Today we’d like to introduce you to Patience Victoria.
Hi Patience, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
I can’t remember a time when music wasn’t part of my life. My mom would sing to me when I was a baby and my parents often took us to see shows: musicals, orchestral concerts, ballets, etc.
It wasn’t until I started school in-person (I was homeschooled until seventh grade) that I learned I could be up there on stage as well! It always seemed like such a mysterious thing, how someone might get the chance to perform, and I had previously imagined it like the circus coming to town and inviting you to run away with them. When I DID actually go to the circus and no one asked me, I was honestly so disappointed haha
Throughout middle and high school I was in multiple choirs, (including the philharmonic youth choir) a capella vocal groups, plays, and musicals. I even got to sing a solo at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Easter Sunday! I’m no longer religious, just spiritual, but that was a high honor I don’t take for granted.
I was torn on what to major in when it came time to attend college but I eventually decided on a BFA in Musical Theatre. I wanted to make the most of my time so I started out as a double major in that and Music Business but wanted to get started faster in the “real world” so after two years of juggling an insane work load on top of performing, I took the second major down to a business minor.
After college I was consistently cast in shows and was making all of my money performing. That was in Florida though, so it was a big change when I moved to Los Angeles a year later.
I ended up taking a couple years off of pursuing my performance career (even though I still did a musical and a short film each year) and I had to work through a LOT of guilt and shame because I just couldn’t understand why I wasn’t feeling driven to do what I loved the most.
In all reality, those years of working through so many things and truly exploring life and other hobbies allowed me to come back as an infinitely stronger artist.
I re-started my music career in March of this year and said to myself, “I just want to see” I just want to see what I can do. If the world is already burning, let me reach down to the core of who I am and who I’ve always wanted to be and let it guide me unabashedly.
Since then I have been winning the battle over fear and self-doubt and built so much I can’t even believe. I’ve met so many incredible people and been welcomed into multiple communities of artists that I am beyond grateful for.
I’ve also just been announced as the new front woman of a really great metal band, Mortalis! We just opened for Armored Saint at the Glasshouse-my official debut show with them-and it was an incredible experience.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Oh god, no, it has not been a smooth road haha but I will say the biggest rocks in my path have always been self-created. I always struggled with perfectionism as a form of self-protection and it was only relatively recently that I realized how much that truly held me back. I finally decided to work through that and have intimately learned that the product is in the process, and there’s no way to cheat that.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I am the most proud of my tenacity and refusal to let fear run my life. The second I decided to just go for it, fully, everything started changing for me.
I think I’m most known for my stage presence and my bubbly personality shining through with my love of rock and blues covers. I’ve always had a very clear voice so I never thought I could have that sound I loved so much from blues and rock that has a bit of rumble to it, a bit of an edge, a bit of a growl, but it turns out I loved the music so much and kept exploring sounds throughout the years that now it’s just how I sound naturally and I’m still exploring new sounds!
It’s so funny that I get so many compliments on my stage presence, because for most of my career/life, that was the part I was the least confident in! I just worked very hard on it and fought tooth and nail for what you see now.
Can you talk to us a bit about the role of luck?
You know, I really don’t pay attention to bad luck, I don’t give it any power over me. I know that my positive outlook and attitude surely has a good amount to do with privilege, but I honestly focus on what is good, and what is “bad” I just see as part of the process, instead of a wall.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://linktr.ee/PatienceVictoria
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patiencevictoria.music
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@patiencevictoriamusic
Image Credits
Bogart Raquelsantos
Pete Escobar
Bomber Vagabond
Diego Crespo
