Perspective

This is kind of an ironic story. About a week and a half ago I sold my mini-fridge to Ryan, the violin player for Blue October, because he told me they needed one for their new studio. But when he came to my house to pick it up he told me he couldn't withdraw money from his account for some reason. So I told him it was no problem, and he could pay me back later. He came to Barfish to pay me back a few days later, and as he walked up to me to pay me the money this guy turned around in his barstool and got totally star-struck.

"Oh my god," he said, "Are you Robbie and the Robots?! Wow dude! Awesome! Dude you totally wrote one of the best songs ever!" And then he sang the chorus for "Small Town Psycho Crazy Girlfriend Blues". I was trying to talk to Ryan, but I stopped to shake the guy's hand and thank him for enjoying the song and for supporting us. Then I turned back to Ryan and he gave me the money for the fridge and told me it was working great, and later he came up to hang out at my open mic.

The whole thing got me thinking about how ironic it was that I was standing next to someone whose band was about 1,000 times more popular than mine, yet for whatever reason I was getting the, "Oh my God, I can't believe it's you!" treatment.

It put things into perspective for me. Ambitious musicians like myself are always trying so hard to get to Blue October's level, but sometimes we forget that the most important thing is just to connect to one person who falls in love with your music.

So, on behalf of every band in the world—from the enormously popular bands to the hip "on the fringe" bands, thanks to all of you who have ever "had a moment" with one or many of our songs. You will always be the reason why good music is created and enjoyed.