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Eric Goodwin is a caricature artist known to some as an extreme exaggerator
specializing in various styles of extremeness. He also does a couple decent
impressions, enjoys singing until his voice gives out and currently lives in
San Diego, California. I sat down with Eric on his flea-infested, animal-print
couch in his “studio” to get the scoop on his upcoming music album.
==Article Transcript==
'''Hi, Eric. Thanks for allowing me to do
this exclusive interview with myself!
I can only guess at how busy you must
be these days.''' <br>
I sure am busy, me! Good guess! You know
me well haha. How are ya?
'''Good, thanks! And myself?'''<br>
Just as good, thank you! Shall we get
started?
'''Hey, who’s interviewing who here?
Hahaha'''<br>
Hahahaha! Sorry, I lost track there for a
second ;(
'''Same here haha. Well let’s get started.
What kind of album are you working on?'''<br>
Hopefully a good one.
'''I agree. Care to be more specific?'''<br>
Oh I care, all right. I try to put the care
in caricature ;) To answer your question,
it’s a comedic music album all about the
caricature lifestyle!
'''Any particular genre of music?'''<br>
My goal was to have each song have its
own style and emulate, spoof and celebrate
different types of musical genres,
merged with electronica, as almost all the
instruments used are digital. There is also
some real electric guitar, some spoons
(yes, spoons!), keyboard, kazoo and other
fun stuff I recorded! There are tastes of
pop, punk rock, rap, early hip-hop, country,
bluegrass, folk rock, ’80s music, EDM,
emo and more. Each song is an exaggeration
of different ideas regarding the art
form and of emotions we caricaturists
feel (such as joy, frustration, excitement,
depression, anger, love and fear) with a
funny and honest twist, just like caricatures
themselves!
Wow that sounds like quite the diverse
album! So what ties all those different-
sounding songs together to form a
cohesive album?
Caricature, baby. Every song is about
caricature.
Sounds interesting, baby. But didn’t
Adam English already do an EP about
caricatures called Sketched Out?
Yep.…
So what is the point of you doing one,
too?
HOW DARE YOU! … Um, well, this is a
VERY different-sounding album. Every
song has a different topic about the
caricature lifestyle, and none of my songs
sound anything like his or have the same
topics he already discussed. I promise!
Trust me!
I trust you, me. We trust us. What were
your biggest influences and inspirations
while working on these songs?
Adam’s EP definitely got me inspired. It’s
really well produced and really catchy,
clever and fun. Weird Al has been inspiring,
as a couple of my songs will be similar to
what he does. The Lonely Island, Tenacious
D, and Flight of the Conchords have
all had a HUGE influence on me for this
album, as they are all fantastic at making
really fun and catchy songs that are also
brilliantly dumb and funny. Bo Burnham
has made some very clever and funny
songs, and I love his stand-up. Eminem, Lil
Dicky, Childish Gambino and Hopsin all
produce their own beats, have their own
unique style and are great at both rapping
and singing. And other influences are all
the bands and music I’ve listened to my
whole life.
What made you want to start working
on this album in the first place?
I’ve always been into music just as much
as art, and I’ve played around with making
fun, little beats off and on since college.
After having drawn caricatures for 9 years,
I still love it, but I’ve also been itching to
try out other creative endeavors! The animation
I made last year for my self-roasting
rap (it’s on my YouTube channel under
my name) definitely made me want to
make lots more music. I also wanted
to give back in a way to the caricature
community, an amazing community that
has truly filled my life with passion and
joy and friendship and love for the past 9
years. “We Draw Faces/Beautifully Ugly” is
the first song I made and is pretty much a theme song for caricature artists and an
introduction to our world for non-caricaturists.
After working on that song, I brainstormed
and started playing around and
quickly had more and more song ideas
and realized I had more than enough for a
full album!
Shameless plug for your amazing
YouTube channel under your name, Eric
Goodwin, by the way, Eric (Goodwin).
Will you have any guests featured on
the album?
Yep, I’m glad you asked! So far I’ve had
Mae Adao, Chris Chua and Sae Mee Yoon
help out, and Nate Kap and some others
will hopefully be featured as well!
How many songs should we expect?
Somewhere in the 8-to-18 range.
That’s quite the strange and vague
range!
Yeah, it’s pretty tough to know at this
point since so many songs are just in the
demo stage, and I have most of the final
vocals still to record, which will pretty
much help me decide how much I like the
songs. Plus I’m limited by my own self-imposed
deadline so that I stay focused.
Any expected release date at this point?
My goal is to have this album come out
before the ISCA con in November, if possible.
Lots left to do!
If I have to, it’s possible that I might split
the album into 2 EPs or just release one
song at a time for a while. But I really
hope to release one solid album. That’s
what I prefer when I listen to music: a solid
album from start to finish.
I take it that you’re pretty much doing
all the work on this album?
Yessir! The production, songwriting,
recording, mixing, advertising, artwork,
music videos, you name it! I’m probably
having an “expert” friend of a friend do
the mastering though just to pump up the
volume and make the audio sound extra
crisp. I’ve studied a lot of music theory
and mixing techniques while working
on this album, so I’ve come pretty far in
music-making compared to what I had
done previously, but I’m still very much
an amateur. However, I AM a perfectionist,
so you’d better believe I’m trying my
absolute hardest at making my music as
good as I possibly can for my first outing in
the world of music!
Anything else you’ve learned during all
of this so far?
From recently taking improv comedy
classes, I’ve learned quite a bit about acting
with emotion, believability and character
and how comedy can come from that.
In a way, I understand myself better and
also feel like I’m reinventing myself and
starting over. Pretty deep, huh?
Sure. Any other goals, hopes or expectations
for this album?
I really hope it doesn’t suck! I hope it inspires
caricature artists of all levels of skill
and experience. I hope people can relate
to the songs. I hope people laugh and
want to learn the lyrics and sing and rap
along. A song or two might even change
the approach, mindset and enjoyment
that people get from drawing caricatures!
This album is definitely FOR the caricature
community, but it would be cool if other
people enjoyed it too and maybe learned
something about our world :)
'''So what makes you think people will
want to listen to this album? Isn’t this
a helluva pedestal of power and ego you’re placing yourself upon?''' <br>Geez, you might be right … Harsh question,
dude, DANG. Well, some people
have enjoyed my stupid impressions, crazy
caricatures and weird sense of humor,
so I’m hoping this album kind of bridges
that gap of creativity. In a way, this is
everything I enjoy and love to do all in one
place: comedy, music, art, impressions/
voices and creative writing, all expressed
together.
'''That does sound pretty cool, actually!
How would you describe your first single
that you’re sharing with us here?'''<br>
“Dont Draww Ma Famlee Sillee!” is from
the point of view of an exaggeratedly and
stereotypically dumb hillbilly customer
who’s at the fair with his family, set to a
fun bluegrass hillbilly beat. You’ll hear him
say a lot of things that we caricaturists
hear all the time that annoy us, and you’ll
especially enjoy the tune if you’ve ever
worked at fairs. It’s a real crackerjack of a
jam!
'''Can’t wait to take a gander with my
earholes! Thanks for taking the time to
talk to myself, Eric.'''<br>
Any time, me! I hope that those of you
reading this will enjoy the song and are
looking forward to hearing the rest of my
tomfoolery when it hopefully comes out
in a couple of months :)
specializing in various styles of extremeness. He also does a couple decent
impressions, enjoys singing until his voice gives out and currently lives in
San Diego, California. I sat down with Eric on his flea-infested, animal-print
couch in his “studio” to get the scoop on his upcoming music album.
==Article Transcript==
'''Hi, Eric. Thanks for allowing me to do
this exclusive interview with myself!
I can only guess at how busy you must
be these days.''' <br>
I sure am busy, me! Good guess! You know
me well haha. How are ya?
'''Good, thanks! And myself?'''<br>
Just as good, thank you! Shall we get
started?
'''Hey, who’s interviewing who here?
Hahaha'''<br>
Hahahaha! Sorry, I lost track there for a
second ;(
'''Same here haha. Well let’s get started.
What kind of album are you working on?'''<br>
Hopefully a good one.
'''I agree. Care to be more specific?'''<br>
Oh I care, all right. I try to put the care
in caricature ;) To answer your question,
it’s a comedic music album all about the
caricature lifestyle!
'''Any particular genre of music?'''<br>
My goal was to have each song have its
own style and emulate, spoof and celebrate
different types of musical genres,
merged with electronica, as almost all the
instruments used are digital. There is also
some real electric guitar, some spoons
(yes, spoons!), keyboard, kazoo and other
fun stuff I recorded! There are tastes of
pop, punk rock, rap, early hip-hop, country,
bluegrass, folk rock, ’80s music, EDM,
emo and more. Each song is an exaggeration
of different ideas regarding the art
form and of emotions we caricaturists
feel (such as joy, frustration, excitement,
depression, anger, love and fear) with a
funny and honest twist, just like caricatures
themselves!
Wow that sounds like quite the diverse
album! So what ties all those different-
sounding songs together to form a
cohesive album?
Caricature, baby. Every song is about
caricature.
Sounds interesting, baby. But didn’t
Adam English already do an EP about
caricatures called Sketched Out?
Yep.…
So what is the point of you doing one,
too?
HOW DARE YOU! … Um, well, this is a
VERY different-sounding album. Every
song has a different topic about the
caricature lifestyle, and none of my songs
sound anything like his or have the same
topics he already discussed. I promise!
Trust me!
I trust you, me. We trust us. What were
your biggest influences and inspirations
while working on these songs?
Adam’s EP definitely got me inspired. It’s
really well produced and really catchy,
clever and fun. Weird Al has been inspiring,
as a couple of my songs will be similar to
what he does. The Lonely Island, Tenacious
D, and Flight of the Conchords have
all had a HUGE influence on me for this
album, as they are all fantastic at making
really fun and catchy songs that are also
brilliantly dumb and funny. Bo Burnham
has made some very clever and funny
songs, and I love his stand-up. Eminem, Lil
Dicky, Childish Gambino and Hopsin all
produce their own beats, have their own
unique style and are great at both rapping
and singing. And other influences are all
the bands and music I’ve listened to my
whole life.
What made you want to start working
on this album in the first place?
I’ve always been into music just as much
as art, and I’ve played around with making
fun, little beats off and on since college.
After having drawn caricatures for 9 years,
I still love it, but I’ve also been itching to
try out other creative endeavors! The animation
I made last year for my self-roasting
rap (it’s on my YouTube channel under
my name) definitely made me want to
make lots more music. I also wanted
to give back in a way to the caricature
community, an amazing community that
has truly filled my life with passion and
joy and friendship and love for the past 9
years. “We Draw Faces/Beautifully Ugly” is
the first song I made and is pretty much a theme song for caricature artists and an
introduction to our world for non-caricaturists.
After working on that song, I brainstormed
and started playing around and
quickly had more and more song ideas
and realized I had more than enough for a
full album!
Shameless plug for your amazing
YouTube channel under your name, Eric
Goodwin, by the way, Eric (Goodwin).
Will you have any guests featured on
the album?
Yep, I’m glad you asked! So far I’ve had
Mae Adao, Chris Chua and Sae Mee Yoon
help out, and Nate Kap and some others
will hopefully be featured as well!
How many songs should we expect?
Somewhere in the 8-to-18 range.
That’s quite the strange and vague
range!
Yeah, it’s pretty tough to know at this
point since so many songs are just in the
demo stage, and I have most of the final
vocals still to record, which will pretty
much help me decide how much I like the
songs. Plus I’m limited by my own self-imposed
deadline so that I stay focused.
Any expected release date at this point?
My goal is to have this album come out
before the ISCA con in November, if possible.
Lots left to do!
If I have to, it’s possible that I might split
the album into 2 EPs or just release one
song at a time for a while. But I really
hope to release one solid album. That’s
what I prefer when I listen to music: a solid
album from start to finish.
I take it that you’re pretty much doing
all the work on this album?
Yessir! The production, songwriting,
recording, mixing, advertising, artwork,
music videos, you name it! I’m probably
having an “expert” friend of a friend do
the mastering though just to pump up the
volume and make the audio sound extra
crisp. I’ve studied a lot of music theory
and mixing techniques while working
on this album, so I’ve come pretty far in
music-making compared to what I had
done previously, but I’m still very much
an amateur. However, I AM a perfectionist,
so you’d better believe I’m trying my
absolute hardest at making my music as
good as I possibly can for my first outing in
the world of music!
Anything else you’ve learned during all
of this so far?
From recently taking improv comedy
classes, I’ve learned quite a bit about acting
with emotion, believability and character
and how comedy can come from that.
In a way, I understand myself better and
also feel like I’m reinventing myself and
starting over. Pretty deep, huh?
Sure. Any other goals, hopes or expectations
for this album?
I really hope it doesn’t suck! I hope it inspires
caricature artists of all levels of skill
and experience. I hope people can relate
to the songs. I hope people laugh and
want to learn the lyrics and sing and rap
along. A song or two might even change
the approach, mindset and enjoyment
that people get from drawing caricatures!
This album is definitely FOR the caricature
community, but it would be cool if other
people enjoyed it too and maybe learned
something about our world :)
'''So what makes you think people will
want to listen to this album? Isn’t this
a helluva pedestal of power and ego you’re placing yourself upon?''' <br>Geez, you might be right … Harsh question,
dude, DANG. Well, some people
have enjoyed my stupid impressions, crazy
caricatures and weird sense of humor,
so I’m hoping this album kind of bridges
that gap of creativity. In a way, this is
everything I enjoy and love to do all in one
place: comedy, music, art, impressions/
voices and creative writing, all expressed
together.
'''That does sound pretty cool, actually!
How would you describe your first single
that you’re sharing with us here?'''<br>
“Dont Draww Ma Famlee Sillee!” is from
the point of view of an exaggeratedly and
stereotypically dumb hillbilly customer
who’s at the fair with his family, set to a
fun bluegrass hillbilly beat. You’ll hear him
say a lot of things that we caricaturists
hear all the time that annoy us, and you’ll
especially enjoy the tune if you’ve ever
worked at fairs. It’s a real crackerjack of a
jam!
'''Can’t wait to take a gander with my
earholes! Thanks for taking the time to
talk to myself, Eric.'''<br>
Any time, me! I hope that those of you
reading this will enjoy the song and are
looking forward to hearing the rest of my
tomfoolery when it hopefully comes out
in a couple of months :)
