It is getting tougher and tougher for local musicians and bands to get noticed these days. Yes, people are going to have negative opinions about you. People are going to be dishonest and all that stuff but who cares, ya know? It’s just wrong to call out the local music scene for ignoring your music and I gotta knock that shit off myself. I need to learn to be more positive with music myself and that’s also getting worked on. You’re not gonna get noticed in your music if you demand people to like you ’cause it doesn’t work that way. If you want people to like your music, it’s your job to do the work yourself and not begging for respect. Respect is earned.

You know how all those bands and artists become so big and established? It’s because they earned the respect by writing good music and working hard. They never go around begging people for respect. They made the music, put it out there, and let the music speak on it’s own.

I must do the same.

If I keep writing the music, and keep putting my music out there, who knows what may happen. I just gotta keep trying. If you want everybody to like your music then your music has gotta be that good. As you can see, I’m trying all I can. Trying to improve my talent and get better at what I do. I’m trying to improve my songwriting the best I can and try to write good songs for everybody. As I repeatedly say, I’m just like every musician out there. I want my music heard and be enjoyed by as much people as possible too! People don’t see it but I try my very best.

I think my upcoming internet-only album could potentially be big. I’m serious on the internet-only album. It’s gonna be a 20 song album. Half of the songs will be new stuff and the other half old songs, I think. Yes, I think I will bring back all of my classic songs that most of my supporters like…. songs like “Evil Fred”, “Mr. Tough Guy”, “Time Bomb”, “The Dark War”, etc. I will write a bunch of new ones too.

As far as gigs go though, I’m committed to that internet live-stream show that I was talking about. That’ll happen too.

If you want your music to go viral and be respected by the local music community, then you must stay positive and continue making the music. People are not gonna support bad music, I just discovered that truth long ago. I know this ’cause in the past, people use to bash my talent — that’s when I decided that I needed to improve myself musically. You want to become a well-known artist, writing the best music possible is the only way.

It’s hard to tell whether you are liked or respected or not. Who knows maybe everybody likes you even if it seems that no one does. You never know who’s listening.

I would like to get recognition and head down the same road as EBJ someday but I’m not too worried about it honestly. I’ll just continue to do what I do. If I become big in music, great, if not, that’s great too. The fact of the matter is, I still have people who enjoy my music and support it. If it weren’t for them, the supporters, I wouldn’t continue what I do.

You maybe a struggling musician but no matter what people think of you… you will always get some people who will believe in you. Just play the music to the people who still believe in you and who cares about the negative people who refuses to support you. Yes, music scenes around the U.S. are gonna be hateful and spiteful to you and your music but like I said, who cares.

If you think about it, you already are established and big if you’re getting haters. You gotta be doing something right.

If you’re proud and love what you do musically, you just gotta keep going with it. Never let others negativity bring you down.

Kev