I’m okay with internet haters and people making fun of me online. I can deal with that stuff and stay above it pretty well. Why? Because I have better things to worry about then concentrate on that stuff which means little to me. I got a lot going on in my personal life off the computer, plus, all I care about doing is playing my music and working out, doing the fitness thing.

I don’t understand why other bands become obsessed making fun of me or bashing me online. They would go in this certain bands facebook account(this rock band that I still respect, should be nameless but you’ll figure out who I’m referring to), going around the entire internet looking for quotes that I said online, and making fun of it. They would call me all kinds of offensive names and all kinds of crazy things without mentioning my name. Joke around and laugh at me continuously like some kind of comedy thing.

I’ve been wanting to say that if these guys had a problem with me, then why don’t they just come say this stuff to me, like a real adult? I’m not that hard to find. Why not write me an e-mail or even better speak to me in person? Nope. Instead, they do the bashing, bullying and harassment with their fans like little kids in pre-school. Personally, I don’t find what they do funny, and this is part of the reason why I can’t add random people in my facebook account anymore.

I don’t get why bands do these things. It’s childish and pretty unprofessional. As for why they do it, I believe it’s just their way of secretly promoting themselves off of me. They like that attention. When they do it and they won’t stop, their fans will like what they do and they join the bullying bandwagon. The sad part is, most of these guys don’t know anything about me and they haven’t even met me. Their fans go along with it, because they support that band and will think they have the right to do this stuff ’cause the band is doing it. It’s just this band’s way of getting more fans, that’s pretty much it really. That’s the only reason why they won’t stop their bullying.

I’ve said it before, I have nothing personal against this band. I enjoy their music and think they’re good performers. I just wish they would leave me out of things, but there’s nothing I can do about it. Free country, I guess. I just want these guys to focus on the music. Notice I don’t obsess with bullying other bands anymore like I used to? It’s because I have better things to do and better things to worry about. Plus, I’m trying to make my life as positive and happy as possible. I don’t have time for bullshit.

Kev

Reverb Nation website just put up a great blog that I just had to post here. The blog shows you how musicians & bands could get success in their music even without a label, and this article gives proof on how that could happen.

Read it, here.

If you want success with your music, all it takes is hard work and doing it all yourself. Making the best music possible if you want to be respected. You can become a recognizable musician by not signing with a label at all. If labels ever started asking me to sign with them, I’m not saying it will happen but what if, I would probably turn them all down. I wouldn’t care how much money they would offer me ’cause I don’t do music for money and fame.

You can still get thousands of fans even without a label. You can still have a great career on a high note even without a label. You can still get great opportunities even without a label. Who needs, a record label, ya know?

The industry is such a difficult world, it’s going to be overwhelming for you, I’m telling you. The way the industry is today, I wouldn’t want anything to do with the major label industry. If today was the 1950’s or even the 1970’s, yes, I probably would have signed a record contract back then ’cause those days the industry was something special. The industry is not the same anymore. It’s all greed, power and corporate bullshit.

Like the article said, you’re better off staying unsigned. Period.

Kev