Book Details
| Published | 30 November 2020 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 80 |
| Interior | standard color |
| Trim Size | 6" x 9" |
| 152mm x 229mm |
| Binding | hardback |
| ISBN | 9781783241798 (hardback) |
HAVE A BETTER YEAR
7 Keys to Help Change Your Perspective and Year
Summary
Most of us associate our most memorable, life-changing, traumatic or triumphant life experiences to the years in which they occurred. Many of us also associate certain years with the songs that we love or that spoke to our experiences like a life-score. Memory experts have stated that we remember numbers and years more easily when distinct events occur in them. This is a proven fact, based on numerous studies. Although we often associate the overall quality of a year with the good experiences, we also unfairly label some years as “bad” because of a few unfortunate events. Additionally, many of us forsake our New Year’s resolution when our year takes a few unexpected turns. Why does this happen? Is it our circumstances justifying how we perceive our year, or is it our perspective failing to make our circumstances irrelevant? In 2018, after experiencing the deaths of two family members and a close friend, I wondered if my recent years were just bad, or if I needed a better perspective. As a music producer, I am able to express my emotions through composing. After hearing a few beats that sounded similar, my wife suggested that I release them as an instrumental project. While driving, the project title "Have a Better Year" came to mind. I knew this concept deserved more, so I wrote my past years' experiences as a devotional and used the music track titles to supplement the devotions like a score. What emerged was a unique project - a musical project accompanying a 7-day devotional geared to help you change your perspective. Read this, listen to the groovy beats, practice the exercises, recite the affirmations, and watch how the perception of your year changes…for the better. Have a better year.
Meet the Author
Music producer, composer, director, filmmaker, writer, & creative visionary—that’s Jiwann "Wann D." Raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Wann D developed a passion for music at a young age that has continued throughout his adult life. He began his musical journey by taking piano lessons at the NC School of the Arts. While there, Wann D studied Ear Composition training. He learned how to compose and turn his own chords and melodies into well-crafted songs. As a member of his church's sound ministry, Wann D learned the technical aspects of music recording such as reverb, vocal mixing, and sound dynamics. He fused his knowledge of musical composition with sound recording and became a music producer.
In 2005, Wann D left NC to attend Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. While there he majored in marketing in hopes to use his creative skills in business. By 2008, Wann D and his then-girlfriend, Shade', created a music production company called VisionFuel Entertainment. They released a few projects under their company between 2012 and 2015. In 2016, Wann D decided to leave the corporate world for full-time entrepreneurship. At this time, Wann D and Shade' (wife) decided to turn their indie label into a full-service creative content agency. Since 2016, VisionFuel has helped more than 100 entrepreneurs, artists, and small businesses fuel their visions.
Out of necessity to complete a creative project, Wann D decided to pick up a camera and start shooting videos. This act ignited a new fire for the art of film, cinematography, and visual storytelling. Now, a budding filmmaker, Wann D fuses his music skills with directing, writing, & creating content for his clients.
Shade’ Dixon heads the Atlanta location of Tyree Hyche & Dixon, LLC. As an avid lover of the ARTS, musician and photographer, her passion lies in contributing to the integrity and protection of the arts and those who create it; as well as, assisting with the birth of new ideas and helping them become a reality by way of small business growth. As such, Shade's practice focuses in the areas of Entertainment, Intellectual Property, and Business/Entrepreneur law handling contract drafting and negotiations, business formation and consultation, trademark and copyright registrations, career development and strategy, and more.
Shade’ is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia, State Bar of Georgia's Intellectual Property and Entertainment & Sports Sections, American Bar Association's Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industry, and Georgia Lawyers for the Arts. She serves as an alumnae mentor in Spelman College's Sister2Sister Alumnae-Students Professional Mentoring Program.
Shade' is also heavily involved in her church and community. She is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and currently serves as a member of the EBC Photographers and Entrepreneurs Ministries.
In her spare time, the self-proclaimed "hip-hop head", film and sports lover enjoys stressing over Alabama football games (#RollTide), watching movies, watching the Lakers play, traveling, and taking photos. Shade' as a professional photographer, has taken some iconic-looking photos of her friends, family, and clients. Currently, she is a budding film producer and is known to "make it happen" within creative teams. Shade' is the co-founder of a creative content agency, VisionFuel, LLC, with her husband, Jiwann "Wann D" Dixon. The two, as full-time entrepreneurs, are busy daily serving clients in the creative, business, and legal space, while still working on their own projects.
A talented graphic design artist based in the U.K. Follow her on Instagram @SarJoey.