I do wonder, should I have given up the band name years ago? It’s memorable. Once it’s remembered. If I claimed it as my last name people would get the fuck over it. Today’s comment that got under my skin, something like “wth is up with the band name? LOL” – well, thanks – from years ago “might as well call yourself ‘formerly-known-as’” – Hell, from good friends “worst band name ever”. I mean, there’s no way to go back in time and know if I’d called my music Beaverblast or The Rob Show or Conundrumonster or what the fuck EVER if I’d have ever gotten anywhere more than I’m at, but I AM constantly impressed at how frequently people are apt to simply go ahead and insult it because they don’t know what it is. I guess that’s kind of a greater metaphor for the human condition.
Names mean something though – and I’ve always liked the sound. And maybe it DOES have too much baggage and history. But how does that weigh verses “momentum” and history? I’m inclined to say screw it – and beyond anything else, just feel like “no, this is me, has been for 17 years, why would I change it now?” – beyond a business decision, as a personal identity thing. Would I feel adrift without my moniker? Not even sure. Don’t know that I’ve got anything else to say about this. Maybe I should change my last name to “Ilyaimy” and let people deal with it. This thought is not entirely without merit.
Oh. And by “metaphor” I really just mean “shit people do”.
