Posted on Oct 18, 2014
Has anyone else thought about pursuing a career in entertainment? If so please share your story.
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It was my ambition before and during my service. I used to do the National Anthem for various events on base. Even to this day it irritates me to hear The Star Spangled Banner sung the way it was not written, with extra notes added, not making the range, etc. I was a music major prior to enlisting majoring in voice and minoring in piano, so I'm somewhat hardline when it comes to how songs should be performed. It's actually easier to sing in front of people than speak in front of them.
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Let me tell you a story... It's not my own, but rather one about one of my best friends in life. His name was Brad Crandall. Was? Yes, he's passed. He joined the Marines as soon as he could but missed WWII, and ended up in China working on a Stars 'n Stripes radio station. He schooled his voice by imitating William Conrad who played the role of Marshall Matt Dillon in the Gunsmoke radio series popular at that time. When his enlistment ended, he went to Canada to work in a small radio station. He virtually lived at the station, eating peanut butter sandwiches and drinking milk that he kept cool on a window ledge. In time NBC discovered him and he became a host on their Monitor broadcast network in NYC. In time he became a voice over actor and was so popular that I frequently heard him narrating consecutive commercials on radio and television. Keep in mind that his highly successful career began in a tiny military radio station half way around the world. Let that be your inspiration and go for it...
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I did while in service was in a play with the uso raisin in the sun toured all over Germany also had a band played at nco club , and now me and another vet put on shows at Va hospitals on face book look up brothers of the same heart Mark beard wayne miller
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In a previous millennium, I once ran in a Congressional primary -- does that count?
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Heck no, I am nervous enough when I have to speak in public. There are many talented military members who would be good at it though.
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PO3 Shaun Taylor
yeah I figured as much that's why I was asking. I was hoping to maybe network with a few.
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SGT Craig Knutson
I wish I would have auditioned for the Army choir. I was in choir and jazz choir in high school and have been singing all my life. I started a karaoke business in 1999 and ran that on the side for about 12 years. I auditioned and was selected to perform the National Anthem at a Minnesota Twins game in 2007, and I have sang at many weddings and funerals. Singing is my passion and I would love to make a living at it but I started a family at a young age and always put them first.
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Did you see the Air Force female who competed on the Voice a couple years back? she was amazing!!
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