Over the years, I’ve got some pretty hateful feedback and criticism toward myself as a person and as a musician online, through various local music forums and social networking sites. I still get negative criticism even to this day, but I just learn to get used to it and ignore it. Although, I will admit though, that I wish I had gotten a better response and wish people treated me better, but what are you gonna do ya know? This is the world wide web, when you put yourself out there, you can’t expect everyone to treat you so kind.

People will think they have the right to be honest about other people, whenever they want because the internet gives them that freedom. That’s the problem. There’s two different type of critics: 1) The honest critics 2) The bullying critics.  There are some people that will think they are honest about you, and some will just bully you for their own amusement. That’s one of the only reasons why there are too many negative people online. There are too many childish people on here, with terrible communication skills on the internet. When one person sees this person bullying some musician, picking on them and making fun of them, other people will join in on the fun, even if they don’t know anything about me.

That’s why bullying me online, has become pretty popular and it’s all over the net. It inspires people to join in because they think it’s fun and they have nothing else better to do with their time. People become addicted and obsessed with the same musician, that they won’t stop until they get old and their fingers start to fall off. They’re like little kids being told to stop by their Mommy and Daddy, but they won’t listen, ya know? People mostly do the internet bullying under anonymous accounts, so I won’t be able to find out who they really are, but I’m usually good at finding out who they really are ’cause their writing style is so recognizable and easy. Of course, there are those bullying people who are not anonymous, they come out and do it, upfront.

I will be a target of internet bullying for the rest of my life. No matter how good of a guy I am, no matter how nice I will be. Sad, but that’s the way it is. I’m a human being and I have feelings too. I don’t mean to talk about the topic of internet bullying and haters, but since “bullying” is so huge in the news lately, that’s what makes me want to be more open about this stuff. I guess this is my way of joining in on the “anti-bullying” campaign. Hoping it will inspire the critics to think what they’re doing is wrong and they should shut their mouths and think how they treat people. I don’t only get bullying from people on the internet, I even get it from other musicians around the local music scene. I’m sure you’ve seen it.

I’m not just trying to defend myself. This is for other people or musicians who have been victims of bullying too. You gotta learn to be tough and don’t feed the haters. Learn to stay above and don’t let other people think they have the right to say what they want about you. They don’t have the right.

Kev

EDIT TO ADD: I’ve written a few original songs in the past about bullying. “Mr. Tough Guy” is one of them, and “Backstabbers” is another one.