Welcome to the first episode of Autoharp Radio. My name is Marc Gunn. And yes, I play autoharp. When I first started playing the autoharp in 1997, there was no easy way to listen to the autoharp online. There was, and still is, a discussion group called the Cyberpluckers. But no way to *hear* the music easily. That was important to me because I really didn't know what the autoharp should sound like. Yes, I got my autoharp from my dad. But he didn't play it much, that I remember, at least. So I had this unknown instrument and five octaves to play with. I picked up an autoharp tutorial book and started strumming. I think it was 2000 that I first started helping other autoharpers get on MP3.com. All of a sudden, it was possible to hear autoharp music on the internet. That's when I started my Autoharp Music Tips website, that later came to reside at AutoharpMusic.com.