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An amazing example of a determined, self-driven person is Jay Brannan.  Growing up in conservative Texas, his singing, acting, and songwriting dream wasn’t necessarily completely supported by his family and community.  After graduating high school, he attended the University of Cincinnati’s acting program for 6 months, then moved to Palm Springs, CA before moving to Los Angeles, CA, and finally to New York where he’s been for the past 6 years.  By creating his own record company and getting by on profit from gigs and merchandise, as well as Internet promotion, Jay Brannan has found himself to be doing what he wanted to do with his life, and in 2003 had a role in the movie Shortbus, as well an original song on the movie’s soundtrack.  By creating music videos as well as just himself singing, he has become a YouTube sensation, but not nearly as big of a fan base as he deserves.

With real, honest, and moving lyrics, as well as a voice that can touch your heart, he can bring everyone to relate to his story in some way or another.  When you see him in any one of his videos or performing his songs, he has the most genuine smile that is humanly possible.  He’s achieving his dreams of singing, acting, and songwriting, and has done much of it on his own, which is something in itself to applaud.  To hear and see him sing, check out his YouTube channel and to learn more about his story you can visit his official website and from there access his other social networking sites, which he updates himself quite often:

http://www.youtube.com/user/jaybrannan#p/u/90/_7CDT820D7c

http://www.jaybrannan.com