legendary-emerald:

heylasfas:

It’s coming…

I have no idea what is coming.

*Tentatively vibrates in anticipation. But just a lil’ bit.*

It’s not a song or an album, but it is indeed musical

Super duper big shout out to the small bunch of peeps that just decided to follow me!

I’m assuming it’s because of my angsty rant, but y'know, anything is cool too!

If y'all have any questions, just yell at me through ask or something and I’ll be sure to respond!

It’s coming…

grumpysalmon:

me in 3 words

I’m the pretty princess your mama warned you about.

That was impressive.

derpidetymusic:

silvahound:

cyrilmusic:

p1kenobi:

hardestcopy:

djcalcos:

iamskyline:

clavisound:

One of the things I’ve wanted to do in this fandom is attend a con, partly to meet friends I’ve made online and partly for the sheer experience of it. BronyCon 2014 seemed like a perfect opportunity to do so, being one of the largest cons out there (which by corollary means I would likely see most…

this is actually sorta heart breaking :/

Bronycon’s policy changes allow them to treat musicians like VIP’s, giving them compensation for things like hotel room and travel, something the musicians complained about before.  This is a good thing.  However, Clavisound is 100% correct in this regard. Having an invitation system not only drastically lowers the chances of lesser-known musicians being able to perform at Bronypalooza, but heavily reinforces the notion that only the big names matter in this community.

Why Bronycon can’t have the application system like before, as well as giving better treatment to the performing musicians, is beyond me.  The best Brony concerts have a good mixture of both the well-known talent, and the lesser-known talent.  Unfortunately, Bronycon seems to have forgotten this.

My hope is that the Bronycon Musician Relations staff takes the time to invite the lesser-knowns as well as the big names, but I just don’t see that happening, and it’s extremely disappointing…

Welp there goes any fecking ounce of hope I had going to BC next August, let alone performing

God damn man

Oh come the fuck on guys!

Above everything Bronycon is a BUSINESS! They want to put on the most successful convention they can. Why do they invite show staff and voice actors? Because it draws people to come to the con! Why do they have musicians, rent a $1.2 Million dollar stage setup, and put on a massive concert? Because people want to come and see that!

Here’s the problem with that concert right now: it’s far too long. 22-24 hours of music in two days is incredibly long and stressful on funds, the staff, the sound crew, and the con goers. How do you make it shorter? Have fewer musicians. How to you do that when there are hundreds of musicians in this fandom? You only invite the ones that will draw the crowd.

Despite apparent popular opinion THIS IS HOW RUNNING A CON WORKS. You invite people that will draw people to your con. Yes there are lots of incredibly talented musicians in this fandom, including you guys Nexgen, Hardcopy, and Skyline, but to put on the best concert they can, they need to limit themselves.

You know who was one of the people pushing staff to go in this direction? Me. Despite the fact I’m a B or C tier musician in this fandom and might not get invited. I still want to see the best concert that we can produce. It’s attitudes like yours that reinforce the thinking that upcoming musicians are only in it for the popularity.

I listen to music too guys. You know what track I was looking forward too all year to hearing? dBPony playing Wonderbolt. I can’t tell you how crushed I was when Prince’s mic just flat out didn’t work. Problems like that, and trust me there were dozens, could be solved by a shorter concert and less people (and a better sound crew).

I’m personally thrilled to hear they’re taking my advice. Odds are that, if I’m not invited to perform, I’m going to be part of the staff running the concert. Heck I was almost staff this year since I put together the schedule of musicians. Grow up and see this for what it is: a Business making a smart decision about next year’s product.

Dylan, I owe you a beer.

Motherfuckers don’t have time for 100 C-list musicians to tickle you guys’ fancy anymore with their pony references.

Oh my fucking god I cannot believe…

You guys act like you fucking know everything about a real performance/concert lineup/festival/ any of that shit. 

How about you get a fucking clue and you look at some of the most important and popular music festivals and conventions with music there are.

It is a BALANCE between the super popular musicians, the somewhat well known musicians, and the (as silva so rudely put it) “C-Listers”

The amount of hubris and insensitivity in the musician community is shocking and really really disappointing, considering how “down to earth” many of you guys claim to be. As someone who knows and is close to people who have planned/operated large concerts/music festivals (BFD, Not So Silent Night, Noise Pop, Outside Lands), I know that what you guys are claiming is bullshit. 

Running a musical event like a business is not actually what people do. They actually take into consideration musicians that have less than 1000 subscribers (yes even at professional music festivals) and look for musicians/performers to promote and support to add variety. Many organizers/planners actually care about the art of music and performingand give lesser known musicians/DJs/producers/etc a shot.

So pull your head our of your vacuum-sealed assholes and give some respect to your fellow musicians. 

Like, I’ve been composing since 2004 and producing work for the fandom since late 2011 and NO ONE FUCKING KNOWS ME.

Now, I really don’t care about this. Er– not in the whole I REALLY DESERVE TO BE POPULAR sort of thing.

What I do care about is the idea that

Listen.

I put effort into my early work. It sucked. No one knew me. No one helped me.

I continued to put effort into my first major project. No one knew me. I reached out for help. They told me to do it differently or “just better” rather than helping me understand. It sucked.

I continued to put effort into my next project and advertisement to perform. I reached out for help. I got known as That Guy With The Cat Piano. Very few knew me. It sucked.

I continued to put effort into my next project and talked with other musicians to collaborate. They stopped writing back after a few small ideas were thrown around. Very few knew me. It sucked.

I moved up to a new location and put effort into spreading my name around along with my next major project. Most of it fell flat. They say I’m in a “dying fandom” and that “I’ve missed my chance.” Very few people know me. It sucks.

I’ve been working for ages, much shorter than some, but longer than most here.

I am THE C-List musician.

And I don’t expect any special treatment, and I usually ask “why?!” when cons actually respond to my request to perform.

I completely understand the business aspect of conventions and all that, but when did everybody lose their humility to build up this idea of US MASTER CLASS AAA+ GRADE PERFORMERS versus ~~~them poor and smelly C class musicians~~~

This mentality is TOXIC. It dismantles the whole reason that most of us got into music to begin with.

Really, would you go back to your younger self who was even lesser known and scoff them off as not valuable for our time? Because that is literally destroying the next generation’s musicians. I’m glad that it didn’t stop me.

Please, don’t do this. This goes beyond BronyCon or MLP or this Fandom. This matters for all future and upcoming musicians, because I don’t want that awful mentality to prevent them from expressing themselves.

derpidetymusic:

silvahound:

cyrilmusic:

p1kenobi:

hardestcopy:

djcalcos:

iamskyline:

clavisound:

One of the things I’ve wanted to do in this fandom is attend a con, partly to meet friends I’ve made online and partly for the sheer experience of it. BronyCon 2014 seemed like a perfect opportunity to do so, being one of the largest cons out there (which by corollary means I would likely see most…

this is actually sorta heart breaking :/

Bronycon’s policy changes allow them to treat musicians like VIP’s, giving them compensation for things like hotel room and travel, something the musicians complained about before.  This is a good thing.  However, Clavisound is 100% correct in this regard. Having an invitation system not only drastically lowers the chances of lesser-known musicians being able to perform at Bronypalooza, but heavily reinforces the notion that only the big names matter in this community.

Why Bronycon can’t have the application system like before, as well as giving better treatment to the performing musicians, is beyond me.  The best Brony concerts have a good mixture of both the well-known talent, and the lesser-known talent.  Unfortunately, Bronycon seems to have forgotten this.

My hope is that the Bronycon Musician Relations staff takes the time to invite the lesser-knowns as well as the big names, but I just don’t see that happening, and it’s extremely disappointing…

Welp there goes any fecking ounce of hope I had going to BC next August, let alone performing

God damn man

Oh come the fuck on guys!

Above everything Bronycon is a BUSINESS! They want to put on the most successful convention they can. Why do they invite show staff and voice actors? Because it draws people to come to the con! Why do they have musicians, rent a $1.2 Million dollar stage setup, and put on a massive concert? Because people want to come and see that!

Here’s the problem with that concert right now: it’s far too long. 22-24 hours of music in two days is incredibly long and stressful on funds, the staff, the sound crew, and the con goers. How do you make it shorter? Have fewer musicians. How to you do that when there are hundreds of musicians in this fandom? You only invite the ones that will draw the crowd.

Despite apparent popular opinion THIS IS HOW RUNNING A CON WORKS. You invite people that will draw people to your con. Yes there are lots of incredibly talented musicians in this fandom, including you guys Nexgen, Hardcopy, and Skyline, but to put on the best concert they can, they need to limit themselves.

You know who was one of the people pushing staff to go in this direction? Me. Despite the fact I’m a B or C tier musician in this fandom and might not get invited. I still want to see the best concert that we can produce. It’s attitudes like yours that reinforce the thinking that upcoming musicians are only in it for the popularity.

I listen to music too guys. You know what track I was looking forward too all year to hearing? dBPony playing Wonderbolt. I can’t tell you how crushed I was when Prince’s mic just flat out didn’t work. Problems like that, and trust me there were dozens, could be solved by a shorter concert and less people (and a better sound crew).

I’m personally thrilled to hear they’re taking my advice. Odds are that, if I’m not invited to perform, I’m going to be part of the staff running the concert. Heck I was almost staff this year since I put together the schedule of musicians. Grow up and see this for what it is: a Business making a smart decision about next year’s product.

Dylan, I owe you a beer.

Motherfuckers don’t have time for 100 C-list musicians to tickle you guys’ fancy anymore with their pony references.

Oh my fucking god I cannot believe…

You guys act like you fucking know everything about a real performance/concert lineup/festival/ any of that shit. 

How about you get a fucking clue and you look at some of the most important and popular music festivals and conventions with music there are.

It is a BALANCE between the super popular musicians, the somewhat well known musicians, and the (as silva so rudely put it) “C-Listers”

The amount of hubris and insensitivity in the musician community is shocking and really really disappointing, considering how “down to earth” many of you guys claim to be. As someone who knows and is close to people who have planned/operated large concerts/music festivals (BFD, Not So Silent Night, Noise Pop, Outside Lands), I know that what you guys are claiming is bullshit. 

Running a musical event like a business is not actually what people do. They actually take into consideration musicians that have less than 1000 subscribers (yes even at professional music festivals) and look for musicians/performers to promote and support to add variety. Many organizers/planners actually care about the art of music and performingand give lesser known musicians/DJs/producers/etc a shot.

So pull your head our of your vacuum-sealed assholes and give some respect to your fellow musicians. 

Am I a C-Lister?

I hope so, that would be an upgrade…

clavisound:

…

“We are moving to an invitation system for this year’s BronyPalooza to offer our musicians more incentives.”

….

And in case you think that you need these things before you perform live, every single member of the BronyCAN performance roster, which included BeamPegasu5, FenPony, Additive Subtractive, DJStrachAttack, and Donn Devore, did an incredible job. The only people who can be considered “big names” out of the group were Forest Rain and Rina-Chan, and possibly DJ Tetsuo.

…

“HEYLASFAS ALSO PERFORMED AT BRONYCON AND BRONYCAN AND IS STILL COMPLETELY UNKNOWN AND NOT WORTHY OF INCLUSION IN ANYTHING”

wow I think I should be offended or something

alien314:

heylasfas:

I’M HAPPY IT’S COMING OUT SOONER THAN IT WAS SHHH <3

HOW OLD IS THAT COMMENT

A year and a half.

HOW MANY THINGS DO YOU HAVE DOCUMENTED WITH MY NAME ON

because I’m seriously impressed you held on to that for that long

I’M HAPPY IT’S COMING OUT SOONER THAN IT WAS SHHH <3

HOW OLD IS THAT COMMENT