The guy you're talking about seems to be a bit of a nugget, and I can't imagine what it's like for musicians devoting their lives to networking, being heard, performing, etc. You'd think someone in his position would give you a hand if it didn't put him out so much. It's not easy.

Anyway, I don't really blame most people for being rubbed the wrong way when they meet me. I'm not very warm to most people I meet and when I try, I end up sounding very plastic and nobody likes that. Like Hobbes, the friendships I've made are not unlike diamonds. The beginnings are usually rough and I cherish them for that. I don't want to waste anyone's time when most people thing I'm all about one thing when I'm really about the next. And I really don't fancy people who like bands like Pantera. And that eliminates 95% of people my age around here.

Cemetary Gates is a good song.

INSATIABLE said:

Cemetary Gates is a good song.

Number23 said:

I don't like it.

MickG said:

I cannot reach the end of this post. Every time I try, my eyes glaze and I hear small snaps crackling along my spine.

Number23 said:

"....Keates and Yeates are on your side....while Wilde is on mine."


M

In general I don't have a lot of problems w/ folks but every now & again someone will dislike me. It really doesn't bother me much & I figure "everybody's got their somethin'" BUT what does piss me off is when the person who doesn't like you insists on interacting w/ you unneccessarily, just to piss you off. THAT shit bugs me, I've had 1 or 2 of those Hate me all you want, but do it OVER THERE - don't be all up in my face w/ your bullshit



.
[Edited 5/8/06 12:53pm]

Number23 said:

Just skip over it like I did.

blablabla

INSATIABLE said:

But I'm enjoyin the pain. It's taking the attention away from my newborn supernova face.

If someone doesn't like me, I'm generally clueless to it. I'm not used to not being liked. Maybe that's silly and/or arrogant, but it's true. I don't like not being liked, but if I find out someone doesn't like me, I'm generally done with them and it's over like that. I won't bother anymore.

CarrieMpls said:

Me too. Often when I find out that someone doesn't like me, it's after the fact when I have made them love me just for being me and they confes....you know, I used to hate you. I am always like this Really???

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I don't get that so much anymore. Once in a while I still get the 'you know, I used to think you were stuck-up'. I used to get that all the time when I was younger. But that's the quiet/shy thing with me. Girls who are quiet and shy are always accused of being conceited. It's not that I think I'm better than anyone else. I'm just shy, dammit.

CarrieMpls said:

Oh please. That's what all the stuck up bitches say

Well, you never thanked me for sending you the leaked copy of 3121 when I had never spoken to you before. This is why I hate you.

Number23 said:

Aw...I thought I thanked all the folks who sent it to me. I may have been to caught up in the album though. Please accept my apologies!

I didn't quite completely understand the storyline you provided in the initial post, but my experiences in the music world would imply that other performers and organizers often might develop a dismissive attitude towards some others for very small reasons. Especially if you meet them for the first time at the location, and not in other social circles where people would be less stressed out and take everything so much easier (as they don't have to climb on the stage, or be responsible for the whole event). A few times I've found out later that people have totally missunderstood me, badly, and didn't even realize they could do so from something I've said. That's why I think some people have learnt not to speak that much before a show or straightly afterwards - it's not just because there's nervousness from their own behalf, but a lot of folks have learnt that there's something tense in the air. People behave strangely, you know it's something of a whole different social vibe. And not the easiest one either.

CarrieMpls said:

Me too. Often when I find out that someone doesn't like me, it's after the fact when I have made them love me just for being me and they confes....you know, I used to hate you. I am always like this Really???

shausler said:

I try not to let it get to me but if I'm honest... it does

at the moment I feel as though there are many, many people who don't think much of me at all

and I'm trying to get past it and realise that not everyone is going to get along and like each other