Before Trent Harmon won season 15 of American Idol, he was working as a waiter at his parents’ restaurant, but it turns out he actually had another life plan.  Trent reveals, “I was gonna teach.  I mean like I can teach.  I got my accreditation and I was into all that process of finishing that, and I did and I realized before I went to go teach, I was like, you know what?  Why don’t I just go take a year off, pursue music 100% and see what happens.”

Trent didn’t end up sticking to his one year plan.  He says, “Well then two years went by and I was like, I was getting a little bit further but not far enough to say that I was really making any way into the music world, but it was enough that I couldn’t quit.  And so you know, two years went out and then three years went by, then four years went by.  So yeah, I’m glad I didn’t quit.”

It may have taken a little longer, but fortunately it all paid off and Trent is now busy promoting his debut single, “There’s A Girl,” and working on his debut album to release later this year.

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/280303343″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]

Audio player not working?  Click here.

Trent Harmon – if not a singer  :37

“I was gonna teach.  I mean like I can teach.  I got my accreditation and I was into all that process of finishing that, and I did and I realized before I went to go teach, I was like, you know what?  Why don’t I just go take a year off, pursue music 100% and see what happens.  Well then two years went by and I was like, I was getting a little bit further but not far enough to say that I was really making any way into the music world, but it was enough that I couldn’t quit.  And so you know, two years went out and then three years went by, then four years went by.  So yeah, I’m glad I didn’t quit.”