The Gift of Talent. Preparing the way for people with talented gifts, to share them with others like themselves.
It's been a long time coming. The Gift of Talent website, brain-child of Roger Banks and Andre Pough Sr's , looks to be their "gift" to the world of talented people. After the original plan to develop the website came to a screeching halt after a year or so of waiting, it wasn’t for lack of interest. All good things come to those who wait. And that’s about to change.
A website like this one is a great idea whose time had come, and was long overdue. Roger Banks, singer, musician, published author whom I've known for over 20 years, was on to something. Andre Pough Sr, an author and co-author of several different books with and without Roger, definitely had some great ideas. Let's call it a vision. I could see it the 1st time Andre spoke of this idea: he had passion in his eyes. And when it comes like that, it always hints of something great. In this case, "tunnel vision" was a good thing. They both never let up with their dream for a unique website for talented people of all kinds. When I expressed to Andre and Roger its potential for video, photos, comments and critiques from peer-to-peer in a greater depth…lights went off in my own head too. This could be something that would gain world-wide popularity. And now, that’s the plan.
Networking sites are little more than just what they portend to be: social networking sites. There's hardly any that come to mind that expose talented people and their individual gifts to each other. Singers, musicians, actors, dancers, authors, multi-media artists, graphic designers, and even poets, comedians and magicians will finally have a one-stop website where they can put up examples of their talents. Others talents like Roger and Andre, will be able to comment and critique, sharing their hopes, dreams, talents and "gifts" with each other. America, Asia, Australia, Scandinavia, and any and everywhere "talented" people wish to share their gifts, Roger Banks and Andre Pough Sr's vision for a better way to reach out, will be there with The Gift of Talent website.
And so it begins. Thanks Andre and Roger…it's about time!
"Hurricane" Duane Thomas"
