This past weekend I was invited to speak on a panel at a conference for Independent Music Artists.  Whenever possible I always accept these invitations from conferences and universities because it is fun to share what I know and I am always learning something too.  For those that know me, I always have a soft place in my heart and head for the underdogs of the world. Not only because I feel that they need and deserve attention, but they are my people, and I am one of them as

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This is one I have struggled with for a long time.  If you had asked me this question five or six years ago my answer would have been a...

Pay to Play is an interesting term and, in most cases, it doesn’t come across in a positive manner.  Last month a National Podcast group...

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Personal happiness or joy is not an easy thing to quantify or find. In the past few years, I have definitely been in search of it and...

I am a fan of Capitalism as I’m certain most of you are as well. We all need to achieve a certain amount of income to take care of our...

I have re-written this piece numerous times trying to decide how much to share or not. Sometimes we get caught up in our own troubles...

I’ve been holding back on sharing my honest feeling on a number of matters, so I thought it was time that I finally shed some light on...

Growing up I was never really a wine guy. Maybe it was from lack of being introduced to it or that was just a thing my Mom enjoyed around...

Back when I lived in Las Vegas, 2001-2011, I had a close friend that worked with me for a time at the TV stations – Joe DeFrancesco. He...

Today at church my Pastor posed an interesting question “What did we want to be when we were little?” As many of you I had different...

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In the world of rich video content one of our catch phrases, or clichés, has become “Tentpole events.” These represent big viewer...

I was recently having a conversation with a close family friend that many situations in life are handled as a Marathon. Now I am by no...

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As many of you know the Estate of B.B. King is placing some of his personal items up for sale through Julien’s Auctions in September of...

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I was reading the latest issue of the Smithsonian magazine and found the Apollo 11 article fascinating. As a small child, in 1969, when...

When most of us hear the word Ego we think of it in negative terms. As in that person has a lot of Ego or thinks very highly of himself....