Soulful Sounds of Survival Author:Willie Hoskins Willie Hoskins writes: "Soulful Sounds of Survival focuses on my teaching experiences and the invariable challenges I endured to become a professional musician, composer, and arranger in the entertainment industry. It describes my life from early childhood to the present. As the only boy of seven siblings growing up in a hostile environment... more », it was a fight for survival. Soulful Sounds of Survival clearly describes how I used my professional talent in the classroom to motivate at-risk adolescents growing up in urban America to strive for excellence in music as opposed to gang warfare. Soulful Sounds of Survival is filled with humor, romance, adventure, tragedy, death, and unbelievable twists and turns."« less