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JCole Keeps his word and attends a fans graduation ceremony!

June 12, 2022 admin Hip Hop, Music Industry 0 Comments


In 2013, JCole met a die hard fan. He promised to attend her graduation if she kept up all of her grades. JCole is definitely a man of integrity who keeps his word to his fans. After making this promise about a decade ago. JCole kept his promise and attended the high school graduation.

Recently Cierra Bosarge completed college with good grades. Not only did JCole attend the high school graduation, but attended her college graduation ceremony this year as well.

Cierra first reached out to the rapper in 2013 hoping that he would wish her a happy birthday. She finally got a response 3 months later.

“He was like, ‘I know it’s like three months late, but happy birthday.’” Cierra told Complex in 2015. “He laughed at me when I was crying but he said when he comes to Philly he wanted to meet me.”

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Have you met Dave Mitchell?

May 13, 2022 admin Music Industry 0 Comments

 

Mr. Mitchell started his journey in music at the young age of six years old. His parents listened to lots of great music all the time in their home. Dave’s favorite song is from the Michael Jackson album “Off the Wall” the song is called “Can’t Help It”. Dave experienced what he called a “celestial” feeling from this song particularly. The feeling from this song had a huge impact on Dave. Anything that made him feel this way he wanted to be around it. Shortly after this experience Dave’s mother became the entertainment manager at the Playboy club in Chicago. She soon began to work with a band that started having rehearsals at their home.

At this time Dave started to really develop a love for the drums. The band fascinated him, knowing that all the different instruments had to come together and created a musical euphoria. He realized that the drums are literally the heartbeat of the band. Dave began to watch and study the drummer learning to anticipate his routine and musical pattern. Before long, Dave started playing the songs they were rehearsing. Dave believes that God saw his curiosity and growing passion for music. He was blessed with the opportunity to play drums with several musical artists and groups in Chicago.

While attending a new church in the Chicagoland area Dave began helping the ministry by selecting the music to play after service was concluded. After a year of assisting the audio ministry. The drummer shared with Dave, that he was leaving, and was not coming back. This was a complete shock for Dave, and the audio Ministry was turned over to him immediately. Dave felt some anxiety about it but didn’t let that stop him. He was 14 years old when he started his audio engineer journey. His new responsibility was exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time. Dave had lots of on-the-job training, but no formal experience or training outside of the church.

Today Dave has over 35 years of sound and music production experience. Dave realized over the years that sound is the most important part of any event or organization. Dave made so many friends in the TV/Video world and hadn’t realized how much they had influenced him. Around this time Dave was presented with an opportunity to produce a promo video for one of his sisters in Florida. It was then that Dave realized he had a love and attraction for media. Dave utilized his education from Columbia College in Chicago, along with his resources. Because of the relationships he built, Dave has mentors to share wisdom, advise, and examples with him.

Dave was exposed to business through his church youth program called “Partners” this was an impactful experience for everyone who participated. Dave learned business principals, took field trips, and learned things like how to conduct a sales pitch, and run a business. Dave won the “Top Salesman Award” during their sales competition. The person who sold the most cartons of eggs won. It meant a lot to Dave to win that competition even up to this day.
One of the assignments in the partners group was to create a vision board. Dave’s board consisted of music studio’s, music, audio, media, and business. All the things on Dave’s vision board have manifested. “Dreams will come true when you trust God, put in the work, patience, and persistence”, says Dave. Today he owns a company called Renewed Mind Inc. Its business model is comprised of 5 M’s: Music, Media, Marketing, Management, and Mentorship.

Dave recently partnered with a men’s skincare line called Dion Michaels. That opportunity allowed him to produce commercials that were to be aired nationwide. David has been truly blessed to do what he is passionate about while serving others with his skills, gifts, and talents. “It was a struggle because of the lack of resources. I struggled with being patient and being ok with the process of growth and development.”

What does success mean to you?

“I really believe that things aren’t always easy, but they’re worth it.”

“I’m most proud that I get to do what I love, the very thing I said to myself as a child was to be around music to stay connected to that magic feeling and being an example to my daughter to pursue the dreams that move you. What sets me apart from others is my relentless pursuit of vision and wanting to help others pursue theirs as well.”

I define success as reaching maximum potential, along with happiness.

Contact Info:

  • Email: dave@renewedmindinc.com
  • Website: renewedmindinc.com
  • Instagram: @renewedmindinc
  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/renewedmindinc
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/renewedmindinc
  • SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/renewedmindmusic
  • Other: https://tinyurl.com/RenewYourMindBook

Reference:

Stories, L. (2022, February 21). Rising stars: Meet Dave Mitchell. VoyageRaleigh Magazine | Raleigh’s Most Inspiring Stories. Retrieved May 12, 2022, from https://voyageraleigh.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-dave-mitchell/