Why People Don't Support Local Music | Mike The Music Snob

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Why don't people go to local shows or buy local band music? It's probably your fault.

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[brittislove]

Meanwhile, your band page has 300 likes and with a youtube presence such as yours that is absolutely inexcusable. 143k followers and only 300 likes ... your band obviously sucks if you can't pull your own audience in to like it. Also I recommend you pay an artist to create your art because I can't look at the current work without thinking "free" and "D&D basement game"

[paulluna]

Well in my case I am self aware of the fact my music sucks but I am OK with that. I just love creating music because it’s a form of therapy for me.

[kennethgdula]

*takes lunch break to watch my daily dose of Mike* Love you man, keep this shit up, and I'm so excited for your new material.

[thebreakfastman]

I got something to say: nobody cares if you’re first

[danceswithcritters]

can't wait to give my snobby opinion on the single. Rock On !..!

[bigdaddysprinkle]

a video like this is a simple reminder for me on why i subscribed to you. 10/10

[JacobStoneFilms]

This is awesome Mike! Thanks for this. I've been going to local shows since I was 15 and I notice that local bands that are successful do these things...and the ones that aren't...well...don't do these things lol

[theneonchimpchannel]

There is one thing that the artist doesn't have control over...trends. I'm not saying it makes it impossible to find an audience at all, but getting to that kind of level like Chance The Rapper does have a lot to do with what is popular at the time.
I think what makes it difficult for my band in particular, and probably a lot of others too, is that we all suffer from some form of mental illness. We all have a lot of anxiety when it comes to social interactions. I can get up on stage or make videos without a problem, but ask me to talk to a stranger in the street, ask me to make a phone call, ask me to try and start a conversation with someone, that's where I get "stage fright" (or I suppose that would be "off stage fright"). That is what I personally need to over come in order to start making that kind of progress, but there's no easy fix for something like that.

[simonamper]

2:36 Love mike or hate mike, he’s spitting straight facts

[chaotictwitch]

the way you talk directly into the camera into my soul.. i feel so weak and judged D:

[wesleytrott]

Hell yeah! Looking forward to the release of the album.

[Bartholomule]

I am going to argue that people NEVER supported local music. Like sure, there has always been an underground scene and fans who support that, but the average music fan listens to the radio, reads/watches reviews and in general only considers caring about a band that people have "heard of."

You're arguing that your band has to be good for people to care, but honestly it doesn't matter how good the band is for most people, most people won't try a band they weren't told is good by avenues such as being featured on the radio, having won a Grammy, having positive albums reviews from big name publications, having millions of monthly listeners on streaming services, etc.

[matthewf]

I really liked this video because I agree with pretty much everything you said. My favourite bands have always been the ones who can put on a great live show and I don't mean fancy lighting and special effects but having stage presence and being able to interact with the audience in a way that makes everyone feel good and most importantly sounding better live than they do on the album.
While not exactly a local band my favourite band which ticks every box is The Warning, in fact I've had to travel 5000 miles to see them live (3 times now) and every time it's been worth it.
But they get people like me travelling from around to the world to see them as well as a huge local following because they are incredibly good, they are incredibly tight, their live shows are awesome and they always make time to talk to fans at a show.
A big part of their success so far is that they work hard, they practice at least 5 hours a day, usually more and I think that's where a lot of bands let themselves down because they don't put the hours in and it shows.

[ivanzaldivar]

Extremely Hyped to hear your music dude! Fucking Awesome!

[tarababcock]

That particular Crusade art in this video has to be inspired by LoZ!

[ObscuredByCloud]

I disagree with this. A tight great engaging live show does not translate to success. Let me tell all ur viewers about 3 bands u LL never hear of (from india) 1)Soulmate 2)Zero (listen to Ayaya) of the best live shows I ve ever seen.

[TheBookishBuckeye]

I better get my top hat and monocle ready for this

[MattSpenceMusic]

My biggest issue tends to be lack of marketing for music that I feel is really good, but not revolutionary either. I've never been able to properly market myself, despite having played shows and open mics in the past, I never really retained much of that audience. A large part of that I feel is the fact that I'm a metal vocalist without any form of band, so usually I make my instrumentals in a DAW and then just play them (sometimes I edit them specifically for live shows) and do the vocals live. And for metal, that's typically a big no-no.

[myyoutubechannel]

Looking forward to the Crusade stuff. Love the idea of accessible prog

[razerbern]

I think Mike and Glenn Fricker need to get together and go bowling. Mike and Glen's viewpoints are pretty much spot on.