Another local music rant…about the way fans support music…
Another thing that bothers me about the local music scene around here, is the way fans support local music. It seems that most people only support the music they like and they completely ignore the local bands they don’t like. Which is understandable. It also seemed like that the only time I got to play in front of a huge crowd at a gig, is when I open for a band with a large following. When I play a gig by myself, I don’t get much of a crowd. Some people just support your gig, just to be nice and friendly, when in reality they don’t actually like your music.
Yes, I did have actual fans that came out to see my set, so that was better than nothing. I will admit that sometimes it is hurting and disappointing being a struggling musician. Other people supporting other bands more than my music, is a little weird and strange.
I just wish fans would support all local music, ya know? Not just supporting the bands and musicians that they like. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried my very best to promote my past gigs and too many people ignored my show invites. Yet, they accept other invites from other bands that they like. Only very few people actually accepted my show invite and they actually came to the gig.
Yeah, I do have loyal fans of my music, and would like a lot more, but if people don’t like my stuff, like I said before, I’m fine with it.
So this is why I thought I would step up and try and become a better songwriter and musician. Become a better guitar player and singer. I’m working hard at both trying to improve.
I guess writing good songs is the only way to be accepted as a musician. It is tough being a struggling musician trying to recognized, I’ll admit it, but I’ll take it for what it is. All songwriters deserve to get supported and get heard. It doesn’t matter if they suck or not. In my opinion, it’s just rude and disrespectful to be opinionated at local musicians.
Kev
A UK man’s custom Star Trek home gets destroyed after a heated divorce…
A man named, Tony Alleyne, who is from the UK, is a big time, Star Trek, geek. Yes, he’s a die hard fan. Tony is so obsessed with Star Trek, that he even turned his home into a Starship Enterprise. It took years and lots of money to build. His wife couldn’t stand it, so she divorced him and now she wants to sell the home since she owns it. Since she’s selling the home, Tony has no choice but to destroy all the Star Trek stuff he built in it.
Tony admits he was upset and he plans to rebuild, when he gets his own home.
Read the full story and see photos of the home, here.
In my opinion, his ex-wife is a pretty selfish bitch that couldn’t appreciate his love for, Star Trek. Lessons learned, Tony, never marry a woman who is not a die hard, Trekkie. That would be a pretty cool house to live in, I would go crazy over it, since I’m a Trekkie myself.
If he wants to get married again, then he should find a woman who loves Star Trek as much as he does, that way he would not have to go through this again.
Kev
This Day In Music: 1/27/12
Musician Birthdays: Nick Mason (drummer for Pink Floyd, born in 1945), Mike Patton (singer, multi-instrumentalist, most famous as frontman for Faith No More and Mr. Bungle, born in 1968)
- In 1956: Elvis Presley’s single, ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ was released by RCA Records, who had just purchased Presley’s contract from Sun Records for $35,000. The song sold 300,000 copies in its first week and would eventually sell over a million, becoming Elvis’ first Gold record.
- In 1961: Frank Sinatra played a benefit show at Carnegie Hall in New York City for Martin Luther King.
- In 1962: The Beatles appeared at Aintree Institute in Aintree, Liverpool. The group had played here many times before but this was their last performance at the venue. Brian Epstein became infuriated when the promoter paid The Beatles’ fee (£15 pounds) with handfuls of loose change. Epstein took this as an insult to the group, and made sure that The Beatles never played for that promoter (Brian Kelly) again.
- In 1968: The Bee Gees made their live debut in the US when they played at the Anaheim Centre, California.
- In 1971: David Bowie arrived in the US for the first time; he couldn’t play live because of work permit restrictions, but attracted publicity when he wore a dress at a promotion event.
- In 1973: ’Superstition’ gave Stevie Wonder had his second No.1 single in the US, 10 years after his first No.1.
- In 1977: The Clash signed to CBS Records in the UK for £100,000.
- In 1998: James Brown was charged with possession of marijuana and unlawful use of a firearm after police were called to his South Carolina home. Brown later clamed the drugs were used to help his ‘eyesight.’
- In 2004: R&B singer Faith Evans and her husband were charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana after being arrested in Atlanta, Georgia. Police pulled them over for a suspected licence plate offence.
Listen to Eastbound Jesus new album, “Holy Smokes” in it’s entirety here…
Eastbound Jesus just put up their new album, “Holy Smokes” in Facebook, the whole album. I’m listening to it now as I type this.
Listen to it, here.
The new album is in the music tab.
For those interested in seeing them live, they’re playing the Putnam Den tomorrow night in Saratoga to release this album.
Kev
Violence is never the answer with fitness, folks…
There are some people online who mistakenly think that I may have gotten into fitness in preparation for a fight with a certain someone. Not true. I’m not a violent guy. Never was. I don’t pick fights with people. I won’t fight someone no matter how bad a person is, because violence is never the answer in the fitness & bodybuilding world. That’s one of the biggest problems in bodybuilding. A lot of muscular guys want to act tough and a lot of them become violent over this way. It is why you see a lot of bodybuilders getting in trouble with the law, getting in trouble for fighting and all that stuff.
While violence in bodybuilding is never the answer, it is good to use for self defense only though. If someone tried to pick a fight with you or if you get jumped by a group of people, you can do whatever it takes to save your own ass. It doesn’t matter if you knock their teeth out or punch their faces in, whatever it takes to save your own life, it’s all good. I believe you won’t get arrested for self defense.
This is one of the reasons why I got into bodybuilding. For protection of my own self. If I get confronted by some internet hater in person, I would do whatever it takes to save myself. That’s a promise.
Kev
Pat Sajak, drunk behind the wheel???
Pat Sajak appeared in an interview with Dan Le Batard’s “Highly Questionable” show on ESPN, and Sajak admitted that he and his longtime show partner, Vanna White, used to get drunk on “Wheel Of Fortune”, in the early days. Sajak says, he used to be bored with the show back in the old days, so during the 2 hour dinner break, he and Vanna would go to a bar to drink margaritas. Sajak claims the only reason he did it, was so it can help bring out the fun and excitement hosting the show.
Read the full story, here.
I’m sure Sajak still drinks margaritas with Vanna to this day, just not on the job. Now it makes me wonder if Sajak ever slept with Vanna? Wouldn’t surprise me if he did bang her a few times.
Kev
This Day In Music: 1/26/12
Musician Birthdays: Eddie Van Halen (guitarist for Van Halen, famous for instrumental hit, “Eruption”, born in 1957)
- In 1963: The Beatles played two gigs, the first was at the El Rio Club/Dance Hall in Macclesfield, Cheshire, supported by Wayne Fontana and the Jets. Then The Beatles drove 20 miles to their next gig at King’s Hall, Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire.
- In 1965: During a Rolling Stones tour of Australia and New Zealand, guitarist Keith Richards had his shirt torn off after 50 fans invaded the stage during the gig at The Town Hall in Brisbane.
- In 1965: ’Downtown’ by Petula Clark was at No. 1 on the US singles chart. A young Jimmy Page had played as a session guitarist on the track, giving him his first US No.1 hit, (and a No. 2 hit in the UK).
- In 1968: Pink Floyd played their first gig without Syd Barrett at Southampton University. They were supported by Tyrannosaurus Rex, (later to be renamed T Rex) featuring Marc Bolan and percussionist Steve Peregrine Took.
- In 1970: John Lennon wrote, recorded and mixed his new single ‘Instant Karma’ all in one day. It ranks as one of the fastest-released songs in pop music history, recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studios and arriving in stores only ten days later.
- In 1972: Sean Combs (Puff Daddy) father Melvin was shot dead in his car in a Manhattan park aged thirty-three. Sean was aged 2 at the time.
- In 1974: Ringo Starr went to No.1 on the US singles chart with his version of the Johnny Burnette 1960 hit ‘Your Sixteen’, a No.3 hit in the UK.
- In 1977: Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green was committed to a mental hospital following an incident when he threatened his accountant Clifford Adams with an air rifle when he was trying to deliver a £30,000 ($51,000) royalty cheque to him.
- In 1980: Prince made his TV debut on the US show American Bandstand.
- In 1989: Bon Jovi kicked of the North American leg of their New Jersey Syndicate Tour at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.
- In 2003: Billy Joel was airlifted to hospital after his car smashed into a tree. The singer lost control of his Mercedes S500 and skidded for 100 yards before crashing. The accident happened in The Hamptons, New York.
The problem with this area’s music scene, it’s not music appreciative as you all think…
Why does this area’s music scene in the Capital District so bad? Why does it suck so much? The major problem with that is, that this area does not have any music appreciation at all. Many of you would know that I appreciate music, 100%. I respect other talent and leave my ego out the door on everything.
This is a very negative music scene. Everything about it is negative. Ya know, bands talking shit about other bands. The live music venues being difficult on the booking. There’s a lot of ego and jealousy all over the place. People don’t support music around here that much anymore. There are too many hateful critics around here as well.
Too many bands and musicians, think they’re rock stars around here, and I never once had the rock star attitude. Music don’t have to be a popularity contest guys. It shouldn’t have to be about getting as much as fans as possible.
I never cared about publicity or getting popular. All I cared about was making the music and writing the songs. That right there, shows music appreciation. If this area’s music scene was more music appreciated, then I would be out there gigging a lot more and I might get accepted as a musician around here, but nope. There are too many hateful & negative people around here trying to destroy your dreams.
I learned that if music is your passion, you have to ignore all the negative bullshit and keep doing what you do, make music. Don’t listen to anybody and don’t trust anybody in the music world. Only concentrate on the thing that you love to do and that is music. I’m learning, the best I can. Ignoring the haters and not caring what anyone else thinks.
Nothing is stopping your music dreams, no matter what happens. If people think you suck, fuck ‘em, you can’t please everyone, right? Keep making the music anyway. I’m never giving up songwriting and guitar playing. I’ll be doing it ’til the day I die.
I wish this area would be a better music scene, but it never will be. It’ll be the same forever. I just make music to please myself, I’m okay with other people not liking it.
Kev
Thought: Why should we care about celebrity divorces & separations?
Seriously, the media frenzy of celebrity divorces & separations are getting ridiculous. There’s nothing much of interest in entertainment news anymore ’cause the celebrity gossip overshadows everything. When a celebrity couple gets divorced or separated, the media will be all over it for weeks. Kim Kardashian & Chris Humphries, Hugh Hefner & Crystal Harris, Katy Perry & Russell Brand, Demi Moore & Ashton Kutcher, and now Seal & Heidi Klum. Seriously, what the fuck, ya know? Why should we care about their personal lives? I certainly don’t give a fuck, do you?
My blog here is not a gossip site, leave that shit to TMZ or perezhilton. I don’t read those two sites anymore like I used to, seriously, no lie.
This site is about positive things in the entertainment business. Like movies, music, professional wrestling or fitness/sports kind of stuff. That’s the kind of stuff that I talk about here.
I’m tired of seeing all the celebrity divorces everywhere. Just wait until Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt gets separated. Oh man, imagine what the media will be like then.
If I were to write about a celebrity divorce, it would have to be worthy to post and something music related. Like Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth for example, something like that.
The reason this gossip stuff is popular and everywhere because it helps make the business a lot of money, period.
I like to talk about music and movies in this site, ’cause that what I love. I have a passion for both music and movies. I’m a big music buff and a movie buff at the same time. I don’t care for celebrity divorce stories. Never been my thing.
Kev
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