Podcasts about Manafest

This week is all about introducing you to new music. Listen in to catch the latest releases from Jonathan Traylor, Hopeful, Behold the Beloved, Matt Sassano, Disciple and Manafest.

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Dango is a professional drummer based in Nashville, TN who is currently drumming for Grammy award winning artist Scott Stapp – the voice of Creed. He is also a member of the platinum selling worship band, Sonicflood. He has performed with bands and artists all over the world, from the US, to South Africa, to Europe, and South America. He graduated from Belmont University, with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance, studying under the legendary Chester Thompson. Dango is a longtime member of the punk band Amber Pacific, having songs on TV shows, movie soundtracks, video games, Monday Night Football, an album on Billboard Top 100, and four music videos on MTV. With Amber Pacific he has performed four full summers on the Vans Warped Tour and toured almost a decade together. Dango has also performed or toured with the multi platinum selling rock band RED, Fireflight, Superchick, All Time Low, Mxpx, Nofx, Manafest, Scarlet White, Tricia, Warren Barfield, Phil Joel, Tommy Walker, Craig Campbell, The Swon Brothers, Tucker beathard, and Deana Carter. Dango is an active teacher and clinician. In 2009 he released his first instructional DVD. In this episode Dango talks about:    ◦   Why drummers make great tour managers    ◦   Building a home studio and a clientele base    ◦   Taking even the smallest gig seriously    ◦   Drumming with Seattle band Amber Pacific    ◦   Playing with confidence    ◦   Drumming for Scott Stapp - singer for Creed    ◦   Overcoming knee issues    ◦  Sharing knowledge with the next generation Here's our Patreon Here's our Youtube Here's our Homepage

This is a crazy interesting episode that you won't want to miss! I actually get to talk to rocker/rapper Manafest (aka Chris Greenwood…yes, the same one who's released iconic songs like Human & Impossible! Hes been rocking out for over 2 decades and has had some crazy connections along the way, including NF opening for HIM!  We dig into how he got started in music (it's not what you think) and the grind of the early years in the music industry. We also talk about his book and how he's obsessed not only with creating amazing music, but also ways to multiply his impact and reach with scalable solutions. He even shares some of his favorite personal development content and his upcoming album release.Speaking of that, get  ready for Manafest's newest album, Learning How to Be Human, dropping this Friday on June 14th 2024: https://manafest.com/goTakeawaysChris Greenwood, also known as Manafest, is a talented musician and singer with over 130 million streams on Spotify.He developed his unique genre of music by combining elements of hip hop, rock, and punk.Chris emphasizes the importance of staying true to oneself and not chasing materialistic success.Distribution and marketing are crucial in the music industry, and leveraging online platforms can lead to greater success and reach. Reading books on tour can lead to personal growth and self-improvement.Financial education is crucial, and it's important to share what you've learned with others.Finding a balance between success and personal well-being is essential.Collaboration in the music industry can lead to new opportunities and growth.Chris Manifest's upcoming album, 'Learning How to Be Human,' will be released on June 14th.Follow me on Instagram @ johnskomski for daily intrapreneurial motivation and learn more about Investing Inward at https://jskomski.com/Music:Hindsight (Instrumental) by Fivefold (used with written permission)By Your Side by Caslow, Bertie Scott & Patfromlastyear (used with written permission)KeywordsChris Greenwood, Manifest, musician, singer, Spotify, Juno awards, genre, hip hop, rock, punk, message, success, distribution, marketing, online platforms, inspiration, musician, entrepreneur, journey, reading books, financial education, coaching, success, collaboration, upcoming album

In this Episode, I interview special guest, Kim “Chosen” Morrow from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.  Kim is an inspirational rapper, motivational speaker and artist and the Associate Pastor and Director of Children and Youth Ministries/Outreach and Women at Livingstones Community Church on Oshawa. She is also the Founder of Chosen Arts and a wife, Mom to a teenage son and has been ministering through song over 20 years and opened for two-time Juno nominee MANAFEST, who has performed at numerous places throughout Ontario. In our authentic conversation, Kim shares her “Walk with Me” God story and transformational healing journey from childhood sexual abuse at the age of 11, which led her on a path where she struggled with her identity, suicidal thoughts, anxiety and depression. She shares how God walked with her through her tumultuous growing up years and as she stepped into unplanned Motherhood.  She also shares how she discovered how much God loves her and others as she raised her son.  In closing, she performs one of her beautiful rap songs and shares encouragement and scriptures to help those who are struggling with self doubt, anger, anxiety and depression and are in need of healing from past wounds.

In this Episode, I interview special guest, Kim “Chosen” Morrow from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.  Kim is an inspirational rapper, motivational speaker and artist and the Associate Pastor and Director of Children and Youth Ministries/Outreach and Women at Livingstones Community Church on Oshawa. She is also the Founder of Chosen Arts and a wife, Mom to a teenage son and has been ministering through song over 20 years and opened for two-time Juno nominee MANAFEST, who has performed at numerous places throughout Ontario. In our authentic conversation, Kim shares her “Walk with Me” God story and transformational healing journey from childhood sexual abuse at the age of 11, which led her on a path where she struggled with her identity, suicidal thoughts, anxiety and depression. She shares how God walked with her through ... Be sure to catch the full episode on July 31st!

I sit down for an honest chat with Adrian at Anno Domini Nation about paid features and licensing beats from producers. Get a Beat pack featuring Xzibit for your next song: https://beatsandfeatures.com/manafest Use code: "Manafest" for $20 OFF

Doug Weier is a mix engineer based out of Chicago, IL as well as the guitarist for the band We Are Leo. Doug has been producing and engineering for over 10 years, working with high profile names in the Christian industry such as Skillet, Manafest, Crowder, Newboys, and Social Club Misfits.Doug works with Kingdom Crew, a team of professional mixing and mastering engineers within the Christian industry. Today, he's going to tell us more about his journey as a mix engineer and give us some great knowledge as well!Check out Doug's profile on Kingdom Crew's website: https://www.kingdom-crew.com/doug-weier-mixer Also check out his SoundBetter profile: https://soundbetter.com/profiles/25334-doug-weier#profile-profile  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Doug Weier is a mix engineer based out of Chicago, IL as well as the guitarist for the band We Are Leo. Doug has been producing and engineering for over 10 years, working with high profile names in the Christian industry such as Skillet, Manafest, Crowder, Newboys, and Social Club Misfits.Doug works with Kingdom Crew, a team of professional mixing and mastering engineers within the Christian industry. Today, he's going to tell us more about his journey as a mix engineer and give us some great knowledge as well!Check out Doug's profile on Kingdom Crew's website: https://www.kingdom-crew.com/doug-weier-mixer Also check out his SoundBetter profile: https://soundbetter.com/profiles/25334-doug-weier#profile-profile Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Greenwood, better known by his stage name Manafest, is a Canadian Christian rock and hip-hop artist. Having released 11 albums over his illustrious career, Chris has been nominated for multiple Dove and Juno awards. At a young age, Chris was an avid skateboarder, hoping to go professional. After a slew of injuries pulled him away, he felt that God was calling him to pursue music, and he released his first EP in 2001. He later would sign with BEC Recordings, which is a part of Uprok Records. Most recently, he released his album I Run With Wolves in May of 2022. At 1,000,000 monthly listeners, Chris has has seen lots of success on Spotify. Today, he will answering questions from our Song Chasers Community! You can learn more about Song Chasers at www.joinchasers.com!Check out Manafest's website here: https://www.manafest.com/go Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Greenwood, better known by his stage name Manafest, is a Canadian Christian rock and hip-hop artist. Having released 11 albums over his illustrious career, Chris has been nominated for multiple Dove and Juno awards. At a young age, Chris was an avid skateboarder, hoping to go professional. After a slew of injuries pulled him away, he felt that God was calling him to pursue music, and he released his first EP in 2001. He later would sign with BEC Recordings, which is a part of Uprok Records. Most recently, he released his album I Run With Wolves in May of 2022. At 1,000,000 monthly listeners, Chris has has seen lots of success on Spotify. He's here today to share his story, as well as giving some tips and tricks to grow your Spotify numbers as well. Check out Manafest's website here: https://www.manafest.com/go If you want to grow your Spotify audience, you are in the right place!!!Just 5 days and Chris is going to teach you everything you need to know...Day 1 - 7 Alarming things you should know before you release a song on Spotify(#5 will blow your mind)Day 2 - 3 hacks to triple your chances of getting editorial and algorithmic playlistsDay 3 - Where to find collaborators to 10x your royalties and streams at no cost toyou!Day 4 - How to get 4x more followers using Spotify ads for profit!Day 5 - The dirty truth about Spotify royalties and how to go to 6 figures without arecord labelTo join the 5 day Spotify challenge, click here!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Celebrate the season with us on our 21st annual MAD Christmas Special. We're playing 100% Christmas music from start to finish from artists like Rhett Walker, tobyMac, Phil Wickham and For King & Country. Throughout the show special guests will join us to discuss what Christmas means to them and we'll take some time to reflect on what the season is all about. Merry Christmas!

Our special guest for today is Chris Greenwood A.K.A Manafest. He is a Canadian Christian rapper and rock artist from Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He has won multiple awards for the GMA Canada Covenant Awards, GMA Dove Awards, and has been nominated for multiple Juno Awards. He is a billboard charting artist with over 1,000,000 monthly Spotify listeners. Chris Greenwood launched Fanbase University which trains independent musicians to make it in the music industry, with an emphasis on not signing with a label. What You'll Learn In this episode, Manifest shares how important coaching is and surrounding yourself with the A players. He will also impart his knowledge on how to get the right course and what to look for in hiring a coach/mentor. Things We Discussed Spotify 5-Day Challenge - is Manafest's EASY SYSTEM THAT GENERATED 1,000,000 MONTHLY LISTENERS ON SPOTIFY. You can join the challenge here. Connect with Chris ‘Manafest' Greenwood Website (Smart Music Business) Website (Fanbase University) Personal Website Spotify Facebook Instagram Youtube Connect with Jason Tonioli Website Facebook YouTube Instagram Spotify Pandora Amazon Music Apple Music

This week marks 21 years since the MAD Christian Radio Show hit the airwaves for the very first time. Tune in to hear the latest and greatest in Christian rock, including new music from Collision of Innocence and Memphis May Fire.

There is nothing more powerful to a child than to have a present father. A dad who makes a difference, who is present and willing to make fathering about his sons and daughters. Terry Minor grew up with a father who was always present and says, my dad only missed one practice throughout my young life. His dad played in the NFL before following his calling as a pastor. My Dad laid a foundation of God's love in me, which has helped me follow God's call in my life. My father was there for me through the good days and the bad and taught me how to be the husband and father my family needs. Terry is married to the love of his life Hannah who had three Miscarriages and thought her dream of having children wouldn't happen. After a prayer from Kenneth Copeland, God healed her and gave her two amazing children. Terry Minor Jr has been active in the DJ scene and shared the stage with artists such as Manafest, Canton Jones, Mr. Del, K-Drama, Pettidee, Philip Renner, and many more. Originally from Knoxville, TN, Terry packed his bags and moved to Texas. Terry has always been attracted to the music culture from a very young age. From the beats, dancing, and the way music could change an entire atmosphere and even people's moods and feelings, sound, clothes, swag, etc. Terry is currently the founder of Terry Minor Ministries, which reaches young people through his music, podcasts, and social media. He is truly one of God's young Men of Honor who want their life and family to make a difference for the Glory of God. @Terry Minor Jr @terryminormin https://www.tmim.org/listen?fbclid=PAAaYwlSbKYbHz3zcaxsdibCaobt1Xjgw77lTxHqoZuCDhPzN7_5tEs8VJsZM 00:00 Opening 00:18: Intro 02:04 Welcome, Terry Minor 02:10 How did your Dad impact your life? 04:25 Step-father as Protector 09:21 Three types of Love 10:57 Always Being Present and Always Doing! 17:55 Having Your Dad there gives you Courage 19:40 Growing up as a preacher's kid 21:42 How does your Dad's story translate to you and your children? 24:27 Family Meeting with Dad 27:04 Love and Discipline go hand in hand 27:50 How have you struggled? 30:28 The Orphan's Syndrome 31:41 What drew you back to Jesus? 34:48 Partying 37:38 How did your Dad own his mistakes with you? 46:24 What advice would you give to someone who is struggling? 53:58 Prayer 55:39 "The Difference a Father Makes Book" 56:26 It's never too late for God to turn your story around Want some help as a husband and father? I have a free book and coaching opportunity for you. Check out this Link: https://linktr.ee/edtandy

Join host Kristen McNulty for three hours of the latest in Christian rock, mixed in with some of your favorites. Expect to hear the latest from artists like Nine Lashes, Skillet, Red and The Letter Black.

Do you dream of having engaged, loyal fans who connect with everything you share online, but feel like the odds are stacked against you? Do you feel that discovery platforms like Spotify are just too hard to figure out? If so Chris Greenwood,  founder of Smart Music Business, is here on the podcast for a second time to help you break down those walls and finally build an audience that buys from you, supports you and that sticks with you. Chris Greenwood, also known by his stage name Manafest, is an award-winning Canadian rapper and rock artist hailing from Canada. With over 20 years in the music business, he has built a hugely successful indie career with a world-wide following, millions of downloads and several award-winning songs.   A prolific and passionate musical entrepreneur,  he coaches artists like you to grow their careers and monetize their fanbases so you can make a living and an impact with your creativity. In this episode, Chris takes us deeper into the mindsets and tactics required to properly market your music online, grow your audience on networks like Spotify, increase your income, and build a powerful network of collaborative partnerships and creative relationships that last. If you loved this, make sure you hear Chris Greenwood's first appearance on The God and Gigs Show at GodandGigs.com/120.Connect with  Chris GreenwoodSmartMusicBusiness.com – Mentoring and Coaching for ArtistsRead other books by Chris Greenwood Join the Get More Spotify Streams Challenge After Hours Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Profitable, 6-Figure YearsQuit your job. Make more money.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

We'll listen to songs rising up the charts from Kutless, Manafest, Skillet, Memphis May Fire and Death Therapy. In our Impact Devotional we'll discuss the impact wisdom can have on our fulfillment of the Great Commission and we'll learn details on a new live album from Wolves At The Gate.

Kristen will fill you in on when you can expect to hear new music from Social Club Misfits and let you know which band is remaking some of their biggest songs to celebrate 20 years as a band. In our Impact Devotional we'll learn why watching for instant results is the wrong approach to take when it comes to ministry. And We'll listen to the latest music from artists like Manafest, Matt Moore, Skillet, Death Therapy and Love Like Gravity to name a few.

K-man plays new music from the Krosswerdz fam, Manafest, noble vessel, Steven Malcolm and Snoop Dogg! Themed back-to-back flashbacks by LMNO and Sareem Poems. Playlist: "Here We Come (ft. OTTO BLUE)" by Manafest "Didn't Know" by Marksman Lloyd "Movin To Straya" by Avery Harden "Back in Business (ft. Blast Mega, EF Cuttin)" by Analog Amazon "n.o.b.l.e. (ft. DJ OneNine)" by noble vessel "Free Thought (ft. Kris-Bo)" by Shelly.H "Return Of The Real Hard Beat" by Beat Rabbi & Deepspace5 "The Gathering (ft. Nil Void, Phenomena, Lex)" by Mistery "Aerosol Migrants" by LMNO "Grafitti Art (ft. Soup the Chemist)" by Sareem Poems "Summertime (ft. Snoop Dogg & Jay-Way)" by Steven Malcolm "Bad Advice" by Social Club Misfits "Strangers (ft. Resident, Th3rdkind, Monks, DIE-REK)" by Krosswerdz "Classic (ft. Jazzy Jeff)" by Shad "Late Nights" by The Profit "Fite Nite (w/ Kaboose, RedCloud)" by Braille Vote on the playlist at www.definitionradio.com/show/808 Leave your requests/shout-outs on our socials www.facebook.com/DefinitionRadio www.instagram.com/DefinitionHH www.twitter.com/DefinitionHH www.krosswerdz.com

A band who has been on hiatus for the last eight years is back with a new EP and we'll play a preview of it for you, alongside new songs from Manic Drive and Bayless. And in our Impact Devotional we'll learn about the importance of looking back and remembering what God has done in the past.

You'll hear the latest singles from artists like Memphis May Fire, Spoken, the Protest and Manafest. Kristen will fill you in on how you can see a festival featuring performances from Anberlin and the Red Jumpsuit Aparatus for free. And in today's Impact Devotional we will discuss how God can use us despite our fears or feelings of inadequacy.

Manafest stopped by RadioU's "The RIOT" morning show to geek out with Hudson about living in Canada and his new single "Nemesis". Hosts Nikki and Hudson discuss what it's like collaborating with Sonny of P.O.D.

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Hudson and Nikki get to talk with Manafest about their brand new song Nemesis. They also discuss why Hudson is calling for a knockout on an airplane. Saving your phone in the toilet, using the emergency slide on a plane, NBA playoff talk, and more on this episode of the Worst of The RIOT.

Kim (Chosen), from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada is an Inspirational rapper, Motivational Speaker and Artist, she is also the Director of Children and Youth Ministries/Outreach and Woman of many hats at Livingstones Community Fellowship Church in Oshawa.  Chosen has been ministering through song for over 20 years. She has opened for 2-time Juno nominee MANAFEST, performed at numerous places throughout Ontario, including a Detention Centre for Youth in London, Ontario. She has also performed in schools and at numerous youth events, churches, and community outreaches within Ontario.At the age of 11 years old Chosen was sexually abused by a neighbour who was also a family friend. This experience led her on a path where she struggled with her identity, with suicidal thoughts, anxiety and depression. In and out of unhealthy relationships, searching for acceptance and believing her life had very little worth, at 23 years old Chosen became pregnant and was faced with the reality of becoming a single mother. Chosen tried to put matters into her own hands but God had another plan and on October 31st, 2005, she gave birth to her son Jakob. Raising her son has been her greatest joy and her saving grace. Through this journey she has discovered just how much more  Check out Chosen Arts https://www.facebook.com/ChosenArtsOfficial  https://www.instagram.com/chosenarts81/Valuable Voices Podcast with MirandaAdding value to the world with amazing people who have made an impact on my life and others that I can't help but share with you!Apply to be interviewed here - https://linktr.ee/mkward7878Check us out on:Youtube  - https://youtu.be/lqlh6XTETgYApple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/valuable-voices-podcast-with-miranda-ward/id1529343260

We'll talk about the downside of some popular prayer apps. Kristen will fill us in on tour news from some Reach Records artists. And in our Impact Devotional, we'll learn how the light of Christ makes all the difference in our circumstances.

Celebrate Christmas with MAD! On our 20th annual MAD Christmas Special, you'll hear non-stop Christmas music from your favourite artists, interviews, reflections on the season and more chances for you to win with MAD!

Join us as we celebrate 20 years since MAD first hit the airwaves! You'll hear the top songs of the past two decades, alongside artist interviews and chances for you to win in our biggest giveaway ever!

On the way are the latest singles from bands like Paradise Now, Nine Lashes, Love Like Gravity and Disciple.

We'll take a listen to songs nearing the top of the charts from Nine Lashes, Death Therapy, The Protest, and Skillet. Kristen will fill you in on which band just released a new music video for the song I Hope It Never Ends and you'll learn can score one final christmas song from Project 86 before they officially call it quits.

Dean Brenton became the President of Impactus | Promise Keepers Canada in January 2021, after serving for 30 years in pastoral ministry and denominational executive leadership. In today's interview, Dean explains what it was like taking over a prominent ministry during the pandemic while moving across the country, what it's like being the only male in a 5-person household, and how men can get resourced to walk further in their callings. This interview is especially for any guy who is currently a leader or intends to become a leader one day. More about Impactus | Promise Keepers Watch This Is Me TV (Podcast featuring the likes of Lecrae, Manafest, Brittni De la Mora Download The Ultimate Recovery Guide For Porn Addiction (URG) at www.ultimaterecoveryguide.com Receive weekly insights and inspiration by signing up for my newsletter at www.sathiyasam.com Follow me on Instagram to participate in my live streams Thursdays @ 12:30pm EST (@sathiyaMEsam) Submit questions to podcast@sathiyasam.com

Dean Brenton became the President of Impactus | Promise Keepers Canada in January 2021, after serving for 30 years in pastoral ministry and denominational executive leadership. In today's interview, Dean explains what it was like taking over a prominent ministry during the pandemic while moving across the country, what it's like being the only male in a 5-person household, and how men can get resourced to walk further in their callings. This interview is especially for any guy who is currently a leader or intends to become a leader one day. More about Impactus | Promise Keepers Watch This Is Me TV (Podcast featuring the likes of Lecrae, Manafest, Brittni De la Mora Download The Ultimate Recovery Guide For Porn Addiction (URG) at www.ultimaterecoveryguide.com Receive weekly insights and inspiration by signing up for my newsletter at www.sathiyasam.com Follow me on Instagram to participate in my live streams Thursdays @ 12:30pm EST (@sathiyaMEsam) Submit questions to podcast@sathiyasam.com

Today we'll learn about the situation our fellow believers are facing in Nigeria and why we all need to be urgently praying. We'll listen to new songs from artists like tobyMac, Nesdam, and the Midnight Wedding. And in today's Impact Devotional we'll discuss why being thankful in all circumstances matters.

We'll learn details surrounding a new documentary that looks at the Christian music movement and its origins. We'll talk about a new album coming out soon from Relent. And we'll listen to songs just on fire right now from Death Therapy, Spoken, Tedashii and Love Like Gravity.

We're going to listen to songs that are just on fire right now from The Letter Black, Wolves At The Gate and Fight The Fade. In our Impact Devotional we'll discuss how we can make every day count. Kristen will fill you in on a new project that mashes together two incredible bands. And in her song pick of the week, Kristen will bring back a hit from the archives that you're gonna love.

On this week's episode Kristen will fill you in on the latest tours announced by two MAD artists. The artist behind the song Never Going Back will stop in to share the story behind it. And in our Impact Devotional, we'll tackle the struggle between sin and self.

We're going to listen to songs that are just on fire right now from The Letter Black, Wolves At The Gate and Fight The Fade. In our Impact Devotional we'll discuss how we can make every day count. Kristen will fill you in on a new project that mashes together two incredible bands. And in her song pick of the week, Kristen will bring back a hit from the archives that you're gonna love.

On this episode we will hear brand new songs from Death Therapy, Paradise Now, Relent and Social Club Misfits. Kristen will chat to the band behind the song Never Too Late and fill

Today on MAD you've have the chance to win a gift card. We'll learn more details surrounding Switchfoot's new album. And we'll catch new music from Buried Above, Memphis May Fire and Love Like Gravity.

So much to look forward to this week on MAD including songs nearing the top of the charts from NF, Behold the beloved, Disciple, Fight the Fade and Mephis

Coming up we've got details on a what a band who has been been dormant for years is now putting together. We'll also get further details on which bands are appearing at camp rockfest and how you can get tickets. Kristen will share a story about an incredible ten year old refugee whose talent is turning heads. And in our Impact Devotional we'll talk about all the things we follow and what it really means to follow Jesus.

Lots on the way today, including news about a band who's calling it quits, all while celebrating their 25th anniversary. Kristen will fill you in on which band just added a slew of new tour dates to their drive-in theatre tour. And in today's Impact Devotional we'll discuss the feeling of being lost.

Cale Kight of Love Like Gravity fills us in on where the band has been since their hiatus, as well as what the ministry driven rock band has in store. They have had multiple songs on the top of The Billboard Christian Rock Charts and toured with industry giants like Kutless, RED, Sklllet, Decyfer Down, Disciple, and Manafest.  You will get to hear their brand new release “Devil's in the Details” at the end of the show on Monday, so don't miss it.Support the show (https://www.solidrockradio.org/donate/)

This week we'll listen to the latest from artists like Bayless, NF, Everything In Slow Motion and Manafest. And in our Impact Devotional we'll talk about a question we should often be asking.

A Grizzly Award nominee for Guitarist of the year of 2020, John Panzer is my guest this week on Backstage With Mothership. John is the official guitarist for John Cooper's (Skillet) metal side project, Fight the Fury. He has also been the touring guitarist for Veridia, Disciple, Manafest, and other rock bands in the faith-based music industry. I hope you stop by to learn more about him.Support the show (https://www.solidrockradio.org/donate/)

On this episode of MAD, we'll take a listen to new songs from Remedy Drive, tobyMac, Mere Skyline, Hulvey and Lacey Sturm. You'll have a chance to win a gift card. And in our Impact Devotional, we'll address how we can develop a lifestyle of thankulness.

Rapper, song writer, author, podcaster, marketing genius are only some of the qualities this man possess's. I get 30 mins at a restaurant bar in Germany with Chris Greenwood AKA Manafest moments before we both went on stage to rock out to a full house of sweaty German rockers. This man has all the tools you need to start a successful music career even in these challenging times where there is so much noise and content and physical sales of music has pretty much disappeared. Check out all things manafest at www.manafest.com Podcast host: Doug Ross Intro Music: Influxx (Feels Good) Website: www.stabal.com Free Stabal Content: watch.stabal.com Start your Free 14 day trial today

In this Best of Episode we help Daniel decide if he's expert enough to start his online business. This episode was originally published on July 10, 2018.  You can check out the original episode here:  http://flippedlifestyle.com/podcast212 FULL TRANSCRIPT Jocelyn: Hey, y'all!  On today's podcast, we help Daniel decide if he's expert enough to start his online business. Shane: Welcome to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast where life always comes before work.  We're your hosts, Shane and Jocelyn Sams. We're a real family who figured out how to make our entire living online.  And now, we help other families do the same. Are you ready to flip your life?  Alright, let's get started. What's going on everybody?  Welcome back to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast, it is great to be back with you again this week!  Super excited to have another member of the Flip Your Life community on the show today. I've been looking forward to this specific interview all week, and you're going to learn why here in just a minute. Jocelyn: I'm pretty sure he's talked about it like every single day.   Shane: Every single day.  I'm so pumped up right now to welcome Daniel Hulsman to the show.   Daniel, what's up man?   Daniel: Hey, how you guys doing?  It's really good to be out here and talking to you both!   Jocelyn: We are pumped to have you here, as Shane has mentioned.   Shane: I am super pumped to have you here! Jocelyn: Shane loves telling stories, so I'm just going to let him take it away.   Shane: Alright, here's how Daniel and I got together, okay? Jocelyn: Something I should know?   Shane: No, no.  This is a G-rated show, Jocelyn.  Alright, so Daniel sent me an email during a recent launch.  A few weeks ago, we opened the doors to the Flip Your Life community and started giving everybody out there a month for free.  Daniel apparently heard this and signed up and you know, and he went through a couple of the emails and things like that. He had not joined yet, he had not joined the membership yet.  So, I wake up one morning, and I get this email because yes, we check our emails, okay. And I get a message and the first line -- what was the subject line on this? Daniel: I'm just shaking my head over here.   Shane: I know, right.  There was some hater-ade in this email, people.  This is a critique, is what I'm about to show you, I'm not going to read the whole thing.  But Daniel's sends me this email and says two things -- a little smug Daniel, I'm not going to lie -- but it said two things: "One, your customer service link in this email leads to a 404 page.”  So that is not a good sign when somebody pointing out a broken link. Jocelyn: When your email starts like that it's probably not going to go too good. Shane: And he made the emoticon, it wasn't even the Emoji.  He actually used the type of symbols of a smiley face with a tear.  That's sad, guys, we're supposed to have all this together, right?  And then he goes on with this giant block text of paragraph about just all sorts of stuff he didn't like in our marketing and things like that, but here's what drew me in.  Are you ready for this Daniel? This is the turn to the positive, this is the turn to the light side of the force. Daniel: (sighs) Shane: So he's critiquing all of our sales techniques and blah, blah, blah, and I just heard all of this skepticism in all of this stuff.  And then he said, "And you gave me a heart attack on Episode 200 when you said goodbye because I did not want your podcast to go away.”   So that's where the turn was and it says, "You are changing lives of people like me who want a better life for their families.”  I read every word of this email and it was really long, and that's the point where I was like, man, I saw something there. I was like, “This guy wants a better life.”  Then he went on to say, "I've been struggling to get my website off the ground for a few years, and your story inspires me to keep trying." So, all of that criticism, all of that critique, when I got to the end, I realized it was just frustration.  It was just a little frustration, a little skepticism, a little "Is this real?" and you've been doing this for a while, and I sent him a message back, my email.  I purposefully had to write more words than you did. Daniel: Oh, that was a good little novella.   Shane: Yes, yes.  There was some massive… this was a no-sugar soliloquy.   Jocelyn: Oh, now we're going to get tons of hate mail, so people will get to have--   Shane: Yeah, everybody will just send me hate mail now, like, "Shane will write me back if I do that!”  Here's what's funny though. This is the difference between me and Jocelyn. I was writing this email, and when I was doing it, Jocelyn was like, "Are you still writing that guy back?"  And I'm like, "Yeah, yeah, I'm still writing. I'm doing it!” Jocelyn: I'm trying to talk to him about stuff, and get things done.  And he's like, "No, no, no, I'm writing this email!” Shane: "No, Daniel is getting a message back from me.”   Jocelyn: I'm like, "Okay.”   Shane: I could have gone a thousand ways with this email.  I could have gone, "How dare you find my broken link.”   Daniel: Or just deleted it.   Shane: Or just deleted it and I could have just ignored it.  But I really just felt drawn, and there was potential there and you wanted something more, and that's what we're here for -- that's our mission.  So basically I won't read the whole soliloquy. Jocelyn: Please don't.   Shane: I won't, I won't.  I won't read this parable that I wrote you back.  But in the future book, it will come out. But my main point was, “Are you going to let a link that goes to a 404 page or a sales page hold you back, and are you going to look back again in a few years from now and say, ‘Man, I've struggled for a few years and I'm done,' or are you going to look back and say, ‘That was the moment I actually took action and took my next step.'” And I challenged you.  I just said, "Go join! It's free for 30 days.  You go look at every course we've got and you see if it doesn't move you forward.”  And I said, "Instead of critiquing our sales process, watch the magician's hands. You've been struggling for a few years, and we have it.  Maybe there's something there. Maybe there's something we're doing differently.” I've got to read what you sent me back. Daniel: Oh, yeah.  Please go ahead, I was angsty. There was a long time of just reflection before I sent anything back.   Shane: I jumped up, man, and you can ask Jocelyn.  I started going crazy and pumping my fist because I was so excited.  You sent me this message back, and it said, "I started to spend a few minutes, trying to think of a clever yet grateful response to your candid feedback--" and I like how you said 'candid feedback' because if anyone saw this message, it was pretty candid.   Daniel: Yeah.   Shane: And it says, "But I think I'll just shut up and get started instead.  Sounds like I've got some work to do. I just finished the form, I'm logging in, and when I get home, I'm printing your email and hanging it on my wall next to my computer.  Thank you for the much-needed kick in the (blank)!” So I just want to say, you're welcome for the boot print on the back of your pants. Daniel: Thank you, sir.   Shane: And I am so glad that you are a member of the Flip Your Life community now, and that we turned a critic into a customer.  After you followed up, and I saw what you have going in your business, I know that you've got a great, great potential to do something with it, okay, so Kudos to you, man.   Jocelyn: We love these kinds of stories so much because it's just awesome.  So many people want to point fingers at other people and say, "You're doing this wrong, you're doing this wrong.”  But most of the time it's more like a mirror. They're looking back at themselves, and thinking, "My life is not perfect either.”  None of our lives are perfect. So that's the cool thing about this, is that we're able to help each other and we don't just give up on people. I mean, if you were like a blatant hater or... Shane: There is a difference in a critic and a troll.  I was actually very thankful you found that link.  Before I wrote you back, I emailed our team and I said, "We've got to fix this link.”  That's how I started my email back to you, so I was actually really grateful that you sent email in the first place.  It helped us, and I wanted some reciprocity there to help you back. Jocelyn: And so we knew that we had to talk to you because of this crazy story, and we just love it when things like this happen, so thank you for being here today! Daniel: No problem.  And I'm sure my wife's going to get a real kick out of listening to this as well because when I finally told her that you had offered to speak with me this morning, she was like, "Why?!" And then I had to tell her the whole backstory.  And she's like, "I am a little surprised that you sent that email, but sounds like you deserved your response." Shane:  That is absolutely hilarious!  Jocelyn: Okay.  If we're being honest with ourselves, like everyone listening to this show, myself included, we've all done something like this.  This is not something-- we're not trying to pick on you and say like, "Oh, you shouldn't have done this or whatever." Shane: This is like when you get mad and you honk at somebody or give them a rude gesture on the highway for doing something you did a week ago.  It's all it is. I've seen so many emails like that. There's a difference between a troll, and a guy who's like, "Guys, I really like what you're doing and I'd love to have it, too.  And I think I could get it, but I'm frustrated, and nothing's just working and I'm just trying to vocalize that, and I don't know how to do it." Daniel: Yeah, I mean, I feel like I've been beating my head against a wall for years.  The whole way that I started my current website, I actually bought another course, a $500 course years ago.  I've been a longtime listener of that podcast, and I signed up. They're very adamant, don't skip any steps. As a good little soldier, I did all the steps and at the end I had ended up with this website and like a tiny little affiliate sale every now and then.  And a website that I felt was nice, but it was a website, it wasn't a business. I just didn't know where to go after spending all this time pouring myself into this and years later here I am still not sure how to course correct. Shane: Well, listen.  You're not the only person that's ever done that.  The next step is always the most frustrating step that never goes away.  We're sitting here figuring out our next step just like you are. It's just at a different level.  That frustration is part of the journey and hey, man, we'll get you past it, and let's get you to the next step and that's what we're here for so we can help you do that.   Jocelyn: The reason that we started this trial because we feel like there are so many people out there who are frustrated, and they don't know what to do next.   Shane: Or they've been burned by that $500 course in the past and nothing happened.  Like I got burned by a course like that! What happened in 2012, when I first started this, the first thing I discovered was Google ad marketing, like where you make a niche website that has like five pages and you put Google ads on it and the gurus all said you'd be a millionaire in six months.   Jocelyn: All that was before the big Google smackdown, they call it.   Shane: So I built a couple of these sites and, granted, it did make our first ad click, which was eleven cents that inspired us that it's possible to make money online.  But I'm paid a dime and a penny! If you can't pay my groceries with this thing, you can't even get the cart at Aldi! That's a quarter. For anybody that has an Aldi, you know what I'm talking about here, you can't even get the cart out at the grocery store for a dime and a penny.  But what happened was -- it's so funny-- I got frustrated, but once we figured that out, I bought another course about email marketing. I noticed, not that that guy was email marketing for affiliates.  I noticed that his email marketing was to sell his course on email marketing and he was selling his own product.  That was really the epiphany that we had was, it's not about partnering and JV Partnerships. That's cool, that's later.  It's not about affiliate links, it's not about ad clicks, it's not about Amazon and all that. You're not going to make any money that way.  It's about figuring out how you can serve other people, creating a product that solves their problem and that's what you promote. That may be the next step for you too.  Alright, so rewind! Jocelyn: That was a lot of information. Shane: It's still one of my favorite stories ever and it always will be, and I'm going to be so proud of you, not only because you joined, but I can't wait to see you succeed.   Jocelyn: I can't even express the joy that Shane had when you decided to join the membership. Shane: Oh my gosh, when you joined the membership, I was like, "That dude joined.  Holy cow, that's unbelievable!” Jocelyn: That's his mission in life.   Daniel: You know what it was.  It was the last line in your email.  It just went off on me and then at the end, the last time was just 'Finish', with a link back to the form that I didn't complete.  That was just the word that echoed in my subconscious until I did it. Shane: Oh yeah.  I see it now.  It just says 'Finish:' and then the form.   Jocelyn: I hope that, if nothing else from this story, I hope that people understand that we really do care about you and we want what's best for every single person listening to this podcast.  That's the reason why we do what we do. Yes, we are a for-profit business. We have to pay our bills, but we want everyone out there to succeed, and that's why we're offering this free trial.  So I hope that if nothing else, people understand that we really do want what's best for every single one of you. Shane: And I also realized too, there's a lot of movement out there.  People want to shut everyone out of their lives and all these gurus are like, "Well, if anyone hates you, delete them, and if anyone critiques you, screw them, and if anybody, whatever, whatever, whatever," but like man, 90% of the people that even send you feedback, they're just really asking you for some advice.   Jocelyn: And if somebody has taken their time to email you, even if it's something you'd really don't want to hear-- Shane: They care.  They at least care.   Jocelyn: They care enough to send the email.   Shane: Love it, hate it, but never ignore it, man.  Help somebody next time they send you a bad email, send them back and say, "You alright?  What's going on? Can I help you?" Jocelyn: That being said, please don't send us a lot of hate mail! Shane: I can read through the fake hate mail guys.  I know fake hate from real hate. Okay, so let's do it!   Jocelyn: Alright.  So before we get more into the story, let's go back just a little bit.  We want to know about you, your background, and what you have started so far online.   Daniel: Sure, so, by day, I'm a father.  I live in Boston and I am a full-time music teacher at an inter-high school in Boston.  I grew up in Delaware. Go Blue Hens! Our mascot's a giant blue chicken, really exciting!   Shane: We have a mascot in the Kentucky school called, “The Hilltopper.”  It's literally a red pile of dirt. That's what he is. The Hilltoppers and the Blue Hens can go to war.   Daniel: I don't even know what to say about that.  That's so strange. But you know, why not? Sure.  I graduated with my music education degree looking to be a music teacher, and then that was 2008 and then the economy crashed.  All the arts jobs disappeared so I had to kind of scramble and figure out something else to do. I ended up working for Apple for a few years doing B2B sales, and then I just started nerding out on online marketing stuff after reading the Four-Hour Work Week.  I ended up getting a job at a marketing software company called Hubspot. Worked there for a year before getting back into teaching.   So it's been kind of a bit of an eclectic journey professionally.  But then on the side of that, two years ago, as I said, I started, you know, I did an online course and at the end of that I had a website for video game composers because I love video game music and I've always loved to do games and stuff.   Jocelyn: Okay.  I need to just stop you right there because in your intake form, it says I manage-- Shane: 'Intake Form.' That sounds like he's getting up for parole, and your intake form-- "Your podcast application" would be better, probably. Jocelyn: On the podcast questionnaire, how's that?   Daniel: Perfect.   Jocelyn: Okay.  I just have to ask you about this because I don't know what this means.  Okay, it says, "I manage a choir that records professional video game soundtracks twice a year.” So let's back the truck up. Shane: That seems like the coolest job ever!   Daniel: Alright, sure.  So I ended up by networking in the Boston scene here, which actually there's an orchestra called the Video Game Orchestra in Boston and they started as a club out of Berkeley College of Music, and then they ended up becoming a full-blown professional orchestra that records the live music for video games.  I happened to meet and befriend the guy who runs that. Over a couple of years, just because he knew I was a singer, I ended up getting pulled into a choir to record a trailer for a game called, “Final Fantasy 15.” Shane: Are you kidding me?  You sang on Final Fantasy 15?! Daniel: I did.  I sang on the trailer, and then I sang on 10 tracks on the soundtrack.   Shane: Dude, I am so glad you wrote me hate mail! Jocelyn: Who gets this job?   Shane: Yeah, this is amazing.   Jocelyn: "Yeah, I sing on video games.”   Daniel:  It's a very fun thing to drop in a conversation.  I've got to admit. I mean, you know, it's very few and far in between, but the gigs are extremely fun.  I've just wrapped up a second one or our first one for the year. It's just a lot of fun. But the third grader in me is just elated.  Every time I go into the recording studio and get the recorded video game music, I got the music pumping into my headphones, and with the school to sing-- the instrument that I was trained on was voice.  And so it, you know, I'm really thankful for that because now I get to go and sing on video games. Jocelyn: My nine-year-old son would think this is the coolest thing ever.   Shane: Oh yeah, because he loves music, he loves video games.   Daniel: Then you know, he and I, we understand each other, then.   Shane: What's cool about this, too, man, is I can see where this is going.  One thing that people love about the Flip Your Life community, and once again there are needs for life coaches and business coaches, but everybody doesn't have to be one.  The variety of niches and our community is second to none. Like we have people, we talk about it all the time. We've got people doing everything you can imagine. Ninety percent of our people are doing something besides life coaching.   And you hear about this, I would never think, oh, there's a niche for video game music composing.  But even as you say this, we've got a member named Chris Greenwood, he goes by the name, Manafest. Really big Christian artist, awesome guy.  His songs, though, one of the ways that he markets his music is he licenses it for games and licenses it for movies. And now you're actually recording original tracks for things, so there are so many niche markets out there that you wouldn't think people would want to get into.  But then you're like, "Well, wait a minute, if you're doing it and he's doing it and somebody else is doing it, well, there are probably thousands of people that want to do it.  Right?" And uh, that's where this kind of came from. Jocelyn: Okay, so your site is about this video game music, correct.   Daniel: Yup, to help new and aspiring video game composers.   Shane: What is it called?  What's the domain name?   Daniel: VGMacademy.com Shane: videogameacademy.com, okay.   Daniel: You can go to either videogamemusicacademy.com, or you can go to vgmacademy.com, and it'll redirect you.   Shane: You actually own a three letter domain?   Daniel: vgmacademy.com Shane: Wow, that's really awesome that you have that, you know what I'm saying?  Because those are hard to get. Daniel: Well, it was kind of those dot academy ones, I wasn't that fast.   Shane: I got you, I got you, I got you.  Now tell everyone a little bit about where your community is, because you've actually built a community, an audience around this.  We've not monetized it yet, which is very common, right? So tell everybody else about the other assets that are around the website.   Daniel: Yeah, sure.  So I've got an email list that has got currently over 2,600 people on it, which I feel pretty good about that number.  I just obviously don't know what to do with it at this point. I've got a pretty sizable Twitter following of like 4,500 people or somewhere around there right now.  But my thing that I really liked the most at this point is that I've got a private Facebook group that has just reached 1,000 members.  It's like a no-spam, no-self-promotion zone for people to get in there and get questions and ask help, but also engage in anything that's going on with the website.   I've got a community challenge that I run over the summer.  So this is the second time I'm doing it, starting in a couple of days in July.  It's a 21-day challenge for composers to get in there, and just write something, even just like a little tiny something.  One little musical idea, just write something new every day for 21 days straight to make it a habit, and everyone goes in there.  Last year it was awesome! Everyone posted, you know, put up a graphic for each day. Shane: Is this free?   Daniel: Yeah, this is free! Yup! Shane: Do you make them opt in to get in the challenge?   Daniel: Yes.  Yeah. Shane: Okay, that's good.  Do you create content regularly on your website?  Like blogs or videos or anything like that? Daniel: I used to, but this past year, to be completely upfront and honest, I've just been kind of burned out and frustrated.  I feel like anytime I come back and pour energy into it, I feel like it's misdirected, or it doesn't really move the needle on anything.  So this past year, it's been pretty inconsistent. Shane: Listen, you have no idea what you've got in your hands.   Jocelyn: You're doing so many things right!   Shane: So many things right, so many things that other people can't even figure out how to do or won't figure out how to do.  Like how to do a challenge, how to opt in for it, how to get them in a private Facebook group. And your audience? I mean you have 2,500 emails.  Do you know how many people would drive to Boston and punch you in the face to steal 2,500 emails from you? You have this Facebook group with a thousand people, Twitter followers.  You have an audience that you've built! When Jocelyn and I launched our first product that did like thousands of dollars, we had less than 400 emails total, and it did like almost three grand in like the first week.  So you've got the people, you've got the thing, you've proven that people want this, and these challenges, you've proven that people will opt in. It's not a large stretch to just say, "Well, what if I charged for a challenge that got more involvement with me?" Jocelyn: Or at the end of my challenge, I'll give them their next step and I charge them for it?  Daniel, this is not hard! Shane: Yeah, you got this, man, dude.  I want to talk about two things, first, really quick is fears and obstacles.  Something's holding you back because you've got the tools in place. Jocelyn: What's going on inside your head that's saying, "I can't do this?   Shane: What are you afraid of?  What's the fear that's holding you back?   Daniel: The biggest thing is that I feel like-- and this is again a part of the result of that original course.  I ended up with a website and a community that's really looking for someone. In some ways at least I feel like I'm not qualified enough to take people to the next step that they want because I'm not a full-time working video game music composer.  I'm a music teacher. I know a lot of basics in terms of songwriting and composition. But in terms of like a lot of the technologies that people want help with the digital audio workstations, people can spend and waste countless hours of time diving into the audio technology and the audio engineering part of it.  And that's just something that's a huge time investment. I'm not able to become the expert on that as fast as I think I would need to be at this point. I feel like I'm in a lot of ways behind the ball of my audience in terms of the audio engineering component.  But that's the biggest thing: I kind of feel like in some ways I'm just not qualified. In other words, I think I am.  I think that I know a decent amount about marketing, I know a little bit about negotiating, which is something that comes up with freelancing.  So I got some transferable skills, you know, music theory and that kind of stuff. But I just don't know if I'm at a point where I have put myself in a position where I can be as helpful as I originally intended to be.  I think I have really big and ambitious dreams. But then becoming a parent, apparently you have a lot less free time and energy. So yeah! Shane: You have less time than the millennial on the beach in Thailand? Daniel: You know, believe it or not, I have a little less time than them, you know.  And that was the thing that shocked me. That was, I was definitely one of those, "I'm going to make it, I'm going to figure out how to manage this and make it work for me,” sort of people.  But then I had a kid that didn't sleep for two years. Jocelyn: Okay, let's push pause on that because that's a different issue.   Shane: Let's pause! Okay.  We've pulled out a fear and an obstacle.  The obstacle is kids that don't sleep on time.  We'll get to that in a minute. Now the fear is this: let me do a mock conversation for you here, okay.   I walk up to you and I'm like, "Oh man, I would love to compose music for video games.  Man, that'd be a cool job. I would love to do that, but Daniel, I think you could maybe teach me how to do that, but you know what?  Like I just want to make sure that you're even expert enough.” So then it comes back to you, "You look at them and say, 'Have you sang on Final Fantasy 15?' And that guy goes, 'No,' and you look at him and you say, 'I have.  Sit down and listen.'" Okay, so let me just dispel that: you're expert enough!  What you're trying to do is what a lot of people do: you think you have to know every single thing ever about your topic.  There are things that we don't know about online business. I meet with people that are very high level all the time in different spaces.  I'm in a mastermind group with some ballers and they're good dudes and we all do our businesses very differently and sometimes they say things and I can't even wrap my brain around it, what they're talking about.  But that's okay because I don't teach that thing even though it's still online business. What we teach is how to start, how to find an idea, how to get your website going, how to get your product created, how to get it out to market, how to start a membership site and create stable recurring income.   I don't know anything about JV partnerships and affiliate marketing, but I've got a friend who's made millions of dollars doing it, but I don't teach that.  I don't have to teach that and I don't have to go learn that. You don't have to learn all the digital audio mixing and stuff like that.  You could partner with someone who sells that and be an affiliate for them though, and then you could teach composition, negotiation, how to get the job, how to keep the job, how to make sure they call you back because you're getting called back.   You got to teach what you know and then point them to other people.  We don't teach people to do public speaking even though that's a big part of some brands.  Jocelyn and I, the only public speaking we do is at our own live events, we don't have time to go do all that other stuff.  But if I wanted to send someone to teach public speaking right now, I would send them to my friend, Grant Baldwin, The Speaker Lab, because he knows how to teach public speaking.  But I'm not going to go learn how to teach public speaking just so I can create a course about it, that doesn't make sense for us. Jocelyn: Let me tell you, and everyone who's listening, a secret.  And it's not really a secret. But you are not for everyone.  We are not for everyone. There are people out there who say, "You know what, I've grown my business and you know, I'm making a million dollars a year, and your stuff is beneath me.  Like I don't know how to get to the next level, and you're not going to be able to help me.” No, we're not, because that's not who we serve. Shane: I don't want to help you get to 10 million dollars a year.  Fine, you're a millionaire. You figured it out! You know what I mean?  Like that's not our point. Our mission is to help 100,000 people start their online business, and get to a point where they could have the decision to quit their job.  That's our mission is to help people start that journey. Our mission is not to take the person from a million dollars to 10 million dollars.  I'm not going to go try to figure that out. I'll leave that to somebody else. Same thing here, don't think you've got to teach all these other things.  I don't know the Video Game Music Act that requires you to have so many hours of certain degrees to teach people how to get into the industry. That doesn't exist.   Jocelyn: Let me tell you what this is, though.  This is you looking at yourself saying, "I'm not perfect in these ways, and I don't want someone to point out those flaws," and let me tell you how I know that because this is my everyday life.   Shane: Yeah, Jocelyn always does that.  We might have a deficiency. Like, one of the things that we struggle with is leading our team.  Jocelyn and I are very much like visionary, mud-on-the-wall, let's go, let's figure this out, and sometimes it's hard for us to pull back and lead our team.  But we have a really big team and we've got to actually go and sort this out. We have to be better. Jocelyn: It's just not something we enjoy doing.  Therefore, we don't want to do it. Shane: But we do share our struggles with our community.  We share our struggles on our podcast, and those struggles are just as valuable as someone who's got it figured out.  You could even talk about that. Listen, what if someone is a composer, and understands music because they went through music, and the band, and choir, and all these things, and they went to college, and they were vocal, and they learned how to sing.   What if the millions of people who do that never learned how to use these digital audio things?  And now you can say to them, “I don't have this skill, but I made it. I figured it out and I can help you do it, too!” Jocelyn: Do you know what the beauty of having a community for this is?  You don't have to know all the answers. You are surrounded by lots of other people who are interested in the same thing and guess what?  They might be strong where you're weak. It's just like our community. Like there are things that I'm not fantastic at, but there are hundreds of people inside our community, and a lot of them might have experience with it where maybe I don't.   That's the awesome thing, is that I can go in and say, "Hey, I've never done this, but our member, Kevin, has done this," or, "Our member, Karen, has done this.”  You know, I can pull out names of people who are an expert in this field and I don't have to be. So that is the awesome thing about doing that. Shane: That's one reason that we always say people come for the content, but they stay for the leadership in the community, because the leadership guides them to what things that leaders don't even know.  Like I can at least point to you the direction where you need to go, and the community fills in gaps of knowledge because if we have thousands of entrepreneurs in one place that are dealing with the three-year-old who doesn't sleep, that are dealing with the fear of being expert enough, that are dealing with how do I overcome this software plugin or whatever, then now we get to fill in the gaps and we get to work together and you can create that same dynamic.   You've probably seen this, I bet, in your community, haven't you?  Like people are talking about things and giving feedback that you didn't even think of and conversations and challenges. Have you seen that in your community? Daniel: Yeah, yeah! It's funny that you mentioned that because you know in a way I haven't needed to talk about the technical stuff in terms of the software in the Facebook group because a lot of times when people ask that question, which is not as often as I would've expected, but when those questions do come up, a bunch of people jump on them.   Shane: Exactly.  And that's why a community is really important in this kind of thing because what you have to do is say, “What CAN I teach people?  That's the most important question. “What problem CAN I solve?” And we so often get bogged down in the things that we can't solve.  "Well, I can't solve this for them. Well, I can't teach them this so I must not be sufficient," but you are sufficient. You are good enough and you are awesome at these things.   You have to make a bulleted list of “What Can I Teach Them?”  Well, I can teach them to the composure. I can teach them to negotiate.  I can teach them where to look for these gigs because you've probably got an idea of that, you know, you can teach them all those things.  That's what forms the basis of your content and then your leadership with coaching or community and things like that, that's going to guide them to the next step.  And that's what you are. You're a lantern bearer on a dark path, you're going down a path, you're showing them where to go. Jocelyn: You've already found the lantern.   Shane: That's right, you got it.  So you know where to go. You came back and got somebody else.  Now, you're taking them to where you were. And another thing I really sensed from you is you really want these people to do this.  Like, you know this is awesome, and these people want to do it. And you're like, "Man, I really would love for everybody to get to sing on Final Fantasy 15, right?" Daniel: Yeah, I mean, one of the biggest kicks I got doing this challenge last year was that, I was blown away by -- I was very clear with the community that I was really only looking for you to show up and write two to four bars of music a day.  A few seconds of music, a little idea. People really just created some really beautiful, some really awesome tracks, and a lot of them were doing full-blown, completed tracks almost every single day. That to me was a huge win. There was so much really great music that came out of it.  And I was just really happy! Jocelyn: But here's the problem.  You pumped the brakes, you gave them something awesome.  And he said, “Okay guys, see you next summer. We'll do this again.”  Daniel, stop it! Shane: You're like, "Look, I'd love to create a course, but I got to write some hate mail to Shane.  That's what I've got to do here." Daniel: I've got emails to write.   Shane: “I've got emails to write, y'all.  I know we're making great music, but I'm writing great copy here.”  I love your mission that poured out right there. Your mission is to help people write great music.  Your mission is to give them a doorway, an opportunity to go the next step. Your mission is not to teach them the mixer, teach them the thing, get them the job, all of that.  The first step that you can teach everybody is that you can do this. because you do it every day in your classroom, you do it every day in your group, you do it on all these challenges. You can teach people to make music that's changing their world, the people around them.  They're releasing new things into the world that never existed before, and then they have the opportunity to go the next step, And then they have the opportunity to learn the technology. And then they have the opportunity to apply for the job, but until they write that music, until it's released into the world, they don't have that opportunity.  Your endgame for them might be to do what you've done, but you have to help them get started and give them the opportunity. Jocelyn: And I'm going to tell you something.  I talked about this a few weeks ago on the podcast.  I feel like I can speak freely with you because, well, this whole podcast this week is kind of crazy.   Daniel: Yeah, it's free, pretty free.   Shane: There's been some free speaking.   Jocelyn: But here's the thing.  I talked about this, I think the 200th episode.  You are being selfish by holding this gift back, so stop it.  You have to do this. You owe it to these people who have a dream, who have something that they want to do, you're being selfish by not giving them the next step.   Shane: Your mission is not to get people a video game job.  That's a result! Your job is to help people unleash music that's inside of them into world through the conduit of video games.  I play Fortnight with my son. Daniel: Nice! Shane: Isaac and I play all the time.   Jocelyn: Not so nice for me.   Shane: Yeah, Jocelyn loses about an hour and a half a day of her life, so we play Fortnite together.  We play almost every day. I love the music at the beginning of Fortnite. I just love it, it makes me happy.  But going back before that, before I had kids, and right up when we had kids, I played Halo, that very famous game.  And I looked it up one day. Jocelyn: That music haunts me.   Shane: Yeah, the music haunts her.  It's not just the music. I looked it up one day and it keeps all your stats, and me, my brother, and my two best friends from high school, we lived far apart from each other when we were adults, right?  So Halo was a way that we got to connect every night. We got to get together for an hour before we had kids and we could actually play games and we got to connect virtually. When I hear Halo's music, I don't just think of the video game, I don't just think of the actual looked-up-in stats, ninety days of my life in actual hours, that I put into that game over a few years in Halo 3.  I don't think about that. I think of laughter, and I think of joy, and I think of all the good times and good conversations that I got to have with my brother who lived five hours from me, with my best friend who lived five hours from me.  Like that's what I think about. If that guy doesn't write that music that was the soundtrack of that game, then those memories don't happen and that nostalgia doesn't come back when I hear that music again.  That's your mission, bro! It's the help these people unleash music that can be used in these games, not only for them, but for all the people that are going to hear it. You've got no choice, man. You got to do this and you are expert enough. There is no degree, there's no certification that can make you more qualified for what these people need. Jocelyn: And I want to say, too, before we move on from this, think about people that you respect as leaders, just in everyday life, maybe in online business, every different area of your life.  Do you respect somebody more who is perfect and never makes mistakes, or somebody who says, "Hey, I don't know everything, but I'm going to help you. I'm going to do the best I can to help you get to the next step," and I feel like that's why people follow us because we're not perfect, we're not polished, we're just regular people who are trying to help other people have a better life.  So, who do you prefer to follow? Shane: Yeah, let me tell you a story about a guy.  This podcast may never end. We're going to talk for a while, we're just sitting back.   Daniel: This is my first day of summer break.   Shane: You're good.  Alright, cool, man.  Our kids are probably doing something right now.  I haven't seen them in about an hour, whatever. They'll be all right.  I can see the lake behind our house. So as long as they're not going into that, we're cool.   Okay, so I had a very influential man in my life who was a teacher of mine in high school.  He actually was what made me even consider being a teacher when I got a history degree because he was my history and political science teacher.   He really taught me a lot about how to argue politics, and think about deep issues and you know, look at both sides, and not be so hateful like everybody is on Facebook these days and all this other stuff.  He was very good at playing devil's advocate and arguing socratically. But that's not where he made the most influence in my life. I actually took a media class and I got to be the director and producer of our school news show when I was a senior in high school.  And I was a hoodlum! But when people see what I do now and my teachers, they're like, "Wow, you're not in jail! That's pretty amazing.”  And then when people see Jocelyn, like from her high school, they're like, "Why did you marry that guy? Because he had very great potential to go to jail.”  For him to give me a leadership position like that and give me that opportunity, it was amazing. I so appreciated it because he knew that I had a passion for the video editing, the audio editing, and the production of it.  I still have a passion for that stuff today with our podcast, with our videos and things like that. Here's why this story is so related to what we're talking about.  He took the media class because he liked the journalism aspect of it. He liked the telling stories aspect of it. He couldn't use a video editor. He could barely use a VCR.  We're going way back now. He didn't know which way to put the tape in the VCR.  It would've been upside down, inside out and he didn't understand how to use anything technology-wise.  And we had got a grant, and they had bought us all this video editing stuff. So this was like professional tape editing stuff back in the day, right?   Daniel: Yeah.  We had the same stuff.   Shane: Yeah.  So we go in and he's like, "Shane, you're the producer, you're the director.  So you've got to figure all this stuff out. I don't know how to do it, but I'm going to tell you how to organize the show.  I'm going to tell you how to lead your team. I'm going to tell you how to do this.” And we would sit in there.  I would remember me sitting at the station just slaving, I would stay hours after school.  I'd leave the school at like 8:00 in the night right after school. Loved it, editing the broadcast for the next day, and he never left me.  He was always right there beside me, and it's really emotional, thinking about it like right now, how much that changed my life because it kind of was a foundational thing for now, like what we do.   I always remember him just sitting there with his leg crossed, reading his newspaper and every once in a while, he'd look over and go, "Shane, how's it going?" Or I'd look back at him and say, "Hey, do you think this story should go before this story?  How should I edit this?" But I had to figure out the technology. He had no clue how to do it. But he taught me how to lead and he taught me how to put things in the right order and how to compose the show. And it didn't matter if he didn't know how to do the editing, and it doesn't matter if you don't know how to use the technology.   You're leading them and you're teaching them how to compose and you're pointing people in the right direction to figure it out.  He gave me the instruction manual. I just had to read it. And that's really what you're doing for your people is you're just leading them, and you're helping them compose and you're giving them the chance, the opportunity, and who knows what happens to those people 10 to 20 years from now?  That's up to them. You're going to give them the chance and they're going to pay you for it, and then some of them probably the minority are going to do something with it. It's going to be inspiring and it's going to be world changing, and that's going to be because you made the decision, "I am qualified to do this, and by God, I'm going to teach it.”  Okay. Whew!   Jocelyn: Whew! That was a lot of information.   Shane: Oh my gosh.  I'm sitting in here, teared up thinking about that guy, and how much it changed my life and it tears me up because I know we've changed lives, but not all of them, the minority because the majority can't cut it.  And if you're in the majority, you need to get over in the minority, if you're listening to this podcast. I know you can change lives and I know that everybody listening has something but they can do! All that guy did was sit beside me and read the newspaper, answer a question here and there.  He didn't answer every question. He answered maybe one question a day. We'd sit there for four hours together.   Daniel: And he just gave you the opportunity.   Shane: And he just gave me the opportunity, man.  That's what everyone listening to this podcast right now has to do, is release what you know into the world and give people an opportunity.   Jocelyn: Okay, Daniel, we have said a lot of words.   Shane: Which, for an introvert like Jocelyn, this was like triple the word count of the normal podcast.   Jocelyn: I know, my word count for the day is over, so I'm not going to be talking anymore.   Shane: Oh, yeah.  Now, my wife will not speak to me until tonight!  I know that she's going to go into her cave, watching Netflix and it's over.   Jocelyn: Okay, but in all seriousness, alright, how do you feel about all of the stuff we just said?  I know it was a lot to process, but how do you feel about that and how do you think that it can hopefully help you to move forward to the next step?   Shane: It's not what me and Jocelyn think your next step is.  It's, what do you think your next step is? Daniel: I think I need to stop trying to be everything and really focus on what I know.  As I was listening and I had been thinking about this and going through the content in the Flip Your Life community this week, I think what's kind of been slowly shifting to the surface is this idea that I know music theory, I know how to teach that.  I know how to teach the basics of composing a good tune. And that's something that is missing a lot in this niche. A lot of people go towards the technology and they go towards the audio engineering and spent hours and hours and hours and making a really basic thing sound really complicated and expensive but the music is forgettable, so it doesn't take it anywhere. So, I think I need to focus more on the piece that I know, and divorce myself from the piece that I don't need to focus on.   And then I guess in terms of specific steps, I need to come up with a core product offer I can lead people to.  Get them the end result of getting their music, getting music that is not only memorable but the music that they'll like themselves the next day, which I think is like a huge pain point.   I think that I'm thinking of like a lot of the people who get into this niche, they have these composers that they've been listening to since they've been growing up.  And there's this one Japanese composer who is like the John Williams of video game music. Shane: John Williams is the greatest composer of all time who did Star Wars -- I just want to show my nerd cred. Daniel: Well done, sir.  Well done! Tip of the hat to you.  People constantly are comparing themselves to this guy.  They always hold him up as the example that they want to aspire to.  He was fantastic at writing great melodies and he was fantastic at using, you know, really beautiful harmonies and then people go out and they write these like beats and there's no melody, and they have no idea how to get over that hump. I think it's just a piece that's missing because they went to the technology but they don't have music education, the formal education.  The technology's there, they have access to that. They've got a lot of resources to learn that, but not everyone went through a formal music education degree or knows where to look or what the problem is. Jocelyn: Right.  And I think that we can really help you craft your offer in the community.  Like, that's something that our community members can really latch onto and help you with because I really think that you need to launch something off this next challenge.  That is really, really important. So we can definitely hash through all that. Shane: And it could be ready in 21 days.   Jocelyn: Absolutely, yeah.   Shane: It's already named, it's the Video Game Music Academy, right?  So you have to open a membership area, and your whole thing is give them the training they need to write these things, and then give them a place where they can share music for you to listen to so you can tell them what to do next.  That's it! That's the whole concept of your membership, is that they need someone to show them how, a place to let people hear it, and some feedback, and then they can go and take the other courses that you make, like How to Contact the Video Game, how to submit your music, how to do that stuff.   Jocelyn: We will get into that inside the community a little bit more, and I wanted to touch on one other thing that we kind of glossed over.  It was the time aspect because we've talked about this a million times. Everyone has the same amount of time, but here's the thing: Once you can get clear on your mission, and you can get clear that you are enough of an expert or whatever mindset hurdle is holding you back, I promise that time will not be as much of an issue going forward.   Shane: You've been obsessed so far with how to monetize a product.  That's not exciting. But now, you have a passionate mission to reach into people's hearts and unleash music into the world that can change other people's lives AND maybe make those people a living.  That's deep, dude! That's going to make you find the time, that's going to push everything that's taking up your time to the side, except the things that matter, your mission, your family, your focus.  You're going to see your calendar changed dramatically over the next couple of weeks. I promise you. Daniel: Sounds good.  Sign me up! Jocelyn: Alright, Daniel.   Shane: I'm signing off.  Jocelyn usually signs off, but listen, man, I am so glad that you wrote me that email!  I'm so glad that you wrote it in the way you did, where it was a critic, but it wasn't hateful.  You let yourself be vulnerable there and you were like, "Man, I'm just frustrated, and it frustrates me that you're doing this stuff.”  I'm just really glad that you were also responsive to my feedback back to you and most importantly, that you took action because if you don't take action, right, wrong or indifferent-- I'm not going to say that that hateful email was right, wrong or indifferent.   But like if you don't take some action, right, wrong or indifferent, nothing happens.  You took action and it turned into another action, and then it turned into a better action and now you're going to take even better actions going forward.  And that's how we all get to where we want to be, is just taking action. So, hey man, I'm glad you're in the Flip Your Life community, and I cannot wait to see how you change the world through this music business and it's going to be awesome watching your journey going forward, Daniel.   Daniel: Yeah.  Thank you, thank you both!  And for anyone else who's listening, who is not sure about whether or not to finish that form, shut up and do it.  You'll feel a lot better. Like I said, I've been through a course before. I was super impressed once I got into this.  I mean, you know, everyone's in there, everyone's doing the work and I've been checking in every day and, the videos, and it's like... it's bulletproof.  At the end of every video, there's a giant yellow button telling you what to do next. I'm not confused. I know what I need to do, so I'm feeling better.  I think I know what I need to do next now, and I'm looking forward to having you help me out craft my offer. Shane: All right man.  Awesome stuff, dude!  Welcome to the community!  Let's get it going. Daniel: All right.   Shane: Hey guys.  Thanks again for listening.  We hope you enjoyed today's podcast.  If you still need more help with any of the topics that we discussed today, or maybe you have a question about something that we went over, we have all the training and support you need inside of the Flip Your Life community.   With over 50 training courses on dozens of online business topics, active community forums, and live member calls with me and Jocelyn every single month, the Flip Your Life community is your opportunity to get the help and support you need to make your online dreams a reality.   And the best part is you can get started today for free.  That's right! All you have to do is go to flippedlifestyle.com/free, and you can get full unlimited access to everything we offer inside of the Flip Your Life community at no cost for 30 days.  Your first month is absolutely free! If you sign up today, you can get unlimited access to all of the courses inside of our training area, unlimited access to all of our community discussion forums, and you'll get to attend our next two live member calls with me and Jocelyn, where you can ask questions about your online business.   And it's all free for the first month.  All you have to do is go to flippedlifestyle.com/free and start your free month today.  That's flippedlifestyle.com/free. We can't wait to see you inside! Shane: Before we go we like to close every single one of our shows with from a verse from the Bible.   Today's Bible verse comes from Proverbs 11:3 and the Bible says, "Honesty guides good people.  Dishonesty destroys treacherous people.” Make sure you are always building on an honest online business that's full of integrity and you treat people the way you would want to be treated.   That's all the time we have for this week! As always, guys, thanks for listening to the Flipped Lifestyle podcast.  Until next time, get out there, take action, do whatever it takes to Flip Your Life. We will see you then. Jocelyn: Bye! Links and resources mentioned on today's show: Daniel's Website Flip Your Life community PROLIFIC Monthly Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what's possible for your family! Join the Flip Your Life Community NOW for as little as $19 per month! https://flippedlifestyle.com/flipyourlife

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