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11/24/24

Between life, a hand injury, other projects — namely J. Fisher’s ‘CIVIC Tape’, which I helped mix and master (you should check it out and support him, he just had a baby!) — Alpaca Fur Rug was kinda put on the back burner …but… now, as 2024 is winding down, I’m really really happy to say that, #1 I have a bunch of new music to share, #2 have a new artist name, and #3 have a new website!

First, the new name. It’s ‘willie willie happy’… why? Because my name is Will and I’m happy.

Second, new music. There are already about 20 ‘willie willie happy’ songs on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube — here on bandcamp, I will release yearly compilations of whatever I muster up for that year — so today — you all are getting my 2023 compilation and in about a month I’ll upload the 2024 compilation… going forward, Christmas-ish every year I’ll drop a new yearly comp — hopefully until I’m a very old man — and all of the old Alpaca Fur Rug stuff (plus other ‘archival’ / demo-y stuff) will be uploaded sporadically as well.

Third, my website. My website compiles everything I have ever made music wise, art wise, and video wise (…well, it will eventually, I’m still uploading stuff) and it randomly spits out a selection of it for you to enjoy. Basically, each time you open the site a new song + video combo will appear and then after that song finishes a new combo will generate... Currently, a bulk of the imagery is not mine — it’s just stuff that I have used as visual ‘inspiration’ over the years… a lot of my unreleased and unfinished music is in there as well. I plan to consistently update the site, and hopefully my shoddy coding doesn’t let you all down. (YouTube may give you issues if you’re not logged in, if you have an issue, please let me know, but I’ve found if you wait a few minutes and then refresh, it should work)

Also, there is a ‘blog’ tab on my site and it will be updated — semi-frequently — possibly with podcast type things as well… not sure yet, we’ll see.

Other downloads and physical items are in the works and will be available on bandcamp.