Bassist Wanted

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Bassist Wanted

Comics for musicians

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Roni the jaded guitarist

Roni Videtta plays lead guitar in the Ambulance Men. She knows music theory, keeps a day job, and tells John he’s an idiot.

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Popularity rank 11 #322. Yelling contest

December 11, 2009

RONI: All right, fine. We won't sell our demo on the website.
CHRISTINA: No, we won't... cos I already posted the mp3s on our site for FREE.

JOHN: What? WHEN?
CHRISTINA: I tried to tell you earlier, but you cut me off. And I was not going to get into a YELLING contest with you.

JOHN: CHRISTINA! When the fuck did you DO this?! Can we take them DOWN?!
CHRISTINA: Well, Jonathan, I'd be happy to tell you...

CHRISTINA: But I don't really care for your tone of voice.
JOHN: Don't you MOM-TALK me, Christina!! DON'T YOU DARE!!!

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Popularity rank 12 #321. Setting a price on art

December 9, 2009

JOHN: Look, when you set a PRICE on your art, you are setting its VALUE. And I want to be mindful of the LONG-TERM.

JOHN: YOU see this CD as a shitty little 4-song demo, Roni. But I see it in 30 YEARS, as rare unearthed LOST TRACKS included on our 6-disc anthology BOX SET!

RONI: God DAMN it, John... You are so...

RONI: ...so INSPIRATIONALLY DELUSIONAL.
JOHN: Thank you. You are... You are WORDS, too.

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Popularity rank 13 #320. Amie Street

December 7, 2009

RONI: Look, no one's pirating the demo. We'll just post it on Amie Street.
JOHN: Ugh, that's that "pay what you want" 99-cent site.

RONI: It's "pay by demand". It starts cheap, but the more it gets downloaded, the higher the price goes. What do you want to charge anyway?

JOHN: At LEAST $25 dollars...
RONI: 25 DOLLARS?

RONI: For a shitty 4-song demo recorded in a Kinko's breakroom?
DAN: My boss is still mad about that mug tree you broke.
JOHN: He's a DICK...

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Popularity rank 14 #319. Gettin’ cashflow positive

December 4, 2009

DAN: This band needs to be gettin' cashflow positive. QUICK.
RONI: Why don't we sell our demo on our web?
CHRISTINA: Well...

JOHN: No no NO... DANGEROUS... That demo'll BitTorrent in MINUTES!
RONI: I don't think you understand BitTorrent.

JOHN: And we'll be SUED for infringement! And PIRATES will sell FREE COPIES on the STREETS!

RONI: Nor do you understand copyright law, piracy or... basic COMMERCE.
JOHN: Within DAYS we'll be in PRISON selling APPLES for CIGARETTES!

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Popularity rank 15 #318. The Late Jar

December 3, 2009

DAN: C'mon, John, I had to WORK, man...
JOHN: NO EXCUSE! Put a dollar in the "Late For Rehearsal" jar!

JOHN: We are a nation of LAWS! Not of MEN!
RONI: We're... not a NATION.
DAN: John, you don't underSTAND...

DAN: He doesn't even WORK... He gets to live off that settlement money from G.E.

DAN: I wish MY dad would run his lawnmower over a loose power line...
CHRISTINA: We are late to rehearsal a LOT...

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