When you want to criticize a band that a lot of people like or the music scene overall… chances are people aren’t going to like it. When you want to be critical like this — be ready for a negative response back by the band themselves or even their fans/supporters. I’ve been dealing with this for years. I’m no stranger to this. I’ve been criticizing local bands (not naming names) and the music scene for way over a decade so I know how people react to this stuff. What kind of negative response will you get back from the public? Well, bands will try to defend themselves and the fans will help defend them too. Usually, people will criticize you in return: they will either bash your music or bash you as a person. They will act like that you’re lower than them. When you bash the music scene overall… musicians will try to help defend the scene.

The thing that people can never understand is, it’s absolutely okay to criticize music of any kind. That’s what music is here for. Listen to it, say  whether you like it or not — discuss it — debate about music — whatever!!! I’ve been saying for a long time now that it seems to be okay to criticize the national music industry but when you criticize local music… people will be like, “WWAAAAaaaahhhhh, waaaaahhhh, oh no, he’s talking bad about local bands, he needs to shut his mouth….” blah blah blah blah, you get the deal. It seems that the only time people will be open to hating me is when I criticize a band that people like or criticize the music scene overall. Why do people respond back in a negative direction when it should absolutely be okay to discuss music how you want to? They simply do it in retaliation. It’s kind of like their way of giving you payback. It’s like a “you hurt me, I hurt you” kind of thing. When you’re an outspoken person, people will want to be all tough and they will think they have “Complete Control of Your Mind” (go back to my poem about it).

When musicians respond back to your criticism, all that’s doing is proving your point that musicians can be really selfish and ego-driven people. They want to think they’re good at everything they do and they expect everything to be positive about them — all of the time. They don’t like anything negative and they don’t like it when people get real about stuff. It really bothers them.

As far as the fans go, the supporters… they do it ’cause they hate to see their favorite band get put down. They’re pretty loyal to them and the fans would have their back no matter what is said about them. They help defend the band ’cause they know bands thrive over flattery and they do it to make them feel good.

It would be nice if we can all be opinionated and critical about music all we want to without people whining about it but that’s the internet. People are crazy on here. It just shows that people are bad at socializing.

EVERYBODY knows it’s absolutely okay to talk about music how you want to. That’s what music is about — Freedom of expression. If you can’t take the truth, then the music world isn’t for you. You also don’t deserve to be giving opinions about other music yourself if you can’t take other people giving the truth about your music.

When bands come after you and yell at you for your criticism about them, they’re just doing that for their own ego. They’re trying to force you to have a positive opinion and thought about them or they simply want you to shut up about them. It’s also an unprofessional thing to do is to respond to online criticism of any kind. A real musician would ignore all the negativity and criticism aimed at them. If you think you’re so big and and successful with your music… if you respond to the critics, then you’re not big and successful as you think you are.

If you want to bash the critic in return (that’s me), that’s okay. It just shows that you’re hypocrites when you do that. I mean, isn’t it funny how people can say all kinds of negative stuff about me all they want to but I can’t say negative stuff about others? I’ve always tried to figure that one out, it always confuses me. I mean, people always say stuff how it’s wrong to bash bands, bashing the music scene but what about myself? Doesn’t that make you hypocritical? People just don’t realize how bad they treat me online… they don’t even read before they post. They don’t realize I’m a human being myself and would like to be treated how you like to be treated. Really, I can be a really nice guy if you give me a chance but whatever. HA!

Seriously, people say all kinds of nasty stuff about me online. I never understood why… I just learned to ignore all the haters over the years.

I don’t have to please every single person on this planet. That’s not how life works. Leaving the comments closed in this post ’cause it’s just a read and do not reply thing ’cause all I know that you’re going to do is bash me like the hypocrites you are.

Kev