002 - AmeriCorps to Full Time Drag Queen - Mayhem Miller Shares Her Journey
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On this episode of the podcast, I interview RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 and All Stars 5 contestant, Mayhem Miller, but you can call her May.
Kicking off the episode, I ask May a lightning round of get to know you questions including favorite Drag Race season and favorite lip sync song.
Mayhem celebrates her drag birthday on May 10th and celebrated her 20th birthday this year. Mayhem discovered drag through movies and experienced it first hand as an adult at a club in Riverside, CA. She has a theater and performance background. Mayhem's first time in drag she was asked why she wasn't on the stage performing, leading to the start of her career.
Starting out, Mayhem was working a 9 to 5 job and doing drag at night and on the weekends for the first three years of her career. Eventually she had to make a choice because both were not sustainable timewise. She was doing about one show a week and then networking in drag at clubs several other nights a week and, in-between that a full time work, putting together outfits and looks. Leaving her 9 to 5 was a huge leap of faith. Now, when speaking with queens starting out, Mayhem always recommends having a security blanket. Don't think you can automatically turn drag into a huge career so if you have a financially secure job, keep it while you build your drag career.
And also keep your receipts. Mayhem shares she was (and still isn't always) good about keeping her receipts for every expense from outfits to wigs to makeup. When Mayhem started RuPaul's Drag Race she received some not great business advice from someone she couldn't trust, gave too much access to her business, and has since dissolved the business to restart it.
Starting out, and even now, Mayhem operates under the "cheap is good," route for drag performers. It's not about the product, it's about how you use it, especially when you're going through it so quickly as a performer. She also receives a lot of gratis products. As her business continues to grow, Mayhem has been filing taxes and shares her experience working with accountants, asking how she should be filing her taxes, a topic I dive into deeper in episode three of the podcast.
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