STICKING AROUND

I was going to deep-six this website. It’s kind of dead wood to me, and at least I’m being honest about it. But what’s preventing me from doing so?

Aside from posting pics of funky gear?

I feel it would be a big disservice to my friend Alexx Calise, who suggested I do this site back in 2019, if I got rid of it. Like anything new, people flock to it, get excited…and then move on. My biggest problem is that I expect(ed) people to really dig my trip and that’s simply not feasible. If anything, it’s downright delusional. So I had to take a gigantic step back.

I gave this site a new coat of paint a while back, and people dug it. I cleaned some pages up, and am sure more needs to be done. But I’m a box of rocks with this stuff; my fear is one false move and BYE BYE to my hard work. I used to put my trust in people with managing past sites, only to be met with insouciance and then tarnishing things. I’m alone here and that suits me fine.

So what else should I do to make this site more active? Hmmm…thinking thinking…maybe make a page featuring other bands’ links? Well, since I rarely get support from others (at least on a local level), I can toss that idea in the garbage. Do I mention “bigger name” artists and their sites too? Nah, that will make me look like a name-dropper/social climber. I’ve no desire to be either.

Wonder if there’s a way to do livestreams on here like on FB and IG. Would that work if given the opportunity? I don’t have a cool studio or anything. Scratch that.

I had friggin’ SNOW on here (thanks to the folks at WordPress) and that perked some interest. Maybe there’ll be hearts for Valentines’ Day? Or three ships for Columbus Day?

Promoting on socials is a pain because the algorithms get messed up. FB, Twitter (I will never call it X), IG…they don’t want you to leave their platforms.

There has to be a way…

Any ideas?