Some musicians don’t get along with each other. It happens. That’s the name of the game when you want to be a part of the musicians community. You befriend other musicians. You try to be supportive, helpful and friendly with them but suddenly they don’t like you anymore. They’re always talking shit about you. They start to say a lot of hateful and spiteful criticism about you that’s not true. They think it’s okay to talk like that to you. You ask, why don’t some musicians get along??? Ego and jealousy for sure like always. Some claim it has nothing to do with the music but technically, music has everything to do with it.

When I try to be supportive and helpful with other musicians… and then they start shit-talking me all of a sudden, it gets me thinking… “Oh, this guy thinks he is bigger and better than me”.

Remember my post a while back that a musicians successes and accolades turns them into jerks? That’s exactly what it is. The more successful their music gets, the more of an egomaniac they become. Their ego gets a lot bigger when they get more successes and recognition with their music. That’s why a lot of these musicians act like total douchebags to you especially the more established and successful musicians. These musicians can be pretty obsessed with their ego and they get addicted to it. Their ego expands when they win contests like Battle of the Bands, opening for national acts, filling up clubs/venues with lots of people, etc. That’s when they have the rock star attitude and that’s what it is. These guys think they are rock stars.

This is a big part of why I don’t care to support local musicians anymore ’cause they can be the most dramatic people I’ve ever seen. I know this ’cause I’ve been a part of the local music scene for years. I’ve seen how they post in the old local music message boards from the past. These musicians haven’t changed ’cause I see how they post in facebook today. I have been unfairly accused of starting drama around musicians but it’s not true at all. All I’ve done over the years was call out their bullshit. That’s it. That’s what I’ve done on my blog over the years of my life was call out their bullshit that goes on in the musicians community.

The local musicians community is crazy as hell, man. It really is. There are egomaniacs all over the place. You can’t trust any of them.

It maybe fun to play rock star but when you’re an unsigned musician there is no such thing as being rock star around here. I don’t think I’m a rock star. I’m just a regular guy who loves to play music. I don’t take myself that seriously. I never cared to get big with my music. I never cared to win Battle of the Bands or open for national acts. Congrats on your successes and accolades but that doesn’t make you a rock star. You’re still a local musician. You’re just a legend in your own mind.

This is why you should stop supporting other musicians and making friends with them. You need to focus on your own thing musically.

Who cares if other musicians don’t like you, ya know? It’s not the end of the world. Life goes on. I’m not worried about ’em. Fuck ’em and let ’em cry about you. You don’t have to change a thing for them. Be yourself. Be who you wanna be. I know I sound like a broken record and repeat myself but I’m trying to make a point.

I’ve had too many feuds with other musicians and people around this crappy music scene. Many of them still hate me but who cares.

I’m all about my own music, that’s all I care about. That’s what you wanna focus on. You don’t ever wanna worry about what this guy and that guy thinks of you. Always focus on your own music. That’s part of why these guys get mad at you ’cause they know you have passion with your music and they just wanna see you fail.

This is part of why I don’t really care to be a part of the Albany music scene anymore, ya know? I just wanna do my own thing and that’s the end of it. If they don’t care to give me any respect like a mature adult, then I won’t give them any respect in return. That’s called karma. I just wanna enjoy life and be happy. I don’t focus on the negatives.

Be yourself. Don’t let other musicians think they can change you if they don’t like who you are.

Kev