The only way I can prove to people that I have a fan following and have supporters, is that I need to book myself another show and I’ll prove it that way. Believe me, people will come out and you have to see it to believe it. I’ll get myself back out there soon. Hopefully after the Holidays are over with.

Edit to add: If you need more evidence that I have a following, I do have several live videos in youtube with people cheering me on, in the background. Go have a look and tell me what you see.

Kev

The one thing that people seem to enjoy doing, is that they “think”, that telling the truth about me, is putting me down. Some like to tell me how I’m not liked by a lot of people. They would tell me stuff about the hateful videos in youtube aimed at me, the google search engine, and all the Brock hate  you see on the internet. People would also tell me about my past about the way I posted on forums over the years. It’s not like I haven’t heard all that stuff before, and people has repeatedly said this stuff to me for years, but quite frankly, I don’t give a shit. I get called a lot of things like egomaniac, attention whore, troll, hypocrite, etc. All of those things. Just to correct you on one thing, that none of this hurts or upsets me. So stop acting like you guys are better and tougher than me ’cause you’re not.

I’m just being me, and there is no crime in that.

I learned that if you want to go forward in your music dreams, you must ignore the bullshit completely, and I’m learning to do better. Yes, I know that when I get myself back out there musically, I’m probably going to get even more haters, but that’s fine. One thing to keep in mind though, that just because there’s so much negative publicity about me online, doesn’t mean a fanbase doesn’t exist. I have a personal facebook, and the people in that page backs my music, all the time. That’s how you can tell you have supporters. Not just the internet, people have told me in person that they think I’m a good musician as well.

You have to believe in yourself, not listen to negative people who want to doubt you and destroy you. Deep down, they’re probably jealous, nothing more. I’ve dealt with all kinds of negative bullshit throughout my musical life with other musicians and people in the scene, but that’s still not stopping me from doing what I love. I’m a musician, and that’s what I do. Play music. That’s kind of the tough part about being a local musician ’cause you’re always going to get people shooting down your dreams and take it away from you. The trick to keep going in music, is not give a shit about anybody. Period.

Like the old saying goes, “Haters are gonna hate”.

Kev

It may not seem like it, but I do have a pretty good following with my music. I still have plenty of people who still have my back and stayed loyal to me. I think it seems this way because I haven’t gotten much press in the music scene myself, and feel I have been one of those overlooked artists in this area. Yes, there are people that really enjoy my music, and I’m not just talking about other musicians or family members. I probably won’t give up the singing. I’ll just do my best to improve my singing, which is what I’m working on. Practicing vocal exercises and teaching myself vocals lessons, on my own. I’m trying to work on singing every word clearly too, and I believe that is improving a bit.

There’s going to be negative people that will want to act like your music career is nothing, but don’t listen to those people. You want to believe in the people who support you. I wouldn’t still be doing this if it weren’t for my true fans. This is why I’m working out a comeback for 2013. I will definitely try to gig a lot more often that year.

That’s the funny thing about being a musician. You can never tell how many people actually like you out there, and believe me, there will be people out there who enjoy your music. You just never know how many is listening!

I took time off from songwriting to improve my talent even more. Gonna have to start writing lyrics again. I want to make a professionally made full band album with a CD cover, with great sound quality, and all but that’s gonna take some time and money. As soon as I get a job (still job hunting), I’ll start saving money for studio time and CD pressing/duplication. Making my first real album has always been my dream, it’s the budget that’s the problem.

Thanks for the true support. I promise, I’ll get myself back out there. I don’t want to keep you waiting any longer for a Brock comeback.

Kev

Some may wonder how I came up with the idea of an acoustic rock sound. Writing original rock songs on an acoustic guitar. Well, here’s how I came up with the idea. Since the acoustic guitar is mostly looked at as a country/folk/bluegrass instrument. I thought to myself, that it doesn’t have to be. Why not try to change the acoustic scene around a little bit, by playing rock n’ roll? Play the acoustic guitar as if you were playing an electric. That’s how I saw myself as. When I play acoustic rock, I picture myself in my head playing those songs electric in a full band. That’s where these songs come from and that’s how I originally hear them at first. I will continue to play aggressive acoustic rock. I try to do other genres but this how I’ve always played. This is how my upcoming new songs will continue to be.

Acoustic music doesn’t always have to be slow and folky, all the time. I know I’m not the creator of acoustic rock, but I would like to try and bring it to everyone’s attention in a big way. Sit down acoustic performances can sometimes be a little boring. Why not have an energetic acoustic rock performance just like the full bands do, ya know? Watch my live performances in youtube, and you would see right away that they are definitely not sit down folky performances. I like to rock out on stage just like any rocker would.

I never saw myself as an acoustic folk, kind of guy. I always saw myself as a rock n’ roller. Another inspiration to this, is that I listen to so much rock n’ roll and metal, my songwriting comes from that as well.

I’m not afraid to rock it up on stage. Maybe this is part of why I have trouble getting recognized in the scene ’cause I don’t sing like pop music or American Idol. That’s okay, because popularity kind of sucks anyway. I kind of prefer being an obscure and overlooked artist, as I like it that way better.

Kev

I know some out there, are expecting some new music from me, a new batch of songs, but wait even longer, they will be coming. Honestly, I haven’t written a new song in a long while. I’ll admit that I’ve been on a major writers block for a while, so I decided to learn some guitar instead, trying to improve my talent. I only write when I get inspired, I guess.

I’m not trying to sound like an egomaniac, but the goal with my music that I would like to make the best songs possible. I want to make the kind of music that everyone’s been wanting for a long time that hasn’t got to them. Great songs, played with heart, whether they will be full band or acoustic. I want my songs to be enjoyed by as many people as possible myself, like most songwriters do. I’m not trying to be better than everyone else, just want people to enjoy my songs. Trying everything I can.

Writers block sucks, but I’ll find a way to get over it, soon, and start writing songs like crazy when ever I’m in the mood for it. For lyrics, I just write what’s on my mind, I don’t plan ahead. I’ll get new songs out at some point. Really want to be doing this again. I’ll try to spend the next couple of months songwriting and hopefully, I will return to the music scene playing gigs again next year, 2013.

Kev

I will soon be joining “Pinterest” and “Instagram”. I’ll make my way to those social networking sites soon. Sometime this week probably. I’m finding that “Pinterest” is a pretty useful tool for musicians/bands or just for expressing yourself, so I’ll end up joining it.

As for “Skype”, I’m thinking about that too, ’cause that would be perfect for exclusive home acoustic performances for the loyal people who still support my music. I’ll be looking into all these soon.

Kev

There will be a few more changes to this website, ’cause I’m always changing things around so I can make this website, look as professional as I possibly can. I could probably use the “Custom Design” upgrade for wordpress but that will cost some extra money. I will get that upgrade sometime down the road, but for now I just keep the website design simple. One change, I’m trying to do is try to link all my social networking sites along with the “social networking” images linked to them. Know what I mean? All music websites seems to be doing this, having the “facebook”, “twitter”, and “youtube” icons on top of their pages linking it to their social networking sites. I’m planning on working on it, this week.

While this site is looking okay so far, I’ll make it even nicer as I go along. When you want to showcase your music on the internet, it’s pretty important to make your websites look professional as possible, if you want to draw more people to your sites.

I’m also planning on working with a professional photographer soon for a photoshoot. There’s a guy that I know who has a professional photography business, someone I know in Greenwich. I’ll come up with all kinds of cool ideas with this site. This is only the beginning for now.

Kev

It’s nice to know that people actually care about my songs, after all. I’m planning to get a new batch of songs out soon, and instead of releasing one song at a time, one after another, I’m planning on releasing a whole bunch of ’em all in one day. I can’t afford studio time at this point, so I’m planning to make the acoustic demo, just home made. Just write a bunch of material and put out the ones that I like the most.

I think I’m a pretty good songwriter. Not trying to sound like a self centered ego-maniac. I’m proud of my songs and think they can be special in some way. I’m going to try to start writing songs with more heart and emotion from now on. Like I said, I’ll still do the acoustic rock thing but I want to try writing some folk songs a little bit as well. Go for something different. I’m not saying that I’m the best songwriter than all the others around this area, but I’m finding that other musicians really look after my music, but I’m hoping to reach a wider audience more than just musicians supporting it.

I want to get back out playing gigs again too ’cause I miss that. Maybe in 2013, I’ll start going back out. I just need new stuff to put out there. Whenever I’m ready to release the new songs, I’ll pick a release date. Before then, then maybe I’ll upload clips of the songs for previews, just for a tease. I’ll make them youtube exclusive at first. Try to do some different marketing.

There will be more Brock music, coming soon, I promise. Just wait.

Kev

I used to think that nobody was paying any attention to my music out there, and thought no one supported my music at all. Maybe I thought wrong? Whenever I post a new original song or a cover in facebook, they both get positive responses. They sometimes even get passed around in facebook, people giving it thumbs up. I remember when I first started out as a musician, the public was making fun of me and bashing my talent, all over. It seems that those days are over with, and I haven’t seen anything negative said about my music recently. That’s what happens when you take practicing more seriously. That’s how I improved, just worked my ass off, to improve my singing and guitar playing. Hard work pays off. You work on your talent and take it seriously, people will take you seriously as a musician. Maybe I need to stop being sensitive? LOL…

Maybe I’m just a little disappointed that I haven’t gotten recognition by the local press about my music. No newspaper articles, reviews, etc. Anyway, I know that becoming an established musician doesn’t fall in your lap and you can’t beg for it. I just need to work harder. Put my music out there and see what happens. If I don’t become well known around here at all locally, I’m all good with the people that do support my music and I’m thankful for that. The support my music by you folks is what keeps me motivated to keep playing.

I’m trying my best to get new original material out there. I know people love my older songs, but I’m tired of my older songs. I’ve been playing my older songs so many times at my past gigs, I feel it’s time for a whole new batch of material. I’m going to learn more covers too. I really want to get back out there playing live as well, as I miss performing live. That’s one of my favorite things to do ever. There’s nothing better getting on stage to rock out with an acoustic guitar in front an audience. I want to try and put out an album someday but that will take time and money.

I know people out there want me to forward my career to a bigger level, but to be honest, I don’t care to be the biggest musician in the world. I just do this for fun, that’s it. I do appreciate people supporting it. It’s awesome.

I think my next round of songs would be much better than my earlier stuff. Yes, I will still play aggressive acoustic rock, like I’ve always done, but I’m going to try writing more slower and mellower material. That Whitney Houston cover of mine, inspired me to write more lighter sounds and folky like songs.

I’m gonna try to get back out there the best I can. Thanks all.

Kev