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Ten Years! That’s how long it’s been since Andrew Lopez and his bandmates last played music. Ten years of running LoPiez and Floyd’s Burgers. Building businesses instead of building setlists. But when Andrew saw the ad for Battle of the Businesses, something clicked. “I was like, how do I be a part of this?” he … Read more

Sam Russell has memories of his dad on stage at company holiday parties. Not speeches. Not presentations. Music. Jim Russell would step away from the jobsite and pick up his guitar. In front of employees. In front of clients. In the same room where business happened all year long. It was a side of leadership … Read more

His three-year-old son sings Kiss all day long. That’s what happens when your dad picks up a guitar for Battle of the Businesses and starts practicing “Rock and Roll All Nite” in the living room. Chris Beason doesn’t usually have time to play anymore. He’s the president of Ruhl & Ruhl Realtors and Ruhl Commercial. … Read more

Frankie Messick grew up watching his dad play punk shows in Chicago. Week after week. Year after year. Still booking gigs. Still showing up. Still playing. At 60-something. “I wanted to grow up to be like him,” Frankie says. So he did. He learned drums. Picked up the horn. Found his way into music early … Read more

Most financial planners don’t moonlight as rock stars. Matt Sivertsen has been involved in the music scene for a long time. Matt Knoll had never performed on stage before this. Both are senior financial planners at The Planning Center. Both are on Common Chord’s board. And somehow, their team managed to pull together a full … Read more

Clock In: The Kids You’re Raising Money For Bradley Beeding is 14 years old. He plays guitar. And on April 11, he’ll share the Redstone Room stage with business leaders, nonprofit executives, and community heavyweights — not because he’s opening the show, but because he’s the reason the show exists. Clock In is a youth … Read more