How do you handle rejection?  Do you feel when you don’t get whatever it is that you want, you immediately feel  defeated and ready to throw in the towel and give up? For those of us in the entertainment industry, artists and entrepreneurs we will inevitably face rejection one way or another.  Whether it’s a…

I met Lawrence “Lipbone” Redding the night he played at my friend Kathy’s backyard concert.  I hadn’t heard of him before and promised her I’d be there to catch the show.  Well, I sure was glad that I did because, although I only had an hour to catch a portion of his show, I was…

I recently was at my 3rd annual Reggae Rise Up Festival in downtown St. Petersburg when I had the chance to see the band HIRIE live in person (finally), I’ve been trying to catch them since I learned of them about 3 years ago.    Today we have a special guest, Kurtis Parsons, A/K/A “Conga…

Are you going on a tour with your band soon?  Do you have a tour manager?  If not, you might need to do all of the work yourself. Do you know what to put into a tour rider?  If not, today I’ll cover some of the main points to a tour rider and you will…

Today we meet with Harvey Drouillard.  Harvey is known for photographing nudes in public. He wasn’t always a photographer.  He’s done all sorts of jobs from his beginnings with his entrepreneurial family, working in their family-owned gas station, or, working as a welder, realtor or even a supervisor of Zingermans Delicatessen in Anne Arbor, Michigan. …

If you love tropical, Soca music, Steel Pan drums, you’re going to love Nelson Rivera’s work with the Bickley Island Chill.   Nelson has been playing music from a very early age, he began playing as a bassist and percussionist in over 10 bands which covered rock and roll, heavy metal, fusion, bilingual pop, smooth…

Oliver loves building startups from the ground up.  He was co-founder at nRelate, a content recommendation engine used by over 100,000 publishers and bloggers.   He co-founded  SpareMin in 2015, for those of you who may not be familiar with SpareMin was an app to help podcasters and guests connect for interviews, after moderate success, the company rebranded…

Victoria Canal is with us on today’s show.  She is currently on tour with Michael Franti.    Victoria was born in without her right forearm due to amniotic band syndrome. Noone or nothing can stop Victoria.  Her sheer will and determination will prove that her musical talent as a songwriter, singer and keyboardist will carry…

I heard that the Villain Arts Tattoo Convention was being held at the Tampa Convention center and I knew I had to take a little peek-see.   Dr. Carl Blasphemy who is the Emcee of the show was so nice to give me some of his time for an interview.    I’m sure as you…

Do you have a marketing calendar for your business?  If not, why not?   A marketing calendar is important to your business because if you don’t schedule it on the calendar it will probably never get done. Having a marketing calendar is a very important tool for your business.  And, if you think because you are…