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    Failed Concepts In Animation

    There has been much discussion about The Secret Life Of Nate Patterson, recently. I think it has a lot to do with my Colorado stay, where I spent a month not <em>working</em> on The Secret Life, but certainly talking about it. Which, of course, lead to the board, outlining the 13 episodes that make up the pilot season:

    This is good, sort of. I don’t think that having a 13-episode season that includes 3 major story arcs and a few one-shot episodes is a bad thing, but I do fear that it might get our hopes up a little bit too much. The Secret Life of Nate Patterson is in good hands, and has a pretty funny story (at least as far as we’ve planned it), but animation is a bitch. You can work for years on it and never get anywhere.

    [INSIDE: Part of The Secret Life's Episode 3, Ladder To The Moon Concept Art and all the missing Perfect Sperm video!]

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    Gotta Get This Song Out Of My Head And These Pictures Off My Mind

    Hey-o, bloggerinos.

    Mmmm. For some reason, writing “bloggerinos” makes me hungry.

    Anyway, I was working on this song I wrote on the subway. I scribbled t down on a note-pad, writing in “K” for Kick-Drum and “S” for snare and - get this creativity - “RST” for rest. I wrote out two verses and a chorus, then sat down and recorded those. Then I did some instrumentation and that grew into something else. Then, back to vocals…

    Point being, this song has potential to be on CNVI (shoot me, I know), and I’ll get around to it when I have time, but right now I need to get it out of my head.

    So, a-vlogging we will go.

    [UPDATE: There is a newer version of this song and this art now, so I deleted the player from this post. Should you really want to see it, click the Media Dump tab!]

    Dave’s Colorado 4th Of July Weekend

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    The Secret Life Of Nate Patterson - Episode 2: “Phil”