Vanessa Cariddis Grown Up Gigs recording is now available! - When I Grow Up

Vanessa Cariddis Grown Up Gigs recording is now available! - When I Grow Up Doodle from the live chat done by Nightly Doodles Do you guys know that I have the coolest friends ever? There are days where I look around and remark incredulously, This is my job! and do a Breakfast Club-like fist pump into the air. Getting to talk to  Vanessa Cariddi  in my apartment about being a full-time opera singer was just the coolest. This is my job, you guys! And although we mightve gotten sidetracked a bit by the sleazy guys who kept coming in and writing hey babes and call me? in the chat (no, we will not call you), we managed to get the full scoop on: why she feels that 90% of what she learned at NYU wasnt applicable to real life and  what shed do differently with her education  if she had to do it again how she  actually got paid to sing opera in her early 20s without getting cast in a show  *(teaser: it involved a business plan!) why it took her 15ish years to  be DONE with asking for permission! what you wont be able to do  until you start working on your art full-time what makes her work and training similar to  a professional athlete why she realized that  doing anything you love takes lots of hard work Therere so many lessons and experiences that Vanessa shared that every creative career seeker can relate to I know youre gonna really love this conversation (and what we say to make the creepsters go away!). Cant see the video? Watch it directly from YouTube right here. Prefer an MP3 to listen to? You can download it here. These quotes from the talk are super tweet-worthy: Click to tweet  Why @VanessaCariddi is DONE (done!) asking for permission  http://tinyurl.com/d9h92bz Click to tweet  Never be afraid to ask other lessons learned from @VanessaCariddi on #gugigs w/@WhenIGroUpCoach  http://tinyurl.com/d9h92bz Click to tweet  Truth from @VanessaCariddi: Do what you love even if its going to be really hard (which it will be)!  http://tinyurl.com/d9h92bz On May 8th at noon Eastern, Ill be forcing Jessie Smith-Larsen to spill everything about being a painter/illustrator/sculptress.  Click here  to get reminders straight to your Inbox!