Strugmo TA9

Strugmo ta 4

Third Annal of Strugmo and working on the next demo…

It never ends, but the next demo in the pipeline is done on Reaper software, not Garageband. It’s got the real ‘amatronic’ sound as it uses a lot of Reaper’s very basic synthesizer (and it really is very basic).

Also, I’ve launched on a new series of ‘Strugmo’ and his band ‘Acid Reflux’. I’ve drawn three strips so far, so here’s the first one…

Still working on the ‘hit’ song

Still finding the lyrics a real bummer… However, I have got a full rough draft of verse and lyrics, so I did a test run on the vocals today. It means I can start mixing around the vocals with all the other parts. It’s sure taking me a long time to get this song done, though…

And just for fun, here’s my latest ‘Strugmo’ cart…

Strugmo Episode 3

Links:
The next episode…

(Click here to start from Episode 1 this series)

Strugmo Series ii Episode 2

Links:
The next episode

(Click here to start from Episode 1 this series)

Beware the record contract…

Another of my carts portraying the music executive as the contractual bogeyman

A couple more carts about the music biz…

Don’t settle for the 360 record deal when 480’s are out there! Forget T-shirts.

When merchandising, why not make a home brew?

My latest cartoon: deep bassplayers…

If you’re gonna have a band, you need one member to be deep and philosophical, to inspire the lyrics and music and take the listeners to the deeper, esoteric levels…

A slightly negative cartoon on the music industry

This one was just a reflex from some of the bad news going round on the music industry… There are always positives with the digital tools for artists to communicate directly with fans and the bustling touring scene…