On being genuine...
On being a musician and being genuine... Disingenuous "fanning," "liking," and "commenting" - it's a tactic used by enough musicians to be considered excessive by my standards. I don't just mean following on generic social networking sites either. I mean vague, false comments about music and songs or "fanning" on music/sound-specific sites (Reverbnation, SoundCloud, etc). I get mostly real and genuine comments and "likes" on my music and some fantastic fans that I wouldn't trade for the world. But I also get some comments and "likes" and "fans" that I know have not listened - and have absolutely no intention of listening - to my music. For example... I can tell if a song has been "liked" more times than it has been listened to recently (this often happens upon first uploading a song on SoundCloud - no listens yet and 2 likes within the first minute). I often can see which users listened