June 9, 2010 "When Will We See You On MTV?"...Thoughts of an Independent Musician
“So when will we see you on MTV?” “When will we be hearing your stuff on the (mainstream) radio?” “You should be famous by now.” “When you’re famous we can say we knew you when.”
These are all questions and statments that I’m certain many relatively well-known touring independent musicians and bands (including myself) hear on at least a fairly regular basis. I don’t know about you, but I usually feel slightly taken aback when I hear statements such as this even though I know the person or persons making the statement/s probably mean well. I’ve sat down to think about why these feelings arise when I hear such statements. When I think about it though, certain key words from such statements that are frequnently uttered when they are made: MTV, radio, and (most prominently) FAMOUS. That then raises the question; What exactly is fame nowadays?
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