But if you had nothing to say about the comic, the question does arise of why you came to join this forum in the first place. Subsequently finding a greater interest in the wealth of stuff that happens in the rest of the forum is completely understandable, of course.
I've posted a few times in the comic section, but otherwise generally don't drop in very much even though I read it and the forums pretty much every day. For the most part, I find that I'm much more likely to participate in discussions about a comic on
another comic's forum, just because they're generally more casual about it.
I am going to record the second album with them and then call it quits. I've grown weary of working so hard doing literally all the promotional work, the booking, the PR, and having nothing to show for it aside from two bandmates who don't care whether it gets us anywhere or not and a few shiny new wounds to my ego over this bullshit fight. I can't just sit here and want to make a career of this while they don't have any motivation to meet me halfway. We should ALL be going out of our way to make a success of this if we all want it like we say we do, not just push it on the one guy who wants it most.
I agree you need to find others who are as dedicated as you are. I'm so surrounded by people who are pushing
hard to make music their life that I almost forget that for most, having it just being a hobby, albeit one they care deeply about, is fine for most people. I really hope you can find some musicians who are on that same wavelength for you. I'm tempted to say move here, but I don't know if it's really any better here or not.
On my own endeavors, a music video I shot/directed/edited for a local artist is going to be dropped/featured on
The Big Takeover music site on Monday! Direct link when that happens.
I've also taken some preliminary steps towards launching my own music site/blog by getting the domain name I wanted: MachineBomb.com. The site will be dedicated to seeking out and indexing local independent acts from an many different cities as possible. The idea is to make it really easy to browse who's playing in any local scene to see what may be good enough to warrant attention. It's going to take a few weeks to figure out how to actually run the site in a way that's manageable and useful, but I think the idea behind it all has enough merit to maybe go somewhere eventually.