I spoke to the artist tonight because she seems bummed out. I asked her what was wrong she said sometimes it doesn’t matter how hard I try to please fans I seem to not be enough. Even for things that are not under my control or a little crazy. I asked her for an example and she said “Every day I do a radio interview, go to the radio station I’ll sing a song, answer fans questions, reply to my fans on twitter, do Meet & greet before the show, do a show, another meet & greet after the show, shower, get something quick to eat, run to the bus, sign more stuff for fans that are waiting outside my bus, drive for 10 hours to do it all over again”. I understand that it’s my job and it comes with the territory the thing is none of that bothers me. What bothers me is…lets say during that day when I finally get to sit down to drink a coffee and someone comes over to ask me to sign something, pose for photos, talk to their friends on the phone, listen to their stories, after that is done and I jumped over every hoop they asked me to, when I come to them and say “Thank you but now I would just like to drink my coffee” they have the audacity to say that I am a stuck up or in their case a bitch. “What is it with people?” what do artist need to do to not offend anyone or be offended? Not do any of this Stuff? Do a show and go home? It’s just seriously disappointing.
Well after listening to that I ask “Do you really want me to give you an answer?” She said “I don’t know what I want what I don’t want to is find people trashing us or thinking its ok to behave like that. All I said to that artist was, Sometimes you have to worry less what they say or think of you and do what makes you happy. Example when your work starts taking over your love for music you need a step back and think, is it really worth it for you to start hating what you love to do? If the answer is “NO” then create your music, enjoy life because some fans will turn on a dime on you because they don’t really care about your music they care more about themselves.
People seem to not realize what artist go through, its a daily struggle of trying to please everyone, which is a losing battle.
