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"Simple answers to complex questions. Performing under pressure. Improving skills. Managing business. Maintaining relationships. Building confidence. Overcoming doubt and fear. Everyone faces these challenges, and Matt Wilson is no exception. However, after spending almost thirty years as a professional musician, he's realized that even the most complex issues often have simple solutions, and the many lessons he learned along the journey from barroom stages to Broadway can be applied to other areas in life as well. In this guide, Wilson shares eighty life lessons-or Hooks, named after the musical term-covering skills, performance, identity, confidence, expectations, courage, fear, creativity, and business. These simple Hooks are followed by thorough explanations, as well as real-life examples, all presented to help you gain perspective, improve performance, retain confidence, and find balance in life, ""onstage,"" and in business. With Hooks, you will see that you're not alone in your struggles and concerns, that someone has faced the same questions, and then found answers with simple solutions that might work for you too."

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"Drawing on decades as an entrepreneur, creator, and performer, Matt Wilson shares his hard-earned wisdom in a funny, engaging, and easily digestible format, inspiring and equipping all of us who read to chase our dreams, finish our projects, build our businesses, and do the work that is on our hearts to do. Read this book, listen to Matt. Timothy Scott - Author ""This is a great read. Matt is foucsed on self-respect, best practices, courage, building capacity to accept criticism, thinking clearly, intelligent risk-taking, and loving the life you have been given. Good practical support for musicians, managers, venue folks, and anyone who wants to do what they do a little more intentonally. Enjoy."" Merrill Wade - Minister/Rector ""Matt Wilson's transcription of his take on life after 30 years in the music business is both a handbook of really useful advice for anyone in any business as well as a real life profile of what a successful working entertainer looks like."" Micheal Mordecai - BBA Mangaement and Booking"

Drawing on decades as an entrepreneur, creator, and performer, Matt Wilson shares his hard-earned wisdom in a funny, engaging, and easily digestible format, inspiring and equipping all of us who read to chase our dreams, finish our projects, build our businesses, and do the work that is on our hearts to do. Read this book, listen to Matt. Timothy Scott - Author This is a great read. Matt is foucsed on self-respect, best practices, courage, building capacity to accept criticism, thinking clearly, intelligent risk-taking, and loving the life you have been given. Good practical support for musicians, managers, venue folks, and anyone who wants to do what they do a little more intentonally. Enjoy. Merrill Wade - Minister/Rector Matt Wilson's transcription of his take on life after 30 years in the music business is both a handbook of really useful advice for anyone in any business as well as a real life profile of what a successful working entertainer looks like. Micheal Mordecai - BBA Mangaement and Booking

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"Matt Wilson is a consummate performing musician. He first gained national exposure as the ""Piano Man"" in the First National Tour of the Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp's Tony-award winning musical Movin' Out. In 2005 the Texas State Senate honored Matt with a resolution for his achievements in the area of Fine Arts, he was accepted to the 2016 - 2018 Texas Commission on the Arts Touring Roster. Matt continues to tour with his band, headlining numerous public, private, and social events of all sizes. In 2021, Matt released his first book, Hooks: Lessons on Performance, Business, and Life from a Working Musician."

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