I had to delete that previous post on local music ’cause I admit it, that post was kind of harsh and out of line a little bit but if you want to have a positive and successful local music life… here is a short list of things that you must do:

• Don’t trust anyone – This one is the truth. Some people in the music world may appear to like & support you but you’ll never know if they really don’t. Knowing from experience, I’ve seen plenty of people like that, been stabbed in the back too many times. Don’t take sides with anybody, stay neutral. Just play your music and enjoy.
• Ignore the critics/doubters – You will get ’em everywhere. Like I said before, no matter how good of a person you are, you can’t avoid negative people. So just ignore them the best you can… that includes negative critiques from other bands and music promoters. Simply put, don’t care about how anyone feels about you.
• Just do your own thing and that’s it – That means caring about your music only and just that. Forget everyone and everything else and focus on your own art.
• Stay out of drama of any kind – Don’t get yourself involved in heated feuds with other musicians and bands. Stay out of everyone else’s bullshit completely. That includes in social networking sites like facebook/twitter/forums/blogs/etc. In other words, if there are heated arguments between musicians on line, stay out of it.

If you can do those few things, life in local music can be great!

I do support bands and music artists. I’m only going to support the ones who I like and the ones who have a professional attitude ’cause some musicians and bands don’t know what “professional” is all about. Not naming names.

Kev