All this while I’ve been releasing songs I never knew that there was a difference between selling the song and selling the artist. Either way it’s becoming clear to me that fame is not that simple.
There’s being known for who you are, and being known for what you do. Both of these things are sold, advertised and marketed differently, but if I allowed myself to sit in my cosy comfort zone I would have never figured that out!
But anyway I’m writing all of this because I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t want fame that lives beyond the perimeters of my music. In other words I either want to be spoken about in reference to the art I create or not spoken about at all.
I’m not sure what’s happened in the last 10 to maybe 15 years, but all of a sudden there’s been this crazy surge of people all of a sudden famous for…well no reason!
I don’t want to occupy the internet space if I don’t have anything worthwhile occupying it so I’m setting that standard for myself.
Life doesn’t have to be this serious but for me, knowing how influential I could become I just feel this sense of responsibility hovering over me. Time is precious, and spending too much of it keeping up with somebody who's famous for nothing to me is just…I don’t know.
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