Tales From Band Camp

Blog Update

TFBC — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:05:01 +0000

I was able to update the comic the other day but not the blog! I need to update the top banner, but I wanted to let you know that TFBC will be updated intermittently (as if you haven’t already guessed that) until some point when I can get on a better schedule at home. If you would like to know when the page is updated, add me to your Twitter list or sign up for email updates (see right side of the page). You’ll receive an email with any updates to the website including comics.

He Sees You When You’re Sleeping

TFBC — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:33:02 +0000

This is obviously a little late on the holiday publishing schedule, but it was one that I’ve been meaning to write for a while and had to wait!

We’re on a new host!

TFBC — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:37:36 +0000

If you see this message, then you’re looking at the website on the new host! (If you’re curious, it’s JustHost.com).

I hope everyone had a great holiday season. Once again, I’d like to apologize for the lack of updates, but my life in the “real world” is unfortunately keeping me from doing any kind of drawing or site updates. I even had a Christmas comic planned and never had the opportunity to sit down and do it. I dunno, maybe I’ll do it anyway here in the next few days.

I’m hoping I can get back on track once the girls go back to preschool and that I have a few moments to myself. I even thought about maybe retiring the comic and website, but I still come up with ideas and I’m still active in the music community, so I don’t want to give it up quite yet. Thanks again for your patience!

Happy New Year!!!

You Know You’re a Band Alumnus When…

TFBC — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:57:12 +0000

I dedicate this comic to all of us old Redcoat alums who gather once a year between the hedges… and come out very much in pain after not playing or holding up our instruments after a year!

Why Music Matters

TFBC — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:02:09 +0000

Great lecture/talk by Jack Stamp on Why Music Matters:

Thanks for your patience!

TFBC — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:14:01 +0000

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in the Brown household. Both my husband and I came down with the flu (probably H1N1) and both girls have been sick on and off. Add football season into the mix and there’s not much free time to go around.

I’m going to be doing some work on the site to get it ready for the Christmas season. To help pay for webcosts, I have an affiliates page plus banners, so if you or your parents are going to be doing any kind of shopping online for the holidays, please be sure to check here first. I’m also going to be moving the website to a new host in the next few weeks, so there may be some downtime while that’s getting switched over.

Have you joined Swagbucks yet? What??? You haven’t? Basically you get “Swagbucks” for just doing seaches on the internet, and then you can trade those points in for prizes, giftcards, and other stuff. I think I’ve gotten about $50 in Amazon gift cards so far.

And to celebrate Halloween coming up next week, here’s Furman’s band performing Thriller! Yea Furman!

YKYABNW – Kitchenette

TFBC — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:31:34 +0000

Long time coming

TFBC — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:15:53 +0000

Thanks as always for your patience! I’ve got a lot going on in my personal life and not a lot of personal time for comics! But I will update it when I can, so be sure to follow me on Twitter or join the mailing list to receive notifications for updates.

Hope you’re having a great marching season so far!

Here’s a great (and a little sad) article from the Washington Post called Pearls Before Breakfast:

Can one of the nation’s greatest musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Gene Weingarten set out to discover if violinist Josh Bell — and his Stradivarius — could stop busy commuters in their tracks.

And here’s the followup to the article with questions to Josh Bell.

Twitterific

TFBC — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:56:52 +0000

Will be hit or miss for the next few weeks…

TFBC — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:50:17 +0000

OK – I have really attempted to try to get some computer time the past few days, but I just don’t think it’s going to be possible until the girls go back to preschool late in August and I have a few hours of uninterrupted computer time. I might or might not get a comic done this weekend, but I can’t promise anything. They don’t start back until August 24th, so there may not be any comics until then. Just bear with me.