Responding to the question of why students quit...
I had thought of quitting a couple of times... granted, a lot of
those times were Drama Queen time... you know, when you throw your
arms up and scream "i'm leaving it all for a job picking needles in
haystacks", but the more serious times when I really thought I should
quit were the times when I thought:
"You are really going nowhere"
"There is no possible way you'll be SOMETHING in this profession"
"Your voice quality isn't enough"
"You're still in the same place!"
A lot of these thoughts had to do with self-doubt (whether or not my
voice had an appropriate quality for the music world), and times when
I thought I had not progressed at all when the contrary was, in fact,
the case. Most students give out when they realize their voices will
develop slowly, that they're not those rare cases where the voice is
just there, or one of those rare cases where it grows as quickly as a
vine in a tropical forest. A lot of us struggle with the insecurity
of "what if", and the feeling that you will never manage to master
it. These are usually the thoughts of a student who's serious in his
goals but not very strong on self-esteem. My teacher saved me by
helping me realize the progress I was making and thus giving me more
motivation...
then there are the students that are in it without any serious goal
and quit at the first (or third) sign of hard work coming their way.
There are a lot of in-between stages, but these two are the ones I
know personally
BTW, on my previous message, I meant SANG. Sorry, I've been speaking
in three languages all day long and now I can't speak either of them
well at this hour :p I usually try to keep my languages
impeccable..but after having two surgery 'threats', I guess i'm as
limp as a wet noodle and my head isn't working right :p
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