Usually when I write about local music and local musicians in a honest direction, many others out there would look at it as if I’m doing a bad thing. I’ve been called a troll for it and all kinds of other names… been kicked off of local music forums… blah blah blah. Is what I did over the years was a bad thing?

No. Not really. I tried my best to keep things civilized. I was pretty cool with all my local music rants over the years. It’s just that I believe the only reason people get angry is ’cause they can’t take the truth and it’s bothering them. They couldn’t take the “heat”. Which is why I get labeled as a “troll”, “controversial” or “outspoken” which I will take as a compliment, btw.

People think what I was doing as a bad thing is only entitled to their opinion. All I wanted to do was to keep everything real as best as possible. The reality is all of my local music rants I did over the years was actually helping people and inspiring other musicians ’cause I’ve gotten some great feedback from them. I continue to get great feedback by other musicians about my blog posts about local music. So yeah, I think I’m definitely helping other musicians with this stuff and I never realized it until now.

I just want to give people a reality check of what the music scene really is like. A lot of people live under this delusion that local music is a “positive” and “wonderful” thing when you know it isn’t. I just wanted to be real about it all. I wanted to be real about the attitudes of musicians, promoters and club owners. I wanted to be real about the scams and pay to play stuff around here. I just wanted to be realistic about everything. Period. End of story.

People like to believe that musicians are “wonderful” and “down to earth” people. I want to give a reality  check that not all of ’em are. There are too many musicians around here that are assholes & douchebags for sure.

The music scene continues to be the same. I have no interest in local music too much anymore which kind of explains why I have stopped gigging.

I just wanted to be real about it all and glad I’m actually helping people with my local music rants. I should keep it going and never listen to people who disagree with what I do.

Kev