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Harry Converse Wilder Sleighel

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Owner of 3 companies: Chairman, Sales/Marketing Director, and mentor at Michaels Wilder celebrating its 30th Anniversary 2019; Chairman of a full-service advertising/digital agency and Principle at S2E, solutions for attracting, developing, retaining top talent celebrating its 20th Anniversary 2019; and Chairman of Tenant Property Protection (TPP), a protection plan for tenant’s stored property at self-storage facilities celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2019.

In September 2017, Harry hosted his first podcast called "Radio Wilder" with the help of his son-in-law, Terry (Executive Producer). It began as a 'digital diary' to his daughter, Shelly. However, it has turned into a widely popular rock-n-roll podcast where Harry shares music, his stories, and his life. As of this writing, it has reached over 100 countries and 1100 cities with over 40,000 downloads. Let Harry tell you in his own words his journey to establish his "Internet Radio Man" Podcast experience:

Six Decades Of Attitude & Counting

It’s all about the music.

Of course, it is, but there’s no way in hell I’m going to pass up a chance to say a little bit about me and how we got here. It’s actually a funky little story in its own right.

My love of music started when I was a kid. Think the 1960s, British Invasion, Woodstock, Summer of Love, and anything else you can remember about one of the world’s greatest times to be alive.

Got the picture? Let’s move on.

My Dad bought me a little green transistor radio, and I used it to tune into the giants. I actually heard about the death of Buddy Holly on that radio. I listened to it so much, so loud that my Dad made a habit of buying batteries any time he went to the store.

I was hooked.

When I was 13, I was watching the Ozzie and Harriet show, and at the end, they let Ricky Nelson sing a few songs. The music was amazing. But what was more amazing to a 13-year-old boy was the way girls reacted to the music.

Right then, I decided to be a musician.

When I was in High School, I finally had a few bucks to buy a drum kit and went to a pawnshop to do just that. With a few friends – and a bass guitar we created by cutting two strings off a six-string guitar – we had a band.

We were awful in the beginning. Think of music – we were the opposite of that. But eventually, we got better. Then one day, my bandmate’s brother left the door open to hear us. Somebody actually wanted to listen.

We kept playing and practicing, and we were invited to perform at a school dance. My blue-sparkle pawn shop drum set kept falling apart, and my girlfriend had to come on stage to hold a cymbal in place. My first gig and girls were already rushing the stage!

Ricky Nelson had nothing on me.

I loved playing music and kicked around in a half-dozen bands, including one that did a tour in California. But I just wasn’t destined to be a drummer forever. My love of music would last forever, just not my career as a musician.

With music as my constant companion, I built a business and even became a professional poker player. A real poker player – not these clowns with glasses and logos plastered all over their bodies. This was old school. I was in the World Series of Poker and made the main event five times.

It was at a Poker Tournament where my musical world turned upside down. I saw a guy with a strange little metal rectangle connected to headphones. It turns out it was an iPod. I thought it was amazing. I got one and spent weeks downloading all my CDs. Let me tell you it was a mountain of music.

The iPhone and iPad followed, and I kept adding and adding songs. I soon discovered playlists and spent hours organizing the music into lists that had meaning to me. Almost too many playlists to count let alone songs.

Friends would hear the music and ask about it, and the more they listened the more they wanted me to share my playlists. When someone said, “You’re like your own radio station,” a lightbulb went off.

Radio Wilder was born.

Now my friends and family – and anyone else – can hear my music anytime, anywhere they want to listen. I’ll throw in a few stories. Bend a few rules. And have a little fun along the way. Hopefully, you will too.

Just play it loud and proud. That’s what I’ve been doing…for way too many decades to count.

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Harry may be reached for interviews at info@radiowilder.com. Otherwise, check out his "music, stories, and life" at https://radiowilder.com or contact his request line via text or call at 602-935-0545.

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