I don't know if connect well with other furs on FA..

Most are half my age... I guess It's just me feelin' old.

Been thinking about this over the time I've been on here..



Don't know if the younger furs connect with me... (Honestly I feel why would they?) Seems the majority that I've watched or at least communicate with are in their 20's... I've met some furs that are my age and maybe older. But maybe that's why I feel outta place sometimes. Trying to find a way outta the funk I'm in... (Kinda hard to do seeing as I'm a Skunk .. there's not enough tomato juice in the world for that.. so best thing might be to start putting ketchup on everything..) Anyways.. Just some of my random and current thoughts. Keep Jammin..

I know some of you that I'm watching that are also watching me are going through some rough and tough times. And you post it from time to time.. always serves as reminder to me. Even though I may be going through problems there are others that are having an even tougher time than I am. And you let me know thru these journals. Although I could post my problems as well I always feel why bring someone down or add another gloomy journal to the list they already have whether I know they do or not. Anyway.. Me?

I'm okay. But.. my keyboard I use for music.. lost another key.. No it didn't break off.. It's just not functioning properly .. but wait I said, "Lost another key" yeah the keyboard I use is a 27 year old Kawai K3 synthesizer as my controller.. it already had a broken C key.. the first one on the right hand side of a 61 note keyboard... this came from my days of loaning it to other producers back in the day and lugging it around to various Chicago-land studios to record.

But I never worried about that key and never got it fixed because I didn't play up in that octave that much. Well after it sitting in storage for 12 years and me coming back to music last year its still been good to me and still is except this time its the E key in the middle of the keyboard and while the rest of the keys work.. its telling me to either see if I can get this fixed or get a new controller... I'm leaning towards the controller.. I've got a backlog of tracks I'm trying to finish but this little thing is now really killing my vibe. So the controller will not be cheap as its one practically made for the program I use.. So its gonna cost some serious cash but I will get it eventually and get thru this. Or consider stopping for a while (I probably won't because I'll miss it too much..)

So if you read this thank you and hope things are improving as of this post for you.
If you found this journal annoying.. sorry for wasting your time.

As always Keep Jammin'

Just a warning they'll be coming... and soon some tracks and my first true collab

Keep on Jammin'..

Well posting this late but its been a very interesting year.. Got

a music prog.. started back making music after 12 years of

outright quitting music.. found a song by  chibiknight and

he let me remix it and from there I joined the ranks of FA as a

furry musician.

Got to know some amazing artists.. some of which I already knew of

for years seeing their work on other websites and such and

searched and found them here on FA.

Joined the  furry_musicians managed to get spotlighted twice.

Met a fur by the name of  dyandod and found out he visited up

near me at a small comic strip artist gathering. Did not go to

MFF even though that was close by... Just didn't have the nerve to

do it.  dyandod kept vigilant in wanting me to attend a

furmeet. Reluctantly did so .. and at least so far my worries

about doing that are gone.. because of the great time I had.

Attended some furmeets down at Millennium Park in Chicago.

Went and became a member at the LAFF bowl meet and attended a few

of them .. got to see even more fursuiters some well known and

not.. but to see the variations of design and funny antics and see

how members of the fandom operate an event such as this. So for

those who can't get to things like this I understand. But if

something like that is close by.. give it a shot to at least check

it out. All the videos that are out there don't compare to seeing it

in person or being involved in some way (i.e like a handler).

Anyway I hope being in this I get to meet more furs... maybe

attend a Con and stuff like that. TBH up until now things were

boring 99.9% most of the time. There were other things I did but

so far this has made life more interesting to say the least.

Probably nothing special for most in this fandom.. I dunno..

Okay back to your regularly scheduled journal post delete session.

And always Keep Jammin'.

Those that know .. already... know where to find me.. just looking at other options out there... And will see how it goes.
Edit: I'm not leaving... sorry if this confused anyone.
To those that are going thru some tough times.. I hope things are getting better for you.

To those that are watching me ... again thank you! Its been almost a year for me in this fandom.. it can only get better from here.. on... and if not... I will find a way somehow to make it better..

I just gotta figure out why I have this outsider feeling.. Its probably nothing...


like always keep on jammin'!!!

Kinda of late update but went to a 2nd furmeet downtown Grant
Park.

Went really good  bjbuttons  Timothy_Rat and for the
first time I met  KelleyToons there were 2 other suiters there.

I will update this once I find out who they were.
I got a few photos in.

Despite the long drive down for me I had to park in the Monroe st
garage.. I couldn't make it to the Millennium Park south garage on
Columbus because of a major leg cramp! I was driving through
downtown with one leg (the cramped leg) standing up literally over
middle console and the driver seat... but i made it whew!

While down there a wedding couple taking pictures near the "Bean"
as soon as they spotted the fursuiters they immediately wanted pictures with them.

There was also a wedding proposal going on with a group
surprising the bride to be with large letter signs spelling out

"ELLA WILL U MARRY ME" at first the U was in front of the will...
making seem more like a demand than a proposal.

I don't really know if they did change it in time. Anyway she said yes
and the park cheered them on! Fun times down there.

Later on I ate at the Patio restaurant
and then went to the LAFF bowl meet. Saw a lot of fursuiters that
I've seen from videos on you tube and gallery's here on FA.. but
forgot to take photos!!! aargh...

Did bowl with a few furs that
were not in suit or had partials on (like tails and such).

Despite all that I did feel a little out of place. But I didn't
let that stop me from trying to have a little fun.

So I have a badge to this function.. Will I go next time..?

I dunno we'll see.

Anyways keep on jammin'

Heh sat on 99 for a while there.. Anyways thank you to all that are still watching or just recently watched!! More music to come and as always Keep on Jammin'.

Ok went to my first fursuit/furmeet ... *I don't own a suit*

no badge... ya get the idea.. but after much prodding

by  Dyandod aka  timothy_rat because of me being

reluctant to do so in the past.

The drive down from Kenosha to Grant Park was not too bad.. I took

an alternate route to avoid tolls. Made it down there at 1:45 pm

took about 10 mins to park they were on the 2nd level and me on

the 3rd level but I had never parked at Millennium Garages (even

though I'm originally from Chicago) but anyway after they got

suited up, we came out the Columbus street exit went towards

Michigan street cars were honking their horns to acknowledge the

presence of the fursuiters. So at this point me and

 blackcat2086 and another fur became the handlers. (If I can

find out who that was I'll update this journal my apologies)

I've never been a handler but I did my best as could as we had

started with 6 fursuiters and then later 8!

People on their way to millennium park stopped to take pictures of

and with the fursuiters.

On Michigan we headed south on the park side.. some guys wanted to

know what/why the fursuiters were downtown as they were headed to

the AutoShow and thought we were headed that way. They thought

our group was so cool they wanted to hang out with us!

We were headed down to Columbia College to the writing dept..

 timothy_rat was featured in a magazine article and we were

going there I guess to contact the editor or columnist that did

the article. But no such luck as we were not sure where that dept

was located. I asked security in the College but he informed me

the campus is made up of 20 or more different locations so. The

others waited outside as I didn't know how the security guard

would have reacted to them being inside the campus building. We

ran out of time getting down there and the office closed at 3 so

went back North on the building side of Michigan. People in the

restaurant and coffee shop windows were waving taking pics etc.

Got back to Millennium park and caught up with  alphilonius

 synthwolf and  vinter who was suiting as Clove cat.

We started heading toward the "Crown Fountain" interactive display

and then onto the Cloud Gate aka "The Bean"

It was like instant celebrity status for the fursuiters.. tourists

wanted pictures of and with them. What was cool how people were

reluctant at first to take a picture with them warmed up to the

fursuiters as soon others started doing so. And it was like a

domino effect lots of group shots with them!

Also at first it seem we might get asked to leave as the activity

naturally attracted security to monitor our presence there.

 racsonracsonracs and I re-assured them we were not there to

promote or sell anything and as long as we were not bothering

anyone we could stay.

At times it seemed I was the honorary spokesfurson for the group

as people asked me was this connected with anything. I just

merely explained that the group decided for a get-together here

and wanted to hang out while wearing the suits created by them and

for them. And were here to have some fun and spread a little good

cheer to the public.

I didn't mind at all. I hope all that were there didn't.



Went by the ice rink took some group photos there and then made

our "escape route" so to speak near the Petrillo Band shell to the

walkway bridge and took a few more photos.. also wave at traffic

and some of the locals and tourist below looked up to take video

and pictures of the group. All in all that day was a good day!

Thank you  racsonracsonracs
Twitter:@BirkABadger
 timothy_rat
 bjbuttons aka "Waldorf"
 synthwolf
 vinter aka "Clove Cat"
 alphilonius

 blackcat2086

 sparq "Found out the name now!"

And also the other fur who helped with handling *Jason perhaps*?.


Longest journal post for me so far... if you got to this point.

They gonna be lookin' at me lookin' at them...

If I survive I'll let y'all know

Grant Park in the cold.. I'll try to dress appropriately..

Got no suit ... got no badge... got to be outta my mind...

Well I finally hit that number.. I guess it may not be much compared to others on here... but it means a lot to me.

Bit of a song block but I'm right there to put out another track... so hang in there with me.

So thank you to all that stop by to view my subs.. or just checking in.. or however it works. And thank you to all that are watching me!

As always keep jammin'

And to anyone stumbling across my page

Thought I'd get my well wishes in right along with the other journals that may be on your list.

That being said I'm doing fine and hope you are as well.

More music to come ... and as always keep jammin'.

I hope you're having or had a great time!! Would've been interesting to see. But work schedule prevented that. Of all the videos I've seen on the net of fursuit outings and such and where they take place. Some are in a common place like a Wal Mart or a Mc Donalds and sometimes I wonder I've never seen anything like that happen 'round where I am. But I've taken into consideration of where I live and then probably from what I've gathered here from groups on FA that odds are that the only way to see stuff like this to get up the nerve and attitude to try and go to a furmeet or a con. MFF was maybe only 40-50 miles from where live now.. so maybe I'll get the chance go to the next one. Or somethin' like that so I guess I'll see where this all leads to. BTW I went over 100 faves! Thank you to all that are listening and like what I'm doing!! More music on the way.. as always... Keep Jammin'

My how time flies...

Maybe I'll take it easy today...

My sis got a dinner planned for me this weekend.. mmm crab legs!! although the shell part can be tricky.


Maybe I'll spray a few dogs ... or find a yogurt cup to get my head stuck in until then.



As always keep jammin'

Congratulations!!
You've probably seen the artlicles round the web but the two that I know of.

2 recent readers polls surveys picked FL Studio no 1 in a top 10 and top 15 DAW's survey

Mine (Reason) made it up there in the top 5 with it.. and ahead of a lot of ones seen as "Industry Standard"

I'm sure pricing and ease of use factors into that as well as others.

But for me I'm not surprised seeing how many use it here and use it really well.

For all the bad rap that FL Studio gets (I don't really know why its just as capable any DAW out there)
I like seeing stuff like this that destroy those myths.

The articles were at Synthopia.com and Musicradar.com or you can just google it.

Just posting something.

Anyways Keep Jammin'

I know i'm late on seeing that I went over 500 views and over 50 watchers and 75 fav's. So in that regard I want to say thanks to those that are watching and faving the stuff I'm submitting... and hope to keep on keepin' on :)

Also with the recent downtime of FA I was wondering if I should try the other sites like Inkbunny and SoFurry. I've checked out the music there on both and it seems to be ok. Not much different here... unless you talking about the Hip Hop and R&B selections. But kinda the same what could be found here I dunno... I can barely keep up subs here let alone thinking about supporting another site. :)

So if anyone has some input on that please let me know. I'm not leaving FA for them but kinda like a back up of sorts just to try them out I guess.



And always... Keep Jammin'

Wow sometimes I feel like i'm lagging behind in Music..

I work on a track.. and my watches.. have 2 or 3 tracks submitted within a weeks time to my one.

I know I just got back into music.. but maybe I'm still finding my workflow..

Mine seems to be get a beat going.. add some samples if needed.. add the instruments to the track... I can do that in a few hrs.. But what I do next is spend a day setting mix levels and panning... then a day EQ and testing effects. then arrange it into a song. <That part is mostly random as I never have a song in mind ahead of time. :) > so basically .. Now the real confession ... I'm trying to do this while constantly checking FA LOL this site is addicting.. and distracting. But I think I'll eventually find my groove.. or just keep creatin' them.. one or the other. Anyways keep jammin'

10 submissions and approaching 200+ pageviews... The community has been good to me so far. And I hope I've been good back to the community. Got me some watchers and I'm watching alot of you as well.

Now I know on my faves and watch list I have alot of musicians and music. That does not mean I don't like artwork... or my focus is just music.. No I have a few "Artists" on there as well and plan to add more because if it wasn't for the artwork I wouldn't be here. The music is just the icing on the cake..<hmmm cake>

Anyway in my profile I said this fandom seems to have the most fun doing stuff well.

Here's video I came across.. I may be a lil' late finding out about this but man
if this isn't the coolest fursuit video out there its definitely near the top.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcFybw4mSOk

Go check it out. and more music and stuff to come hopefully <boy it is hotter than July>

as of this posting. So stay cool <literally> or find some water to sit in. Or just keep on panting... humans got that one advantage at least they can sweat the heat away. :)

Lots of people on the music side of things here talk about or want to do collaborations. I'm up for it. As long as we can work out the schedules the method of data transfer and the like. I'd really like to at least try one. I see FL Studio, Sonar, Abelton, Mixcraft ..Audacity...<well I think it counts if you can record decent audio with it depending on your gear> . I'm a Reason 6 guy. I've been scouring the submissions looking to do Impromptu collab like maybe some backing music or something like that. Something that might make someones day... or breathe life into a project that was a permanent WIP. But like always I'll ask first permission first if you mind me having a go at one of your projects. It's the nice and respectable way to do it. Not worried if you say "No". I can respect that. It's YOUR music and right to handle it as such. Anyways that's what I'll be doing from time to time. Been having a blast so far FA... let's see what'll happen down the line.

Getting the hang of things sorta.


Submitted a remix and some original stuff..

Commented on some things... and got some feedback comments as well..
Got some watches..

I know this might sound newbish to some of the vets around here but hey I'm happy with it so far.


Work is kickin' my butt right now. With the holiday weekend coming (Memorial Day) I hope get some more stuff submitted.

Liking the community here so far. :)
BTW To all the men, women, furs... serving in or having served in the military a big THANK YOU.

Sometimes I think they need to hear that from time to time every now and then
whether you agree or disagree with conflicts they are called upon to handle for
our freedom and the freedom of others who might not agree .. but at least will be
able to for the first time in their lives.

So don't kill me... yet.. I'm still new I just got here.. :)