{"id":3050,"date":"2010-09-17T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/?p=3050"},"modified":"2012-10-22T16:51:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T20:51:32","slug":"theres-no-traffic-on-the-extra-mile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/theres-no-traffic-on-the-extra-mile\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s No Traffic on the Extra Mile"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"There’s No Traffic on the Extra Mile: Lessons on the Road from Dreams to Destiny<\/a>\"\"
\nby Rickey Minor
\n192 pages<\/p>\n

Many people may not recognize the name Rickey Minor, but they’ve certainly been exposed to his talent, expertise, and influence. Rickey is the music director of American Idol<\/em> and has served as music director for nearly every major American awards show including the Grammys, the Emmys, and the Super Bowl. Rickey served as the bandleader on Fox’s Don’t Forget The Lyrics<\/em> but is best known as the current musical director and bandleader for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It must feel rewarding to have testimonials on your\u00a0back book cover by people like Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox, Usher, Whitney Houston and Carrie Underwood! Rickey would know that as he has been a friend, mentor, and\/or music director to these successful artists and so many more who admire him and sing his praises.<\/p>\n

Minor’s motivational wisdom is similar to that of so many other books in the genre. However, he shares his own challenging journey from South Central (Los Angeles) to center stage of some of the most exciting events in television history.<\/p>\n

Rickey asked himself some interesting questions and then created this book as a result of the answers he discovered within his own experiences. A few of those questions include;<\/p>\n