A lot of bands & solo artists struggle to get successful in music. They try to promote themselves the best they can, and they try to play everywhere they can but… they still seem to get lack of support. Only very few fans come out to their gigs or only few support their music. Why is this you may ask? Since I have been a part of local music for years, I have came up with another observation about things. It seems that the only way for bands & artists to get successful these days is that you must make music that alcoholics can dance to. That’s pretty much it, really. That’s how all those successful and established bands get so successful & huge. They make pop music that the drunks can dance to. The reason why bars & clubs have a lot of local bands play is because they know that drinking alcohol is so popular. Pretty much everybody out there seems to be into the drinking. That’s all people want to do these days, and that’s what pulls people in the bars & clubs to see bands is ’cause of the alcohol. This is also a huge part of why cover bands & original country bands get so big than the rock bands ’cause this kind of music is what pulls the drunks in to get their dance on.

The bands that mostly struggle are the original rock n’ roll bands and the songwriters who just want to make art. The ones who don’t care to make “pop” music; those are the acts that people ignore. When bands & artists struggle to get recognition that doesn’t basically mean, they suck. Unpopular bands & artists can be pretty amazingly talented, I just wish people would pay more attention to them but they won’t. All people seem to care about is wanting to get hammered so they can get their dance on. So they look for bands who plays good originals or cover music that gets people dancing.

When I make music, I don’t care to make pop songs that people can dance to. I’m one of the ones who just want to make music; I’m about the art. The songs is what should be all about. Once again, there are venues around here that don’t involve alcohol like cafes, bookstores, etc. You just gotta find ’em. It’ll be nice if people can appreciate music for the music, not for the alcohol and dancing but whatever… people are whacked when it comes to music. Bars are all over the Capital Region and they have bands play in almost all of them ’cause they know that these “dance” bands helps make them the big money.

It’s real sad that’s all people want to do is get hammered while watching local music but what are ya gonna do? There are alcoholics all over the area. It is what it is. There are not too many non-drinkers out there and I’m one of them. I think getting drunk is fuckin’ stupid, in my opinion. Nothing cool about it. It’s overrated. It doesn’t make you a cool person. You can still have fun and not drinking anything. Don’t get me wrong, I still like to have a few beers once in a blue moon but I don’t get drunk.

Going to bars are lame. I don’t really enjoy the bar scene. I can have a great time and have a fuckin’ blast by not drinking anything at all, ya know? I don’t agree with everybody drinking all the time but it’s a free country, can’t do anything about it. That’s what the media and advertisements do. They draw everybody into drinking heavily. When I don’t drink, people give me a “WTF” look and say I’m crazy for not drinking anything but mostly drink water. People do look disappointed when I refuse a drink offer from them but whatever, ya know? The world doesn’t have to revolve around drinking. I like staying sober and proud of it.

I used to get drunk quite often when I was younger but a lot of bad experiences with it so that’s why I gave it up. Plus, it’s not healthy for the bodybuilding. Building muscle and alcohol don’t mix. Bodybuilders think they can drink alcohol all they want to while lifting weights but it don’t work that way. You can still build muscle mass while drinking but you’re still gonna look fat and flabby as hell.

Drinking is overrated, it really is. That’s why you see bars, liquor stores, beverage centers, etc. all over your town.

Kev