Unsigned musicians that have their own facebook page to promote their material and get their fans together is not a bad thing but the thing is, people don’t realize how crazy these bands can be in social networking sites. Bands facebook pages can be really crazy. They all think they are rock stars. A lot of them have big egos, that they don’t realize how much of an idiot they sound when they don’t read their own facebook status’s they post. For example, you don’t see many musicians admitting that their own talent sucks, a lot of them think they are so great, all the time. A lot of them lie about big crowds at their live gigs. A lot of them think they are bigger than their own fans. Need I go on?

A lot of musicians want to think they are popular. That’s the kind of fantasy worlds they are all living in. The point I’m trying to make here is, that local and unsigned musicians act like celebrities in facebook. I know they are not famous, but they do pretend to be.

I can tell you this right now, that I’ve never been this type of person. For those who’ve been reading my blogs for a long time, would know this.  I don’t go around calling people “fans”, I call them “people”. I don’t go around getting all excited about upcoming gigs or projects that these bands obsess over. I don’t go around plugging my gigs in front of everyone’s faces, begging people to come out, I let the people decide if they want to come out and support my music. That’s how I did things. If I didn’t get a big crowd at a show, I wouldn’t go online and whine about it like most musicians do. I’d be glad that I just played out. If I had a big crowd at a gig of mine, I wouldn’t go crazy over that either (yes, I’ve had played in front of big crowds before).

I am a musician and sometimes gig, but I leave my ego out the door. I like to be myself as a person. I never went around the music scene acting like a rock star or a celebrity that these musicians are trying to be. If someone likes my music and wants a demo CD, I would give it to them for free, I wouldn’t force people to pay for it. I’m not afraid to admit that I’m not the greatest musician in the world, and I’m not afraid to admit that I’m not into this for popularity and fame. It’s not that hard for everyone else to do the same. Almost every musician you run into, they will think they are some kind of rock god.

Kev