How can musicians be sensitive? Well, here’s a little list that I can think of at the top of my head.

• They don’t like being criticized by other musicians and regular music fans, in other words, they don’t like negative feedback.
• They don’t like being ignored by the local press. They get upset when they don’t get interviews for the local papers, no cover photo shoots, no reviews of their albums, etc.
• They don’t like being called out for their career mistakes. Like falling for scams, Battle of the Bands, signing the wrong label, etc. You get the deal.
• They don’t like being called out for their bad behaviors on the internet. If you call out musicians being all negative and being an egotist, they’ll get all defensive. They’ll always think they’re doing nothing wrong and they’ll call you the badguy instead.
• They get upset when they get screwed by the clubs at their gigs, like not getting paid and all that stuff.
• They get upset when no one listens to their music, not getting many plays of their songs online.
• They get upset if they don’t get many people at their gigs or worse, no crowd at all.
• They get upset when they get rejected from getting booked at a club or venue.
• They get upset when they lose contests like Battle of the Bands, radio contests, etc. You see it all the time. Heated flame wars online about not winning these silly contests.
• They don’t like getting advice from other bands & musicians. They claim they don’t need help and think they can get successful on their own.

I think I pretty much covered it. If I’m missing anything, feel free to continue.

When you want to play out in a band or just a solo career, you will deal with a lot of ups and downs. If you want to have a great career & be successful, you have to be brave and have balls. Ignore all the setbacks and let the negativity slide. Things may not go the way you want to, but that’s the way life is. You just gotta learn to be positive and stay strong. Keep a positive attitude about the bad stuff I listed above, and better things will come for your career. Remember, what karma is all about.

Kev