Biography of William Stanhope Cutherell:

For most of my adult life, I have had a passion for working with people and music. As a Life Coach, an accomplished musician, and a certified drum facilitator, I constantly explore the link between music, creativity, and change. The connection of music with change and creativity is unique and effective. I have been able to use these techniques in my coaching work with outstanding results in developing trust, creating breakthroughs to make change, and developing cultures built on feedback and connection.

I had the fortune to study under the guidance of 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. My current musical passion is that I am the co-founder, songwriter, and guitarist for the band The Rafters and have co-produced and written the music for  three (3) CDs of our original material. Prior to playing with The Rafters I produced two(2) CDs with the band Railroad Gin for whom I was guitarist and song writer for ten years. I have worked with musicians such as Jake Dalton, Krissi Minten, and others to help organize, produce, and/or co-write their original music.  Bands are like restaurants.....most close after one year and they deal with creative individuals that are known to have trouble collaborating. My bands and the bands and artists that I have worked with, have stayed together longer and been successful in creating a collaborative creative environment.

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 with Texaco, US Navy, Houston ISD and Halliburton Brown & Root.

I am comfortable working with all types of people ranging from managers in a large electrical contracting corporation to musicians and artists and have worked extensively with the facilitation of men and women’s growth work. I connect with people to help them continue to move forward through change and fear, work together in cohesive and productive groups, and to embrace their uniqueness and strengths as human beings.

I am an active member of The Mankind Project and actively staffs the New Warriors Training Adventures, a program that empowers men to achieve their full potential by living in integrity.

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 also a certified Birkman Consultant and Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory Consultant.

Apart from my interests in music, creativity and change, I am an accomplished businessman and entrepreneur. I am an active Licensed Real Estate Broker and have more than 25 years of experience in real estate, both commercial and residential. From 1989 to 1998, I owned and operated Vetmart, one of the first chains of retail animal pharmacies in the state of Texas.

I am the father of two incredibly beautiful daughters who teach me every day about love, faith and hope. In my free time, I practice yoga, meditation/breathing, and love doing art projects with my beautiful and talented girlfriend, Marie-Pierre. I am a lifelong student of human behavior and best describes myself with this quote from Picasso: “I am always doing that which I cannot do in order to learn how to do it.”