors of rain again next. A rainy day always puts me in a […]
Missed Spellings (Or No, I Don’t Need to Buy a Vowel)
I’ve always loved the Louden Wainwright tune T.S.M.N.W.A. [They Spelled My Name Wrong Again] in which he laments over misspellings of his name on marquee after marquee (“Wainwright has two Ws”). Now I can kinda relate: Before we played on […]
Make Sure I’m Not Spam
I’m now using the reverbnation.com mailer program to handle all of my “Michael Gaither mailing list” messages. If you’re on list and don’t seem to be regularly receiving messages from me – I send about one a month – follow […]
Wild West Royalties
Should Internet radio broadcasters pay royalties to songwriters? Commercial radio says “yes”; Internet broadcasters say, “no”. My take on this is as an independent songwriter, Internet radio is the one place I’ve been able to get airplay. This morning’s Sacramento […]
Songs and Stories Podcast #4: The Wooden Nickel Proposal
Click to hear episode #4 (time = 11:14, size = 10.0 mb) Being that April marks my 3rd year of running The Wooden Nickel Open Mic, AND since this is my first podcast with a cold and a sore throat, […]