You hear it all the time. People say that when you don’t have a large following, your music is immediate crap. Not true at all. There ARE plenty of talented bands & musicians who are amazingly talented, it’s just that a lot of them are “overlooked” way too much. Maybe these guys don’t care to be popular. They want to make music ’cause that’s what they do. Make music for the love of it.
You also shouldn’t assume that bands & artists don’t have a large following ’cause what if they do? A lot of them probably don’t even realize that they are pretty popular, you just never know how many people are listening to you. Hell, a lot of people out there may even like my music when I’m not even realizing it either, I don’t know.
That’s the tough part about being a musician. A musician can’t tell if he or she is popular or not. A lot of musicians want to think no one is paying attention to them, which is good. It makes things unpredictable and interesting that way.
Kev