I know I talk quite a bit about how musicians and bands communicate with people in their facebook pages, but I’m the type of guy that is not afraid to be real about things. I have a personal facebook page and I do keep an eye on what they post in their statuses, so I know what I’m talking about. Facebook really helped exposed the egos & delusions of musicians in the social networking community.

Not only that bands & musicians think they are bigger than people who are not musicians and how they think they are talented, I am also noticing a lot of other weird things. Notice when they have a show coming up, they get all excited. When a gig comes up, bands will act like kids at an amusement fun park, it’s like, “Oh goodie, oh goodie, I have a show coming up, can’t wait!!!”.  Really? I know it’s great to have a gig, is it cool for bands to act like that? When I used to gig, I didn’t have that kind of attitude. Of course, I look forward to playing gigs, but I don’t get all that excited like it’s the best thing ever, if you know what I mean. Be an adult about these things. That’s part of being a professional.

It is also not cool that bands just want to play shows just to party and get drunk after. That’s just my opinion. Bands go, “Oh man, I’m going to get drunk and loaded at this show. Can’t wait!” It should be about the music. Not for the drinking. That’s part of being a professional.

Promotional material, bands seem to be going crazy over promotion and doing it wrong. Bands will keep posting shows in their statuses, more than once, trying to shove the show in people’s faces. Try to be careful bands, that people don’t like over promotion. All you need to do is post your gig in your status once. People aren’t stupid, they can read. Sending out a facebook invite is what that thing is for, so you don’t spam with advertisments that people don’t like. That’s part of being a professional.

Voting contests. Bands seems to be obsessing with these in their facebook pages as well. When a radiostation or some kind of online website has some type of voting thing where a band is entering something, they’ll beg their fans to vote more than once. Nothing wrong with asking people to vote for your band in hopes of winning a certain contest, but the contest begging is a no-no. It makes it look like you’re a kid asking your mother for a candy bar or something. That’s part of being a professional.

Bands should be using their facebook pages to promote stuff or just interact with your fans. I know of a few bands who run their facebook pages the way it should be done but most bands do it pretty lousy and amateurish. I could go on all day about this topic.

Kev