Fire Nation in the house, JLD here and welcomed episodes 1748 of EO Fire,

right chat with entrepreneurs who are on fire. Seven days a week. Are you ready to

turn your funnels on fire? I have a free step-by-step course created by me,

JLD awaiting you at funnelonfire.com. Now let's chat with today's featured

guest Derek Champagne. Derek are you prepared to ignite? Yes I am. Derek is the

founder and CEO of the artist evolution, a full-service marketing agency building

successful brands, marketing tools and campaigns for startups to household

brands. He is also the author of the best-selling book Don't Buy a Duck,

endorsed by Seth Godin. Derek take a minute, fill in some gaps from the intro and

give us a little glimpse of your personal life. You bet. Thank you so much. First of all, I'm a big fan of the show, JLD.

I'm a dad first of all and a husband. I've got two wonderful awesome little ones, six and eight years old.

And I'm going to start with my early years. I've always been interested in music and business simultaneously since I can remember being alive.

And my parents were part-time touring musicians in the 70s and early 80s. So at the right mature

age of three years old was my first time on stage to sing with them. And I just fell in love with the ability and the

opportunity to connect songs and music and a product and make an emotional connection. And I never lost that.

So by the age of 12 I was already managing a band. My own band, my brother and I were in and my parents were driving us to

shows and we were already then trying to figure out how do we connect people, how do we book shows, how do we bring an audience.

And first business I had 18 years old. I bought a franchise and built that up over a few years. And I had an opportunity to move to Los Angeles and work in the

music business there for several years. And I really enjoyed that time as well. Met my wife out there. I got to play three or four nights a week on the

sunset strip. We were in the house band at the Viper Room as well. So we got to play some really cool shows. And then I settled down and back in North

by Sarcan saw where I'm from got married. And I started this agency. We're celebrating 10 years July 2017. 10 years. That is reason for celebration, fire

nation and Derek through your journey thus far you've done a lot. You really had a diverse background and experience the life so far. But what would you say

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