When I say things like “popularity in music is dumb” and “it’s something I would never care for”… I’m not really talking down on popularity. Hey, I would love to get lots of fans and move forward to a big career… that would be great; however, to make things a little more clear if I don’t get there at all, I’m all fine and good with that. I think that’s what I mean. Bands get all disappointed and offended when they get small crowds at shows or when they get a small amount of plays of their music online. You should be proud of that, anyway. People aren’t going to like everything you do, so get over it.

Again, a big career would be awesome… I’m just not worried about it, right now. You just gotta learn to enjoy being an unsigned musician and stop taking yourself so seriously. That’s all I’ve been trying to teach musicians over the years. Music and life should be a first priority. All the popularity and the good stuff bands get should be secondary. Don’t worry about popularity, fame or money. Just enjoy making the music and sharing it. That’s how “local music” should be but in this day and age musicians see local music differently. They just want to keep going forward and hoping to “make it” (I still totally blame that on the internet and the media). Local music used to be just a group of musicians getting together online to show each other songs and critique it. These days everyone wants to be rock stars.

Kev