How Charlie Walk Discovered The Biggest Artists in The World

Dropping Bombs

Brad Lea

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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You’re here because you want to win—big. Brad Lea doesn’t mess around. In this episode, he sits down with Charlie Walk to tear into how he shaped music history behind the scenes—crafting hits, building brands, and exposing the myths of overnight success, delivering the unfiltered truth you won’t find anywhere else. No fluff, just real talk and actionable steps to crush it in business and life.

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https://www.charliesangels.vc/

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he’s mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

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0:00.0	This dude is behind some of the biggest names in music history.
0:03.0	From Beyonce to the weekend, from Ariana to John Mayer, this man didn't just watch Stars Rise.
0:08.0	He freaking created their orbit.
0:10.0	He's worked alongside icons like Did He?
0:13.0	And now he's showing the world how to build a brand that actually breaks through noise.
0:17.0	But you don't operate at the top of the music industry for decades without some serious behind the scenes drama. So today we're going to go deep. He's a brand architect,
0:24.5	the power connector, Charlie Walk.
0:29.1	Dude, let me ask you a question. What's the biggest lie the public believes about how hits
0:33.8	actually get made? I actually think people just like, you know, a lot,
0:40.9	a lot of what's happened today is they go on TikTok, right?
0:43.1	And they see something and they don't really understand how it got to that place.
0:47.4	And they're not seeing the actual process of a real star.
0:50.8	I'm not talking about the hit, the TikTok one, it wonders.
0:53.8	Yeah.
0:54.0	But the real stars,
0:55.6	the truth is,
0:56.5	they've been doing it
0:57.2	since they were seven or eight.
0:58.7	When they came out of their mama's bellies,
1:00.7	they were different.
1:02.0	The same way I,
1:02.6	I assimilate to Tom Brady throwing spirals
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