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I'm really surprised that "I Am A Loser" didn't place. It was really well done. Will that one be rolled over to the next month?

Just didn't seem to get as many views.

Ahh, cmon static, I would have added you regardless!! Who do you think scouted you? LOL Anyway, sorry I've been gone the last few days. Had to spend time with the girlfriend.

Need to finish re - recording this damn song though. I'll get started on that tomorrow. I want to be fresh and ready to rock!

I've been working on other songs as well. So, in case you thought I may have been slacking. I'm really excited. We need business cards!!

I would like to hand them out to bands I see live that may be interested. It would be great to throw small concerts in dive bars from 5line some day.

Glad to see all the love!!

At 9/4/10 09:04 PM, Lorkas wrote: If you were born blind, then it's all black. But if you could see before, then it's all white. Kinda sucks seeing all white for the rest of your life. Also I heard some stories about people who were born blind and got their vision in their 20s. Their perception of the world was fucked up beyond recognition.

At First Sight - Val Kilmer movie (1999) - He couldn't distinguish between a real apple and a picture of one. Couldn't perceive glass. Pretty good movie.... sad at the same time.

At 9/3/10 02:41 PM, SlaveLabor wrote: Clupp, I need to like have you on AIM or something. So we can like... you know, keep in touch?

Just had a great idea. Why not use newgrounds chat? We can create our own room and listen to newgrounds music at the same time!! Just an idea.

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You don't necessarily NEED music theory, but it won't hurt anything. If your hard up on cash, like most of us are than you might want to visit ultimate-guitar.com And check out their most viewed tabs. If you start out with tabs, eventually you'll learn your chords by using the same one's over and over again. I think they have lessons as well. There is also plenty of how-to videos on youtube.

It's going to take a lot of practice just to get your first song down.

Your fingers will be sore as hell and you probably won't be able to play for more than a few hrs a day. I've heard of people using superglue on their fingers to act as a callus, but I don't personally recommend it. Eventually you will build calluses and lose most of the feeling in your fingertips.

As long as you know chords, you'll basically be able to play along with anything. If you learn your scales than you'll be able to bust out badass solos . If you want to do it the "right" way and learn THEORY, and remember it is a theory and not a law, than I might suggest looking for a college that post lectures online like on youtube.

It's not an easy instrument to learn, and you'll probably get pissed off a lot. You sound like you have a pretty solid backround in music, so it may come a bit easier for ya. Anyway, good luck.

At 9/4/10 01:29 AM, blackattackbitch wrote: Are my methods bad? Possibly. Regardless though, lots of people liked the song, and, to me, that's all that matters.

Well...... I look at it this way. If you don't believe in your music enough to 5 rocket it. Than how can you expect other people to?

TRUST ME if your bad...... people will let you know.

I've released some pretty steamy turds on newgrounds. Even after you 5 rocket your own music people will vote according to their tastes. And if it's not that great, it usually gets downvoted. It may take some time for people to catch on to a crappy song on the front page, but once they do. It's done for.

I like to think of it as getting HONEST feedback. Hurts sometimes, but can only make you better in the long run. Unless your a chicken shit and can't handle the truth and wallow in your own self pity. I think the trick is to not take yourself so seriously and to have fun.

Just don't do something stupid like go on american idol because your family said you were a good singer. That always seems to end in failure. Or, do it and become famous for being a horrible singer. It's happened!!

At 9/3/10 02:41 PM, SlaveLabor wrote: Clupp, I need to like have you on AIM or something. So we can like... you know, keep in touch?

Yeah.... I think we should all agree upon one chat messaging system. It's been brought up a few times.

Also, apparently the song was in such poor quality that Gravey wouldn't even look at it. LOL Guess I need to start re-recording! Just hope I can produce something that sounds better. Time to change the guitar strings and set up the old microphone. Wish me luck guys!

At 9/3/10 02:44 PM, MiLink wrote: Jeez I didn't know there was an album art contest, otherwise I would have submitted my cover I've been using.

Well, you could participate in the next one!! Just pm me for details

The RESULTS ARE IN!!

Please visit my userpage to see the result.

If your an artist, and are interested in the next contest. Please PM me for contest information and details on how you can enter. Congrats to the winner!!

Ending Transmission

Doc Clupp

The results of my contest thingy are posted on my userpage!!

Loki, we need to get a contract ready for pillowmint. I know you said that you had been talking to him and I'm not quite sure if he was signed or not. Just want to make sure we have his info so we can pay him once the song is posted and what have you. Still waiting anxiously for a remastered version. I'm hoping Gravy is sprinkling his Gravy magic on it. No rush no hurry...... just excited.

I really don't take post count all that seriously. Age has more of an effect than post count. Also, looking at the sign up date can be impressive as well. I guess it all depends on the forum topic really.

The people I take more seriously as far as newgrounds related topics would be those who have a high blam/protect rank. Even if they never created anything, it pretty much means they know their stuff and have watched tons of flash and they are really in tune with what pleases most everybody.

Well, I closed the voting for it. I got enough votes from facebook and another thread in the general topic. Maybe you guys can vote in on the next one. Would be nice to have the support. I'll let you guys know which piece of art won if anyone is interested.

Voting is closed!! Just in case somebody stumbles across this thread. I'm going to tally the numbers and announce the winner here tomorrow. Thank you so much everyone who participated! Means a lot!

At 9/2/10 10:14 PM, SlaveLabor wrote: 1:) Didn't know Clupp was in 5line.

LOL, why do you think I was hanging around here the whole time while Loki was gone? I didn't speak directly for 5line, but...... yeah, maybe I should have said something. You click my crappy banner and it takes you to the website, and my user page has had the logo on it for a few weeks now.

Chalk it up to misunderstanding. No worries man.

At 9/2/10 09:16 PM, 5LineRecords wrote: Before anyone opens their mouths about anything THEY DO NOT KNOW, remember this:

You are representing OUR COMPANY and I ask that you make sure what you say to OUR REPRESENTATIVES / ARTISTS is POSITIVE no matter how stupid or irrelevant it seems. This is how 5LINE conducts business, we do not believe in being negative on ANY LEVEL.

Rodger that bossman.

At 9/2/10 08:55 PM, CluppHead wrote:

Let's have people think we're a bunch of pricks now.

I meant let's not have people thinking we're a bunch of pricks....... nevermind, it was a stupid thing to say anyway.

At 9/2/10 07:06 PM, SlaveLabor wrote: That has absolutely nothing to do with this topic, and bypassing the threat of being yelled at my mods just makes it worse. That's pretty low right there.

Whoa buddy. I've talked to mods already because of trying to open a club and crew threads. They said we already have a thread and we should use it. I was asking for help from the 5line family. Let's not forget we are all on the same team here.

It has everything to do with 5linerecords because I am a signed artist. Besides, i didn't say you HAD to participate, I actually asked very nicely if there were a few people that didn't have anything better to do. I come in peace bro. Let's have people think we're a bunch of pricks now.

Thanks guys, this is helping alot. I think I'll tally all the votes tonight to have them for tomorrow.

At 9/2/10 05:36 PM, argile wrote: It's hard to choose i mean the last two are really funny.

Yeah, it's really tough. I like them all myself. This is why I'm asking the community and getting as many votes as possible. I've posted it on my facebook and myspace as well to see what my fam thinks.

At 9/2/10 05:30 PM, Wii-The-People wrote: I have a new suggestion for some album art.

I know chuck norris jokes are old >:D

I don't think people could handle the sheer awesomeness of a t-shirt like that. Maybe it will deflect bullets.

I did a contest with 10 different newgrounds artists. 3 of them responded with great art and now I am looking for votes. The winner of the pseudo-contest will be featured with my music and will even have t-shirts and posters made some time in the future. So..... if you don't have anything else going on, do you mind visiting my user page and casting a vote via the comments section? I appreciate the help and plan on announcing the winner some time tomorrow. Thanks

YAY!! I was chosen again to vote for top of the month!!

*remembers how long it took last time to get through all of the submissions*

OH..........crap...... well, better get to work!!

Hey guys, I was wondering if you could possibly help me out. I've been running a pseudo contest thingy for one of my songs and art that goes with it. Eventually I am planning on having posters and t-shirts made to go along with the music.

So, if you have the time, do you mind visiting my user page and voting on the best art piece? There's only three of them and I am taking votes via the comment section. I would appreciate the help. All of the artists are newgrounds artists btw. Thank you!

At 9/1/10 10:27 PM, dj-Nate wrote:

What exactly are you looking for Nate? Lyrics? Vocals to go with the lyrics?

Forgot to mention this above: is this the correct place for this, or do I need to request this elsewhere?

Yeah...... I think it is. Unless a mod says otherwise? Unless you wanted to open a collab thread... but wouldn't that be pointless to do until you had everyone that was working on it? Anywho, i would really like to help, but I'm kind of smacked in the middle of working on album art. And still waiting on a song to be mastered as well. Maybe I should get Loki on the horn tomorrow to see if things are still moving along......

At 9/1/10 07:01 PM, dj-Nate wrote: Direct link

What exactly are you looking for Nate? Lyrics? Vocals to go with the lyrics?

At 9/1/10 04:00 AM, Darkmaster603 wrote: I can't say I've ever had writers block, or if did it didn't last long. I remember hearing a great musician say that creativity comes in the night, and I usually find myself writing my pieces at night. That might be something you'll want to try.

If you are having writers block, try writing a new genre. Also, write atleast a tiny bit every day, like 2 or 3 measures. That might help.

Funny you should say that, the last song I've written was done in the middle of the night. So yeah, maybe there is something to that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfPiAz8iC cw

This music video and song was plenty to make me a slipknot fan. Such a sad fucking song. My interpretation is that it's about a woman that all men wish existed. But she doesn't, she's a myth. So yeah, i like slipknot because unlike some of the screaming garbage out there the lead singer can actually sing. They yell and scream to convey emotion in their music. Every song that I've heard from them has a message to it. Unlike some garbage that I've heard that's just screaming to sound "cool" Slipknot has my vote.

Some people don't bother to listen to the lyrics of a song to try and understand why they are screaming. They just hear loud noises that displeases them. But, that's what it's supposed to do! It helps you convey the emotion that they are screaming to you.

First, I would sit him down to give him a nice close shave. Than I would make idle conversation with him to gain his trust and cause him to relax. Maybe talk about how well the new game release is going.

Than I would grab his neck insert the blade into his mouth and extend his pretty little smile. Afterwards licking the blade to absorb his essence so that all the pretty girls will enjoy my smile like they adored his.

At 9/1/10 04:40 PM, CluppHead wrote:

At 9/1/10 04:33 PM, Ptero wrote: Are the Mythbusters okay?

OH.......come ON!! This guy is an idiot, and believes that inconvenient truth bullshit is real. For every scientist that says global warming is caused by humans there's another that says the earth heats up naturally and has done so in the past. I hope he doesn't or hasn't hurt anybody.

OOps!! accidentally clicked the reply button to Ptero...... wasn't yelling at you, just clicked the wrong button. Sorry bout that

At 9/1/10 04:33 PM, Ptero wrote: Are the Mythbusters okay?

OH.......come ON!! This guy is an idiot, and believes that inconvenient truth bullshit is real. For every scientist that says global warming is caused by humans there's another that says the earth heats up naturally and has done so in the past. I hope he doesn't or hasn't hurt anybody.