Over the last ten years or so, I have been observing how local musicians act professionally. I have been a part of local music for a long time now, so I know how a lot of them act. The thing is, a lot of those guys think they are professional acting musicians but truthfully, they are not. I know a true professional acting musician when I see one, and there aren’t many around here. There are very few around here that can be true professionals and know what they are doing. Being a professional musician is a learning experience indeed. I have learned a lot from it over the years. Over the years, I look at how I put myself out there to people in person or online. When you want to become a musician, put your music out there for the world to hear, you must put yourself out there carefully, off and on the computer. Doesn’t matter where you go, or who you talk to, your professionalism affects everything.

A lot of musicians make the mistake that you can act how you want as a musician. You can if you want to, but it’s all up to you whether or not you want your dreams and goals destroyed, or worse destroy yourself as a human being overall. Being professional is key to having a successful music career and if you want to go forward to having bigger opportunities.

I have been noticing that bands & musicians act like professionals on their official facebook pages, but when they have their own personal facebook page, they have a different personality. Acting like huge egos, going on negative rants, bad attitudes, acting like comedians, etc. All that is fine and good, but when you’re a musician, you must have a professional attitude on your personal facebook pages too. Which is why I like to treat my personal facebook page a more positive direction. I like to stay as positive as possible these days. I do it because it’s best for my music and myself as a person.

I really did learn that being a negative nancy or a troll will get you no where in music, and wish other musicians around here would learn the same thing but they never will. Oh well, let them continue to act like unprofessional douchebags, ’cause all that is doing is proving my point that’s what most musicians around here really are, douchebags. When I say this stuff, other people will of course, stick up for them, and I would get called the badguy just for calling out their unprofessional behavior. Gotta love it how people think they can get away with this stuff.

Another secret to acting like a professional, is never get into any negative drama of any kind with anybody, whatsoever. If there is a huge flame war online with other musicians, stay out of it. If you’re not getting along with other musicians, ignore them and brush it all off. If you’re getting bullied or criticized by other musicians, don’t reply to any of them, at all. I’m learning all this stuff, as much as possible.

Sorry but trash talking other musicians (including me), is pretty unprofessional behavior, no matter what you think of it. If you don’t like a musician, keep that opinion for yourself and move on. There are still other musicians I don’t like, but I try my best to keep those opinions to myself. There are too many crazy and delusional musicians everywhere.

If you have a professional attitude at all times, it’ll make music life much easier for you. I have been criticized for my professionalism all the time, and I still get criticized by people, but I don’t let that criticism bother me. What people say or think about me, is entitled to their own opinions, not factual. Having a professional attitude will get you more respect by the public, no matter who you are. I’m not the bad guy that some people try to make me out to be, it’s just that there will always be people will think of you that way, no matter what. It’s all bullshit, I know, but if you want a good music career, you have to be strong and tough to get through all the bullshit. Sometimes it’s worth it going through all the drama and negativity in music.

Musicians and other people in the music scene think they’re hot shit, they’ll want to think they are a better person than you, and if music is what you like to do, then you only concentrate on that alone and not worrying about what other people think. Period.

Kev