Time off, normal work days, taking a breather!

I've been off the road for a couple weeks now, and things that I've been a bit... ignorant about have caught up with me. Bills mostly. I'm currently doing some freelance work to get things squared away, and hopefully before the end of this month I'll have the vast majority of it at LEAST under control.

I also got some extra nice vacation time with my girl. Movies, video games, swimming; it was nice getting away from the computer a bit. She also got me a couple of nerdy shirts, which I'll most likely sport on stage. Hell yeah!

Oh, check this picture out. So awesome:

Let's see. Some questions came in in the Ask Rawrb section. Here they are!

Name: Brandon
Subj: How Do I...

Question: I have a website (www.yayzorz.com) and I want to put up a form to let users subscribe to the blog & trivia sections via email. How would I go about doing that?

Also, got any ideas on what could improve the website?

Setting up a form required a couple of things, the front and back end. When people submit the form, something must happen with the data. If you want to store their e-mail address to notify them of stuff, try looking into e-mail list scripts on hotscripts.com and such.

Also... I noticed ya stole a couple of quotes from Pluh.com, heh. I also noticed your comic style resembles another I've seen somewhere. I'd focus a bit on originality. It's cool to have influences, but try finding your own style to set yourself apart. Otherwise people will label you as a copycat or something much worse.

Name: Aaron
Subject: Starting a band.

Question: Hey Rawrb, love your band! My favrite song is Two Ton Paperweight! Anyway, I'm learning how to play a Bass Guitar and I'm thinking of starting a Metal band. How should I begin?

Ahh, the subject of starting a band. Can't be that hard, can it? Well, depending on the style you're going for, there are many different approaches. Two very important factors I think are CRUCIAL:

1. Finding the right bandmates. Anyone can start a band with anyone else, but finding the other bandmates you gel with the best is where most bands fail. I've seen so many great local bands in Phoenix just fall apart because they can't get along with each other.

2. Musicians that can challenge you and each other. Since you're learning bass right now, I'd try finding other bandmates that are close to the same skill level you are, or a bit more experienced. That way you can work together, eye to eye.

There's much more to tackle, such as style, the business aspect, tacos, etc. I'd focus on those first two credentials first, then go from there.

There ya have it.

I uploaded a new Psychostick design a couple of days ago. Gotta tweak it a bit and do some programmin', but I love the new look.

I go now. Sheeit!

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