| After spending years struggling in the performing | | | | some pop rock in just the right way, however, |
| arts, I can tell you this much: the most important | | | | you might be able to come up with a new sound. |
| thing in being a performing artist is confidence. | | | | Even if it doesn't sound that good, people might |
| Creativity is second, and talent is a distant third at | | | | listen to it just because they haven't heard |
| best. Allow me to explain. If you want to get | | | | anything like it before. If you can do it with style, |
| involved in the performing art of your choice - be | | | | you can succeed despite having no musical talent |
| it dancing, singing, acting, modeling, or whatever - | | | | - it has happened before, and it will happen again. |
| you need to believe that you are the perfect | | | | That isn't to say that talent is not important. |
| person to be up there on stage. | | | | People spend thousands and thousands of hours |
| That doesn't mean that you can't be realistic | | | | perfecting their performing arts because they |
| about your weaknesses, but you have to play up | | | | want to give a flawless performance. Having a |
| your own strengths. If you don't think that you | | | | natural ability and pursuing that ability relentlessly is |
| should be there, other people are not going to | | | | crucial if you want to succeed. And there are |
| think you should be there either. No matter how | | | | people out there who succeed on talent alone. |
| talented you are, you won't succeed without faith | | | | Nonetheless, you have a much better chance of |
| in yourself. | | | | succeeding if you can do something new and do it |
| Creativity is almost as important. There are | | | | with confidence. People might get sick of you |
| plenty of people in the performing arts who aren't | | | | fairly quickly, but you will definitely have your five |
| actually that talented. What they have is a novel | | | | minutes in the limelight. That is enough to get |
| approach or a way to combine things that haven't | | | | your career going. After that, you can try |
| been done together before. If you want to just | | | | something else. Once people recognize you, it is |
| sing blues, for example, you have to be fabulous | | | | much easier to break into other performing arts |
| because there are so many people who do it. | | | | besides the one you start off with. You can even |
| If you integrate a little bit of gypsy, jazz and | | | | get a position teaching a performing arts school. |