- So if the singers don't go to a place
where they're going to be funded
and have for instance, health insurance benefits
and the regular salary for their work and their training
then what are they supposed to do?
Well, it becomes very important that they find the people
that can nurture them along the way
normally in this age between 25 and 30,
to help them find the best outcomes
for their particular talents.
Obviously there are more singers available
than there are places for singers
in terms of actually being able to make a full-time living.
So, they have to become creative,
if they wanna maintain their music
they have to keep up their music skills,
they have to keep up their vocal skills
and at the same time they have to earn a living.
And that can,
there are many famous stories of the singers
who worked as secretaries in the law firm in New York city,
for instance.
Until they got to the point through their auditioning
that they were heard or they got to a point
where someone heard them that took an interest
in what they were doing.
And the rest is history as they say.
But this just takes on a variety of paths,
often singers will stay in Houston
and they will have church positions
where they sing as hired soloist in effect.
They will do temporary jobs, often they teach.
So it becomes really important if they're going to teach
for them to understand what they're working on with students
to understand the voice.
And many times the teaching is helpful to them
because as they explain vocal concepts to students,
the students or the teacher starts to talk to themselves
in a way that helps their own singing
and they start to have some enlightened moments
that they may not have had even with their own teacher
as they began to try to explain it to other singers.
That's the teaching aspect is pretty common,
most of them will go out and do that at some point
for some period of time.
The ones who are truly highly motivated
they are going to go on, are going to find the resources
through whatever means available,
whether it's family, fundraising, loans
to continue to do their study with a vocal coach,
a voice teacher and find the time and the money
for the travel to auditions
both competitions and young artists programs.