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Acknowledgements
History will record that Rock Stars of Aging is the first book published
by Bolder Press. Like everything else we do at Bolder Media, we do it
ourselves. In fact, we lead the league in DIY.
Let’s start a radio show! OK. Let’s build a website! Sure. Let’s start a
TV show. Done. Let’s take the show national. Why not?
Do we make mistakes? Absolutely. Is it sometimes frustrating? And
then some. Does it take longer? You bet. We do it ourselves for three
reasons:
1: It’s the best way to truly understand the process.
2: It allows us to do more with less, which is important for a
small team with a big to-do list.
3: It’s a step toward owning a franchise in the league and not
just being a player (sorry for all of the sports analogies).
Truth be told, we want to own the game.
The only way to DIY to the extent that we do it and with the quality
that we do it is to have an incredible team of superstars. And that’s
exactly what Bolder Media is.
Thanks to Jill Middleton and Katy Widrick for encouraging me to do
more than I have the time (and possibly the talent) to accomplish. To
Katy and Jackie Carlin, aka, the grammar gurus for proofing and
editing Rock Stars of Aging; to Quinn Middleton for being my
research coordinator; to Bill Shafer for his incredible talent as an
interviewer and storyteller (he’s got my vote as storyteller of the year -
- AGAIN); to Jason Morrow for being an extremely prolific and
creative artist; to Pat Narciso and Josh Doolittle for figuring out a way
to not only solve every technical problem we encounter (or they
create) but for allowing us to embrace the fact that content is king and
technology is not a limitation. And thanks again to radio producer
extraordinaire Jill Middleton, who can find and book just about
anyone, anywhere in the world. Except, of course, Tony Bennett. Or
James Taylor. Or Christy Brinkley. But it’s not from lack of trying.
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