Gordon Mac
c/o Radio Today
Not content to rest on the success of KISS FM, the radio entrepreneur’s current brainchild is Mi-Soul. Mi-Soul is a multi-media broadcast platform focused completely on soul music; their motto is ‘Everything Soul Everywhere’. Gordon stressed the importance of exploring gaps in the audience as well harnessing new technology. Mi-Soul, for example, is a radio station that operates through the internet, a mobile app and social media.
c/o Fabric London
Expelled from school before gaining any qualifications, the Godfather of Dance Music did not see what education could offer him. However, he has now revised his views somewhat, as there remains no substitute for the drive to do something that you love.
“If you really want to do it you’ll forgo everything and anything to do it. That’s the key to it really. It’s all about the passion of actually doing it. Education is very important. But the will to do something is more important.”
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