In today’s comic, the Dude decides to cash in by selling an ebook for $19.95 that reveals the SIMPLE secret of being a great musician. Like a number of those download deals it merely tells you the same thing everyone has been telling you free for years, and you probably already even know it, but do you do it? There is an art to practice. Simple? yes. Easy? Hah!
Woot! My comic on practicing apparently “struck a chord” with Malaysian reader / guitarist / IT guy Namz. He featured my comic on his blog with full credit and linky luv, plus another one of his faves along the same lines. He even put a watermark on it for me (something I’ve been meaning to do myself.) Now that is a gentleman and a scholar. If you play guitar or just like music check out Namz Crypt, (AKA Chinariff) The featured image here is the flipside: Namz’ fave on your fate if you DON’T PRACTICE. It’s originally by good ol Gary Larson from the Far Side. Gary, if you don’t like me having it here, just ask nicely and I’ll take it down. ( A problem I’d LOVE to have.)
The dude’s version would be “you’ll end up in a cublcle doing stuff you hate for people you hate.” I’ve been there. Blargh! I’m not sure which of these outcomes is worse. At least the street musician gets some outdoor air. I’m practicing a lot these days, which is why this is not a DAILY comic. Just to rub it in, I embedded this Disney song from the Aristocats. I’m arranging it with jazzy chords, and I’m hoping the gang will bust it out for the dude before we break for summer.
Draw Until It’s Funny ran a second guest post from yours truly this past weekend. The premise of the site is that you don’t plan the gag out ahead, you just start a line and keep going until something funny happens and then you stop. I think you could take that premise to an extreme. Virtually all DUIF’s are super minimalistic in style, and I enjoy drawing in that style. I really liked how the dog came out on my first DUIF. Just a few curved lines and you have a little dog that even has some personality. I thought the cat came out rather nicely in the current DUIF. Anyway, please go check it out, and if you are a comic author you can submit your own DUIF and they will post it.
