I have quite a lot of people criticizing me of who I am as a person and as a man but that’s okay. Let them. I will never apologize for who I am. I am quite happy for who I am. I have no regrets and never felt guilty of who I am.

I will never apologize for speaking the truth no matter the consequences. I will never apologize for speaking the truth no matter how offensive it gets or how upset other people get over my opinion on certain topics.

I will never apologize for living life the way I want to. I will never apologize for doing the things I love to do. I will never apologize for liking the music I want to like. I will never apologize for my obsession with movies and Hollywood. I will never apologize for working out in the gym, staying in great shape and eating healthy. I will never apologize for my love for music and my obsession for playing the guitar. I will never apologize for my conservative political views and my views on Obama.

I am not responsible for making every single person on this planet happy ’cause that’s not how I work. I will never be the kind of person that other people want me to be. I will always be myself. No matter what anybody says.

I enjoy life and am a happy man. That will never change, no matter how many haters and negative people get in the way. Negative people are nothing to me. I focus on the happy, positive and joyful people. I know who they are. I do have people who are kind, caring and have awesome people who believe in me.

Never apologize for being you. You shouldn’t have to.

Kev

https://twitter.com/ozlifeadvice/status/540860989994840064

This is a great life advice tip so I thought it would be worth passing along. I agree with this. Everywhere you go in life, no matter where you go on the internet or in the real world, you’re always gonna get haters. You’ll always get a few badguys.

Everyday, I would see people in my facebook newsfeed ranting about how haters are trying to bring them down… mostly women in facebook do this stuff. I’m sure you’ve seen them do this stuff too.

If people are hating on ya, who cares, ya know? It ain’t the end of the world.

I know I have a lot of haters and negative people out there but I don’t give a fuck. I used to be upset over the haters and negative people over the years but as I get older, I learned to get used to it.

There will always be people who will be obsessed with talking shit about you. I always found it funny how that if people don’t like me so much, then why do they continue to follow me online, reading my stuff and they continue to talk shit about me? I think people are messed up and whacked… I think that’s why. People with delusions of grandeur. They won’t stop talking shit about ya ’cause they enjoy it… they’re like a bully picking on a little kid in elementary school.

Just ignore the haters, trolls and bullies… it’s not that hard, trust me. Just take that stuff as a compliment, smile and move about your day.

It is amazing how people think it’s okay to speak how they want about me, though. When I call them out, they usually defend themselves claiming they have every right to be doing what they doing. I don’t worry about haters as much as I used to. They’re nothing to me.

I enjoy life… very much and am a happy guy. All I wanna do is play my guitar, workout in the gym, watch my movies and do my other passions that I have. Life is great.

Kev

I know I said I wasn’t gonna get the new Ac/Dc album but I decided to get it out of curiosity. So I ended up getting their new album, “Rock Or Bust” today. I picked it up on physical CD instead of downloading the album from Itunes. I’ve always dug Ac/Dc both the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson eras. I’ve always been big on the band so I bought the CD to help support ’em. Looking forward to hearing the album.

I also picked up Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra, “Theatre Is Evil” album… the album that she was successful for Kickstarter with. They had one copy left of that album at F.Y.E. so I decided to grab it ’cause I know I wasn’t gonna find it anywhere else. I could have downloaded the album from Itunes but it’s good to have the physical CD of albums. I was surprised to see this Amanda Palmer album on the shelf at F.Y.E. so I couldn’t say no to this one. Looking forward to hearing this album too.

I didn’t get too much for myself this week. Had to do my Christmas shopping this month which is all done. Saw the new “Hunger Games” movie today as well and about to review that in a little bit.

Kev

So this week I purchased a few more music albums… I picked up:

– Taylor Swift’s “1989” (physical CD): (Yeah, I ended up getting it. I don’t feel ashamed of it either and been wanting to hear it. I saw the CD on sale for 9.99 at Target so I figure that’s cheaper than downloading the album from Itunes so that’s why I picked up the album on CD)
– Billy Idol’s “King and Queens of the Underground (Itunes): (I’m a huge Billy Idol fan)
– Slipknot “The Gray Chapter” (Itunes): (I’ve been wanting to hear this album for a while now and finally gotten around to downloading it)
– Royal Blood (Itunes): (Had to get this album since I read that one page article in Guitar World magazine)

That’s it. I’m saving what’s left on my Itunes redeeming card so I can download Pink Floyd’s “Endless River” next week. Looking forward to that one. The new Foo Fighters album I’ll get another time.

Kev

It’s real tough to become a great lead guitar player. I’ve been trying to learn how to play great lead guitar for years. I’ve been trying to figure it out since I picked up the guitar about 18 or 19 years ago. It does take a lot of years to learn. Like I said in a post before, when you want to play guitar solos… playing fast notes and shredding is great but you don’t wanna obsess with it too much. In my opinion, you want to concentrate on phrasing and play with a more melodic feel if you wanna melt people’s faces with your playing. Nobody wants to hear you play a bunch of scales. Scales are important yes but when you play scales, you have to play music with them. It’s tough to do but I think I achieved that goal with my latest guitar jam that I posted in youtube… the “A Dorian” jam that kind of sounds like Pink Floyd a little bit.

I still got a lot of learning to do, though. I still gotta work on my ear training and music theory stuff which is getting worked on. I really want to get “good” on improvisation. That’s what I’m most focused on.

When you’re a guitar player, I learned that it’s important that you need to learn both rhythm and lead guitar. In my opinion, when you want to learn guitar… you can’t choose to learn one of them. I had to learn how to get good at both. I picked up the guitar ’cause I wanted to play like my heroes that I looked up to over the years such as Jimmy Page, Satriani, Clapton, and Hendrix.

Studying and learning guitar is a lot of fun. When learning music theory, I’m just taking my time. Trying to memorize everything by heart and study every detail. Not miss anything. I’m getting better at music theory too. I pretty much understand a lot of it by now. Music theory is helping me and it is helping me become a better player.

If you wanna become a guitar genius and wizard, it takes patience, lots of practice and hard work. If you wanna improve your playing… practice is key. Don’t get stuck playing the same basic shit. If you’re bored playing the same things all the time… learn to improve and get better.

I laugh at all those musicians that play in bands that make claims they don’t practice their instrument. If you don’t practice, then you probably suck. I think practicing guitar is pretty important. I practice and learn new stuff on the guitar every day.

I’m more focused on the electric than acoustic, however. I’m working my way up toward in hopes of becoming a rock guitarist and a lead guitar player.

I just wanna learn how to play more professionally and become an actual musician. It’s not because I want to show off my ego and show everybody what I got. I just want to move forward musically and that’s what this is about. Take my musicianship to the next level is the goal. Notice how I said “musicianship”… I’m real serious about that.

Kev

Happy Halloween, y’all. I would have done a top horror film list like I do every year but I’m honestly getting kind of bored of those. It’s usually the same list every year so I’m gonna skip it this year.

Anyway, if you’re going out to party on Halloween or trick or treating with your kids or whatever… stay safe and behave. Don’t drink and drive either.

I’m not doing anything for Halloween tonight. Just gonna stay home and watch movies later this evening. I’ve got the “Need For Speed” movie coming in the mail from Netflix so I’m probably gonna watch that tonight and of course, I’ll watch a couple of horror films to celebrate the holiday.

I’m not going out tonight. I think going out to bars & clubs in costumes is pretty lame and childish. I did it last year and not gonna do it again, though. I think celebrating Halloween at home is better and much “safer”. You don’t have to worry about getting into fights with drunk idiots or getting hit on by drunk women, lol.

There is a certain band playing tonight but I made a vow to never support them again ’cause one of their members won’t treat me with respect like an adult when all I did was try to support their music and be a fan, I don’t wanna get into details.

So I’m gonna celebrate Halloween at home tonight. It’s better that way, I think.

Enjoy the day!!!

Kev

If I were to form my own band, what would my band be like? In my head, I can see us being a tight rock n’ roll band. Mostly hard rock stuff with lots of tight riffs and aggressive rhythm playing. Just concentrate on writing the best music possible. In my head, I can also vision us playing improvised guitar solos and long jams kind of like what Led Zep and Jimi Hendrix have done. Led Zep and Hendrix were the best at long jams in rock music and I kind of wanna do the same thing when I get my own band going sometime in the future.

If I ever start looking for musicians, I’m not gonna pick musicians at random. I’m gonna take talent very seriously. I’ll be looking for a great drummer who can tell time well and stay in the pocket. I would also want a bass player who can improvise well. You betcha, I can vision us being a jam rock kind of band. Of course, I will also throw in some ballads and acoustic music too. We will also do covers and originals both.

Forming my own rock n’ roll band is something I’ve always wanted to do and still do. To me, looks, image, and age doesn’t matter to me as long as someone has the talent I’m looking for. It also doesn’t matter whether a musician is either male or female.

Over the years of my music life, I’ve tried many attempts to form my own band or join someone else’s band. I’ve had a few band auditions before, a long time ago. I wasn’t good enough back then.

As you can see, I’m trying to improve my playing so I can be good enough to play in a band. That’s what I want. I think I’m just about there. I’m just taking my time and not rushing myself. I’m kind of getting a little tired of being the acoustic solo guy and wanna do something different and rock out. That’s kind of why I’m most focused on electric guitar.

I can form a band right now if I wanted ’cause playing with other musicians WILL improve my playing even more. We’ll have to wait and see. Making a rock n’ roll album on CD is something I’ve always wanted to do and something I’ve always dreamed of. It’ll happen someday.

Kev

… they are all probably going in my spam folder. I don’t know why it’s like that. WordPress is changing things around again. WordPress made it like this, not me.

I’m looking into this and try and fix this but in the meantime, keep speaking your mind and if I feel the comment is worth approving, I’ll approve it.

I tried everything to fix the commenting but damn wordpress keeps changing things. I guess they are taking spam seriously and trying to fight it. This is probably happening to all wordpress bloggers. I’ll look into it.

Kev

Here’s a little blues jam in G minor, using the G minor pentatonic scale. I’m just using the backing track taken from the Ninebuzz app for the Ipad.

I gotta do this a lot more often. Jam along to backing tracks. It’s really good practice for your soloing.

I really am focused on lead guitar. Enjoy.

Kev

I think it’s funny that those who claim they don’t like me or my blogging, they continue to follow everything I do and read my blogs. They try to tell me how horrible of a blogger I am. They try to call me out on a lot of stuff and give me all kinds of bullshit if they disagree with it or find it offensive. It’s all very entertaining as hell and amusing to me. I mean, if you literally don’t like the way I blog, then why do all the haters and my critics out there continue to read? If you claim that my stuff is so horrible, so negative and so “offensive”, boo hoo (cry me a fuckin’ river), it’s your fault for continuing to read this site.

It isn’t that hard to quit reading my blog. There’s an “X” button on the upper right hand corner for a reason. Do yourself a favor and click that “X” button if you don’t like what you see on here. Calling me out on stuff if you disagree with it or find things offensive is not gonna change the way I blog.

I write whatever the hell I want on here. I don’t blog to become popular or to make everybody happy. This blog is about me being brutally honest about anything and everything. Whatever topic I can come up with, the truth is gonna get told no matter the consequences. Believe it if you want, I’m not afraid of a public backlash. I stick to my guns on everything I say on here and I don’t back down.

The only reason I think people get upset and easily offended is ’cause of my “conservative” views in politics and the Obama criticism is a huge part of it. My local music topics can sometime get people going.

I’m about telling the truth, “my truth” anyways.

People who don’t like my blogging will never quit reading. They’ll always read. I know you guys sit there all day waiting for me to post something, don’t lie about it. If you don’t like what you read on here, you would find better things to do in life but nope, a lot of you pay attention to me instead. That’s pretty much called, “obsession” whether you wanna admit it or not.

My blogs have always been brutally honest for years and hasn’t changed to this day. I’m not hurt at losing readers so I could care less if people stop reading.

Being brutally honest doesn’t hurt my reputation at all ’cause I have gotten more wordpress subscribers ’cause of it (thank you, btw) and I do get positive feedback too. I enjoy getting a mixed response toward my blogging. You either love me or hate me, I’m good with either one.

Whatever topic I come up with whether it’ll be politics, music reviews, movie reviews, local bands, etc. I’m honest with all that stuff.

I like to blog ’cause it’s my opportunity to say whatever I want without other people trying to babysit me. In other words, this blog is my “freedom of speech”. I got inspired to start a blog years ago ’cause I’ve had too many people telling me what I can and can’t say on the internet. This is what inspired me to become an online “critic”. I don’t do it for money. I do it for fun and I like to write. I know this blog over the years have attracted too many haters and I’m fine with that. Doesn’t bother me at all.

I write a lot about Obama ’cause there are too many people who are misinformed and ignorant about him, it’s crazy. I felt that this blog is my opportunity to tell the truth about him which to me is an important thing.

On top of that, I don’t see how the stuff on my blog is negative and offensive. To me, most of the stuff that I write on here have been “very” positive over the years. If people are hurt by, that’s fine… I can’t please everyone.

Are you hurt and offended by a lot of things I say on here? Well, keep on reading. This blog will just keep getting better for ya.

I have no patience for people who get easily “offended” over my writing. The easily offended aren’t worth my time. I appreciate those who don’t take what I do seriously and personally.

If you’re “easily” offended, that is your problem. Not mine.

Kev