When you’re a musician, it almost seems like you are not allowed to be honest or have an opinion on your own. When you do either of these things, people will call you a jealous person or call you a hateful & negative person, just because you were trying to be honest about something. You’ll also get called delusional & crazy, and people will think you’re wrong about everything you say.

When you try to be honest and having an opinion, you NEVER attacked anybody or anything. It was just honesty, you being real, and people will still want to see you as an asshole.

This happens with a lot of musicians out there, not just me. I notice that when a musician tries to be honest about something, he/she is immediately the badguy. I’ve been dealing with this stuff for years.

Here’s why I think that is. It’s just that when you become a musician, you become a public figure. Your name is widely known, likely known in your area and beyond. When the truth gets out there for the world to see, it bothers other people. Your honesty gets put out there where everyone can read. Other people think they can be honest and be opinionated when they want to but when you do it, everyone thinks it’s a bad thing to do.

People think they can have opinions on bands all they want to, but when I have an opinion, their fans will stick up for them, and call me a jerk because of it. Only for having an opinion if you don’t like their music!

A musician want to believe they are honest & real, not because it’s for attention or ego. They do it because it’s their way of showing people they can be human. Yet, honest musicians are accused of being badguys no matter what happens.

This is why I’m not liked too much by some folks around the music scene, and this is why I’ve been kicked out & banned from local music forums over the years. People didn’t enjoy me telling the truth about something.

The way I see things, there is nothing wrong with being honest & real at all. I don’t get why people get pissed, but that’s okay with me. When you’re a musician, you need to be honest about things ’cause it is good for your life and your musical career & dreams. This is why you see honest musicians online.

I’ve always believed that when you tell the truth and upsetting people, you’re probably right and they just hate hearing it. No matter how positive and nice you get, people will always find something to get mad at you about, it still happens in facebook. I post in a status when there’s nothing wrong with it and someone will disagree with it and call me out on it. Same thing happens on my blog once in a while.

Don’t let a backlash or a negative response bother ya. I’m used to it and actually enjoy it when it happens. Another reason people get mad, is ’cause jealousy is a small part of it. They get a little jealous ’cause they know you had the balls to say something in front of everyone. End of story.

Kev