I played a gig down in Florida years ago and after the show there was a super cool, suave, cocky, loud, brash guy trying to impress everyone at the club, telling everyone he was from LA. Going on and on about LA and how great it is.
It turns out the guy was from Louisiana.
So it’s not that he was wrong, he just wasn’t trying to tell the truth. He was using a sliver of the truth to create a false narrative that he thought would better serve his purpose of looking cool…while not being helpful to anyone else.
As we talk about ourselves and what we do we can’t possibly share the entire landscape of of who we are and what we do. So we highlight things. We turn up certain knows and turn down others. And when done properly it’s of great benefit to everyone involved.
A good Instagram page, a good interview, a good Instagram page, a good restaurant menu.
But when we find out you’re from Louisiana and not LA, it just feels like a wasted conversation. We like good surprises, not weird ones.
