Doak Turner on Finding True Identity Beyond Success & Failure

Doak Turner

Doak Turner grew up in St. Albans, WV and worked in architecture, manufactures rep in building supplies, then found a passion radio sales at Super 102 radio in 1982, after hearing “Finger on the Trigger” by Donna Summer, then an ad that the radio station was looking for salespeople for their new Top 40 radio station! That day changed Doak’s life and the foundation for his Crazy Journey for the rest of his life, learning sales, promotions, events, the music industry.

After being the top salesperson every year, Doak moved to Charlotte with Beasley Broadcast Group in February 1987. Doak’s favorite clients were events and promoters at the civic centers, which led to adventures of being a ring announcer for NWA wrestling in WV in the mid 80’s, meeting artists and bands and building relationships with promoters and some of the artists/bands and wrestlers.

Doak worked in radio through 1991, then Arena Football sales and marketing in Charlotte, which opened new doors in football, tennis and other events.

Doak’s next major move was moving to Nashville in October 2002 as he wrote songs, started two businesses to connect, educate and a GPS in the Nashville Music Community. The Nashville Muse and Music Starts Here were staples in the Nashville Music community for events, benefits, education with interviews with some of the greatest names in the Nashville and other music communities.

Interviews can be found on You Tube Music Starts Here. Doak’s 3rd Sunday at 3:00 and Guitar BQs are legendary as he hosted 120+ consecutive monthly events for songwriters and industry pros. The Guitar BQ in 2009 brought 650+ songwriters and industry creators to his home! The 112 3rd Sundays at 3:00 averaged 100+ songwriters at Doaks’s house as they performed, networked at ate covered dish meals.

Doak has had several songs recorded by independent artists, songs on Sirius XM, local and network TV programs. He was the NSAI Ambassador of the year in 2012. Doak moved back to the Charlotte area at the end of 2017, continued to commute to Nashville until 2020. His song, “I Talk to God” by Mary Bourke went to #1 on the Country Christian Chart in 2021.

Doak wrote a book, “A Crazy Journey (And Finding My True Identity) that was self-published in 2023, with stories of his Crazy Journey of working in radio, entertainment, ring announcer for wrestling, sports, the music and songwriting industry, to feeling like a failure, to finding his TRUE IDENTIY and learning our job, goals and dreams are WHAT WE DO and NOT WHO WE ARE as the Identity statement helped turn his life around to write the book, discuss stories of working with several famous people and events, how each story happened (the takeaway) and positive quotes with each story, and his IDENTITY chapter explains the story of realizing our True Identity.

Doak has spoken to several groups about his book, is interested in coming to your group of business to tell the stories of great times, feeling like a failure and finding his True Identity to motivate your group to find your true Identity.