It’s important to define clear goals that will shape your success and chart your potential as a singer, singer-songwriter, singing musician, and other related roles. Your greatest desire might be to become a rock star, a pop icon, or a first-class session singer.

As the year winds down and you recover from a series of holiday parties, life-threatening shopping sprees, wrist-wrenching clicks through online bargains, and fits of freaking out over mountains of bills, that moment comes when you finally settle down and start to think back over the year before your look ahead.

One of the frailties of us poor humans is that we tend to circle the negatives like vultures and then swoop down to pick apart what little is left of dreams that fell short or possibilities that need a little more planning and nurturing. So, you’re invited to kick all of that junk to the curb and check out a healthier approach.

One of the best resources you have for building a fan base starts with exploring your community. There may be existing opportunities to perform locally that you’re unaware of, and there may be even more opportunities you can create.