kent.

Editor-in-Chief @booksthatmatter | ► TEDx Talk http://bit.ly/kent-ted | ✎ Award-Winning Author http://bit.ly/doc-bio | ♬ Musician http://bit.ly/kent-noisetrade

Dr. Kent Gustavson is an acclaimed author, speaker, educator, and musician. He is highly regarded for writing the definitive biography of music icon Doc Watson, 'Blind But Now I See'. The book won the Next Generation Indie Book Award in 2011, and currently has 50,000 copies in circulation. As an in-demand public speaker, Kent speaks nationally on a myriad of music related topics, as well as independent publishing, executive coaching, motivational speaking, and social media education. Parallel to his work as an author and public speaker, Kent is an esteemed educator who holds a PhD in classical composition from Stony Brook University, and for over ten years has taught courses ranging from music to language, mythology, writing, and leadership at the college level. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of indie publisher Blooming Twig Books (New York / Tulsa), and the co-founder of boutique branding agency Chiaroscuro Partners in Brooklyn, NY. When not publishing, writing, speaking, or teaching, he's an active musician, producer, and composer. He has released 14 critically acclaimed albums. His music has been featured on National Public Radio's All Songs Considered, and his sweetly uplifting liturgical music and hymns are played in hundreds of Lutheran churches around the country.

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