What has happened to the society? (Rant about covering)

I am sorry to be creating another rant blog post, and once again it's on the topic of making covers. But I have noticed one very sad pattern over and over again. Perhaps not just in covering, but in life in general... *Stares off deeply and dramatically into the distance*

People want to take and receive, but they don't want to share or give. 

What do I mean by this? There are a lot of times people share covers asking for comments and feedbacks, but they are unwilling to do the same thing for others. Ever heard of the saying "Do unto others what you would want them to do unto you"? Appreciate other people's hard work, and they will appreciate you. Take time to listen to other people's effort, and they will take time to listen to yours too. That's how it's suposed to be, I thought.. but noww.... it's all just one-sided. Perhaps because I am managing LME and we have the monthly thing to choose best covers by people to get into the Hall of Fame, so people expect me to listen to ALL their covers... Which I do... But when I ask them to listen to my cover too, what do I get? IGNORANCE. Except for a few people who do take time to comment or listen to it, which I super appreciate, other people ignore it... And yet, they continue to ask us to listen to theirs... I mean, I will still listen to it, but it just makes me sad... What happened to all the sharing, and caring, and giving, and receiving? What happened to this world? Where is the loveeee? 

I thank all of my readers who always listen to the covers I share over here and even leave comments. I suuuper appreciated it! And know that if you ever make a cover or something you wanna show me, please do share it cause I'd be more than happy to see it! I'd be excited for it actually!

Some of you might say "So you are listening to covers because you expect them to return the favor? So it's not genuine? You only listen so they'll listen to yours? Isn't that selfish too?" Well, think of it this way.. You love to cook, you love to eat. You are the one who always cook for others, but others never cook for you and therefore you have nothing to eat. What happens to your body? You become weak, you feel hungry. It is important to give and receive; both are important. Because whether you are on the giving side or the receiving end, you can become both a blessing or the blessed.
 

Secondly, and this is mainly about collabing. Fot those people who get chosen for a collab... Is it so hard to say "thank you" "everyone did great" or something along the lines of that? It takes soooo long to plan everything, to remind people to submit their parts, to mix, to create videos.. And we are super excited about the release, but when it gets released.... *crickes sound effects* Where did everyone go? Did a nuclear bomb drop on Earth and wipe everyone's existance? If you're busy okay.. But for others.. Can't you show more appreciation at least? At least like it if you don't wanna type or say something? Cause I do believe our collabs are good, so there is no reason to hate them. Unless they're haters, and haters are gonna hate hate hate.. As quoted by a famous singer: Ms. Swift. But it feels like all efforts are wasted and not worth it if the people who should be appreciating them, does not even appreciate it.

Am I just expecting too much from this world? Was I grown in a generation where appreciation was a common courtesy whereas it has disappeared now in the new ages? Or have we truly lost touch with our inner morality? Have we lost our ability to appreciate the smallest things in life? Is this becoming a society where cursing is preferred over saying "thank you"? What has happened to the society? This is a question we should all ponder about as we reflect on our actions.

Gosh, this is deep.. So deep, Adele is rolling in it.

 

In all seriousness, this is one main reason I wanted to stop collabing and covering altogether. But I wanna give it another chance.. I'm sorry for the rant.. I don't usually do this unless it really bothers and disappoints me. I don't wanna keep cooking. I wanna eat too, guys! 

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LindaSeulyong #1
Girl, I know the feeling and that's exactly why I stop collabing in the first place (except for my perm group but that's a whole different story). I've been a coverist since like 2012, so i went through up and downs. I used to be a moderator for this collaboration forum, which is pretty inactive atm since majority of users are college students or university grads so we're always busy, and they were some of the best people who would take time to listen, comment, give great critiscm. Not only were they to listen and critique but they also ask and everyone was willing to listen as well. It was a great community.

But as I joined (not really joined but kind of lurked and monitored) another forum, I notice the lack of friendliness and appreciation. Casting was only done if you were favorited or if you had special pre-recorded lines or if you were one of those quote-on-quote amazing singers. There are others who would bash other mixers and singers because they simply weren't as "talented enough, or your mixing , or I recasted you because I didn't like your parts." They are those who underappreciated because of that.

Things like that gets on my nerve since i - as an initiator, an audio mixer, a video mixer, etc - is never getting the credit deserved. No simple 'thank you', no 'good mixer', or 'thank you for opening this' has ever been directed to me at the other site. And so I quite collabing.

I still do covers, once in awhile if I have time off from college, but I understand all to well how you feel girl. Don't worry about the rants. Keep doing what your doing and don't mind any of those haters. If you ever need someone to beta a cover, let me know! I'll be more than willing to give it a listen.
Shawol1214 #2
I know exactly how you feel. Of course I'm guilty of not commenting that much because I see collabs posted on soundcloud during my college break so I have no time to comment but I do appreciate your work, especially now that I joined the chat (honestly I just lurk around since I'm never on when you guys are but I have read most of the messages but I wanna talk to you all! I'm just awkward…) I mentioned this already but you guys really are like a family!
Okay I know this is gonna be really long so I'm just warning you lol. I also created a recent collab account. I at mixing audio and video a few months ago but I wanted the cast to be proud of the collab so I stayed up all night to learn how to mix better. I was pretty satisfied with my work so I expected a lot of feedback but there weren't a lot hehe so now I'm losing my motivation to keep the account going. What's the point of spending hours trying to perfect the collab when there's no feedback?
Also, I currently have 387 subscribers but most of my views are from Korean viewers and most of my comments are from random people who aren't subscribed to me which is sad. You'd expect subscribers to be your fans but they're not. I look at other videos with a few views but they have tons of likes and comments so I get discouraged. I know it doesn't mean much but comments are a source of motivation for me. It gets annoying when people comment on your cover and it only says something like "good job, I covered this song too, check it out" -.- It disregards your hard work so whenever I get comments, I look at their profile and if they're coverists too, I'd leave a comment on their video to show my appreciation
Exoinspire #3
I really love your covers! Give and receive is quite an important thing in life and I understand what you're saying. This is really deep, I agree.

Lol, I just can't keep the serious mood because that last line really cracked me up XD ! I seriously wish I could sing, or have the guts to sing to others like you *sigh* . It's pretty tough and I respect you for it :) .
choden #4
The world's like that, I guess. Yeah, it's frustrating to the point where v would want to slap some sense into people and I think that's what they r doing?
Because they think no one's gonna appreciate them, they assume everyone's going to end up like them: upset and disappointed. So maybe, ignoring others is their way of showing their anger and frustration. But there's some who ignore it deliberately; who are arrogant and full of pride. And there's people like me who are a total, complete and hopeless nerd. In another term, a loser XD XD XD People like me won't even know (not even a hunch) that BTS is living next door -if it ever happens- even though I totally adore them!!! Haha, and my voice to the point that I end up laughing at my own reflection LOL
I usually don't listen to covers. The only ones I listened to were the ones I accidentally downloaded and your "Just another lonely night". Besides these, I didn't humor any covers. I did try though but it ever grew on me. Nonetheless I envy people with good voice (I am jealous XD) and I hope you will come back (back back back) to LME...whatever that is XD (it's confirmed! I live under a rock!)
Haha so best of luck ^_< and maybe one day I will show my singing ability to make you see how talented and heaven-like your voice is haha
IAMJUNESHOE #5
I understand how you feel. I try my best to listen some many peoples covers especially is they post it on here because I go on here more than SC. And I don't always comment just because I'm really busy but when I do sometimes I don't even get a thanks. But... I hope people can change
wlstjffls #6
It's deep
But I think only you can see Adele rolling
nerd_91 #7
Yeahhh u go girl. Himnae Mel~~~
Take care.
inspirit4ever_suhana #8
to be honest I am very lazy to type out comments but I do tell the people I really appreciate so basically unnie is very well talented that's why I am commenting on ur covers. But truly if I appreciate anything I will support whoever it maybe :)
spartace_jjang #9
I love all your covers! Truly I do. Your voice is just suitable for all the OSTs I think... (esp pig song XD)
Thank you for pouring in all your passion in fanfic writing and also collab <3 Support support~~
GnomeAwesome_SJ #10
I have all your songs downloaded in my mobile which I listen to almost all night... I love them....
shud I cook 4 u... ?
I will there to support u...
Hwaiting!
purplephoenix #11
it's also kinda... infuriating to me how people ask others to like or comment on their covers but they don't even bother to return the favor. they did listen and if it was good, why is it that hard to just click the like button? what happened to sharing and caring? it's also a bit off how people said "please make more covers" and when you did, they were nowhere to be found. nowadays people appreciate less and less and it's saddening that our generation is drowning into deep ignorance..
purplephoenix #12
I feel you... I've been a lyricist myself since I was 13 but since my parents don't give abt my passion (they basically want me to stop making music even though I've showed them HUNDREDS of lyrics I wrote), I keep it to myself. my friends knew abt this and they pushed me to try sharing it to the society. "go ahead, you're doing great. we'll always support you. let's sing that song you wrote," they said. I opened up a new acc to upload my covers or original tracks, hoping people get to know what I felt bcs I poured all my heart into the lyrics I wrote. but guess what? these friends could talk to me asking abt the college papers when it's urgent (Im happy actually) but they avoided me when I excitedly talked abt new songs I wrote for them. they asked for the lyrics ("girl this is great") but when I asked them to record the song together, they ignored me. "You should just focus on your study," they said. they didn't even give a single damn when my classmates went to me saying my passion in rap and music is weird and useless. these friends leave me behind when people dig abt my acc, but honestly? I sing and rap well and I write those rap mixtapes myself. the go-on-girl-we're-supporting-you comforting words were just not real, I guess. there was also this time I participated in a fan project and sent in my original mixtapes bcs they wanted to use my track ("thx so much your song is great and it means a lot to us") but in the end I didn't see my track or my name included. then they came back asking for my new mixtape for an MV project but ofc I'm getting trust issue. what if they sang it again instead of using my record and discredit my name as the lyricist and arranger? they could steal it without me knowing. to think I was awake at 3 am writing a song abt how people failed me, I feel stupid. ugh sorry for the rant but basically yes, I feel like I was born into a society where everyone seeks something to receive but doesn't bother to share a little act of kindness..
angeIicaIs #13
for commenting, i think another problem is that people tend to only comment on their friend's covers or like really close people to them. ive noticed this within a few others.. i myself try to take the time commenting, usually just about how i like the cover and their voice, but if not i at least try to give a like and listen to the cover. i hope to comment more on everyone's covers and i also hope some others stop commenting on just their friend's covers, but try to comment on everyone's. like.. i honestly barely get comments? but im not upset about it orz
KaihleeLo #14
You get ignorance?! But like I say your voice is definitely one for osts....Unless those who ignore you aren't fans of osts...? (Is that even possible?) I get where you're coming from, comments are signs of support and signs of support gives one motivation. I've never made it into any of the collabs since I've only applied like twice? But I do understand why those collabs were remove since not too many stars signed up for it. I, however, don't plan to do covers since I've moved into an apartment complex and the neighbors here hate noises (it's super quiet around here and I swear one laugh and the bottom and next door neighbor can hear me xD Cause I can hear them too, even with just talking). If I do participate in collabs then I'd have to whisper while singing or something and that's just impossible T_T No excuses though, I get where you're coming from! If you remember I'm subscribed to over 500 stories, shops, etc here so there are a lot of story updates, sometimes I forget to check all of them or I check a few and forget the others. But remember, I'm always here if LME needs any help since I am also a staff (or am I?) xD Anyway, yes, we should all give and get~! Sorry this turned into a personal issue/comment >_<
NinaNaz #15
Imo, some people just doesn't know what to comment about a certain cover because they aren't used to the song...yet. I feel like I'm that one person that rarely comments on a cover but yes, I do listen to them, sometimes I personally comment to them instead of commenting on the track cuz idk, I like to tell it personally if there's something wrong and if that coverist did great, i would literally fangirl the whole song. Again, we can't expect everyone to comment on each of our covers, I rarely got a comment on my covers since idk, maybe people think they are not good enough or just that they are a silent listener (like silent reader). Meh, i don't really mind these days if no one comments on my covers. I do it for fun anyways :D
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