Author Biography
Nathan L. Sakany is the founder and President of Incubator Creative Group and author of Seven Secrets To A Successful Independent Christian Music Ministry and The Non-Nashville Blueprint For Christian Music Ministry. He is the creator behind numerous online training courses and seminars, including The Music Ministry Adventure, Seven Surefire Ways To Lose Your Shirt In Christian Music (And What To Wear Instead), Free But Not Cheap, Five Stage Performance Faux Pas On The Church Platform (And What To Do Instead), and Five Good Reasons Making A Recording Is A Really Bad Idea.Nate is the content architect and system administrator of Incubator Creative Group's Artist Management Modules (AMMs), which comprise more than 1,500 hours of training and coaching for Christian music ministries. AMMs provide practical systems to guide artists to effectively define, develop, and deploy their creative ministries. He has been a full-time professional in the field of emerging Christian artist development since 1979. He has founded and managed three artist development companies including his own public relations agency, a non-profit educational organization, and Incubator Creative Group (the Christian music industry's only established incubator organization). His personal philosophy of doing small in a big way and a contrarian approach to problem solving make him an insightful speaker, author, and business executive. Nate enjoys a booming family life with his baby-boomer wife, Tami, occasional boomerang children, and booming laughter with a variety of guests at Villa Ingenieux, the private bed and breakfast retreat he designed and built as home base for his life and ministry enterprises (located in the booming central Willamette Valley of Oregon). His hobbies include music, film, home improvement, and he is a moderate madman when buckled into a pair of downhill skis.
