Welcome to the inaugural House of Cheese newsletter, the official newsletter for Roadkill Puppy and Bud the Fish! Thank you for chosing to subscribe to the newsletter; it really means a lot to me, and I hope you find this letter useful, entertaining, both..
What is this letter about, you ask? Skipping past the details, this is my platform for sharing my art and music with the human race, where you can come check out my creative output without the b.s. associated with social media (trolls, clickbait, fake news, etc.). There will be none of that political- or social commentary-type jibber-jabber -- just art, music, and my ever-failing attempts at humor..
Just so we're clear, this site has nothing to do with actual cheese. It's just a name. Moving on.
The format will be simple. Top of the letter I'll give you a quick how's-it-going, then it's off we go to visit Bud the Fish, then finally Roadkill Puppy and whatever images I've finished. For the music items, I'd like to write a bit more about how the song came into being - motivation, technical challenges, details about some of the tools I used. Since Roadkill Puppy is currently entrenched in the world of colored pencils and drawing paper, the 'how' is pretty self-explanatory, but if I diverge into other media, I'll share how the journey went, did I enjoy it, will I go back and do another one the same way, that kind of thing...
The plan is a newsletter every two weeks give or take, but I can easily see this turning into a once-a-month letter, especially if I hit a creative dry spell, or people start getting annoyed with so many newsletters, or I'm in the middle of a big something but the something isn't ready yet for its big reveal.
So, now for the elephant in the room: as you may or may not be aware, Substack primarily operates as a paid service, or at least they want their writers to push for paid subs. Fortunately for you -- and me -- I'm not into that. Honestly, even the idea of a tip jar bothers me A LOT, so you won't be experiencing me hitting you up for money. Why I'm that way will have to be discussed in a future newsletter, but suffice to say you can keep your wallet in your back pocket, leave your credit card in your purse 'cuz I ain't interested. This newsletter is free and will always be free. Cool? Cool..
That's the scoop for now. Next letter in two weeks - I've got a bunch of doodles to share! Anyway, peace, my friends...