Ten seems to be the magic number of years some singers I've interviewed go silent and simply stop singing. Ten years of a beautiful gift stifled and unacknowledged. Why?
Maybe their parents weren’t supportive, their spouse told them they’d never make it, or they were in the safety of a day job that consumed their energy. They stopped singing and denied that essential part of themselves. They believed those people in their lives who didn’t believe in them.
One other common theme I’m finding is that when those born singers finally leave that marriage, that job, that small town to pursue the singer’s way of life, that life responds to them in the most positive way imaginable. Sure, they have bumps in the road, but when they’re aligned and decide for themselves what a successful singer’s life should look like, they become truly unstoppable.
Listen to my latest interview with singer-songwriter Celia Chavez (Enrique Iglesias, P!nk, Melody Gardot) on my show at www.theworkingsingerpodcast.com.
Did you ever deny your dream for any length of time? Did you ever allow someone else’s fear to become your own? What did you do to pull yourself out of it?