Musician David Myles' Best Advice on Following Your Dreams

For local high school students about to graduate in Charlotte County, the idea of following your dreams often means moving away from the community, whether it be in pursuit of more opportunities in bigger cities or to attend university. With Charlotte County boasting the smallest university in Canada, St. Stephen University, it's more likely than not that students pursuing a higher education have to cross the county line to find the programs best suited to the careers they want to have.

But what does following your dreams really mean, and what does it look? On the latest episode of Spartan TV on CHCO, grade 12 student Ian Curran spoke with award-winning New Brunswick musician David Myles about why some people are able to truly follow their dreams and why some fall short. Since Myles is surrounded by a lot of successful musicians, Curran asked Myles what common traits he shares with his more successful friends who were all able to break through in the music industry.

"That's a really great question, and I think about that a lot," said Myles. "I think one thing that's really common [among successful people] is that, anything they pursue, they try to finish it, and then they get it out there. A lot of people who get close to finishing something, and then don't get it into the world based usually on fear. Usually they're scared of the reaction that people will have, or they're scared of being on stage. It is scary finishing an album, or finishing a book is scary--doing something and getting it into the world, especially in social media age. People are people are going to be critical no matter what you do. You have to be committed and determined."

So what's Myles' best advice to students about to graduate?

"You do need to go out into the world and put your work out there, but do I regret going to university and getting a political science degree? No. Because that was growth. And, during that time, I was writing songs."