Bassist Wanted

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Bassist Wanted

Comics for musicians

Dan the naive guitarist

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Popularity rank 16 #86. Reworking the deadline

December 2, 2005

Last verse of “Electric Wheelchair” complete! First song-a-day song: done!
DAN: Hey, by the way, I can’t meet to write tomorrow.

JOHN: And I'm busy Wednesday. Well, long as we do seven songs by next Monday, righyt?
DAN: Yeah. Yeah, totally.

JOHN: Or you know... no one knows about this song-a-day deadline... I could see, like, song-a-week working.
DAN: Ooo, or song-a-fortnight.

JOHN: Yeah... something we can follow through on, you know?
DAN: Hey, by the way, I'm gone all of February.

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Popularity rank 17 #84. I Write the Lyrics

November 30, 2005

JOHN: Whoa. What's with the lyrics, man? I write the lyrics!
DAN: No, yeah, these're just filler lyrics.

JOHN: Filler lyrics are still lyrics! I write the lyrics! I'm the lyricist!
DAN: Fine, I'll just go "la la la" then...

JOHN: No! Not "la la la"! It's... it's "tee diddley dee"! I write the lyrics!
DAN: (sigh) Fine.

JOHN: "Tee diddley dee dah dee"! I write the lyrics! I'm the scribe! I'm the wordsmith!
DAN: It's 3am, man. I'm gonna go catch the bus....

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Popularity rank 18 #81. First words that come to mind

November 25, 2005

JOHN: OK, come on, song-a-day. We're overthinking this. Look, just give me a word, and I'll say the first few words that come to mind. Those'll be the lyrics.

DAN: OK... "vegetable".

JOHN: Um... all right... "staring blankly at the wall... my mind is gone... I drool, I fall... here or there... I'm always... in... in my wheelchair."

JOHN: Hmm. Pretty God damn touching actually.
DAN: Totally. A song about a disabled dude. We could, like, win an Oscar, John.

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Popularity rank 19 #80. I’ll riff, you think of lyrics

November 24, 2005

JOHN: OK, OK, a song-a-day, starting today. So... first song....
DAN: Why don't I just riff? Maybe that'll get you thinking of lyrics.

JOHN: OK, sure.
DAN: So... how about... like....

JOHN: OK. Dan, this... this just sounds like "China Girl".
DAN: Hey! It is "China Girl"! I didn't know I could play that! Cool!

JOHN: Damn it, Dan! Focus! Focus, man!
DAN: OK, but hey: with this, "El Scorcho", and "Little Indian Princess"... we could totally do like an "Asian Subcontinent" medley.

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Popularity rank 20 #79. Let’s write about stuff we care about

November 23, 2005

JOHN: OK, song-a-day. Now... the best songs come from the heart. Let's write about stuff we care about.
DAN: OK. Hmm... OK.

DAN: Well, OK, dude, how about like oil and the Middle East? Like it's like all... you know, and... I mean, oil companies, and... it's corruption, man. They're protected by corruption.

JOHN: OK. OK, man, I'll write that down as a potential topic.
DAN: Yeah. Definite potential.

JOHN: How was Syriana, by the way?
DAN: Good.

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