Feb 26, 2018
In Every Sing I talk to people who devote their lives to
singers and singing, from the performers themselves to anyone who
works behind the scenes in singing related fields. In Every Sing,
we explore a wide variety of career options and passions. If you
are looking for a way to make a career around singing, or to find
inspiration for your own journey, you will find it here. If
you are new to this podcast, check out the back episodes. You’ll
find interviews with famous singers, giants in the field of voice
science and voice pedagogy, a peak performance coach, audio
engineer, event producer and more.
And today’s episode is a lot different than others. Today I am
going solo talking about lessons learned from the amazing people
I’ve gotten to talk with in the first 30 episodes of Every Sing,
combined with my own perspective on careers around singing.
First I want to give a shout out to my listeners around the
world! You probably guessed I’m in the US - or maybe I’ve made it
obvious that I’m in Seattle. There are hundreds of listeners in the
Us and there are dozens of listeners in Canada. But I want to give
shout out to the listeners in the places I didn’t expect; Chile,
Peru, Ghana, South Africa, Ireland, Sweden, Bulgaria, Austria, the
UAE, Iran!, China, Bangladesh, Cambodia, South Korea, Plus there’s
more I’m not naming! and New Zeland. New Zeland! You have an
especially strong presence! Thanks for finding me!
If you have Facebook in your country, please connect with me
there through Every Sing Podcast. If not, email me at
nancy@studiobos.com
Finally, before I get started on this episode, there is one
listener I want to call out - who ever is listening in Hunedoara,
Romania, I’m excited! I will be in Sibiu, Romania in September and
I would LOVE to connect.
If anyone else wants to connect - especially if you want me to
travel to your place - I’m all ears! I love to travel, to share my
passion for this field, and I’m a really human who loves to connect
with other real humans!
Alright, lets get started on this topic.
I want to talk to you about singing, singing related careers,
and a mindset for singers.
Coming from a place of being a singer who’s personality type
does not fit the goals and requirements of living the life of a
performer
Coming from a place of teaching hundreds of people who loved
to sing and didn’t know where their place is in singing
Coming from a place of watching a gen eration of my
students go from hopeful, would-be professional singers as teen
agers, to sometimes completely disparate careers, and sometimes
professional careers.
Coming from a place of a podcaster who is talking to other
singers about their careers.
About singing, the first question is, what’s the point - why
do we sing and what do we expect will happen when we sing.
About singing related careers - this is where my curiosity is
leading me these days.
For this section, I reference my book, The Teen Girl’s Singing
Guide, available on Amazon.
And finally, a mindset for singers
I want to share so fun news - I was accepted as a member of
the recording academy today. That’s the group that hosts the
Grammy’s. But even more than that, they support education,
especially careers for musicians. So you can imagine, I’m pretty
excited about how I can contribute to the work they are
doing.
Thank you so much for joining me. I’m always available to talk
about issues that come up in the podcast. You can find me on Linked
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