I feel we have a high level of creative people here. I was just one of the first people to really champion that here and bring people's attention to it. Embrace the work. Many wannabes psych themselves up with big expectations for a musical career, but don't associate the work it takes with actually getting there. I'll say, 'Okay, send me a tape,' and they don't send it.
Some bands think they're going to set the scene on fire because they're so good.
I don't care if they really are good, it takes more than that. Even if your tapes are fabulous, it takes a lot of work to get people to listen to them to realize they're fabulous. They think that things are just going to happen for them because they exist, and they won't do the hard work or the phone calls and the mailings. Small steps and small victories. Then my next expectation was getting opening gigs on the weekend.