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Ever heard of the ‘Tall Poppy Syndrome’?

Basically, it is slang for the tendency to criticize highly successful people (i.e tall poppies), and ‘cut them down’.

New Zealand has a terrible case of tall poppy syndrome with people constantly being knocked down, simply for letting themselves shine. People are criticized by their peers for merely striving to achieve the best, yet society wonders why a lot of young people settle for mere mediocrity in their chosen field.

I manage a band who I would have to call the best new rock band here in New Zealand, and in December last year, I sent a copy of this band’s album to a VIP in the New Zealand music industry. He absolutely loved it and he met with myself and Shayne to have a chat. He wisely advised us to watch out for ‘Tall Poppy Syndrome’ here in New Zealand. At the time I didn’t greatly understand that point he made, but I took the advice on board anyway.

I guess the main point here is that when you have something good, something that has the potential to be very successful – you have to watch out. There are people that will try and cut you down (generally those that are in the same industry, i.e in this case – the local struggling musician circle), that don’t want to see you succeed – because it shows that they are not as good.

When that happens, you need to be at your strongest. Don’t let it get to you – recognize it for what it is – jealousy. Let it be your motivator. That is exactly how I am now. I have a point to prove, but not only that – I know that this band is that good (check them out here). I’m not biased – but I do know what it takes to ‘make it’ and it’s also proven from the email, comments and response we receive from the general public (over 800,000 views on YouTube). We also have the support from very prominent NZ music figure, Ray Columbus. Whatever happens, stay strong, keep focused on your goals, keep your live show polished and finally – keep writing great songs so that you can be the best new rock band!

Keep your friends close and keep your enemies closer – you will see that in this case, there are people that have gone to great lengths to try and bring this band down……

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln

If you are looking for music videos or lyrics to songs, you need to find the best music videos database on the internet. Look for an artists database that features a list of artists as well as a search tool that you can use to find your favorite artists and their songs. Whether you want to listen and watch their music videos or just learn the lyrics to their songs, you can find them when you use artists database. 

Large videos databases contain a lot more than music from artists. They contain homemade videos, commercials and people trying to pretend that they are the artists. Everyone with a camcorder can easily make a video and upload it online. But is that what you want to see when you are looking for music videos from your favorite artists? Probably not. Yet, if you do not use a music videos database, you will spend a lot of time sifting through a bunch of home made videos to find the actual music video from your favorite artist.  This can be very frustrating. When you lost an artists database, you do not have that problem. The best music videos database is loaded with music videos from your favorite artists, both old and new. And they are as easy to find as ever as you can search by song or by artist to get the video. 

Included in the artists database is the search tool that lists artists and videos.  This can be helpful if you are not sure about the title of the song or who sung the song. You can use an alphabetical search tool to look for what you think is the title. The search engine will enable you to plug in words from the song to search in this manner. There are a number of ways that you can find the music videos that you want when you are using a music videos database. 

Also included in the artists database are the lyrics to thousands of songs.  These include lyrics to new releases as well as older tunes. If you are looking for lyrics, you will want to use an artists database. Even if you are unsure of the song, you can find the lyrics you are looking for by the name of the artist. There are also lists that you can use to help you in this search. 

You can have a lot of fun entertaining yourself with music videos and looking up lyrics to songs when you visit a music videos database. Once you  take advantage of the artists database, you can then go back again and again to have some fun and look up songs and videos. 

If you enjoy music and want to find the best music videos from your favorite artists, or want to find lyrics to your favorite tunes, you should use the artists database. Once you use the music videos database and see the easy access you have to music videos, you will not want to look for them anywhere else on the web.