Rock Musicians
Every rock musician wants to be well known. They usually want it, not for money, but for the idea of having fans. Popularity and number of fans are two differences between rock musicians. We can classify rock musicians in three groups according to their popularity.
The first group consists of rock musicians who are just known in their town. This kind of musicians are usually new and don’t have any records. You can listen to them at local festivals or at local nightclubs. Whenever you go a local celebration you can see one of them playing guitar on a stand and singing some songs that you have never heard before. This group of musicians have a small number of fans which are mostly their friends. Their concerts and the bars where they play aren’t very crowded. My friend Dave is a very good example to this group. He doesn’t have any records yet but he is playing at Mandy’s on Friday nights and he has a small group of fans who always go to listen to him on Fridays.
Rock musicians in the next category are rockers who are known nationwide. This kind of musician has records that are sold in their country. At every music market in their country you can easily find their records, even in a small town in a dead part of the country. After a new record they usually take a tour around their country. Also, they are more popular and have more fans than the first group. You have to go to famous nightclubs to listen to them live. Teoman, a Turkish rock musician, is an example to this group. You can find his records in any music market in Turkey. After a new record, he had always been on tour which consist of 20-25 cities in Turkey and his concerts are very much fun for his hundreds and thousands of fans. If he is not on tour, you can go to listen to him live at Barfly, a famous nightclub in Istanbul.
Another group includes rock musicians who are known worldwide. They are the musicians whose records are sold all over the world. Also, after a new record they give concerts in the big cities of the world. Unlike the other two groups of rock musicians, you cannot listen to them live in nightclubs. You have to go to a concert which thousands of fans...