{"id":73864,"date":"2019-08-08T16:37:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T22:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/chevel-shepherd-talks-about-life-after-the-voice\/"},"modified":"2019-08-08T22:37:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T22:37:52","slug":"chevel-shepherd-talks-about-life-after-the-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/chevel-shepherd-talks-about-life-after-the-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Chevel Shepherd talks about life after \u2018The Voice\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!-- gallery:dda0728b-486d-4a0d-9ec2-3a72e0622f40 --><\/p>\n<p>In the summer, many teenagers spend their time off from the daily grind of school by participating in the daily grind of work.<\/p>\n<p>For country singer Chevel Shepherd, that daily grind does not include scooping ice cream, busing tables or babysitting: The season 15 winner of \u201cThe Voice\u201d has spent her free time touring the country, filming a movie in Oklahoma and getting songs together for an album.<\/p>\n<p>And for the high school senior, her work is anything but a grind, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so much fun. I\u2019m very thankful that I have this opportunity,\u201d she said. \u201c\u201cI\u2019ve met so many amazing artists that are in the music industry \u2013 a whole bunch of country artists. I\u2019ve headlined my own shows, opened for multiple people such as Little Big Town, Brothers Osborne, Lee Brice. I\u2019ve gotten so many opportunities \u2013 the whole performing and touring thing is just amazing and probably my favorite thing \u2013 I love doing it; it\u2019s a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shepherd will also be making a stop tonight in Durango, where she will perform at 8 p.m. at the La Plata County Fair.<\/p>\n<p>Since winning the \u201cVoice\u201d a little more than six months ago, Shepherd said her whole world has changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s still sinking in. Things have changed immensely \u2013 it\u2019s crazy how much things have changed,\u201d she said. \u201cI do school online now. I travel constantly, I go into public and people ask to take pictures with me \u2013 it\u2019s crazy, but I love it; it\u2019s amazing. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>Along with performing, Shepherd said she also has to keep up with everything that comes with being in the spotlight. Her social media accounts have sky-rocketed since her win, with about 60,000 followers on Facebook, 120,000 on Instagram and about 30,000 on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has exploded a ton,\u201d she said. \u201cI keep up with it \u2013 I post, I like my fans\u2019 comments, I respond to them. I keep up with it pretty well, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s also balancing her professional life with that of being a teenager, Shepherd said, adding that because she took care of most of her senior-level classes last year, she only has one more core class to complete and then she\u2019s done. She said she will still get to go to school occasionally to visit with friends and teachers.<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t forget the fun stuff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully, I\u2019ll go to prom if somebody asks me,\u201d she said. \u201cI went to prom my junior year with my dad and my best friends. I get those chances, but I love what I\u2019m doing. I could travel and perform every day of my life and I would be perfectly content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While some teens entering senior year may still be figuring out what they want to do as a career, Shepherd said she has found her path.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=c57a9ef5-7718-4965-b8e9-a84e150b7ecd&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" alt=\"\u201cI could travel and perform every day of my life and I would be perfectly content,\u201d singer Chevel Shepherd said.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">\u201cI could travel and perform every day of my life and I would be perfectly content,\u201d singer Chevel Shepherd said.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Shutterfreek<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>\u201cThis is what I\u2019m doing. I\u2019m not going to go to college, I\u2019m going to focus on this and sing for my whole life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:katie@durangoherald.com\">katie@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-scoreboard\">\n<h4 class=\"scoreboard-title\">If you go<\/h4>\n<p><strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">What:<\/strong><br>\n                Chevel Shepherd, Six Dollar String Band opens.<br>\n                <strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">When:<\/strong><br>\n                Gates will open at 5:30 p.m., Six Dollar String band will perform at 7 p.m. and Chevel Shepherd will perform at 8 p.m. Friday.<br>\n                <strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">Where:<\/strong><br>\n                La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.<br>\n                <strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">Tickets:<\/strong><br>\n                $25 general\/$35 reserved. Available online at<br>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/durangoconcerts.tix.com\/GenericMap.aspx?EventCode=1142362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shorturl.at\/buKMS<\/a><br>\n                .<br>\n                <strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">More information:<\/strong><br>\n                For more information about the show, visit<br>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/durangoconcerts.tix.com\/Event.aspx?EventCode=1142362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> shorturl.at\/yzAPR<\/a><br>\n                . For more about Chevel Shepherd, visit<br>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/chevelshepherd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chevelshepherd.com<\/a><br>\n                . For the complete La Plata County Fair schedule, visit<br>\n                <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.laplata.co.us\/UserFiles\/Servers\/Server_1323669\/File\/Government\/Departments\/ExtensionOffice\/Fair\/2019%20LPC%20Fair%20Schedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shorturl.at\/dxzMO<\/a><br>\n                .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>take stage Friday at La Plata County Fair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-73864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73864"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=73864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}