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WHERE GREAT ORIGINAL MUSIC IS
SEEN, HEARD & FOUND

Providing Services Since 1999
The SSA is a 501C3 Non Profit Organization #26053660003690

MISSION STATEMENT :
"TO INCREASE AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR SONGWRITERS AND ORIGINAL BANDS
BY CONDUCTING CULTURAL EVENTS THAT INVOLVE THE ART OF SONGWRITING
AND TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR OTHER CHARITIES AND OTHER MUSIC RELATED ENDEVORS."

The SSA is a non profit performance art organization that produces quality cultural events from large city music festivals to small intimate concerts. The national artists roster comprises of mostly independent artist of all styles of music (see SSA Artists Roster) The Annual Festivals currently include the DeLand Original Music Festival (fall), Delandapalooza (spring), and Ormond Beach Live (fall)      The primary mission of our nonprofit organization is to inspire and unite communities through the celebration of music and creativity. We organize music festivals, songwriting events, and artistic gatherings to nurture the talents of aspiring musicians, songwriters, and artists, fostering a culture of artistic expression, connection, and positive social impact.

FEATURED ACT's THE SSA PRODUCED THE FIRST MUSIC FESTIVAL HELD ON PUBLIC SOIL IN THE USA  DURING  THE  COVID PANDEMIC THE EVENT WAS HELD IN DOWNTOWN DELAND, FL ON 11/14/2020 "The Ultimate Goal of performing and writing music should be none other then for the glory of GOD  and the pleasure of the soul" - Johann S. Bach  “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” — Plato

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LEADERSHIP FORMULA: The SSA uses the Servant-Leadership method which  is a practical philosophy which supports people who choose to serve first, and then lead as a way of expanding service to individuals and institutions. Servant-leaders may or may not hold formal leadership positions. Servant-leadership encourages collaboration, trust, foresight, listening, and the ethical use of power and empowerment. Robert Greenleaf, the man who coined the phrase, described servant-leadership in this way. “The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. He or she is sharply different from the person who is leader first, perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions. For such it will be a later choice to serve – after leadership is established. The leader-first and the servant-first are two extreme types. Between them there are shadings and blends that are part of the infinite variety of human nature. The difference manifest itself in the care taken by the servant-first to make sure that other people’s highest priority needs are being served. The best test, and difficult to administer , is: do those served grow as persons; do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants? And, what is the effect on the least privileged in society; will they benefit, or, at least, will they not be further deprived?” 
Other organizations who operate this way include AT&T,  Harvard Business School, Herman Miller, Toro Company, Southwest Airlines, TDIndustries, Starbucks Coffee, Men's Warehouse, ServiceMaster, and others.

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