Hello,
I am hoping someone at Wikipedia can help explain things to me. First, let me say that I'm a big supporter of what you do and I have contributed, even though it has been small amounts, but I have contributed every time you have requested it of me. I say that simply because, as a poor-working class musician, I don't really have the largesse to give to anybody but I see the significant advantage Wikipedia brings to the entire world and it is something worth supporting.
That said, my band's page has had a disclaimer on it for years saying something to the effect that our accomplishments or something of that sort aren't notable enough to be included on Wikipedia. Which I find strange as I have encountered countless friends' bands who have profiles who have accomplished significantly less than we have during our 17 years as a band and their pages aren't flagged.
My most notable accomplishment is that I had a very strong relationship with Grey's Anatomy, and over the first decade of the show, they licensed 8 of my songs, and repeatedly licensed Wait and I Hate Everyone, both of which made it onto their first and second soundtracks, respectively. I've also had about 20 other film and tv licenses.
We were one of the founding members of the Mr. T's Bowl scene, in Los Angles, that sprouted up in 1998 and continued til 2006. I was the booker and host of all of that weekly and eventually three-times a week scene. https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/remembering-seedy-sublime-music-scene-mr-ts/
I stopped courting the press from 2011 til just now because I really do not like the short-shrift most music journalists give not only my music but music in general. It rankles me to have someone dismiss thousands of hours of my work after what was obviously only a cursory listen. But I have been engaging in scores in public facing, popular podcast interviews such as Night Attack, Cord Killers, The Daily Tech News, a handful of Scott Johnson's podcasts, and myriad others over the past decade. Does that exposure not count? Or should I, every time I do something public facing, should I submit it to Wikipedia for consideration?"
And on top of that, there's the music. Certainly I don't court the music press. (Well, I just started doing so for my newest album. In fits and starts. But, I still feel the exact same way. And I'm still getting the same sort of shitty responses. So, I may never again. I mean, there are a few bright spots. And I do have some advocates in the press. And I am planning on leveraging them.) But I have tens of thousands of people who listen to my music every month. Does that count for nothing? Do I really need articles to validate my musical output? Sure, I'm a small working class musician but I work my ass off. The proof is in the pudding. My numbers grow year in and year out. Not super fast but but they do. My audience is growing.
Anyway, this flag has been on Get Set Go's page for years. And it really has begun to stick in my craw. If there's something I need to, if you need to go do three or four interviews, so you've got sources you can cite that aren't podcasts, I'll do it. Please, just let me know what I need to do to remove that flag..
Thank you so much,
Mike TV
Get Set Go