The internet can be a good tool for your music but if you’re going to promote yourself on your own, you have to be careful on how you do it. I know from experience, learning my own mistakes using the web. If you want to be known as a music artist. John Mayer is going through those same experiences so him and I can relate to this somehow. In the past, when I tried to be well known as a music artist, I used to have my own official site. Promoted my music the best I can, and I used to blog personal things at the same time. If you’re going to blog your personal thoughts for the public to see, you’ll have to be careful what you say. Or you’ll get a big negative backlash which happened to me a few times before. Whether you’re writing on the web or talking to interviews for magazines, radio, newspapers, etc. You have to be careful what you say where ever you go. You say something wrong and offensive, everyone will talk about it.

I know a lot of musicians out there like to blog personal things in their myspace accounts and facebook. In my opinion, it’s a bad idea. If you want to be known as a music artist, you have to concentrate on your music and only that. Nothing else. Only work on getting your music out there and that’s it. It’s the only way to be known as a music artist.

Don’t get yourself caught up in the world of gossip, negativity and drama. If you respond to it all, your music career is heading down the wrong path. John is screwing his music career for this very reason. He’s known as a gossip celebrity and his web presence is more known than his music ’cause he keeps getting caught up in this gossip shit. If you want to be a successful musician or band, you can’t get caught up in this stuff. I know from experience. I’ll admit it.

The Albany craigslist section in the Musicians forum, I’m not naming names, but there are the same several guys trying to defend themselves and defend their talent ’cause they are being bashed on by critics. If your music is being criticized by people, don’t respond to it all. You won’t become successful that way. You’re getting yourself caught up in drama and gossip by doing just that.

Whenever I form a band and start getting serious with music again, I’ll definitely quit my entertainment blogging. I’ll bring my official site back, make a myspace music account and create a facebook music page and will only concentrate on promoting myself as a music artist. If your mission is to get your music heard, you have to concentrate on that only.

You’re a music artist and like to rant about things online. If you create online controversy, you could lose a lot of fans. Something to think about. Some musicians will think, “controversy” is cool, but the reality is, it isn’t. If you’re willing to be honest and open minded about everything and everything online, your web presence will be well known instead of your music. I know from that mistake. Unsigned musicians around the world may want to consider my advice if you dont’ want to end up like John Mayer. John Mayer had the potential to be a successful musician but he’s killing his career fast.

Kev