Songwriting,Music, working out, positive people, networking with music industry, beaches, warm weather, sunshine, listening to the ocean.
Music
all styles from Country to Ted Nugent, Asia, Robin Trower, older music as Four Seasons, Motown, Fifth Dimension, Soul Music, Chicago - first 10 albums, Donna Summer, Willie Nelson - especially from 1977 "Willie and Family Live", Neil Diamond's "Hot August Night 2". Byron Hill, Benita Hill, Bryan Adams, Frampton Comes Alive, Eric Church, Turley Richards, The Memphis Horns, the music from "Sweet Soul Music" era - from Muscle Shoals, Macon, GA and Memphis, Bob Seagar Live - the first one in about 1976, Pat Travers, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, J Geils Band (early stuff)Becca Bramlet, James Slater, Robert Lee Castleman, Fertita and McClintock, Judy Akin.
Movies
Favorites are :Stand and Deliver, The Rookie, Patton, Saturday Night Fever, Animal House, Hope Floats, The Christmas Story, Blues Brothers, Magnum Force, Dirty Harry, Woodstock, Hoosiers, The Longest Yard. Born Free, Old Yeller, The original Batman (from the 60's) I Am Third, Graham Auto Theft, Lean on Me, Stand By Me, Smokey and the Bandit, The Persuit of Happiness, Road Hogs, Amazing Grace.
Television
Watch the music channels - GAC, CMT, little of ESPN. Wish there were more shows like the 60's and 70's that showed clean and funny shows and movies. I do not watch much TV. Like to catch an old movie every now and then on the TV.
Books
"Power of Positive Thinking" - Norman Vincent Peale, "Think and Grow Rich" - Napolean Hill, "Tuesdays with Morrie" - Mitch Ablum, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" - Dale Carnegie, "The Magic of Thinking Big" - Swartz, "The Craft and Business of Songwriting" - all THREE editions by John Braheny (check out the back page of the Third Edition of endorsees and page 387), "Me and the Spitter - Gaylord Perry, Miss Rythym - The Ruth Brown Story", "Sweet Soul Music", "Loose Balls - the Story of the ABA", "SkyWalker - Story of David Thompson", "The Bridges of Madison County" - Waller, "Financial Peace" - Dave Ramsey, "See You at the Top" - Zig Zigler, "The Greatest Salesman in the World" - Og Mandingo, "The Five People You Will Meet in Heaven" - Mitch Ablum, "Success Within - How to Create the Greatest Moments of your Life" - Lisa Wysocky. "Live Your Dreams" - Les Brown, "Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive" - Harvey McKay, "They Call Me Coach" - John Wooden, "The John Wooden Pyramid of Success" - Neville Johnson and edited by Lisa Wysocky. "Living Powerfully One Day at a Time" - Robert Schuller. "Clover" - Dori Sanders, "Elvis Pressley - The Man. The Life. The Legend" - Pamela Clarke Keogh, " I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow... Cause I Get Better Looking Every Day" - Joe Willie Namath with Dick Schaap, "Bud Collins Modern Encyclopedia of Tennis" - Bud Collins, "The Oldest Rookie" Jim Morris and Joel Engel, "The Secret", "The Tipping Poin"t, Wayne L Jackson's (of the Memphis Horns) books
Heroes
Parents - Betty and Jerry Goff, brother Jason Goff and his famliy, sister Kara (Goff) Barnette and her family
Nashville Muse's Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
St. Albans, WV
Body type:
6' 1" / Athletic
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Religion:
Christian - other
Zodiac Sign:
Cancer
Children:
Someday
Education:
Some college
Occupation:
songwriter and owner Nashville Muse
Nashville Muse's Schools
Saint Albans High School
Saint Albans,West Virginia
Graduated: 1977
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
1974 to 1977
Saint Albans High School
Saint Albans,West Virginia
Graduated: 1977
Student status: Alumni
Clubs: Songwriter and Marketing guru
I have a businesss - the Nashville Muse that is a site and weekly newsletter sent to 10,000+ songwriters and music industry professionals. It lists songwriting and music events in the Nashville area and I sell sponsorships on the site and in the new
www.doakmerch.com that features Tooks Hats "Hats You Can Hear" that are the hottest fashion and music statement - you can even have YOUR logos on them! Check out the site and call me 615-354-6400 or doakt@comcast.net
Nashville Muse's Companies
www.burnlounge.com/nashvillemuse Nashville, TN US Owner of site Music
December 2005
www.nashvillemuse.com Nashville, TN US owner entire site
March 2003
Huntsman Entertainment Nashville, TN US syndication and sales Media
thorugh Feb. 2007
Doak Merch Nashville, TN and all over the world US Owner Tooks Hats and Music co's.
NOW
Nashville Muse in your extended network Posted at 3:49 PM Aug 10, 2007 view more
About me: Doak Turner:
From Radio Networks to
Music Row’s Networking Maven
By PHIL SWEETLAND
Music and Radio contributor, The New York Times
NASHVILLE – A little more than five years after Doak Turner moved here, hundreds of songwriters would find it almost unimaginable to work here without him.
Within six months of his arrival, Turner had begun two of Music Row’s most admired and powerful networking tools, the weekly Nashville Muse and the Third Sunday gatherings of singers and songwriters at his home in West Meade.
The Muse, whose motto is “Friends do not let friends play to an empty room,” is a comprehensive listing of songwriter appearances and industry happenings all over Nashville, which is eagerly read by more than 10,000 tunesmiths, Radio personalities, and Music Row executives every Monday.
He also initiated the monthly Third Sunday confabs, which combine food, fellowship, co-writing sessions and song pitches for an ever-increasing number of Nashville and out-of-town writers. Each April, there’s also a Guitar-B-Q; 150 folks came to the first Guitar-B-Q and by last April that number had swelled to 600.
In a town where many of the most talented writers and singers are by their nature very private and even withdrawn souls, Turner’s enthusiasm and ability to bring folks together are indispensable.
“I’m living my dream,” he said in August 2008. “My six years in Nashville have been the happiest of my life.”
Just a shade over 25 years ago, Doak began in Radio sales with Beasley Broadcasting in his native West Virginia. He worked for stations with a variety of formats. Turner’s success in creating successful advertising copy and campaigns for his clients was a revelation. He told himself: “I can be creative. I started writing 90% of my clients’ ads. I loved the competition, I was motivated, and I began reading self-improvement books by folks like Norman Vincent Peale and Coach John Wooden. Those all helped shape my life. I couldn’t believe I was getting paid to have fun.”
Turner moved to Charlotte in 1987, and by the mid-1990s he was working in Radio for one of North Carolina’s most famous exports – NASCAR. He syndicated NASCAR Country, building a network of more than 300 stations for the company, and selling sponsorships worth in excess of $300,000. Doak’s characteristic success helped rekindle his lifelong love for Country music and Radio. By this time, he had also been trying his hand at lyric writing for several years. He began going to meetings of the Charlotte chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), where he first met North Carolina native Byron Hill. Hill’s 500-plus Nashville cuts include Tracy Byrd’s “Lifestyles Of The Not So Rich And Famous” and George Strait’s “Fool Hearted Memory.”
Doak was by now getting the itch to move to Nashville himself, which he at last did in October 2002. Three months later, a visitor to Turner’s house mentioned a weekly party of songwriters in Greenwich Village, New York, where spaghetti was served to every tunesmith who sang a new song. “That was a cold Sunday afternoon, and I remember thinking how much I missed having dinner with my family. So I invited 30 of my peers over for dinner on that Third Sunday of March 2003. The next month we ordered 50 pounds of barbecue and had the first Guitar-B-Q.”
The Muse began in a similar serendipitous way. Doak was visiting songwriting friends in San Diego when someone suggested, “why don’t you send out a newsletter? That seed of an idea grew into the Nashville Muse,” Turner says. The idea itself is simple, but the painstaking execution, and the growth into a fully-sponsored Enewsletter with more than 10,000 readers a week, is pure Doak energy, enthusiasm, and work ethic.
The years of tireless support Turner has given songwriters are finally translating into success for his own tunes. Indy artists have cut about six of them. A recording of an Alabama soldier singing Doak’s “Talkin’ Part” nationwide on Sirius Satellite Radio got spins at Country Radio stations around the USA in 2007. Best of all, a Michigan artist named Frankie Ballard recently demoed a version of a Radio-friendly song called “The Look,” which Doak, Marc-Alan Barnette, and Gary Dennis wrote. Frankie has scored a developmental deal with Sony Nashville, and many of the label folks have made very positive remarks about “The Look.”
For Doak Turner, Nashville’s living embodiment of the Power of Positive Thinking, that’s another dramatic step on the journey to his music and Radio dreams.
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CONTACT: www.nashvillemuse.com
615 354 6400 doak@nashvillemuse.com
Listen to Doak Turner’s songs at: www.doakmusic.com
Who I'd like to meet: Bernie Taupin - one of the best lyric writers, Sandra Bullock,
Doak, Congrats on the NashvilleMuses 6th Birthday, and Big Thanks:for always Being every Nashville Songwriter's Best Friend..Wishing you the best of Luck and Song in /09
Thank you for the add. We enjoyed your site and hope you will continue to enjoy our Southern Rock about the true ROCK ---JESUS CHRIST. Signed---The GIBSONS.
HEY DOAK, SMALL WORLD. THE GUY I MENTIONED WRITING ALABAMA'S FIRST CHART RECORD,RICHARD BERARDI, ALSO IS THE PRODUCER OF ONE OR TWO CD'S WITH YOUR FRIEND RONNIE KIMBALL. HE IS ALSO A GREAT SINGER / FEELING. PEACE & RESPECT, RAY
Nashville Muse Songwriter of the Week is Michael Peterson, who recently was the recipient of the Bob Hope 'Spirit of Hope' Award for his dedication and continued contributions to the troops of the United States Armed Forces.
Tuesday – Tin Roof 5:30 Nashville Lifestyles’ 5th Annual Music in the City with acoustic performances by Nashville’s top up-and-coming artists, including: the Carter Twins, Adam Gregory, Trent Tomlinson, Walker Hayes, Ashton Shepherd and Luke Bryan. Hosted by CMT’s Lance Smith. Nashville Muse is one of the event sponsors.
Nashville Muse is a sponsor of the Music City Corporate Band Challenge – details below:
--Doak
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I really appreciate it! If anyone else is reading this please invite me too, our first album 'Just Ahead of the Storm' is coming soon. Check out my "Influence Cubes" God Bless and stay safe in the New Year!
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