These days in local music there are too many money hungry musicians, and I can never understand why. A lot of them refuse to give out music for free and some of them won’t play for free at all. I know that we are still in tough economic times and that could explain why, more musicians and bands are becoming more money hungry than ever. So they use music for extra income, other than making money from their regular day jobs. To those that know me well, would know that I don’t obsess with money when it comes to playing music. I’m not looking to get wealthy off of music ’cause that’s not what I do this for. I’m just simply not into music for the money.

I’ve always believed that if people are supporting your music, you should reward them in return by giving them free songs. Plus, you should be willing to play free gigs ’cause it helps save people money after all the gas money they paid on their road trip to come out and see you. I do like performing paid gigs, don’t get me wrong. I’ll take paid gigs sure, but I won’t care if I don’t get paid much out of them. A lot of bands would complain and whine about getting ripped off money wise by venues, when they should have a good attitude and take what they get.

I know that being a musician is hard work, and a lot of musicians think they deserve to get paid after all the hard work and travelling, but you don’t need to be money hungry all the time. Leave your selfish ego at the door. Not being a hungry money musician, will show your true passion for music. That’s pretty much the main reason why I don’t obsess with money in music ’cause I want to show my passion and love for it.

This is another reason why, I will never do this “Kickstarter” program to get my album in the works.

Would I get an album in the works sometime? In fact, I already did in 2006, when I released that 10 song acoustic demo, “Dedication” when I recorded in that professional studio (you can hear that album on my ReverbNation page, that was my first album). I didn’t sell that album to anybody. I just made a bunch of copies and gave it all out to people. I uploaded it for free on the internet.

I will do the same when I do my next internet album, which is going to be a full blown rock n’ roll record.

Again, this is just “local” music, not the major label industry. Which gives the freedom that you can treat your music how you want to being an unsigned artist. It’s your choice if you want to give your songs out or sell them. I just think bands wanting money all the time, is just a bit greedy. Treat your fans with respect by not taking money from their wallets, you’ll earn even more respect from the public.

Kev