[The Flying Mouse]

Originally Posted by Metal Loaf

Hey FLYING MOUSE... Waaaassssssuuuuppppp????

There's no need to talk to me about a PORTION of the fan base... I mentioned them in my very first post last week.

Sup dude

When I said a portion of the fan base, I actually meant the members here as a portion of the wider fan base (people who are not online or just don't visit here), rather than a portion of the members here
We've got a good size membership I like to think, but we still only represent a small percentage of the concert going and album buying public.

Originally Posted by Metal Loaf

I mentioned that I was thankful that there are some really beautiful people here and I meant it. I know a few of them personally, some great people hang here. MODS included.

The cheque's in the post

Originally Posted by Metal Loaf

Ok, you're personally disappointed with how I view this site... It sucks right? It sucks having someone be disappointed with something you put your blood, sweat and tears into...

Oh yeah, make no mistake about it, it is disappointing when you do the best job you can and don't seem to be achieving what you want or people think you are failing (that's what this thread is about, right? ).
All you can do is take heart, keep doing your best, and accept you cannot please all the people all the time


The way I would describe the position of mlukfc is almost like a frontier town where very different trains of thought collide.
There are some places on the net that are positive/sugar coated/sycophantic (delete according to your particular beliefs) and they are what they are and I have no problem with that.

I can't actually say there are places i'm aware of that are more pro to being critical toward Meat, so i'm getting a bit stuck here , but the people of those places (if they exist, and they don't) and the people of the "nice" places all jump on their horses, ride into town, and here is where it all gets fought out.

So we've got a forum of outlaws, the staff are the law, and then Meat rides in to town, and who the hell is he classed as in our cast of characters?
God?
I've not seen all his films, but i'm pretty damn sure John Wayne never had to deal with shit like that

Sufficed to say, it's not an easy position to be in.

Originally Posted by Metal Loaf

The BAKER'S BUNS analogy is perfect.

Thanks, I like that one myself, and it's really how I see the situation.
For some reason it seems that entertainers are not supposed to have feelings like other people when it comes to their work.

Everything discussed on this forum is very personal to Meat, and to an extent also very personal to you wherever your work is discussed.

I don't believe anyone on this forum has/will ever be in the position you and Meat are in, and so won't be able to fully understand.

It's not a critique of a vocal when Meat reads it, it's a critique of HIS vocal. It's not a critique of guitar work or production, it's a critique of YOUR guitar work or production.

That's got to be an interesting (and not always nice) position to be in.

Out of interest, have you ever had such close contact with the fans at any other time during your career?

Originally Posted by Julie in the rv mirror

Just because some may be less passionate does not make them "haters".

I'd add two words to this...............

Originally Posted by Julie in the rv mirror

We cannot control how others treat us, or what they say to us. We can, however, control how we respond. I agree with Mouse that IMO, Meat does overreact on occasion, and that "fault" does not always lie 100%with us.

Meat has been known to blow his top on the forum, but sometimes it's been because something has been harsh or unfair. Other times Meat has taken offence to something someone has said in all honesty with no intention to offend and has over reacted.

Fault can't be put just on the fans or just on Meat.
It's a little 50/50 at times, especially when (again) you consider Meats perspective to what's being said.

Originally Posted by AndyK

Humour is just one of the services I provide

Since when?