So I was wrapping up the april post by talking about making my presence felt before I get back into gigging.
That made me think more about how I don’t want to do shitty uncertain gigs any more, unless its a tour and its meant to be that way – not because i’m all bitter on it, but more because I see more art and creativity in my old myspace ways, of being creatively disruptive to the scene and being that way, being present on the net or otherwise.
Once my narrative is underway I’ll want to be a “youtube personality”, I’ll turn up for the things and be in character. People may not react well in person to me being in character but thats part of the show, and I’m hardened to it.
I just want to do my songs and my videos in my room and you can’t stop me, like those uncool kids at school who didn’t know they were uncool, you couldn’t stop them from doing what they liked and just flouting themselves in front of the cool kids with gay abandon.
I’m not there to be cool, I’m making art, if my art means i’m despised well whatever.
I’m joining the path with myspace again in spirit, away from the local drum and bass scene. I’m making my john b/andre 3000 move now. I don’t care about the rules.
When through a combo of old fashioned internet marketing and branding I do have an established audience, then ill start gigging, and i’ll just play drum and bass or whatever i like, sing songs, whatever i feel like, I don’t really care about the old way, i just want to go back to the myspace way and have fun again, meet crazy people, but just do my own thing.
