The Performing Life: A Singer's Guide to Survival

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I : Preparing for Success
Chapter 1 . Get a Good Start! Learn Early to Persevere Collect Mentors Expand Your Horizons
Chapter 2 . Who Are You? Find Your Niche De-Clutter and Move On Know Your Maintenance Level
Chapter 3 . Tap Into a Rhythm Eliminate the Negative Develop a Routine Don't Spill the Beans
Chapter 4 . It's a Small World What Not to Perform What Not to Wear What Not to Say
Chapter 5 . Project Your Best Self Know Your Stuff Get Organized Speak Up
Chapter 6 . It Takes a Village Be Collaborative Develop a Support System Toast Your Hosts
Chapter 7 . Create the Life You Imagine Plan for Success Develop a Workable Lifestyle Design a Balanced Life
Part II : Coping With Success
Chapter 8 . Malfunction Junction Learn to Read Maps Beware of Alleys Check Equipment Twice
Chapter 9 . I Can't Eat That! Ask the Waiter Twice Have a Progressive Dinner Where's the Beef?
Chapter 10 . Sleep Is Not a Perk What Time is It? Call for Help
Chapter 11 . In Sickness or in Health Choose Pets Carefully Know Your Blood Type Don't Panic
Chapter 12 . Surprise!!! Friend a Piano Technician Record At Your Own Risk
Appendix Fifty Practical Pointers for Performers Suggested Reading

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The Performing Life: A Singer’s Guide to Survival is the first-hand account of the 35-year career of singer, music professor, and recording artist Sharon Mabry, who draws on personal experience to explore how professional singers survive in the face of personal and professional pressures, exorbitant expectations, illness, and the demands of their public. She details the factors that can change the course of a particular performance or an entire career. Mabry offers sage advice for how singers can bolster themselves mentally, physically, and emotionally in order to maintain their powers of performance. Divided into two parts The Performing Life focuses first on such basics as the need for extensive preparation, discovering your performance niche, acquiring mentors, determining your “maintenance level,” finding a strong support system, learning how and what to organize, and discovering how to groom body and mind. In the second half, Mabry draws on her wealth of personal stories to dig more deeply into such seemingly mundane but absolutely critical matters as personal health (illness, food allergies, insomnia), logistical challenges presented by venue location and performance dynamics, and the difficulties off-stage organized by the recording studio. In all instances, Mabry illustrates how perseverance, organization, attention to detail, excellent training, strong planning, a resilient support system, and a good sense of humor can lead to a successful and satisfying career during even the most difficult times.

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The Performing Life is the first-hand account of the thirty-five-year career of singer, music professor, and recording artist Sharon Mabry, who draws on personal experience to explore how professional singers survive in the face of personal and professional pressures, exorbitant expectations, illness, and the demands of their public. She details the factors that can change the course of a particular performance or an entire career. Mabry offers sage advice for how singers can bolster themselves mentally, physically, and emotionally in order to maintain their powers of performance. She illustrates how perseverance, organization, attention to detail, excellent training, strong planning, a resilient support system, and a good sense of humor can lead to a successful and satisfying career during even the most difficult times

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