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'Essential reading' RECORD COLLECTOR 'Darcus Beese is a formidable cat' CHUCK D 'An inspiration' ANNIE LENNOX The must-read memoir from Darcus Beese - the first black president of Island Records and one of the greatest A&Rs of his generation. From growing up as a teenager on the streets of West...

What does the founding of the Sugarhill Gang teach us about business development? What can we learn about management and leadership from Jay-Z's decades-long dominance? What does Ice Cube's refusal to accept $75,000 to remain a member of NWA tell us about risk management? What can we learn about...

Grammy Award winner Victor Wooten's inspiring parable of the importance of music and the threats that it faces in today's world. We may not realize it as we listen to the soundtrack of our lives through tiny earbuds, but music and all that it encompasses is disappearing all around us. In this...

The Sikh religion was founded by Guru Nanak (1469–1539), who drew upon the teachings of Muslim, Sufis and Hindu Bhaktas. In its purest form Sikhism is about unity, simplicity, equality and surrender (to God) and the verses of the Sikh Gurus—most of them included in the Granth...

A community’s beating heart is often found in the most unlikely places. The story of Jazz, TX, is one of an underdog. When musician and entrepreneur Doc Watkins opened the San Antonio club in 2016, the “jazz club” represented a bygone era of simplicity, spaces, and shared community. The...

Read by the author. NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER To Jeezy’s legion of fans, his name is synonymous with hustle, grit, and the integrity to go out there and achieve your dreams. In his first book, Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe, Jeezy shares never heard stories of...

You and your team are dispensable, but not with Super Charged Teams, which shatters the outdated myth that leadership is defined by title, tenure, or hierarchy. Managers are culture-shapers, trust-builders, and performance accelerators. Backed by real stories, actionable behavioral psychological insights, and proven frameworks, this book equips managers at every stage whether you’re applying for roles, newly promoted, leading other managers, or sitting in the C-suite with the tools to become the kind of leader people reach their highest level of performance.

Would you have the patience and drive to change your mind state, music production techniques, and health habits to sustain this highly demanding way of life? This step-by-step guide to music composer lifestyle design teaches how J.T. went from a six-figure job in a Fortune 500 company to composing music full-time, almost doubling his revenues within the first two years; how to compose, sound, and live like the pros; how to monetize every second spent in front of your equipment, making sounds and songs; and more.

Chapter four of The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business. This chapter is regarding managing, performing, and booking gigs.

The Soundtrack of Leadership: What Music Teaches Us About Leadership and Culture explores our deep connection with music and how music shapes our leadership values and our relationships. It parallels the evolution of a band—from preparing yourself as a leader, to choosing your bandmates, to writing music, to playing stadiums, and to managing stardom—with the leadership and cultural evolution of an organization.

Beloved American icon Willie Nelson shares his well-earned wisdom about reaching an astonishing creative flourishing, and not coincidentally, an even deeper union with the love of his life, Annie. Willie Nelson is 93, and he has not been slowing down. In the past twelve years, he has recorded...

There is no shortage of talent in the music industry. There is however a lack of "inspiration" and "information". So many talented artists dream of leaving a 9-5 job in hopes of pursuing their music dreams. These Beats Ain't Free is an intuitive guide that is focused on helping producers, engineers, artists, & dreamers from all walks of life develop the tools to make their "Passion" their "Paycheck".

The Musician's Map is a complete guide to building success in music. Whether you're just thinking about learning music, or you're already in the process of building a career; this book will help you. Musician's Map provides practical advice for musicians just starting out and musicians looking to get ahead and further their career. This book is a step-by-step guide that will save you years of time, thousands of dollars, and will make you a better musician.

Whiskey. Jazz. Leadership. Three things best experienced without the pretense. On Whiskey, Jazz & Leadership, Galen Bingham, The Leadership Strategist®, sits down with accomplished executives, entrepreneurs, authors and thought leaders for the conversations about leadership that rarely happen on the stage or in the boardroom. The whiskey gets poured. The jazz sets the tone. Then the real conversation begins. Guests share what they drink, what they listen to, and what experience has taught them about power, pressure, success, failure, relationships and the decisions that define a leader. ...

Join Rev. Steve Zank and Kip Fox from the Center for Worship Leadership at Concordia University Irvine as they explore the beauty and depth of Lutheran worship. Reflecting CWL’s mission to encourage, equip, and empower leaders of worship, each episode moves from theology to practice, connecting the church’s heritage with the realities of leading worship in today’s diverse contexts.

Mix Tape Leadership is the belief that strategic planning is rooted in diversity of voice, varied styles, purposeful placement of time and resources, acknowledgment of a desired emotion and a celebration of culture. The first phase of Mix Tape Leadership in focused on community. Each week, I interview leaders from around the country and have them reflect on their leadership journey and how music has played a role in their career. Some great stories told by great leaders. Please download and rate the show!

A podcast series that explores conducting leadership philosophy, hosted by Dylan Rook Maddix.

Join Matt Preston as he leads conversations with real life ministry leaders as they share the wisdom of their experience in worship leadership. Just as it is important to get a 30k foot view of concepts and ideas, theology and philosophy, it is important to see those ideas lived out as we encourage and lead our local churches. Join us for monthly conversations here on the ground floor. The "On the Ground Floor" podcast is produced by the Center For Worship Leadership, Christ College, Concordia University Irvine, CA. See us at cwlonline.org.