Any good agents that would see me in Nashua, N.H.?

Question

I'm thirteen years old and I LOVE to sing. I have all my life. I'm in select choir in eighth grade. I also love to act and watch musicals. I don't have much experience, but I want to sing for a living. And my parent's aren't so sure about it. And I have no where to show off my talent! If I don't start now, I never will! Is there anyone like agents who would watch me?

Answer 1

YOU don't find agents... the agents will find YOU... once you are good  enough.

NO agent is going to take on a completely unknown 13 year old talent, especially if all they can do is sing.  Agents make their money from the money YOU earn... because YOU have to PAY THEM 10 PERCENT of your earnings... and a 13 year old completely unknown child isn't going to make THEM money.

Answer 2

Honestly, no.

But that's no reason to give up your dream.  Age 13?  You have your lifetime ahead--plan well and you'll make it.

Here's what to do.

First, get voice lessons.  I don't care what style you're planning to sing, the basics of breath support and placement are the same for opera, country, rock, soul, broadway, and jazz.  You may not be aware, but the top vocalists in all styles keep a voice coach for most of their careers--voice is the one instrument where you must have a coach to help you get the right tone, since your own voice sounds different to you than to others (as listening to a recording of yourself will prove).

Now, in terms of professionalism--you need to learn how to read music, and some instrumental ability--piano is best, guitar is good--should be pursued.  People who can sing but who can't read are cheap and disposable in the profession.

Meanwhile, you need to look for opportunities to sing in your preferred style, and pursue them wherever they may take you.  That's where you learn to work in front of an audience and to work with fellow musicians.

Do not fall for the scam of agents who will offer to promote you for a big fee paid up front; legitimate agents won't make money from you except as a percentage of what you earn as a performer.  You need to build your career first, and when you are getting so many gigs that you can't manage yourself, that's when you want an agent--and that's when the legit agents will consider you.

Plan to go to college and to earn a bachelor of music degree.  It's a well-kept secret, but most of the top musicians are formally educated--why, even in country music, most of the top artists are college-educated.

Seriously: your odds of being Miley Cyrus are entirely related to whether Billy Ray is your father!  But your chances of making a living as a vocalist are good if you are willing to be serious and professional and to do the requisite work and to educate yourself.