Too old to rock'n'roll, too young to die?

Are you too old to have a music career?

How old is too old, to become a succesful professional singer songwriter or music star? I personally don’t believe there are any age limits, to this type of career and many other careers that people consider themselves "too old" for. I have a slight suspicion that these same people used to think of themselves in terms of being "too young" to do other things, at an earlier point in their lives. I think the reason why so few older artists "make the grade" is because they’ve given up on the idea of being able to make a living in that way! :-)

In every biography or auto-biography I’ve read over the years and they are a particular passion of mine. The people whose stories I’ve read, have one thing in common - they never, ever, EVER give up on their dreams, till their dreams become their reality! In the world at large, I think of Colonel Sanders, whose KFC business was started by him after he retired. I think of Abraham Lincoln who had tried so many times over thirty years and failed to be elected to public office, before being elected President of the United States at the age of 60! I think of Winston Churchill who had many failures in his army and political life, before he had his "finest hour" in his 70’s!

In music, Tina Turner was 45 before she became a massive star, although she had a couple of hits "River Deep Mountain High" in the 60’s and "Nutbush City Limits" in the 70’s; it wasn’t until she believed in herself, as being a great entertainer that she became the one who "strutted her stuff" to world acclaim. Gordon Haskell, had always been involved in music but it wasn’t until at age 55 that he had a massive hit with "How Wonderful You Are" at Christmas 2001 selling 400,000 copies and becoming the most requested song on radio ever! His album "Harry’s Bar" also sold in large quantities too here in the UK, in early 2002.

One song can make you a fortune. Take "Yesterday" for example, if Paul McCartney hadn’t written any other song, this one song would have made him at least a million pounds! A friend of mine had a minor hit in the early 80’s and the royalties from the song clothed the kids whilst they were growing up!

Are you still unconvinced that it is still worthwhile to take the plunge and make your passion into your income? All I’d say to you is that’s exactly what I did at the beginning of 2006 and I must say I often wonder what it would have been like had I made that decision much earlier. I’m living my dream and I can thoroughly recommend doing that to anyone!

The course I went through myself with my life coach Sharon, at the beginning of my Life Coach training is the one I now present to others, mainly by telephone or on Skype over the internet, which gives my clients the tools to help them achieve their dreams.

Too old? Only if you think you are!

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