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 Shirley Johnson- The minstrel Entertainer-Entrepreneur [18:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode of The Struggling Entrepreneur, we continue with interviews beyond the world of high-tech and new media environments. We examine the world of entrepreneurs who are musicians and performers. In particular, we discuss the experiences of Shirley Johnson, a strolling minstrel and accordion performer that serves a niche market of Central and Eastern Europe with the popular ballads and songs of the folk music from various countries and regions:

- Italian; German; Croatian; French; Bulgarian; Romanian; Hungarian; Russian; Polish; Slavic,

as well as Polkas and Roma (Gypsy) musical and vocal pieces.

Shirley provides us with some candid and realistic challenges that face entrepreneur-performers, especially in the area of emotional obstacles and barriers to self-confidence.

At present, Shirley provides strolling and on-stage performances at festivals, street fairs, private parties and weddings, as well as restaurants. She also provides background music and concert performances. She delivers entertainment for hire with her accordion.

Shirley has her own production entity (i.e., her label) for creating and selling her CDs at her web site, as well as www.cdbaby.com.

We actually provide several clips of Shirley’s musical and vocal pieces, both at the beginning and at the end of this podcast episode.

For more information on Shirley’s background, her CDs, her concerts, and her list of performances and experience, please click here for the pdf document.

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