According to Webster.com, feedback, the transmission of evaluative or corrective information about an action, event, or process to the original or controlling source; also: the information so transmitted. I hear and see numerous artists (Main Stream and Independent) stating that people are “hating on them” and/or their music. Also, according to Webster.com; hate, to express or feel extreme enmity or active hostility. Why does hating always have to be a negative thing? If someone doesn’t like you or your music, who are you to stay true to? Your loyal fans, right? Eventually, people that hate you now – love you later! It’s just easier to explain that people hate you than to correct where you went wrong. You have to take the positive with the negative and vice versa.
When people give feedback, good or bad, you have to collect the information to either use it or throw it away. Where we go wrong when we think people “hate on us”, is retaliate and miss out on what they were really saying. Don’t waste your time or energy on the negative, when you could utilize that to evaluate yourself.
