Whenever one musician disagrees with any of my topics on local music, this certain person will shall be nameless at this time will mistakenly believe that the rest of the music scene will disagree with me too. It’s not always true. The responses toward my local music topics has always been a mixed bag. I’ve been told by a few that they agree with pretty much everything I say on here. The problem with the more established and successful musicians is that they all want to act like, “know it all’s”. They always want to act like the struggling and lesser known musicians know nothing about local music. Some of these guys will treat me like that I have done nothing in the local music scene which is why some of these guys feel that my local music discussions aren’t worth it. They would laugh at all the stuff that I say.

Sorry to say guys but I’ve had plenty of experience around the local music scene. Have been a part of the Capital Region’s music scene for a lot of years. I go way back to about ’95 or ’96. I’ve seen plenty of local band gigs, networked through a lot of musicians over the years, played a bunch of gigs of my own, a lot of different open mics, etc. So I know my stuff. I’ve seen what goes on at the shows and I’ve seen what goes on online through the musicians community. So I think I deserve to talk about local music in anyway I please.

The fact is that Albany is not appreciative for music at all. That’s the way I look at it. Musicians are some of the strangest and weirdest people I know. They’re crazy. It’s pretty much why I don’t associate with them much anymore.

I’ve learned over the years that you can’t impress all of them. If they don’t like how you act or if they don’t like your music, they won’t make you feel welcome. Sad but it is what it is. Don’t impress them all. Don’t be afraid to be yourself. Don’t be afraid to impress yourself. You don’t have to change who you are just because people around the scene don’t like you. I’ve had too many musicians who I thought were supportive of me and thought was my friend but they just come and go. Again, you can’t impress everybody. Only focus on you and your music. I’ve had this attitude for years now and works for me just great!

Kev