To Do: Multitasking My Business, Music, and Comics

Sometimes balancing my multiple projects can often feel like an overwhelming task. I sit and think out loud about the tasks I need to juggle this week from my vintage reselling business, my band, and my webcomic series.

In this video vlog, I begin the week by prioritizing tasks and setting goals. I'm going to mark them as I go along.

✅ = Done

⏲ = Still waiting

Vintage reselling business - The Pop Culture Roadshow

With a vintage reselling business to run, the first order of business is to pack orders from weekend sales on platforms like eBay and Mercari.

As I pack these items I need to record a 'What Sold' video for my Pop Culture roadshow YouTube channel, turning the task into video content.

✅ Pack orders

✅ List new items I got from estate sales (See my latest eBay store listings here)

⏲ create a new "What sold" video for my YouTube page

Band - Lorenzo's Music

I've also got a new song out this month so I need to do some music promotion for my band, Lorenzo's Music. We've been releasing a new song every 45 days for the past year and I need to create reels for the latest single. We also have a new podcast that needs to come out Friday. Plus, we also have a weekly live music stream we do every Wednesday. So I need to write the show outline for that.

⏲ Edit and upload a new music podcast with Nicholas Burgess

✅ Set up our Live music stream for the week (Lorenzo's Music Live Streams on YouTube)

✅ continue promoting our latest single "Blue water friction"

Webcomic - Bobert and the Monster

I also have my new webcomic series, 'Bobert and the Monster,' available on Comixology. I need to draw a new page and also live stream the drawing process on YouTube, so I not only produce content but also do it in real time.

⏲ Draw a page for the new story

⏲ Schedule live drawing streams for that

✅ Amazon book ads

As if that weren't enough, I'm working on expanding my email list. I need to brainstorm some effective lead magnets and set up a landing page, to grow my audience and promote my various creative endeavors. But this is more of a continuing project, not one that I need to finish this week.

Artwork for the original Candy Land game by Milton Bradley from 1955.

I have a vintage Candy Land game from 1955 by Milton Bradley and I was about to sell it so I thought I would add it to my personal art history course concept I've been doing . I'm going to try and see if I can find out how this game was created, designed and why? Here is what I found out about this game https://candy-land.fandom.com/wiki/Candy_Land_Wiki Candy Land is a board game about children exploring a world made out of candy and other sweets that originally came out in 1949. In every version of the game, there are a group of children that go through Candy Land. In the earliest versions of the game, it was a realistically drawn boy and girl. Drawing of the Candy Land kids I did on my phone ☝ https://board-games-galore.fandom.com/wiki/Candy_Land The game was designed in 1948 by Eleanor Abbott , while she was recovering from polio in San Diego, California. It's rumored that Eleanor also did the original artwork but I didn't find anything that

Art Inspiration: Digging on old Scooby-Doo cartoon background artwork

Can we all just take a second to appreciate the background art of the 1969 Scooby-Doo cartoons ? Easily the most inspirational artwork from my childhood right here. I think this scene from the cartoon is what inspired my recent nostalgia for the Money Island computer game I wrote about in my webcomic . Who did these background paintings? I wrote a post about the artist Walter Peregoy who did the background artwork for the series over on my pop-culture roadshow blog . Some of the things I learned about the artist He had a modernist 50s style Designed the 101 dalmatians cartoon look Was an artist for one of the Liquid Television cartoons on MTV Go here to see more... Read more about the artist and their artwork on my pop-culture blog. Go here to see more background artwork

How I use one Gmail address for multiple Soundcloud accounts

Do you know the Gmail "+" trick to use one email for multiple accounts on one service? Here's a little trick I use that works for any service. I talked about this on the podcast episode I did with artist Mortimur K . In this case, let's say I used up all the uploads I have for my free Soundcloud account . With this trick, I can open a new free account and use the same Gmail address. I don't want to create another Gmail account to sign up again. Using my one Gmail address for multiple accounts on the same service I don't remember when I learned this but you can alter the name on a Gmail address. Like, let's say mine is "tom@gmail.com". To be clear that is not my email. I wish it was, but this is just a short example. Start with the original Gmail address Add a "+" after the email name Where it says "tom" on the address I can put a "+" after that. Add a "+" after the email name After that "+" I ca

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