We all get to choose what we do. I've been a performer and a behind the scenes guy. When I am dressed in black, trying NOT to be noticed, I actually find it cringeworthy when the people on stage call my name out and everybody looks my way and claps. I want to remain anonymous. The cheers and clapping is for the performers. If a name says to me, you did really well, come for a drink - and this happened for the first time with one 'name' this year (after a drink free, and shouting plenty) period on and off since 1984! He has never, ever been nice. I don't expect it, and the drink offer was a shock and not really me. Standing on a stage thanking the lighting and sound people, the tour manager, the follow spot folk, and the wonderful house crew is unnecessary. Entertainment is like magic - don't give the trick away. Seeing a 'name' stop a guy and ask what they did, and then being thanked is what we do our jobs for. I like walking out of stage door and feeling the 'name' shudder when all they wanted was a quiet drink, but seeing a horde of selfie demanding autograph hunters. Me, you get a look, then they turn away - exactly as I like it.
Do people even know now who produced or mixed their music? It may well have been on an album cover, or CD artwork, but who reads metadata?