So... I guess it's time to report on what I've been up to, just in case anyone was wondering.

I've had half a KR47 short done for awhile. I still need to record my lines. Once I do that, the rest should be easy. I guess I've been putting it off for the usual reasons. I have, however, been doing some recording for the KR47 live-action movie. The movie will have an animated opening like the last one, and I've recorded the guitar parts for it. I had recorded some bass parts earlier, but, as I was recording the guitar parts, I realized that the bass part was flawed, and I'm redoing it. I spent a few hours yesterday, practicing the riff, so I can do it neatly when I'm ready. Playing the bass is hard for me. I tend to play fast, but I have skinny and spidery fingers, and they aren't as strong as they could be. I haven't practiced the bass too much, but hopefully I'll be able to build up some strength in my fingers. I'm also thinking about getting one of those Gretsch Electromatic short-scale basses, because they're easier to play. And they're really fun to play too. I just need to save up some money first. They're only about $150, but money is tight these days.

The opening theme music is basically a song that I wrote a long time ago, and it's about how I often feel a little worthless as an artist, because I've spent all of my life working on art projects. Most people spend their lives working toward their careers, I suppose, --stuff that will benefit them. Yeah, I love art, and I do it because I enjoy it. But worrying about homelessness and putting food in my stomach takes most of the fun out of that. It also makes it hard for me to feel motivated. In some ways, being an artist makes me feel sort of stupid, because I feel really inept when it comes to living my life. I've always thought of myself as a person who would sacrifice certain things for the sake of my work, but lately that concept doesn't seem as romantic or as doable. Anyway, the movie is about the KR47 characters failing at making rock bands, so I thought the song would be semi-appropriate. I have some sketches for the credits sequence done, but I need to finish the music before I can animate, so I can sync it all up, sort of like how you have to record voices before you animate mouths moving. I think I'll put the complete song on my myspace page, when it's finished.

What else? Today, I spent the day over at a friend's house, filming the last scenes of the KR47 live-action movie. I think it's pretty much finished being filmed. Pete just needs to edit it, and I have to animate the credits and the transitional scenes. Actually I think we may be doing a music video too; I'm not sure.

I was picking away at Chanter Tales earlier today. I haven't gotten much done on it, but I figured I'd force myself to pick at it, because, if I don't, it'll just stagnate.

Tony Baloney is going to set up another Forgot to Laugh Animation festival, and KR47 cartoons will be in it. Here's the info.

Monday, March 9, 2009
Time:
8:00pm - 9:30pm
Location:
Two Boots
Street:
281 Fairfield Avenue
City/Town:
Bridgeport, CT

I think that's all I have. I think I'm going to try to play at this rock club called "The Space," in Hamden Connecticut. I've been feeling the need to play guitar and promote my music, because I feel as if I've been neglecting my songs. I don't want them to just fade away... It seems as if it's hard to keep shit from fading sometimes...