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Stop Waiting For Passion
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Stop Waiting For Passion

At a Tedx talk Terri Trespicio, stated, "There is a dangerously limiting idea at the heart of everything we believe about success and life in general. It's that you have one singular passion and your job is to find it and to pursue it to the exclusion of all else.

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Artist Development with the Sapphires
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Artist Development with the Sapphires

The Sapphires, released in 2012, is a dramatization based on a true story that provides a great example of artist development and artist management. The movie revolves around four aboriginal, Australian women who perform for soldiers in Vietnam. There is a lot that can be learned from biopics and

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No Shame. That Low Paying Job Is Valuable
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No Shame. That Low Paying Job Is Valuable

Most people remember the Cosby Show, and they probably remember a funny reoccurring character named Elvin Tibideaux (Geoffrey) who was the husband of the oldest daughter Sondra. Well, last week there was an attempt to job shame Owens after a customer snapped a photo of him as he worked at a Trader Joe's in Clifton New Jersey.

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Ruff Endz: R&B Is Not Dead. It's Evolving
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Ruff Endz: R&B Is Not Dead. It's Evolving

…I wasn't hearing enough of the markers of the genre that defines R&B. Instead, I was either hearing a lot of airy pop pads or a lot of low kicks and trap sounds until I listened to Ruff Endz new album, Soul Brothers: The Return of Dante Jordan and David Chance. This album definitely isn't traditional old school R&B, but it's that fresh face of contemporary R&B that still has soul.

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