Cat Music

All New Cat Music Website

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Marc Gunn

A week ago, the Cat Music Blog was hacked. I lost all my former content. There was one positive thing that came out of this. I can redesign the site.

When I started the Cat Music Blog in 2005, it was a supplementary site to my Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers webpage. This was the cat news site as well as the home to Cat Lovers Podcast. My goal was to promote the podcast and of course capture some search engine traffic for cat music fans. That’s it. Everything else would go to the webpage designed to sell Cat CDs.

I love the old website, but I haven’t released a new cat CD in a couple years. I needed something a bit more dynamic to promote my cat songs. That’s why I took the time to redesign this site.

I have some FAQ about my music, a place where you can buy CDs, the feed for the Cat Lovers Podcast, and now a cat lyrics page to quickly and easily direct you to all my cat song lyrics from each album I release.

I will continue to post videos and cat news, and keep an eye open for a brand new podcast. Yes, I hope to release 2-4 new shows each year. But who knows. Maybe I’ll talk to Tracey Tracy and we will dive head first into a whole new world of Cat music, cat news, and cat fun. Because that’s what Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers is all about.

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Cat Lovers Podcast #20 – Cats and Kids

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Marc Gunn

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:53 — 13.8MB)

My daughter Kenzie and my cats
Cat Music blog updated
Google+ and Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers
Your Cat and the New Kid on the Block: Cats and Babies, can they co-exist?, Pets & Babies
Toxoplasmosis: Cats and Babies
When Cats Attack
Song: “Big Strong Cat (My Puddy Tat, Sylvester)” by Marc Gunn and The Dubliners Tabby Cats
from Whiskers in the Jar

The Cat Lovers Podcast was produced by Tracey Tracy and recorded by Marc Gunn, Kilted Celtic Musician. Read the shownotes at CatMusicBlog.com. If you have questions or comments, please email Tracey at meow@catmusicblog.com with CAT LOVERS PODCAST in the subject line.

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What Shall We Do With a Catnipped Kitty

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Marc Gunn

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New Cat Lovers Book, “Winter’s Awakening” by Dana Bell

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Marc Gunn

Terrified shrieks reached Word Warrior’s ears as he floundered up the embankment. In the gully below he saw the blood stained snow and the dead corpse of the screaming kitten’s mother. A stinky, shaggy, two-leg was trying to capture the youngster and he knew it couldn’t be allowed to. With a battle cry born of his ancestors he charged down the hill – unaware of the high hunter lurking in the pines.

Find out more about Dana Bell here.

Buy Winter Awakening at Amazon.

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Stressed Out Kitty

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Marc Gunn

Four cats, two adults and one baby. I guess that can make for a stressful time for the kitties. Torre, in particular.

Since Gwen and I got married and merged our cats, it’s been a little stressful for the kitties. The first home for the six of us was tiny. That’s one of the reasons we got a three bedroom apartment together in New Orleans. My boys and Gwen’s girls (almost the Brady Bunch of cats) just didn’t get along. Then along came our daughter. That shook things up.

After four months, there are still a bunch of hisses and occasional scuffs between Tiziano and Jenga. Rainy has quietly settled down. Torre didn’t seem too upset either. Unfortunately, we found out differently when family stayed with us over the holidays and he peed on Grandma’s mattress.

That was annoying. But when we brought Kenzie back home after her second heart surgery operation, it got worse. Twice, Torre climbed on to the bed and peed in front of us. That was a solid sign, he had a problem.

So we took Torre to the vet. They found that he did have a bladder infection. But shortly after curing that, he continued the behavior. That’s when the Vet decided he had a behavioral problem. The solution? Meds.

I really hate that he has to take an anti-depressant. However, until circumstances change for the lead meower of The Dubliners Tabby Cats, I guess that’s the best thing…specially since we’re gonna be gone for over a week during St. Patrick’s Day.

Time to get back to my playlists and podcast.

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Babies and Cats in the Same Household

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Marc Gunn

Before my daughter was born someone heard we had cats. Their response was “aww, have you found a new place for your kitties to live.”

My wife and I were floored… Give away our cats?!?! Not likely!

As a result of that statement, I asked my producer of the Cat Lovers Podcast to do a special show on the topic. That’ll be out next month. Now that my daughter is born and living happily with our four cats, I thought I’d share my thoughts on the topic.

Cats and Pregnant Moms

I think this is what most people worry about when it comes to cats in the new baby household. Toxoplasmosis is a serious issue. While it most-often occurs with outdoor cats, it is just as serious with indoor ones. So yes, pregnant moms should NOT change the litter boxes. They should stay away from cat feces as much as possible.

Overall, we had no problems with our cats and their pregnant mommy. I was there all the time cleaning the litter box as often as it needed. I made sure there was no litter floating around or that Gwen was even in the room while I changed it. With that we had no problems.

And the kitties? Well, they loved their mommy as much as every… at least until the last two months.

Babies and Cats Can Live Great Together

You see, a month before our daughter was born, we decided to be on the safe side. We kicked all of the kitties out of the bedroom at night. They sure were pissed off about that. The fighting at night pretty bad, because our four kitties LOVE us to no end. It was nearly two months later when we let them in again. It was also less than two weeks after we brought our daughter home.

Our biggest concern was that late one night our kitties would jump into Kenzie’s crib and snuggle up by her face, accidentally smothering her.

That was not the case. My boys wouldn’t come near her for the first week. Gwen’s two girls came close and sniffed, but for the most part, they were all too freaked out by this little jiggling, squirming, squalling girl even get close to her. But that didn’t make us open the bedroom door.

It was probably a week after that that we finally realized nothing was gonna happen.

Rain turned into her protector. She cries and asks her mom what is wrong every time Kenzie fusses.

Jenga just wants attention. And although she has climbed over the baby once to get some attention, for the most part, she’s been friendly.

Torre is just after loving too. So as long as he can lie in my lap while I’m holding my daughter, he has no problem.

Tiziano is still a little skittish. I think definitely feels displaced, but then he’s always been the lowest cat on the totem poll in this house. So he’s taking it fairly stoically. But Kenzie starts to cry, look out! Tizi will run away and hide.

I’m sure everyone cat parent will run into different circumstances with their kitties. So don’t take my word for it. I can certainly see the potential for jealousy among our cats. But all of our cats are loving and friendly, so we aren’t concerned. In fact, we are confident we will have no problems and our daughter will grow up loving our kitties as much as we love them.

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A Rebirth of the Irish Drinking Songs for the Cat Lover

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Marc Gunn

A couple weeks back, I sent out the question to my fan page, “What CDs of mine do you like best?” Consistently, my top-rated albums are from the “Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers” series.

But the last full album, “Whiskers in the Jar” was released two years ago. The Live CD, one of the best sounding albums I’ve recorded, was last year, but the response was low, despite the fact it was Editor’s picked by CD Baby’s discriminating staff. (I blame bad graphics which I hope to rework in the future)

My Cat Lovers Podcast has seen a wee revival, but overall, I must say, I’ve not done much to promote the Cat CDs.

So when I saw that response, I thought it was time to do SOMETHING to encourage my many cat-loving fans.

Right now, I have no further cat CDs on the burner. It seems like, though the albums are loved, the passion has died down a lot. Fewer people talk about them. Nevertheless, I decided to release two new cat songs on my newest CD “Kilted For Her Pleasure” for you Celtic cat lovers out there. Now and then, I still write songs about cats. I thought that I may as well find an outlet for them in my regular albums.

But I must admit, I’d rather release an entire CD dedicated to the kitties… something that might complete the trilogy a little better, with a bunch of fresh takes on kitties. Unfortunately,my writing is sporadic at best.

So what does this mean. Well, first, I want to thank EVERYONE who has so greatly supported this *pet project* of mine. Maybe one day, I’ll come up with enough songs for a third CD.

But ultimately, I hope that you will continue to enjoy this series for years to come. And I hope you will use this facebook page as a means to share your love of the album, and maybe even share some of the music with new Celtic cat lovers.

So again, thank you!

I look forward to many more years of sharing our love of cats and Celtic music.

Slainte!

Marc Gunn

PS. Oh! Someone asked about a Cat Lover’s Companion CD for Whiskers in the Jar. I’m currently planning a light version of that album. Just me and my autoharp and a few great Celtic songs. So stay tuned for that. I’m really not sure WHEN that’ll happen, but it’s on my mind.