Out of all the groups I join and invited to on Facebook...
Only 4 has nothing to do with music.. I I remove myself from any group I'm not interested in ..
1 PHP group, 1 web link group and 2 anime.. I'm still in those group..
And almost every music group I'm in.. they're selling shit..
Now, I'm not against it at all. But seriously?
Its flooding too much now don't you think?
Its drowning the news about gigs around the area.. or some guy trying to learn how the stuff they bought works..
Or just a plain idea sharing posts..
I mean.. what gives bruh..?
Is this how we support our local music now?
Just by buying things?
I used to remember when we used to argue and mash each other on board rooms and chats just because we have a different settings on our amps and gears. And pointing facts that we deem right about how to hold a guitar properly... silly as it may sound, but that's what started us being better and having deeper interest on music in the first place.. we seek out more infos just to win the debate..
Nowadays..?
Just walk in to a group about bass guitars lead guitars, drums.. what do we see?
"Rm200!! (9/10) condition..!!
USD1000 vitage edition!!
Pm if interested..!! "
Like I said earlier... I'm not against that at all..
Without it, we may not even be able to start..
But.. come on guys.. how many of it do we need exactly? If we still don't know what the whole stuff is about.. what the point of all that? Right?
Where is the posts that test a product that we're all selling, and how we could utilize what we already have to our advantage? Where is a the post telling what a certain genre is an its history.. where is a post showing us how to make better music with cheap and simple devices?
Know what i mean? Not every person that has talents in music could gain half of the stuff we have on our room right now.. and I'm sure most of y'all understood that.. so what gives?
Out of all the groups and pages about music we've been apart of.. can't we figure out at least 1 simple way to turn that group about music and not an online shop? There's over thousands of members in a group we join in but it seems like we are the only one interested to learn or know about some stuff and every one else is only there selling things.. as if they're not interested in sharing what they know about our hobby and things that goes with it. Or even teach you how to use what they're selling to a beginner..
So those noobs just simply use what they got and make shitty sad music that destroys our industry from the inside, and all we do is complain about why they didn't learn more on things before they even bother to do music.. then we grump about how nobody is supporting or coming to our small underground gigs and small local band functions.. we justify on how we musician are not a violent society are only a small portion of less knowledgeable kids that are making our scene look bad..
Sound familiar? How on earth are those kids gonna know anything if we don't teach them about it when they're reading what we write?
They were just like us when we first started.. they need someone to look up to for advises and tips. And the knowledge they have will impact their behavior in the scene.. that's a fact.. because that's what we are too.
We have the most powerful medium to use yet we wasted it around on showing how much we're not into the stuff anymore by selling our gears... we may give excuse on how we need the money..but to any new comer.. they would even see it as we're giving up on music as a whole..
Is that what we want from making that group?
#music
#passion
