A friend was nice enough to ask me to do an illustration for a song of his, and I was very happy to take up the challenge. Let me tell ya, Kirk Hamilton is a talented musician/composer/teacher/bon vivant that plays pretty much every instrument, although I have yet to hear him rock a didgeridoo. Get to it Kirk! Anyway, he wrote an infectious little tune called “Happy Pants,” and it was a lot of fun visualizing a drawing to go with it. The initial idea was an anthropomorphic pair of very happy pants, but it wasn’t working for me and I finally drew a silly NSFW sketch to illustrate my problems. Then I thought of Happy Pants as not being just a pair of pants but maybe an exceptionally happy character known as Happy Pants. He would be the strange old guy in town that was always cheerful, making the rounds saying hello to everyone and is maybe just a little bit off. Everyone appreciates Happy Pants!
Listen to “Happy Pants” and enjoy the goodness that is Kirk’s blog. Oh, and feel free to let me know what you think of the pairing of his song to my drawing.
So Logan was with me when I was reading your blog and we went to your friends site and listened to happy pants and it is now Logans Favorite song!!
What a fun little diddy!
By about 3:00 of the full band version, the drummer and trumpet player seem to be wondering when they get to play. The full horn section really gives it a new layer as well. You captured the spirit of the song quite well.
He’s a much better clarinetist than I ever was.
Thanks Chris. It’s hard to believe that Kirk plays every instrument in that song. It’s pretty crazy to see him play it live with complete looping madness going on.
That is excellent, Micaela. I had to pass your comment along. The song sticks with you, in fact I was whistling it last night.
How often do you write your blogs? I enjoy them a lot
You have to express more your opinion to attract more readers, because just a video or plain text without any personal approach is not that valuable. But it is just form my point of view