Bassist Wanted

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Bassist Wanted

Comics for musicians

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Comics about band rehearsal

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Popularity rank 1 #351. Scrapbooked EP cover

March 16, 2010

DAN: C'mon, John. We gotta get to rehearsal.
JOHN: Man, EFF rehearsal... I'm working on a cover for our E.P.

DAN: It's got glitter and hearts and... UNICORNS all over it...
JOHN: Yeah... one of the scrapbookers helped me lay it out.

JOHN: Isn't it GREAT? It really captures the raw emotion of our live shows.

DAN: The puffy paint says, "Friendship is: hot cocoa on a cold day."
JOHN: THAT (sniff) THAT is rock music, man.

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Popularity rank 2 #19. We need more gigs

April 19, 2005

JOHN: We just... we need more gigs, you know? If, if we had more gigs, we'd be better.

CHRISTINA: Actually, John, while that's somewhat true, what would really make us better is if we practiced as much as we say out here and smoked pot.

JOHN: You know, man? Gigs.

CHRISTINA: Yeah.

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Popularity rank 3 #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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Popularity rank 4 #234. Resolving the melody

June 8, 2009

RONI: No, John, you can't do that.

JOHN: Do what?

RONI: You ended your song before you resolved the melody!

RONI: You can't DO that!
JOHN: Why NOT?
RONI: You just CAN'T!!
JOHN: I CAN!!
RONI: No, you CAN'T!!!
JOHN: Says WHO?!

RONI: Says MUSIC!!!!
JOHN: I AM music!!!!
CHRISTINA: OK, let's... take a rehearsal break...

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Popularity rank 5 #233. Add more emotion

April 15, 2009

RONI: If that's what you want me to play, then say that!
JOHN: I DID say that!

RONI: No, you said, "add more emotion"! Who knows what that means!
JOHN: People! PEOPLE know what that means!

RONI: Isn't it much easier to remember that I play the root and fifth note as an arpeggio?

JOHN: Yeah, if you're a MIDI sequencer, Roni!
DAN: Wait, now I'm not even sure I was playing the same song as you...

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