http://community.livejournal.com/dailygabespam/220521.html

i just read through this post and i’m really bummed. like you guys, i wish i had a perfect solution. but i honestly am at a loss.

on one hand i want to do right by the people who got us to where we are. and on the other hand i want our band to be welcoming and non-discriminating of new fans (after all, i remember being the really geeky and excited kid with a horrible wardrobe waiting behind roseland to catch a glimpse of my idols).

and to make things more complicated, we keep getting busier every day. which of course is a blessing; to have cobras take off in other parts of the world and have to travel there, and do interviews, and get a chance to introduce kids to our band across the globe - it’s a dream. but every day we have less and less free time. less time to devote to people on an individual basis.less time to answer emails. less time to communicate with you guys ( and also less time to devote to our families - this definitely takes a toll on our personal lives as well..) and it sucks to go back to a town and not have the time to hang out with people you know because you have more shit on your plate. but at the same time i want as many people as possible to hear what we do. it’s a beautiful thing to work really hard for something and to get appreciated for it. but i also don’t want to disappoint the people who already have their ears to our wall; who have already been supporting us.

and i guess i’m kind of going in circles.. kind of like all the points being made on the post: they’re all valid, but i cant seem to find the solution. and i certainly don’t have the answer. so please, if you have an idea, help me. and if you think we should just pull the plug , let me know. because i don’t give a shit about having a fan club if our fans are not happy.

if having a fan club is killing what was happening organically on LJ, then maybe it’s not worth it. if both can;t exist, i’d rather have the one that feels more real. the invisible hand of cobra fans.

sorry if this is a bit out there. i’m totally jet lagged and exhausted,…

xo

gabe