Hi David,
This reply may be a bit late by now. I've seen that the topic was from a year ago. I hope that you are in a better position now.
But for the sake of conversation, I would like to say that your situation is really hard. I can relate to mostly of what you've said since I've just left my advertising career to pursue the other things that I want to accomplish in other disciplines. So i know that the financial scare is one of the hardest parts.
Aside from the different disciplines that I'm into right now, I never gave up my interest for music. like you, I also sing for a metal band. And I my band mate who plays the bass guitar is blind. We've been band mates for 9 years now. Our band sort of went a little "inactive" lately since all members have to attend to other things like earning money for a living outside music. It's a decision we had to make in order to continue playing music, and playing music together.
My blind band mate has been very successful in the professional career he chose. He's an internet marketing consultant. But in spite the success he has achieved, he never gave up his interest for music. We would often try to work our schedules out to give way for a band practice because it makes us happy. First love never dies.
My point is this: I know how attractive advertising pays you and that makes it hard to give it up. Plus the fact that you have visual disability, things cannot be any easier for you. (I hate how people discriminate people, believe me) I can't tell you to quit you job right away and jump to the music scene because I know it's not practical. But I also cannot tell you to just forget about it.
My advice for you is this: find a band with a great potential, but find the band that needs a bit more time of preparation for a professional music career. Sort of a part-time but not limited to. Chances are, they may be young. They should be great musicians, but they also know the fact they need more, not only to become better, but to become superior. In that way, you still have time for your advertising career. Earn what you can while you're in there to help you feel more secure when the time comes that you have to be a full-time singer for your band. I believe it's a matter of time management.
While I was in advertising, I've managed to put up a clothing line. The brand's name is Core TEMPO. It's about music. Then I left my advertising career recently to focus on growing project: a website for music fans. Notice that both are musically-related. That's how much I love music.
So if I were you, keep the fire burning! I've always believed that dreams are immortal: you can forget them, you can set them aside. But you can't kill them.
Hope this letter helps you in any way. Rock!
- Ryan
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