There are plenty of musicians out there who mistakenly believe that you need to be a part of a local musicians community. You know, a whole group of musicians getting together to hang out, become friends, and play music together out in their local scene. You see the same group of musician friends online talking to each other everyday publicly. Why do musicians do this? I understand they do it to try and network with other musicians, so they can get themselves out there, but the reality is, a lot of them just want to feel accepted as a musician. They just want to feel part of the crowd, ya know? I am noticing that a lot of these musicians don’t have much going on in their lives so they try to become a part of a music “community”, so they can feel alive.

When you want to become a musician, you don’t really need to be a part of anything. That’s right, you don’t need to be a part of any so called, “music community”. I try my best to not be a part of the music community anymore, why? Because there’s so much drama going around. I’ve been stabbed in the back by so many musicians in the past, it’s crazy.

You see, the local music, “scene” is a public place. A public area, which gives you the freedom to do what you want to do and be who you want to be. You don’t need to make friends with other musicians. You must concentrate on you, and your music, that’s it. You shouldn’t be wasting so much time chatting with your musician buddies, when the important thing you should be doing the most, is spending hours on your instrument, honing your craft and getting your own music out there.

The whole “music community”, is a bit childish to begin with. Way too much, “I think this guy’s a jerk”, “I don’t like this (musician)” bullshit going around. Plus, all musicians seem to want to do is drink and party which is what I don’t do either. Too many people called me a “troll” over the years and I’m sure some still think of me of that way, but I don’t care. Like I said, “local music”, is a public place, and the internet is the real world. So people have no right to control who I am as a person. I can’t please every single person around here, that’s for sure. That’s not what I’m here for. That’s one of the biggest problems of the “music community” right there. They expect me to be like everyone else. There are tons of musicians out there that can be way more negative than me.

I’ll admit that I can be an asshole sometimes, but if I was all nice and friendly, then people wouldn’t pay attention. This is why I go on these rants and raves. I enjoy getting support from other musicians, don’t get me wrong. Music is the only thing you should be worrying about. Not worrying about who likes you or who hates you.

I haven’t posted much the last couple of days, ’cause having computer problems again, things seem to be working alright now.

Kev