I am William Stanhope Cutherell. There is a reason that my given name is Stanhope. The meaning of my name Stan is “the Rock”…so I am the Rock of Hope. HOPE stands for Having Opportunities Present Everywhere and that is how I see music. Music is my life, my story, and my passion.
I have been a musician all of my life. I play guitar, hand drums, percussion, bass guitar, keyboard, sing, as well as write, record and produce my own and others music. Music is not only my passion, it is my gateway to my creativity and my life’s energy. Music is my metaphor for life ……. to teach and to learn. My songs are my healers.
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I once was told by a palm reader that my life line was two distinct lines. I did not understand it at the time, yet as life will have it, it was extremely accurate. The first half of my life was about earning a living, raising children, and doing all that went with that. I learned to be a Dad and what that meant and I loved every moment of raising my kids and doing what I did.
Things changed and the second half of my life kicked in. In my forties, I got divorced and in that process was introduced to the concept of creativity. I had always been a creative type, just in different ways. I always loved music, played a little campfire acoustic guitar, but it was when a co worker as a thank you bought me my first real electric guitar in my twenties. It took me over like a storm and I have never looked back.
I was one of those kids who were told early on that music would not be the way I make their living, it would be just for fun. So I took the route of business for the first part of my life. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Texas Christian University and have completed 30 hours of Graduate Courses in Educational Psychology at the University of Houston.
I am a certified Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory Consultant and held a Texas Real Estate Brokers License for many years and have more than 25 years of experience in real estate, both commercial and residential. These were the years of raising a family and completing lessons as I got ready for the second half of my life of music, coaching, and healing.
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Since then, I have had the fortune to study under an assortment of teachers, mentors, artists, musicians, and highly creative souls. One of which was artist, classical guitarist, and world renowned violinist Maestro David Baquero, himself a student of the classical guitarist Andres Segovia. What started out as classical guitar lessons turned into a rare life changing study of the life of a world class musician. David taught me how music and life were reflections of each other.
I also worked with author and innovator Rolf Smith, founder of The School of Innovators and the Virtual Thinking Expeditions, and attended the Creative Problem Solving Institute of New York, assisting in conducting workshops in the field of creative expression. Rolf taught me how to think outside the box and how to welcome our differences. He was one of the first mentors in my life that encouraged the musician in me to blossom and to explore.
I have also had the pleasure of studying Sound Healing with world renown sound expert Jonathan Goldman and learned how sound and music are the core of who we are and how we live our lives. I also got to study under world class drum facilitator Arthur Hull and learned about drumming and it’s metaphorical similarities to our rhythms and vibrations.
I have also had the privilege to be involved with The Mankind Project for over 10 years where I studied men’s coaching and growth work from various teachers on how to live in integrity, to have accountability, and to take care of myself emotionally and spiritually.
This is reflected in the music I write. I was a Life Coach and mentored men working on relationships, accountability, life direction and meaning, as well as other topics that get in the way of their life's purpose. Music has been a great bridge and metaphor for my Life Coaching as Life Coaching presented many topics to write about. A great win win.
I also did extensive work with Frequencies and Sound Healing and worked with Bruce Sallee in the development of 432 Peace Project that you can explore further in my website. I am also a member of the Recording Academy. I love the Recording Academy as it is a huge proponent and tireless defender of musician’s rights. Musicians are in a huge change curve on how our music is produced, recorded, and distributed.
Each of these chapters has been a journey of my inner growth and is well represented in my music that I write, record and produce.
All these areas are explored on my website….enjoy!
Music has shaped me in ways that I will never be able to understand. My lifelong journey of sound and healing have brought so much joy and wonder to my life. I am one big vibration that is on a journey to learn more about wakeful stillness and mindfulness. When I am in the song, the world is complete.
With that being said, above all, my greatest joy comes from my two daughters, my wife and my four grandchildren. I am the father of two incredibly beautiful adult daughters as well as four beautiful grand children..... Stella Hope, Henry Tran, Bo and Sailer Grace....who teach me every day about love, faith and hope. The have taught me about living in the present and mindful living. I am married to my best friend who is also a talented artist, embroiderer, illustrator, and writer. I am a lifelong student of human behavior, music, creativity and healing change and best describe myself with this quote from Picasso:
“I am always doing that which I cannot do in order to learn how to do it.”
Namaste
