Name: I Still Walk Tall My Time is Now Version by Metro Melik by Metro Melik
Duration: 3 min 16 s
Description: A song about following the beat of your spirit to motivate you to keep you moving on your path through a storm.

In the fall of 2019 Metro Melik was asked to participate in the Local to Lansing StoryCorps interview gathering through the Michigan History Center. This is indeed a rare snapshot into the world of Metro Melik. He may have had a whiskey or two before the interview.

Metro Melik Opens Up With His Friend Paul Schmidt From Fall Of 2019.WAV

Metro Melik speaks with Rufus Isaacs of the Community Engagement Committee from Lansing Common FC.

Musings With Metro Melik With Rufus Isaacs Of Lansing Common FC

Metro Melik speaks with one of the cofounders of the Capital City Film Festival, Camron Gnass of Traction in Lansing, MI. It's your non-festival film festival. With a whole lot more.
For more details please visit: https://capitalcityfilmfest.com/

Musings With Metro Melik With Camron Gnass Of Capital City Film Fest

Movin With Metro Melik Mix 1

Movin With Metro Melik Mix 2

Movin With DJ Metro Melik Mix 3

Metro Melik talks with Blue Note Records President, American Musician, Record Producer, Music Director, Film Composer, Documentary Filmmaker, and Radio Host. A conversation that has Don talking about his life, what motivates him, and why he does what he does. Recorded 10 January 2025 while Don was in Cancun performing with a founding member of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir. 
Don Was and the Pan Detroit Ensemble will be at Grewal Hall on Sunday 23 February 2025. [Made up of stellar jazz musicians from his Detroit hometown, the band features longtime collaborators including Blue Note Records artist Dave McMurray on sax and Eminem’s Oscar-winning collaborator keyboardist Luis Resto. from www.donwas.com]
PHOTO CREDIT: Miryam Ramos

Don Was Speaks with Metro Melik Winter 2025 Before His Performace at Grewal Hall

A man, a husband, a father, and one that chooses to keep his talents in Metro Lansing, MI. And he uses those talents to uplift others. Tony Willis is a proud Spartan, having earned a BA in Communications with a specialization in PR from Michigan State University. Tony also attended Lansing Community College before transferring to Michigan State University.
Tony Willis is a professional resource charter and economic development strategist. Over the past decade, Tony has been deeply involved with economic development; specifically, when it comes to developing an entrepreneurial ecosystem for the greater Lansing region to foster increased company formation, Seed and VC investment, resources to enhance connection between entrepreneurial support organizations, and a culture where people and ideas can move rapidly to the market. Tony is currently the Director of New Economy at the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) and is also the President of PROTO Accelerator, the regions first startup accelerator program. 

A Lansing Leading Light, Tony Willis Speaks With Metro Melik

Basically this is the full interview that was chopped to use on STACKS921 during my time slot. It was too good not to share the whole thing.
About DOCTOR Bryan Beverly from his LinkedIn page [I didn't know]
Educational leadership: Connecting research to policy & practice. Co-coordinator of MI EPFP. Recovering school board member.

Bryan Beverly is a lifelong Michigan resident, and takes pride in the quality of education he received in public schools and is passionate about providing similar impactful experiences with students in today’s urban schools. He holds a Ph. D. in Educational Policy from Michigan State University, is an alum and co-coordinator of Michigan's Educational Policy Fellowship Program, and is an elected member of the Lansing Board of Education.
 
Dr. Beverly is currently the Director of the Office of K-12 Outreach in the College of Education – where his work is centered on school turnaround efforts and instructional leadership. Prior to returning to MSU for his PhD, Dr. Beverly worked as an education consultant for the KRA Corporation and the Lansing School District. His other professional experiences include work with the President’s Council of State Universities, Michigan; the State of Michigan, Office of the Governor; GEAR-UP, MSU; and the Michigan Association of Counties. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology/Anthropology from Olivet College and a master’s degree in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education Administration from Michigan State University. Dr. Beverly is married to Christel and they have four daughters.

Leading Light of Lansing Dr Bryan Beverly Speaks with Metro Melik

A song about following the beat of your spirit to motivate you to keep you moving on your path through a storm.

I Still Walk Tall My Time is Now Version by Metro Melik

I'm just a father of two wonderful young men trying to do the best I can for them. Go with love.

I Still Walk Tall My Time is Now Version by Metro Melik

Metro Melik

Related tracks