Pretty much all musicians deal with drama with other musicians in music, at some point. I’m not the only one that goes through this, all musicians go through drama. All musicians will run into other musicians who thought they were their friend but they weren’t after all this time. They fight publicly online and offline privately as well.

You’ve been nothing but supportive and kind to this other musician you’re trying to be friends with but suddenly the other musicians wants nothing to do with you. The other guy (or woman) wants nothing to do with you ever. No contact online or they don’t even want to see you in person.

I’ve dealt with this a lot, and I’m sure you’ve had your share of it as well. Why is it that drama happens with musicians?

Ego & jealousy for sure. That is a small part of it. I’m sure there’s more reasons to that, maybe misunderstandings during a discussion or something like that. Everyone has their own reasons why drama happens, but ego & jealousy is pretty much what starts it all.

If you’ve been through this, don’t think for a second that it will damage your music career. It won’t. Sometimes drama in music is needed, if you think about it. It can actually help your career. When musicians say that they have had a positive career their whole life, bullshit. You know that’s a lie. Every musician and band dealt with some negativity & drama, here and there.

Things would get boring if everything was happy, positive and joyful, all the time, right? So it don’t hurt to have different emotions. It’s good to have those ups and downs.

Drama can actually make you a better musician and a better songwriter. Can inspire new lyrics and songs. It can also help make you a more popular musician with all the controversy surrounded it, if it’s made public.

So don’t feel regretful if this stuff happens to ya. I don’t let drama bother me anymore like I used to. I just let it go, let it slide and move forward. I act like it never happened these days.

Even the famous bands & musicians deal with a lot of drama. Music maybe a hard & difficult world, but don’t ever be upset over the drama in music. You gotta be a tough SOB and stay above this stuff, the best you can. Drama is okay in music sometimes.

Kev