Music Fight.

So it's a pretty good length into April now. Wrote my last post the day before my birthday. So now I'm 18. Woohoo. I can buy tobacco, porn, and I can gamble. All the "Finer" things in life. It's been a bit boring around here, and april seems to be dragging on harder than I ever would've imagined. I guess with college in the future and highschool's end also close by, I'm a little anxious for the change. Aside from all of this, let's get to where I'm going with this.

 So as I've explained in one of my older posts, I'm in a band. Netherwind is not very well known, and we have hardly 100 likes on facebook. Yet, as we get further onto the local music scene I'm starting to notice a lot of hostility. A lot of "my band is better than yours" and "you guys fucking suck, we're so much fucking better." I just can't understand the reasoning behind all of it. It's fascinating seeing these bands just rip each others throats out over trivial things. So, for example, my last show I played with a band named Neon Guillotine which is another local band from around here. As shows go, I met the members of the band, as they met us and they were some cool guys. Like honestly, they were a bunch of nice people who simply wanted to share their music. Two shows ago I played with a band called Jonestown, a local band from Syracuse. Now, they did get a new vocalist since that show, but they were all pretty cool people. And as I've mentioned before their drummer used to be in a band with me. However, their new vocalist verbally attacked Neon Guillotine shortly before our show, telling them they suck and how he fucked NG's vocalist's girlfriend/fiancee I DON'T know exactly the context. All I know is it was harsh and uncalled for and overall unprofessional. And the drummer even had the nerve to send me a message saying, "Good luck playing with Neon Guillotine guys. I heard they're pissed that our vocalist fucked so and so." I just couldn't believe it. How is that relevant to the show at all? Or why would we care? It seems like the local music scene around here has deteriorated. Not totally, there's still decent people out there who haven't lost sight of what's important. (Ex: NG and NW) It seems like most only care about getting famous, and you know what I say to that? Who the fuck cares! Not me! The reason I'm even in NW is because I enjoy what I do and I have fun playing our music for people. That's what being in a band is all about. Sharing the music with others. Not putting down other bands and trashing their music. Music is something that should be respected, doesn't mean you have to like it. And I know I'm ranting a bit but jesus man lol. People need to wise up.

 And I'm not saying I haven't called a band shit before, we all have. But I will not deny musical/lyrical talent when I see it. And it just so happens, that most of the popular artists these days, have neither of those things and are in fact,

Total. Shit.