When is it okay to start going by a stage name?

ok so im going to start singing on youtube and i have concerts coming up but my name is kinda boring (kayla) so i need a good name for when im on stage and stuff lol i sing country and stuff so plz help i need one quick and plz no mean or horrible inapporite...

I need a stage/singer name as I am going to start recording and set up a website but i need a name that will be memorable generated from my own name. I want to especially keep 'Colleen' in the stage name. any ideas? help would be appreciated :) thanks...

I'm in a metal band and we are going to start performing soon and do lots of gigs. I want a stage name or at least replace my last name because it sounds boring. My full name is Matthew Christian Lawrence and I play lead guitar for my band.(Feel free...

I am a 4 year trained qualified primary teacher and I have decided to start tutoring while casual/substitute teaching in schools. My vision is to start with tutoring for primary aged kids in all areas and I was then possible thinking of branching into...

ok so I'm going to start beginning more serious about my dream of becoming a singet/rapper and need a stage name kinda like Nicki Minaj (like I mean how her real name is Onika Tanya Maraj but all she did to make nicki minaj was changing onika to her...

Hi, my name is Aoife. Horrible, right? You wouldn't know where to start with pronounciation. (p.s., it's pronounced like eeee-fuh. think wall-e with an f.) Anyway, you probably could not begin to fathom how much trouble this name has caused me. My peers...

I like my middle name better, and it sounds much much better with my last name, it is actually kind of difficult to say my first name and last name together in my opinion. I am 19 years old, so would it be hard to start using my middle name from now...

I'm meeting with a bassist tomorrow and I've always figured I should change my ridiculous name to something more easy to pronounce, I'm just confused as to when to start using it, if I tell him this new name I'll feel a little funny about it like I'm...