How to Fail Successfully

Devine Evans

The creative programmer and sound designer behind the biggest touring acts like Justin Timberlake, The Chainsmokers, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Rhianna and so many more.

In this session of How To Fail Successfully, I have a conversation with multi-talented musician Devine Evans as he discusses how he went from leaving his career in the medical field to working his way into his first big break with Mary J. Blige.

 

Who is Devine?

Devine Evans has been a dominant figure in the music industry for over 20 years.  Starting in Atlanta under the watchful eye of Left Eye Productions, Evans is now a 5x Grammy Award-winning  producer, Songwriter/engineer, Emmy Nominated Composer (The New Edition Story)  who has worked with many of the world’s biggest recording artists and musicians including The Chain Smokers, Janet Jackson, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Pharrell Williams, Lady Gaga, Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nico & Vinz, Hans Zimmer, and Selena Gomez.  Evans received his most recent Grammy for his work on Pharrell Williams’ live version of the Billboard hit song “Happy”.

Over the past 10 years, Evans has worked on some of the biggest tours in music.  Recently, working with The Chain Smokers, Bebe Rexha, Charlie Puth, The Roots (2017 NBA Allstar performance), Tim McGraw and Faith Hills Soul 2 Soul tour, Janet Jackson’s Unbreakable World Tour, Rihanna’s Diamonds World Tour, Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience Tour (Now available on Netflix), and Pharrell Williams’ Dear Girl Tour.

Evans’ work in televised performances includes programming and sound design for Beyoncé’s 2013 Super Bowl Halftime performance.  He is set to break into the film industry with his work on the upcoming film as a composer for BET’s Emmy Nominated Mini-Series The New Edition Story as well as Lycan, starring Dania Ramirez (Entourage, Devious Maids, X-Men), for which he scored and provided original sound design.

Outside of music, Evans focuses on positively impacting the music industry as well as his community by way of creative projects like his first book Sheet Music: The Diary of a Songwriter, which aims to shed light on the sexual injustices female artists can encounter while chasing their dream of a career in the music industry.  In an effort to empower these women, Sheet Music shares the stories of a variety of female artists’ personal experiences as well as general advice on how to cope with and safeguard themselves against such abuse and injustice.

 

Books

The Diary of a Songwriter

 

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Robbie Daymond

The voice of Spider-Man, Tuxedo Mask, and many many others.

In this session of How To Fail Successfully, I have a conversation with actor Robbie Daymond as he discusses how he went from failing speech and acting in college to ultimately winning the job as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man.

 

Who is Robbie?

Robbie is an actor mostly known for providing voices for cartoons, Japanese anime, audiobooks, and video games. He voices lead character SwaySway in the Nickelodeon cartoon Breadwinners, Blake Myers in the Nick cartoon Get Blake!. He also voices the title character in Marvel’s Spider-Man, which aired on Disney XD in 2017.[2] In anime and video games he voices Tuxedo Mask in the Viz re-dub of Sailor Moon, Mumen Rider in One-Punch Man, Sorey in Tales of Zestiria, Joe Kido in Digimon Adventure tri. and Prompto Argentum in Final Fantasy XV.

 

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Corey Conrad

The “Ari Gold” of Sales and Strategic Alliance for Caruso.

In this session of How To Fail Successfully, I have a conversation with Corey Conrad as he discusses how he failed through several areas in his life but each time pivoting and eventually finding success once he stumbled into the world of sales.

With more than 10 years of experience in luxury sales, partnerships, branding, sponsorships, marketing and experiential activations, Corey Conrad offers a solutions-based management style that has propelled his career. He has had the privilege of working with a multitude of high-profile clients including: Hublot, LVMH, Bentley, Pandora, GQ, American Express, Danone, Pernod Ricard, Morgan Stanley, Alessi, Assouline, VanDutch Yachts, Audi, Tom Ford, Aston Martin, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan and BMW, among many others.

 

Corey’s Favorite Quote 

“Every man dies, not every man truly lives”

Books

The FIRST book Corey read as a child which helped shaped his life.

Danny the Champion of the World

 

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Tom Massmann

Body double, stunt double, and actor on CBS’s show Scorpion.

In this session of How To Fail Successfully, I have a conversation with actor Tom Massmann as he discusses how he went from making local commercials in Colorado to jumping through windows on a hit TV show. Tom walks us through two of his darkest moments and how he was able to fight through them.

Tom Massmann is an actor, stuntman, writer, producer and director, who has worked in the film and television industry for well over 3 decades.  He was the founder of Reel Focus Productions in the early 2000’s where he produced and directed award-winning television commercials, long-form videos, and even an Emmy nominated TV special.

He is now a stunt double, body double and actor on the CBS show Scorpion.

 

Books

If anyone is struggling with the lost of a loved one, Tom recommends this book below.

The Year of Magical Thinking

 

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In this episode of How to Fail Successfully, I recap 2017 and edit a few of my favorite clips from each episode. If you wanted to listen to the entire episode, click the links below.

02:52 – Episode 1: The Pastor – Justin Harris 

06:34 – Episode 2: The Thinker – Brad Wasser 

13:02 – Episode 3: The Piano Player – Mike Miller

20:13 – Episode 4: The Wine Loving Accountant – Joshua David

25:18 – Episode 5: The Life Coach – Sommer Janssen 

31:06 – Episode 6: The Cheerleader – Armah Mitchem

35: 03 – Episode 8: The Actor – Charlie Vaughn 

43:57 – Episode 9/10: The Music Manager – Drew Davis

 

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