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Jackiem Joyner - Saxophonist-Producer-Author Aug 05, 2021

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Few artists have accomplished as much in the past 20 years as Jackiem Joyner. With a number one jazz album, several Billboard chart topping hits, and a series of critically acclaimed booksto his name, he has shown himself to be the rare artist capable of transcending his instrument and reaching a mainstream audience. Now, as he begins the fourteenth year of his career during a time of unprecedented change in the entertainment industry, he remains as focused on his art as ever.
“I don’t care how hard things get, it’ll never stop me from doing what I love,” he explains. “playing the sax, writing music and stories, and performing live.”
Jackiem was born in Norfolk, VA. At an early age he began to show signs of the restless creativity that would later define his career. Despite his humble upbringing, he was able to get his hands on a saxophone as a child. The instrument quickly became his constant companion. After years of practice, he emerged in style with 2007’s ‘Babysoul.’ A masterclass in seductive smooth jazz, the album marked the arrival of a brilliant instrumentalist, and set the stage for a prolific recording career that would include Grammy nods, hit singles, and no shortage of critical adoration, right up through 2019’s ‘Touch’.

Tuesday Tip 21 - Referrals Aug 03, 2021

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In today's Tuesday Tip, Belinda discusses referrals.

Becca Carnahan - Career Coaching & Communications Aug 02, 2021

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Becca Carnahan is a mom of two, writer, and career coach from Massachusetts. She is the founder of Becca Carnahan Career Coaching & Communications where she specializes in helping women find more joy and fulfillment in their work. She also writes and manages the working mom blog, With Love Becca, which helps women manage motherhood, manage careers, and manage to laugh through it all.
Becca gained her expertise in the career development field over a 13 year career at Harvard Business School, where she still works as a career coach, and while earning her Masters Degree in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
In addition to her career coaching work, Becca is also the author of Belinda Baloney Changes Her Mind, a fun and inspiring “when I grow up” children’s book and When Mommy Grows Up: A Guide to Parenting Yourself to a More Fulfilling Career.

Scott Sean White - A Songwriter's Songwriter Jul 29, 2021

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Scott Sean White makes his home these days in Poetry, Texas, a perfectly named little town for a songwriter’s songwriter. Releasing his first album, Call It Even, this year, White has been storing up the raw materials that became these songs for over 30 years. The stories of his family were bubbling up inside him constantly—"all the major adult figures in my life were either alcoholics or addicts… or both,” says White, and he’s finally had the time to write these songs and make the album. For 29 years, until 2018, White managed, booked, and played keyboards in a corporate cover band that played funk, disco, and hip hop. During that time, he wrote a pocketful of country-leaning songs, and he made his way down to Nashville, where he found his musical home. White has spent several years there as a staff writer, but in 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he suddenly had time to make the album he’d been wanting to make. On Call It Even White lays bare his soul with raw honesty, fiercely trading in the ragged vagaries of life and love in emotionally soaring vocals that echo in our souls long after the music has stopped. Few artists possess the ability to pull us into their stories immediately with such emotional vulnerability in their voice and candor in their lyrics as Scott Sean White.

Belinda's Tuesday Tip 20 - Scarcity Mindset vs Abundancy Mindset Jul 27, 2021

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In today's Tuesday Tip Belinda discusses a scarcity mindset vs an abundancy mindset.

Stephen Key - InventRight Jul 27, 2021

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Stephen Key is the world’s leading expert on how to license a product and a 2018-2019 AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador.
He achieved repeat success as an independent inventor, including defending his intellectual property against one of the largest toy companies in the world in federal court. The innovative packaging solution he brought to market is protected by more than 20 patents and received 15 industry awards, including two Edisons.
Products he invented have sold in Walmart, 7-Eleven, and Disney stores and theme parks worldwide, as well as been endorsed by Michael Jordan, Alex Trebek, and Taylor Swift.
inventRight, the coaching program he cofounded in 1999, has helped people from more than 65 countries license their product ideas. He explains how to take advantage of the power of open innovation on his popular YouTube channel inventRightTV and in his articles for Forbes, Inc., and Entrepreneur online.
In 2017, he cofounded Inventors Groups of America with the goal of educating and empowering inventors and inventing group leaders. He is also the cofounder of inventYES, a free program about product licensing for high school students worldwide.
In 2019, he taught University of Newcastle in Australia students his 10-step strategy for licensing ideas, originally published in his bestselling book One Simple Idea: How to Turn Your Dreams Into a Licensing Goldmine.
He is also the author of One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs, Sell Your Ideas With or Without a Patent, Become a Professional Inventor: The Insider’s Guide to Companies Looking for Ideas, and Licensing Ideas using LinkedIn: Ditch Cold Calling Forever.

Meghan Krauss - Musical Artist Jul 22, 2021

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Meghan is an American soul-pop, rock, and R&B artist, originally from Seattle. Classically trained, she has been praised for her powerful bluesy vocals and energetic stage presence.
Performing as frontwoman for the popular East Coast bands HyJinx and Steal the Sky, she was recruited by guitar virtuoso Greg Howe as the lead singer for the internationally recognized rock band Maragold. Influenced by music legends such as Whitney Houston, Ann Wilson, and Mariah Carey, Meghan has been singing since she was a young child. Now her new self-titled album produced by Stephen McKnight, and mastered by Grammy award-winning engineer Howie Weinberg, is ready to be shared with the world.

Tuesday Tip 19 - Master Your Craft Jul 20, 2021

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In today's episode, Belinda talks about Mastering Your Craft.

Mehak Vohra -SkillBank Jul 19, 2021

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Mehak Vohra generated 10m+ views on LinkedIn for herself and clients. She dropped out of Purdue University's computer science program at 19 years old to pursue startups. After running a LinkedIn marketing agency for 4 years, she decided to start SkillBank. SkillBank is a 15 week FREE upfront marketing program. They help people break into marketing and reach their goals.

Ben Folds - Musician Extraordinaire Jul 15, 2021

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Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation.
He’s created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben
Folds Five, multiple solo albums, and numerous collaborative records. His last album was a
blend of pop songs and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra that soared to #1 on both the
Billboard classical and classical crossover charts.
For over a decade he’s performed with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras, and
currently serves as the first-ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the
Kennedy Center.
In addition to solo rock and orchestral touring, Folds released his first book – a collection of
interrelated essays, anecdotes, and lessons about art, life, and music - in 2019, which debuted as a New York Times Best Seller, and is currently hosting a podcast series spinoff of his book
entitled “Lightning Bugs: Conversations with Ben Folds.”
Folds, who was on tour in Australia when the pandemic hit in early 2020, has been doing some
live shows in Australia, as well as live and taped virtual streams, and is preparing to work on a
TV series and possibly do some solo piano and orchestral tour dates upon his scheduled return
to the US later this year.
An avid photographer, Folds is also a member of the prestigious Sony Artisans of Imagery, has
worked as an assignment photo editor for National Geographic, and was featured in a mini-
documentary by the Kennedy Center's Digital Project on his photographic work.
An outspoken champion for arts education and music therapy funding in our nation's public
schools, has served for over five years as an active member of the distinguished Artist
Committee of Americans For The Arts (AFTA), and serves on the Board of AFTA’s Arts Action
Fund. He also served as Chairman of the Arts Action Fund’s ArtsVote2020 national initiative that
encouraged voter engagement in the 2020 US elections, and continually advocates for
improving public policies for the arts and arts education.
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www.twitter.com/BenFolds
www.bandsintown.com/BenFolds
www.instagram.com/ActualBenFolds
www.patreon.com/BenFolds

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