Don’t you just love it that when a band or solo artist do become huge and successful in your local area, they think they’re something special and more important? It’s nuts I know. Once they become established and well known, their ego would get a little bigger. This is just local and unsigned music, so it really does not make them any better.

This is the biggest mistake that bands & artists make. This is just my opinion. If you still want to get the respect from the local public, leave your ego at the door. Never act like you’re better than other bands, always act like other bands or musicians are better than you. I don’t think I’m better than other bands & musicians, I know there are a lot of them that are way better than me, musically.

An established and popular band, would get my respect, if they don’t act like a big shot rock star egomaniac. There are too many bands around here that are like that. Not naming names.

My point is, to keep it simple, if you don’t act like a superstar, then you’ll get my respect. Just continue to do your thing, playing the music for the fans that support it. Support other bands & musicians of all levels of talent. Stop acting like you’re better than others, ’cause it certainly is a turn off. I don’t have the time to deal with these kind of bands. If they still act like an unsigned band and not a rock star wannabe, you’ll get my immediate support.

Kev

You hear it all the time. People say that when you don’t have a large following, your music is immediate crap. Not true at all. There ARE plenty of talented bands & musicians who are amazingly talented, it’s just that a lot of them are “overlooked” way too much. Maybe these guys don’t care to be popular. They want to make music ’cause that’s what they do. Make music for the love of it.

You also shouldn’t assume that bands & artists don’t have a large following ’cause what if they do? A lot of them probably don’t even realize that they are pretty popular, you just never know how many people are listening to you. Hell, a lot of people out there may even like my music when I’m not even realizing it either, I don’t know.

That’s the tough part about being a musician. A musician can’t tell if he or she is popular or not. A lot of musicians want to think no one is paying attention to them, which is good. It makes things unpredictable and interesting that way.

Kev