Bassist Wanted

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Bassist Wanted

Comics for musicians

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Making a MySpace Page

John makes the Ambulance Men a MySpace page to take them to the Next Level. They already had one. His has porn stars as friends.

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#97. The “Next Level” Talk

February 6, 2006

JOHN: OK, band meeting, guys. Right here, right now...
RONI: (sigh) This is a practice, John... it IS a band meeting.

JOHN: Look... guys... we need to step it up...
DAN: What's going on?
RONI: Oh, it's the "Next Level" talk.

JOHN: It's time we become the band we're destined to become.
DAN: Oh, man, Roni, I hate the "Next Level" talk.
RONI: Yeah....

JOHN: The Ambulance Man... NED TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL!
CHRISTINA: Still... better than the "Put Up or Shut Up" talk.
RONI: Sure.
DAN: True.

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#98. Breaking big news

February 7, 2006

JOHN: Guys: we, as a band, need to take ourselves to the Next Level.
RONI: So, you're finally going to let us be involved in the songwriting?

JOHN: Well... maybe. No. Anyway. The key to success in this business is... promotion.
DAN: Ooo, did you get us an agent, John?

JOHN: No, no, just-- look, the future of music is the Internet, right?
CHRISTINA: Did you get our demo onto iTunes?

JOHN: OK, Jesus, just let me-- I made us a MySpace page, OK? A-and it's gonna take us to the Next Level!
CHRISTINA: Oh.... Neat.
DAN: Didn't we already...
RONI: Yes.

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#99. Explaining the MySpace page

February 8, 2006

JOHN: So here's the MySpace page I built for the band.
RONI: You know, we already had one, John.

JOHN: These're pictures of the band.
RONI: That's why you had to get the username AmbulanceMen2 instead of just AmbulanceMen.

JOHN: And these people are our "friends".
RONI: Yeah, I know. I set up our other one, John.

JOHN: You see, Roni, MySpace is an online social "network"....
RONI: Yeah, thanks, I under-- Oh gross. You know you can add people other than porn stars, you douche.

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#100. MySpace friends list

February 9, 2006

RONI: She should be able to add her husband as a friend on our myspace page, John.
JOHN: No, look, we gotta keep our list looking hip and young.

RONI: And female and half-naked.
JOHN: Hey, I don't send friend requests, OK? All these people on here sought us out.

RONI: Really? So Brooke Burke and the Suicide Girls are big fans of all our shitty demos you posted?
JOHN: Maybe they are!

CHRISTINA: John, I'm not even a fan of those demos.
RONI: No, he's right, Christina! I bet they all get together and have naked listening parties!

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#101. Plugging parties on MySpace

February 10, 2006

JOHN: You can't post your party on the myspace page, Dan. It's for band business only.
DAN: You posted last week about your brother's barbeque.

JOHN: Totes different situaish, dude. That... that was an official Ambulance Men CD release party.
DAN: What... that one CD you gave Gary?

JOHN: One CD can be enough, Dan! File-sharing! Word-of-mouth! Look at the Arctic Monkeys!
DAN: But... it was just a mix CD of Elvis Costello songs.

JOHN: (sigh) OK, look, Dan... your parties tend to be lametown. And it... it could reflect poorly on the band.
DAN: No, no! I told you: No Cranium this year!

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