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Credits & Appreciations
Cast
Gary
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Gary is one of the two main presenters for the Show. I can't thank myself - that's silly. My responsibilities include the design and upkeep of the website, scripting the episodes and editing/mixing the audio for each Show. |
Ruth
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Ruth is one of the two main presenters for the Show. My thanks go to her for constantly supporting me, reminding me that I have a life outside of the Show and keeping in touch with all of our listeners when I am neck deep in editing and scripting. |
Ed
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Ed is one of our sons and is studying Computer Science at College. Thanks go to him for his constant encouragement and the great voice work he has done for us. |
Morgan
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Morgan is one of our sons and is studying Multimedia Systems at University. Thanks go to him for the great voice work he has done for us. |
Matt
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Matt is one of the boys' friends and is a very talented young man. Thanks go to him for his constant encouragement and the great voice work he has done for us. |
Esther
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Esther is our daughter and we're very proud of her and her baby - our beautiful grand-daughter. Thanks go to her for her work for us - which was much appreciated considering her very full schedule as a young mum. |
Kyle
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Kyle is one of the boys' friends and thanks go to him for the great voice work he has done for us. Thanks also go to him for his courage! His first lines were a long list of Gaelic lines and he worked really hard to get them right! |
Estelle
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Estelle is a relative new-comer to the show, but her talent is undeniable. We'd like to thank her for her hard work and continuing support. |
Contributors
Simon Mitchell
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An ancient matrix of energy lies hidden in the earth, its existence and purpose all but forgotten. One strand, named The Dragon Line passes through Cornwall, a land steeped in history and mystery since the dawn of time. Here the line passes through the valley of the River Fowey. A lone ghost, abandoned in the valley of his birth, tells how the line of energy has been usurped, unbalancing the whole planetary energy matrix. In The Lily, the first novel of an extraordinary trilogy, we share his lives as he tells
his tale of 2000 years in the Fowey valley. He sets a crucial task, to mend the Dragon Line and restore the balance of power, before time itself runs out. Visit his website or you can order the book from Lulu. |
William Russeth
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A thousand years before the Romans, Celtic people cultivated the Rhone Valley. Celtic languages were spoken from Asia Minor to Spain and from Northern Italy to Ireland. By the third century BC, their culture had evolved into a complex civilization with sophisticated social structures, laws, and folklore that are the roots of modern European culture. But the Celtic world was a violent world, controlled by mystical Druids and warrior chieftains, ready to take the heads of their rivals over the most trifling insult.
Fires of Belenus is a romantic tale, that tantalizes readers with rational portrayals of mythical events found in the CuChulainn and Arthurian legends.
The Sword in the Stone, Lady of Lake, and CuChulainn's stand at the river ford are brought to life in plausible new ways that make the work unique. It is a tale of Historical Fantasy, made believable by accurately portraying ancient Celtic culture. Available from Wings Press and Amazon.
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Willie Meikle
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Willie Meikle is a Scottish Author who writes Fantasy and Horror Fiction and has eight books published. Many of his stories and books are set in Scotland and are weaved with Mythology and folklore. Willie has had 130 stories published in the genre press, both in paper and on-line magazines and his work has appeared in the UK, Ireland, the USA, India, Greece, Romania and Canada.
His books include
- Island Life
- The Watchers trilogy
- The Midnight Eye Files:The Amulet
- The Midnight Eye Files:The Sirens
- Eldren:The Book of the Dark
- Generations
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Kelly Heckart
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Kelley Heckart lives in Arizona with her husband, Michael, and their two dogs, Hercules and Xena. Kelley was born with a vivid imagination and a fascination with ancient history and the supernatural. Though she resides on the earthly realm, she always has one foot firmly planted in the otherworldly realm of mystical creatures and magic. She has written numerous short stories and song lyrics. This is her first novel. In addition to writing books, she also enjoys playing and writing music, and designing crosses out of driftwood.
Currently, she is working on a sequel to Of Water and Dragons. Of Water and Dragons can be found on her website, www.kelleyheckart.com, www.amazon.com, www.booksurge.com and many other online stores. If your local bookstore doesn't have it in stock, it can easily be ordered. |
Margie MacArthur
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Margie MacArthur is the author of a modern book about Fairy Healing: The Lore and Legacy. She has her home on the web at Brigid's Hearth where you can find out about this and her other books. She also runs a fairy healing website.
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Support
Liam Pickett
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Liam is an Audio Engineer and a friend who helped us tremendously in fine-tuning the sound quality of our show. Thanks go to him not only for the work that he did, but also taking the time to explain to me some of the technicalities behind the equipment. He is available for work in the South of England and you can contact him by telephone on 07810 878232, or by email at Proteus6k@hotmail.com |
Greg Lemon
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In his Myth Show, Gregory Lemon will discuss an aspect of a myth, folk lore, or tall tale from the many wonderful cultures around the world. Greg''s podcast needs to be lsitened to from the beginning. He defines mythology and folklore, folk-tales and shows how Joseph Campbell''s theories of the Hero/Monomyth can be applied. Great stuff.
We give a big Thank You to Greg for guiding us through our first Interview successfully. Greg is a very genedrous, genuine man who put us at our ease and taught us that interviewing was fun!
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Anne is a Man!
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Anne has a blog, Anne is a Man!, that reviews educational podcasts, and Dan Carling of Hardcore History says:
"The most elite of the podcast reviewers (and most especially in the History genre). We use Anne is a Man! as a sort of barometer for how we are doing. Anne is a Man can assume the role of THE podcast reviewer on line; no one does it as well as he does."
Anne has helped us tremendously as we got started. His comments were always incisive and constructive and we have tried to follow his well-meant advice. Thank you Anne. |
Mary Jones
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Mary Jones is an astounding Celtic Scholar whose work has provided us with both inspiration and a source for amazing material for our shows. If you visit one site to learn about the Celts this is the one. She hosts the Celtic Literaturee Collective and also has started a Celtic Encyclopedia. Thank you very much Mary.
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Technical
Tee Morris

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Tee is the man that started it all for us. I listened to podcasts by Tee, namely the Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy and Podcasting for Dummies. Podcasting for Dummies is a podcast that goes along with a book that he co-wrote with Evo Terra and that book taught us all we needed to know to get the Show off the ground. He has now followed it up with Expert Podcasting Practices for Dummies and we're still working through the advice he teaches in that book. Since then I have been following the Morevi podcast, with Askana & Rafe - a great pirate/ninja tale!
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Evo Terra

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As one of the co-authors of Podcasting for Dummies with Tee Morris, Evo deserves our Thanks. Most notably, he is one of the founders of Podiobooks.com, an audiobook service that combines podcasting technology to distribute serialized versions of novels, non-fiction books, anthologies and short story collections. [wiki] |
Dave Jackson

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Dave Jackson runs the School of Podcasting, and has a podcast called the Morning Annoucements to go with his school. We learned a lot by listening to his shows. Thank to him for his honesty and willingness to experiment and report on the success or failure of his experiments. Thanks also go to him for covering so many areas within the subject - a hard working man! |
Cali Lewis

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Cali Lewis, along with her husband Neal Campbell, produces Geek Brief TV, a short 5 minute video podcast. They set the standard for superb production. The show focusses on technology and gadgets and I learned more from Cali about Macs and iPhones that I could have from anywhere else. Thank you Cali. |
GearCast

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GearCast Hosted By Kevin Peckham Providing you the latest news and expert advice on all things Pro audio, Video, AV, and Lighting equipment. Uploaded weekly, they bring you interviews with representatives of major manufactuers as well as thought provoking panel discussions about the pro audio and video gear you know and love.
Full Compass are a professional audio shop in the States which I would love to visit. Trying to understand the mine-field of audio equipment has been made a lot easier by the professional sound of the whole Show. Thank you Kevin and Thank you Full Compass. |
Gear
Alesis
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A big Thank you to Alesis for making the mixer that we use. Although we currently use the Multimix 8 USB, we are contemplating an upgrade to either the USB 2.0 version or Firewire version. Multi-track recording is very tempting! |
Behringer
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Behringer make the compressert/limiter that we use. It took us quite a while to understand this complex piece of machinery (and thanks again to Liam for helping), but once mastered the equipment does an amazing job. Thank you Behringer. We also use the PBX 2000 patchbay. |
Peavey
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We were lucky to get hold of a two-channel equaliser made by Peavey. It works very well with 15 channel equalisation and frequency boost and cut-offs. Great piece of kit. Thank you Peavey. |
AKG
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We have managed to get hold of an AKG C2000B microphone from AKG that is performing very well. It is a bit bright for my liking but with equalisation comes out very well indeed. Thank you AKG. |
MXL Audio
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Following Tee's advice, we started off with a couple of MXL 990's - and they are very good workhorses. I would love to try some of MXL's other mics. Thank you MXL. |
ART
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Just recently, we managed to pick up an ART Alpha S Effects Processor which should enable us to introduce some of the more basic FX we use in hardware rather than software and, hopefully, help improve quality. |
Music
Culann's Hounds
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The amazing Culann's Hounds provided us with our Theme Music which perfectly captures the vibrant energy of Celtic Tales. We owe them an enormous debt of gratitude. Thank you guys and keep rockin'!
Their main home on the web is here but you can also find them on Myspace, where you can hear more music, see a video and find out their tour dates.
You hear more of their music here and buy their albums here. |
Diane Arkenstone
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Diane Arkenstone is an amazing musician - her work is striking, stirring and we are very lucky that we found a podsafe track to use a small section of. You can get hold of her albums at her online store. Thank you Diane. |
Kim Robertson
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Kim Robertson is an astounding harpist who has graciously allowed us to use some of her music for the show. You can find her recordings on her recordings page and I can't recommend her highly enough. Her harping is bright and soulful. Thank you Kim. |
Jigger
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Jigger are an Brisbane, Australia band, full of life, whose music we use in our Show for introducing Listener Feedback. Their track Time Ticks Away, is one of those pieces of music that gets into your ears and refuses to come out! Thank you guys! |
Jo Morrison
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Drawing on her Scottish heritage and on her experiences from several trips to the British Isles, Jo Morrison paints a vivid image of Celticdom through her performances. Using exciting, upbeat dance tunes and evocative, emotional airs, Jo touches the souls of her audiences. Described by music critic Pamela Murray Winters as having "the freshness and grace that first gave Celtic music its power," Jo has the energy and enthusiasm to invigorate any audience. |
Sources
Mary Jones
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Mary Jones is an astounding Celtic Scholar whose work has provided us with both inspiration and a source for amazing material for our shows. If you visit one site to learn about the Celts this is the one. She hosts the Celtic Literaturee Collective and also has started a Celtic Encyclopedia. Thank you very much Mary. |
Sacred Texts
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Sacred Texts is an online collection of the Sacred Texts from around the world. They do an amazing job of pubishing rare and hard-to-find books for everyone to read. They are are second mosrt widely-used resource as trheir Celtic section is second to none. Thank you Sacred Texts. |
Listeners
And last, but most certainly not least, a great big Thank You to all of our listeners. Without you we would not have a Show, not have a thriving Celtic community and not have made such amazing friends!
Thank you all!
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