Learning my self.

If a music entrepreneur’s belief in one’s unique gift, passion for making a difference through music and the willingness to take charge and learn from challenges in order to create success:

What is your unique gift? – Do you believe in it enough to invest everything you have in it?

• I can market myself as a diverse performer. I persuade very well. I sing jazz with a modern flare.

What difference are you trying to make in the world? – How passionate are you about doing this?

• I want to bring back jazz vocalists in a combo setting and bringing people into listening to jazz clarinet with vocals and dance.

How do you define success for yourself? – What challenges do you face in order to create success?

• I define success as bringing my music to others and having my audience react with some emotion. Rejection and people not understanding the point of what I want to do.

What is career vision and a mission?

• I want to create a small combo including upright bass, clarinet/ bari Sax, piano, drums, vocals, and trombone

• My mission is to work hard and network to obtain a great reputation and work with great talented musicians.

Can you innovate and create values and successfully communicate that value to intended audiences?

• Yes, I know how to work the crowd, and I know what people want to see and hear.

Do you have a positive attitude?

• I do, I know things may not always go my way, and I sometimes struggle with that, but at the end of the day I’m blessed to have the opportunities that I’ve been given.

Have you set your goals? What is your road map to success? Can you set inspiring and realistic goals?

• Yes I’ve set goals for my day to day life, for my monthly success, and for my long term aspirations/ goals.

• I believe things are always changing so I cannot have a definitive map, but I can strive to follow what’s in front of me. Currently graduating is one of my top goals at the moment. After that I would like to get my foot in the door with a few equity theater companies during the summer and start performing and eventually directing shows.

• I believe my goals are attainable. I have an understanding of what my strengths and weaknesses are.

Do you have and/or acquire the necessary expertise to actualize your vision?

• Yes, but I am always learning from the people around me, colleagues, teachers, friends, and family. I see it as a tool belt just getting bigger with knowledge to hone in on my craft and further better myself.

What are your priorities? Can you set priorities?

• My priorities are to have a healthy living environment, have a healthy relationship (friends and family), have memorable experiences, better my craft and my understanding of it, and do well in school.

What opportunities are you looking for? What opportunities are you creating or intend to create?

• I hope for my networking skills to land me a job at a theatre company and I also would like to start performing jazz with a combo.

• I am making relationships with the jazz faculty at Jacksonville university, and I am making strong connections with the jazz students.

How comfortable are you with uncertainty? What risks are you willing to take?

• I don’t like uncertainty, but I am willing to take risks if that could mean new opportunities and success.
• I am willing to move to another state or country to pursue my career.

When facing challenges, do you persevere or do you walk away?

• I keep on moving forward. How can you learn if you’ve never failed?

What experience have you learned the most from?

• heart break and disappointment have helped me understand that it’s not always rainbows and butterflies.

What actions are you taking to realize your vision? Are you consistently taking action?

• Yes, I am always trying to soak up new material and meet new people who can help me along the way.

How well do you put things in context? Are you able to easily respond to changes in your environment? What’s your best example?

• I am very quick on my feet. An example of adapting to my surroundings would be during a recent performance my microphone wasn’t working properly and it turned off, instead of worrying about it, I let my training step into place and I project out into the audience to make sure I am heard.

What is your plan to continually grow and evolve? How have you grown or evolved in there past year or three?

• I plan to keep learning my craft and continue growing as a performer and artist. I’ve gotten leadership opportunities, opportunities to choreograph and assistant direct shows.

How easy is it for you to reach out to others to ask for support and to offer help?

• It is very easy for me to ask others for help. I know when I’m wrong and when I need help, I also know my strengths and weaknesses.

How are you inspiring others to join and/or support your mission in order to create a financially sustainable enterprise that allows you to live your gift and contribute something valuable to society? – If you aren’t currently, how do you intend to?

• I inspire to create music with other passionate musicians. I inspire others to push themselves harder by being straight forward and confident in their own decisions. I inspire also by showing my passion in performing and having a successful outcome.