Here is your life advice tip of the day.

You ever wanna know why people are always negative to you for no reason? It’s because they need it. They thrive on it. They enjoy it. That’s why some give you bullshit for no reason ’cause they are hoping to drive you crazy on purpose. They’ll do anything to bring you down to their level. It’s why they do what they do. Ever wonder why when all someone wants to do is treat you negatively all the time? It’s not you, it’s all them. They just thrive on the drama and they enjoy it. That’s all it is really. They can’t help themselves.

So if you know someone who can never treat you positively at all. Always saying something negative about you all the time, pay no mind to them ’cause that’s all they are a negative person. If that’s all they’re being is a negative person to you then they are probably negative to everything and everyone else too. Just watch for it, you’ll realize I’m right soon enough.

Why do people need drama in their lives? Is it because they need to get things off their system? Let off some steam? No. It just that they aren’t happy in life. They’re having personal problems so they take it out on other people. They enjoy the drama. Period. They’re just losers with nothing better to do but put people down.

People give me negative bullshit all the time whether online or offline but I don’t care. Life is good. I continue to smile, stay above it all. When people give you bullshit, try to remain positive. Pisses them off even more. Trust me.

Kev

A lot of people came and went in my life but that’s okay. Let ’em fucking go. Just continue to enjoy your own life and continue to be happy. If people don’t want to be a part of your life anymore then you shouldn’t worry about it. Don’t chase them to come back to your life ’cause why? You know who your true friends are when they stick with you and stay loyal to you. I still have some friends who stayed loyal and supported me even to this day. Yes, you WILL get a lot of fake friends who will stab you in the back. You know, people who thought they were your friend but they weren’t after all that time. Yep, I get that shit all the time but you know what? I don’t care. I’ve hung out with people in person who I thought were my friend but stabbed me in the back.

You ever been in those situations where you hang out with people for a long time and then your so-called friend no longer wants anything to do with you? They all of a sudden cut off all contact with you and they no longer want to hang out with you anymore. It seems to be happening to me a lot lately but that’s okay. I’m a happy guy and life is good. Like I said above, you know who your true friends are when they don’t stab you in the back. Your true friends are the ones who don’t give you any drama and bullshit at all. They’ll stay loyal to you and think the world of you. Yeah, I’ve got some true friends in my life that stuck with me through everything which means a lot really. I’ve dealt with plenty of friends who decided they didn’t like me anymore and they stopped being my friend all of a sudden. I’ve dealt with it a lot and I’m sure you did too.

So because you lost people in your life that you thought were your friend but weren’t after all that time, who cares. It ain’t the end of the world, ya know? Just keep living life. Keep smiling. I’ve had plenty of former friends who decided not to like me anymore but that’s okay. I can’t please everybody, ya know? When you lose friends that’s when you know the right ones will stick with you.

Kev

If I’m gonna do this “Greatest Hits” album of my past music, I’m gonna have to dig in and re-learn my older songs which is what I already started doing this week. Yeah, I’m probably gonna forget a lot of guitar parts and forget lyrics ’cause I don’t save a lot of old lyrics. That’s the whole point of this project though, seeing if I can make my older songs even better so there’s probably gonna be a lot of rewrites. A lot of rewrites for both lyrics and guitar parts. I’m probably gonna forget a lot of stuff but that’s okay. That’s because I haven’t played the older songs in a long time. I want to re-record most of my old stuff as a way to celebrate the history of my music. That’s what it’s all about really. A celebration. As a special thank you for the people who supported my music over the years. Some of my supporters still enjoy my older songs I’m noticing and that’s what I’m doing it for. For the long time fans who go way back and supported me ever since then. I really want to do this Greatest Hits thing along with a bunch of brand new songs. I’ll re-do all of my old songs first and then I’ll start writing the new ones. Get the Greatest Hits thing out of the way first.

Some of these songs are pretty special to me still ’cause they helped me get out there gigging in the first place. I used to gig a lot back then around the early 2000’s years ’cause of my older songs. I just want to improve them. Make them even better. A lot of my old songs has gotten re-written so many times anyways. It’s a good thing to do is re-write your song over and over in order to improve it. I feel I’ve gotten better at songwriting anyway. It does take years to become a good songwriter.

In the old days, I’ll admit that I used to be a shitty songwriter and didn’t know what I was doing. That’s okay, when you first start out, you’re always gonna be shitty. It does take years of practice to get good. In a way, I still don’t know what I’m doing but I just let the music speak on it’s own and that’s the way to be.

It’s gonna be fun celebrating the blast from the past.

Kev

For the internet album, it’s probably gonna end up being a greatest hits kind of thing. I’m gonna bring back a lot of my old songs from the past and compile them into a “Greatest Hits” thing. Now that I have a whole new recording rig and the sound quality on it is the way I want it, I’m planning to re-record most of my older songs and see if I can improve them all. When I say “Greatest Hits” album, I mean “Greatest Hits” album. I’ll bring back all of my older songs and re-record them all with songs like: “Evil Fred”, “Mr. Tough Guy”, “Back To Running”, “The Secret of Mine”, “Suicide Or Murder”, “This Hostage”, “Big Giant Circus”, “Demons Have Taken Your Soul”, “The Nightmare Has Begun Today, “Take a Little Trip with Me”, “Be On The Run”, etc. Those songs will probably make it on there.

I think I’m gonna trash “The Dark War” and “Say Goodbye, Osama” ’cause I thought they were terrible songs and wished I never wrote them but the ones I listed above will definitely make it on there.

I want to bring back a lot of my old songs as a way to celebrate my past and hopefully attract a lot of new listeners as well.

For the internet album, I’m also gonna write a bunch of brand new songs for it as well. 1 side will be all new originals, the other side will be a greatest hits thing. I think it’s a good idea to do. It’s gonna be a pretty big project but I want to get it off the ground and work it on so it could take me all year to do. I want to do the greatest hits thing as a reminder for people of what I am musically.

Kev

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh, Brock is acting like an asshole. Wwwaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh, Brock is acting like a troll. Waaaaaaaaahhhh, Brock is posting offensive shit with his politics. Waaaaaaaaaaah, Brock is acting like a hypocrite. Boo hoo hoo hoo. Get over yourselves you bunch of crybabies!

Yeah, I’m always getting people complaining and crying about my web presence. That’s okay, though ’cause I’m actually pretty flattered by it all. News Flash: I don’t care what people think of me. Cry about me all you want to, I’m still gonna be me and I’m not changing for anyone. I’m always gonna be real and tell the truth no matter the consequences ’cause that’s how I always am.

It’s a good thing to do is not change for anyone. It’s the right attitude to have. You don’t have to do a damn thing to appease other people. Just because a few people hates me on the internet doesn’t necessarily mean the whole world will hate me. You don’t ever want to change just to get people to like you. Just keep being yourself. Just keep being honest and keep being you then a handful of other people will respect you for it. For example, I’ve had plenty of people mostly supporters tell me that they respect me ’cause I know how to stay strong and tough over the haters & negative people. Don’t change and the right people will come around and love you for it. Having haters can sometimes be useful ’cause you can get more love and support out of it.

A lot of times people say, “you preach freedom of speech but you won’t let me have mine”… haha. I hear that shit all the time so I just ignore it and laugh it off. It’s bullshit ’cause I do allow others to have their freedom of speech. People can speak their mind about anything they want to but when all they want to do is attack me and bully me, it’s my “freedom of speech” on whether or not I want to listen to it and I don’t. It’s my right on whether or not I want to listen to your criticism against me. They usually cry “freedom of speech” when I call them out on their bullying. Almost always. It’s just them playing innocent victim and thinking they can get away with attacking me. Happens all the time. They just get jealous ’cause they know I won’t allow them to criticize me and I don’t have to listen to their shit if I don’t want to. People can be weird like that, ya know? They think they can get away with the bullshit that they try to pull.

I find it funny that if people don’t like what I write or what I post, they still continue to read my stuff and continue to complain. I’m like… if I’m so bad to you then why continue to follow me? Why continue to read my blogs, my facebook and my twitter? The unfriend button is there for a reason, y’all. It’s not that hard. I don’t care if I lose followers and friends in social networking. I think they do like the stuff that I do and they won’t admit it. Even though they don’t like the stuff that I post, they continue to hang around and lurk. It’s not that difficult to stop following my stuff. It’s not that hard at all.

I think I just found a way to get people to become obsessed with me which is fine. To be honest, I’ll admit that I can be outspoken and controversial but I just like to get people going for fun. Mess with people heads. It’s what I do it for. I also do it to be real on everything and give people a reality check on certain things ’cause too many people are so dumb & delusional… I want to teach people things. That’s why I’m honest on all topics. Just want to be real and there’s nothing wrong with it. When they say “truth is the new hate speech” it really is. You’re not being censored, the truth is.

Kev

Man, I wished I saved all of my old live gigging photos from the past but I didn’t. I only saved some of them and I found a few on the internet. I used to have an old website where I had all the photos on there but don’t have the old website anymore and moved to wordpress. I used to have a photobucket with all my photos on there too but photobucket changed over the years. I don’t have my old photobucket page anymore either. I used to have photos of myself performing at Kings Tavern, Slow Jed’s, Caffe Lena, Positive Mental Trip Fest, etc. I already posted some old live photos on my instagram. I’m trying to find the old stuff as much as I can and hopefully I can find more old photos soon ’cause I used to have a bunch.

Yeah, I used to perform live a LOT around the early 2000’s years. A lot of people still wanna doubt me and they say it’s hard to believe that I played a lot of gigs well, I want to bring the pics back to prove the doubters wrong that I really was a live performer.

Admittedly, I miss performing live on the stage and itching to get back into it. Just got to get a bunch of new songs written and then maybe I’ll book a couple of shows or play some open mics.

Kev

I was gonna change my mind and scrap the idea of the “Greatest Hits” album but I think I’m gonna go for it. I listened to both of my past demos… the one I did in 2003 and the one I did in 2006. Both of those demos has 10 songs each. I listened to them all and some of those songs I would like to bring back and try to improve. Make my older songs even better. Actually, I already re-did three of the songs off my 2003 demo for the 2006 demo… those songs were: “Evil Fred”, “Mr. Tough Guy” and “Back To Running”… those three songs were re-done many times but it don’t hurt to remake them again. I discovered a really cool folk original song I wrote called, “Big Giant Circus”, that one I’d like to bring back and try to make it even better.

It’s a good idea to do a greatest hits album too, that way I can give people an idea of who I am, what I’m about and what I do. I’ll do one album with all new original songs and the other side will be all the classics that I’m gonna re-record.

When I listened to the 2003 demo album the sound quality isn’t that good ’cause I recorded it on my old piece of shit M-Audio Fastrack interface so you’re gonna hear a lot of background hissing and there’s gonna be clipping too ’cause back then I didn’t know anything about production but now I’m just starting to figure it out finally.

I actually enjoyed looking back at my older material. Some I’ll leave behind and some I’ll bring back. There are many older songs that I wrote exclusively for youtube that I’d like to bring back too like “Take a Little Trip With Me” for one ’cause that tune has gotten a lot of attention. “The Nightmare Has Begun Today” also got a lot of attention so I’ll definitely re-do those two songs. Sometimes my original songs do get a lot of attention.

It may not seem like it but yeah, a lot of people do support my music. It’s just that the local press hasn’t picked up on me yet but that’s okay. I don’t make music for the local press, I make music for you and that’s the end of it. Each time I mention that I have people that like my music… there will be a handful of others that will deny it and call me “delusional” but fuck ’em. They’re just negative assholes. I do know I have a lot of supporters & fans of my music and I feel grateful. It’s a huge part of why I want to get back into the music thing. They make me want to make a return.

Kev

Here’s your life advice tip of the day… only listen to positive people and ignore the negative ones. Don’t give the negative people any attention ’cause they don’t deserve it. I really have been doing that a lot lately and it does help make you happier, tougher and stronger.

I know some other people get frustrated and annoyed by negative people getting all over them but don’t respond to them and don’t give them any attention. I’ve had lots of people treated me pretty badly and harshly. Lot of people gave me bullshit and drama too whether online or offline, don’t give negative people any attention. In case you haven’t noticed, I only focus on the positive people ’cause that’s who I would rather surround myself with.

Yeah, I’m always getting people judging me. People thinking they know so much about me when they don’t know freakin’ shit. Some people always seem to be getting into my personal life which I would never talk about with anybody especially to people I don’t know. I only talk about my life to people I know well and love… I don’t talk about myself to losers.

I’ve had people throw temper tantrums at me plenty. Yes.

Some people would say that I deserve all the hate and negativity and they say shit like that I had it coming but not really. I try to be “good” and be “positive” to everybody as much as I can. I try to be nice to everybody as much as possible but when people decide not to be nice to me, I’m not gonna be nice in return and that’s how it goes. I don’t start things unless people start things with me. Then they’ll get ignored and I will act like they don’t exist to me anymore. That’s how I am. Just my way of eliminating negative people from my life ’cause I don’t need it.

It is amazing to me how negative people really are these days. Why do they have to be negative to you? I think the only reason is that some people are “assholes”. That’s pretty much it really. That’s who they are. They’re showing their true colors. When all people want to do is be negative and judge you all the time… chances are they aren’t happy in life so they take it out on other people.

Positive people won’t treat you like that. The positive people will never treat others with disrespect ’cause they know they are better than that. I’m not dumb, y’all. I know who is positive and who isn’t. I like to surround myself with positive and joyful people. I like happy people and that’s who I would rather be around with.

When people want to start arguments and give you drama, it’s best to walk away ’cause you can’t win with people. If you walk away and ignore, that’s how you get negative people to leave you alone. Works all the time is by not caring and not responding. Who cares what people think of you.

Kev

Like I said in the previous post, I’ve recorded two different demo CD’s in the past. One back in 2003 on my old Pro Tools and in 2006 I recorded one in a real studio. After listening to both of them, I’ve realized I’ve came a long way with my singing. There’s definitely a big difference. Back then, I didn’t have much head voice. I was singing like I was talking. Kind of singing like Bob Dylan and Lou Reed. A lot of people used to compare me to Bob Dylan in the past ’cause I used to have that similar “talk-singing” voice that he’s known for.

I don’t think I sing like that anymore though. I definitely developed a lot of head voice, more range and more control over the years. When I record my next batch of songs, I’m gonna concentrate on good singing next time around. I don’t think I sing like Dylan anymore and I’m sure you agree.

I really love writing new original songs and I want to get back into that this Spring/Summer. I just need to upgrade my Acoustica Mixcraft DAW to the full version and then I’ll get to work.

My idea for my next batch of songs will be a mix between rock n’ roll and folk/slow ballads. I believe I’m good at making acoustic music “rock” and that’s the idea for my next batch of songs. My next batch of songs won’t be a demo… it’s gonna be a homemade record. A real album. I’m gonna design a virtual cover for it and all. I’ll upload it at bandcamp when completed.

I’m planning to make my internet album as good as possible. I really would like more people to like my music and more people have. They’ve been liking all the covers I’ve been doing and I want to see if they’ll like my originals. I feel it’s time for more originals and itching to get a lot more new music out. I’ve been messing around with a lot of interesting ideas for songs. Gonna write lyrics for them soon.

Kev

I’m posting a bunch of goodies on my Instagram page. Just started doing “Throwback Thursday” and “Flashback Friday” stuff on my Instagram. Check it out if you want in the link below. I’ve been digging through a lot of my old pics just to do some fun stuff and show people what my past and childhood was like. You know how music artists do this a lot? They all show off what their childhood and past life was like so I figure it’s time for me to do the same since Instagram is giving me that opportunity. I love Instagram… it’s actually a great site and I’m having a lot of fun with it. I’m real late getting into Instagram but late is better than never! If you’re on Instagram feel free to follow me but be good, I won’t tolerate trolling/cyberbullying there either.

After looking through my older gigging photos, it made me realize that I miss performing and I’ve been itching to get back into it again.

I’ve also re-listened to my 2006 Demo that I recorded in a studio and you can hear those 9 songs on my ReverbNation page.

https://www.instagram.com/kevbrockmusic/

After doing even more digging, I found an even older 10 song demo that I did back in the early 2000’s years that I recorded on my old Pro Tools. On my first demo CD before my 2006 one, I did back in like the year 2003 or something like that. I knew it was recorded in 2003 ’cause I did only one cover on it which was Josh Turner’s “Long Black Train” and I have forgotten I recorded that cover. Maybe I’ll try to upload it to youtube somehow. It was a 10 song demo, my first demo but the sound quality is not really that good on it but I’m still proud of the work I did on it. I actually do have some unreleased material that I did in the past and maybe I will upload that stuff sometime in the future. On that demo I experimented with a lot of country and folk music ’cause I was just getting started in songwriting.

After looking back, I’m really itching for some new material and I will get right to it this year. While I’m proud of my older material… I’m gonna do my best to make my newer material even better too. My next batch of songs, I will take my time with ’cause I want to try and make my new songs the best as possible. I still have that internet album planned, don’t you worry. Will I re-record some of my older songs? I don’t know. I’ve thought about bringing back some of my older stuff and doing a “Greatest Hits” thing but I really shouldn’t bring back any of the old stuff, though. I want to see if I can make new music and I want to see if I can make even better music than ever before. I feel that my singing has gotten a lot better. I want my next batch of songs to hopefully be powerful and intense. You think my past songs were pretty tight? Wait ’til to you hear the songs that I have been sitting on. You haven’t heard nothing yet.

Kev