This kid called GoldFish added me on facebook sometime ago. I thought he was cute and judging from his pics, I knew he works in a radio station. GoldFish arranged an interview for me with his radio station today and it was weird to be a public figure again.
I tried so hard to maintain my manner and to be superficially and phoney fair but it didn’t work. Polite, yes I was but neutral, I was not. I was highly opinionated and quite honest about things I answered. It was a very relaxed and simple interview so it wasn’t that bad.
During the water festival, I blogged about how this media dude was pissed off with me. I was glad to find out that I was not the only one. He also called KP and KC to sing at his mandat (stage) but both of them didn’t go, without contacting him back. I guess the media dude got frustrated and kinda just had a spazz attack at me.
It’s one thing to be the most respected one and to be on top but once you start to lose seeing the ground, that’s when you have to know you have to get back down to figure your way or else you’ll get lost on top. I don’t know what the media dude expected but given things have totally developed in the music industry with existence of contracts and legal issues involved, it’s not desirable to make someone come and perform on your stage after one day of notice pro bono. My reason was because I did not want to perform before my album gets out. I didn’t mind performing pro bono or the short notice.
With the type of people who are kind and respectful and professional like the guys at the radio station, it’s not that long now until the media dude can easily lost his throne. Tough luck but there’s no such thing as ‘number 1’ in life. Knowing you’re number 1 is the day you actually lose track of everything in life and start to decline your way down.
I tried so hard to maintain my manner and to be superficially and phoney fair but it didn’t work. Polite, yes I was but neutral, I was not. I was highly opinionated and quite honest about things I answered. It was a very relaxed and simple interview so it wasn’t that bad.
During the water festival, I blogged about how this media dude was pissed off with me. I was glad to find out that I was not the only one. He also called KP and KC to sing at his mandat (stage) but both of them didn’t go, without contacting him back. I guess the media dude got frustrated and kinda just had a spazz attack at me.
It’s one thing to be the most respected one and to be on top but once you start to lose seeing the ground, that’s when you have to know you have to get back down to figure your way or else you’ll get lost on top. I don’t know what the media dude expected but given things have totally developed in the music industry with existence of contracts and legal issues involved, it’s not desirable to make someone come and perform on your stage after one day of notice pro bono. My reason was because I did not want to perform before my album gets out. I didn’t mind performing pro bono or the short notice.
With the type of people who are kind and respectful and professional like the guys at the radio station, it’s not that long now until the media dude can easily lost his throne. Tough luck but there’s no such thing as ‘number 1’ in life. Knowing you’re number 1 is the day you actually lose track of everything in life and start to decline your way down.
Listening to: Jason Mraz – You and I both
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