Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Episode 23.<br> <br> <br> <br> Who is Corn Man? Is he a music album, a children's book or a way to expose where our food comes from?<br> <br> <br> <br> Charles Wiley is a lifelong musician who was caught off guard by one of the best-kept-secrets in the world of nutrition today: the amount of corn byproducts that are artificially added to EVERYTHING.<br> <br> <br> <br> Hear host Brian J. Pombo and Charles discuss how his art form has been inspired by his mission to inform. How can you use the Corn Man to stand-out in your crowded market? LISTEN NOW!<br> <br> <br> <br> Find out more about Charles Wiley and Corn Man: <a href="https://charleswiley.net/cornman/">https://charleswiley.net/cornman/</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Find out the business events secrets for growing and strengthening ANY company: <a href="http://brianjpombo.com/secrets/">http://brianjpombo.com/secrets/</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Full Transcript<br> <br> <br> <br> Charles: Dovetailing back when we talked about before, I was like, how do I separate myself in this market of a million musicians, a million bands a million this and it kind of all kind of came together coalesced and here we are.<br> <br> <br> <br> Podcast Intro: If you're someone who refuses to go along to get along, if you question whether the status quo was good enough for you and your family.<br> <br> <br> <br> If you want to leave this world better off than you found it and you consider independence a sacred thing.<br> <br> <br> <br> You may be a prepper, a gardener, a homesteader, a survivalist, or a farmer or rancher, an environmentalist or a rugged outdoorsman.<br> <br> <br> <br> We are here to celebrate you whether you're looking to improve your Maverick business or to find out more about the latest products and services available to the weekend rebel.<br> <br> <br> <br> From selling chicken eggs online, to building up your food storage or collecting handmade soap.This show is for those who choose the road less traveled the road to self-reliance for those that are living a daring adventure life off the grid.<br> <br> <br> <br> Brian: Charles Wiley he has been writing music and playing drums for 25 years, he currently lives in Los Angeles and plays with various bands and artists, including rock band Dark Horse Rising, Riot award winning singer songwriter Chris Angeles and Americana Band Circus 62.<br> <br> <br> <br> In addition to playing drums, he also writes music for television.<br> <br> <br> <br> His music has been played on Oprah, Dateline NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers, the Dr. Oz Show, The Young and the Restless and more Charles created the corner Man project to bring awareness to how much corn is in everything we eat.<br> <br> <br> <br> Corn man is an ongoing action adventure children's book series and progressive rock concept album. Charles was inspired to call attention to the issue using music and humor.<br> <br> <br> <br> Corn man hopes to be the conversation starter and tackling the complex issues surrounding the food industry, the environmental impacts of it and the unsustainable nature of how we eat and grow food. Charles Wiley, welcome to the off the grid biz podcast.<br> <br> <br> <br> Charles: Thank you so much for having me. Pleasure to be here.<br> <br> <br> <br> Brian: So besides what we heard in your bio, tell us a little bit about who you are or what you do.<br> <br> <br> <br> Charles: Okay, well basically, as a bio said, I've been drumming for over 25 years and for the last six to seven years, I've been a full time musician, make my living playing drums in various bands, some of the bands you mentioned, doing session,
