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Where do dueling pianists from the French Quarter in Louisiana go to take their breaks? In an apartment just off of Bourbon Street, of course. And the Motivate Me! crew was lucky enough to hangout with them there for a few minutes, to hear them sing some bars, and to ask some pertinent dueling pianists questions! http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com/

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Musician Emelie Guidry is just completely grateful that she has a career that allows her to play music. She is part of a team of dueling pianists in the French Quarter of Louisiana. She battles her shyness to interact with the crowd, but says when you are passionate about something, you go to greater lengths to keep it in your life in anyway that you can. http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com/

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Sean Barros and Rand Owens took an establish New Orleans pizza place and put their own spin on it. They are passionate about creating a unique pizza experience with highly creative pizza concoctions. They acknowledge the intense workload, the equipment and staffing issues that arise, but they push past these obstacles, because the feeling they get watching people enjoy their establishment surpasses any of the struggle. What obstacles can you push through to follow through on a dream?  http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com/

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Darcy McKinnon, Executive Director at NOVAC, a community media arts center, gets to live her passion as a full-time career. Darcy oversees the NOVAC facility in New Orleans and they provide resources, such as the technology and training required to tell stories through digital media. Some films created are viewed on a small scale, while others are distributed to a larger audience, but making sure people have access to these resources is what Darcy is most passionate about. http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com/

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Artist Brittany Schall had a creative idea, she pushed through fears, and in the end, developed a portrait style all her own. Her drawings are life-like portraits of hair that omit a person’s face, yet, allows their identity to surface. She urges artists to takes risks that can sometimes only be discovered from failure, and she gives important copyright information that she wished she’d had. http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com/

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Josh Hailey, an artist living in an artists’ community in New Orleans, is someone who takes an idea, big or small, acts on it, and completes it. Josh will inspire you to take your own ideas more seriously, to understand that they matter, and to see that you can change your life with it. Just look at his website and all of the projects he has completed to believe it. http://5ed.8db.myftpupload.com/