“You need to be more grateful,” -folks I have never met.
It has happened numerous times that I’ve been told as a musician I should be grateful. Why is that? Also, who feels grateful when they tell someone that? If a person wants to cancel themselves out like a fractional equation, they’ll say some sh*t to me about gratitude.
A great songwriter that moves you need not be grateful, and a terrible songwriter you didn’t enjoy shouldn’t be grateful either. So who are you talking to saying that? Hint: got a mirror?
What started as a window to the world has become a mirror.
Sometimes projection comes up. This is one of those times. Unless you get paid to check gratitude, you’re not the score keeper. Not to mention, no one HAS to feel grateful. What if they’re dirt poor, tired, taken advantage of, or just don’t feel up to your shenanigans tonight? All valid. All not gratitude.
It’s time we start a revolution of artists telling folks how to feel instead of the other way around. I don’t come with a remote control. I don’t take requests. I’m saying some things. I worked hard and messed up a whole lot to get say them. Gratitude muddies up my message because I don’t feel it. Who am I supposed to be grateful to, exactly? God? Spirits? Not happening.
Do I feel lucky? Sure. Do I think folks wanting me to be grateful suck eggs? Absolutely. They don’t know anything about me. They have projected on me from somewhere in their life. I delight in ignoring them.
“Rock and Roll” and “Advice” don’t go together.
If you feel you have key advice for musicians and you’ve never made music, perhaps you’re the one off base. I’d consider it.
Rock and Roll is all attitude, not gratitude. Don’t know how you get mad or important sounding so damn weak. Some messages aren’t deliverable with humility. Rock demands otherwise. If you’re not able to meet the demands of rock, that’s not other musicians’ issues. That’s just not having a message.
It’s not about being humble or grateful, it’s about delivering something folks need to hear, and being the one who needs to tell them. Don’t ask a plumber about being grateful, don’t ask me either.
Try to be grateful for the free music. How’s that?
Consider the fact that you aren’t listening yet you’re telling me how to act (if that’s you out there). How do you think that comes across? Do you think you sound humble? Grateful? What gives you the right to demand that from others? Feel free to let me know.
My email is [email protected] and I love hearing from folks. I have been told to be more humble and grateful a lot. So, tell me something different. I’d love it. Thanks! 🙏
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