Since there is no interesting news to report on a Sunday, I thought I would post a music topic that I came up with today. I guess I’m pretty bored and Sundays are almost always boring days.
One thing I have noticed about unsigned bands/musicians over the years, is that, I find it amazing to me that so many bands/musicians out there pretending to be famous. Yes, I know many of them know they aren’t “famous” but a lot of them enjoy pretending to be famous.
Examples:
-Bands being obsessed with band photos, making them profesional quality studio portraits for their promo packages, websites, myspace, and stuff like that.
-Bands being obsessed with interviews like for radio, local TV, newspapers, etc.
-Bands playing dress up trying to look like famous rock stars.
-Bands posting “music” news of everything they do musically when they know deep down inside that no one really cares about everything they do in their career.
-The way bands talk to their fans treating them like second class citizens.
Things like that, I can keep going with the list. I used to experiment with that stuff in the past, but then I came to a realization that being an unsigned musician is pretty pointless doing all that stuff.
Why obsess with “local” fame in your area? Do you ever come to realize that “life” comes first before your fantasy music career? That’s what happened with me. Being an unsigned musician or a local band DOES NOT equal to national fame. Sure, it may be fun to play “rock star”, but to me it’s only a fantasy world that you all are living in. Really think about it.
I understand why all this stuff is you trying to get your music out there and promote yourself but you have to admit that you got to get out of your silly delusions like I have. Accepting reality and knowing that your music and your career is no better than yourself.
I just do music for fun, I don’t take it seriously. Period.
Kev
K'Brocking 
What you said for the most part is basically true. There are some folks out there in the local musicland who aren’t pretentious, delusional, egotistical, or self-centered, but I’m finding that many of them are. That’s one of the reasons that I’ve really lost interest supporting the local scene. I’d rather photograph national acts. They treat me better too.
What you said for the most part is basically true. There are some folks out there in the local musicland who aren’t pretentious, delusional, egotistical, or self-centered, but I’m finding that many of them are. That’s one of the reasons that I’ve really lost interest supporting the local scene. I’d rather photograph national acts. They treat me better too.
I think a lot of cover bands have this “rock star” attitude. That’s because they rule the so-called local music scene, so they think that equates to being rock stars around the world. It’s not…you just rule the land of Smallbany. 99% of the members I’ve met in bands that play mostly originals are very cool, laid back, realistic guys. The Capital Region music scene sucks, and what makes it twice as bad is how much fun it feels to play live…if it weren’t for having to deal with all the bullshit. That’s why I’m really pushing for my band to just record and try to push CDs online while playing out for only a handful of shows per month.
I think a lot of cover bands have this “rock star” attitude. That’s because they rule the so-called local music scene, so they think that equates to being rock stars around the world. It’s not…you just rule the land of Smallbany. 99% of the members I’ve met in bands that play mostly originals are very cool, laid back, realistic guys. The Capital Region music scene sucks, and what makes it twice as bad is how much fun it feels to play live…if it weren’t for having to deal with all the bullshit. That’s why I’m really pushing for my band to just record and try to push CDs online while playing out for only a handful of shows per month.