If you’re a new & young band or solo act, just getting well known and recognition with your music, one thing you must understand that it’s going to bring out all kinds of weird people. Like I always say, a mixture of reactions. Some will like you, some will not. You could also get all kinds of crazed fans, writing weird stuff about you in social networking sites. Another thing, that your popularity will also help get you in touch with people from your past that you haven’t seen in a long time, either good or bad experiences with that person.

I know all of this is going to be confusing and strange to the new bands out there just getting success, but don’t get bothered by the mixed reactions. The new and young bands, still have a problem with taken it all too seriously. Being too upset about things or disappointed.

The last thing a band or musician wants to do is to be upset or disappointed with the mixed reactions. That’s how the music world goes, you know? You need to stay above the negative stuff and be thankful that you came this far with the music. Don’t reply to the haters at all, just be thankful for it anyway. Don’t be all defensive toward music websites giving you bad reviews, just be thankful for it anyway.

Having a good and positive attitude about your career, no matter what happens, will get you even farther in your music.

I mean, I’m just speaking from experience once again. When I started my music back in 2006, to bring it to the public to get heard, all kinds of weird reactions started coming after me. People either loved me or hated me, it’s all good, in my part. I’m not worried about if people don’t like my online web presence. I am, who I am and there’s nothing people can do to change it.

Just be grateful for everything. Whether people are making fun of you for laughs, or just flat out bashing you publicly, just take it with heart and see it as good publicity. Bad publicity can be good, right?

Responding to everything is just a bad idea. There’s a certain band that should be nameless, that has a problem with this, and this is all I’m trying to help them on.

Kev