I help you build your portfolio career | Multi-Grammy & Emmy Winner | Multi-NYT bestseller | Navy Vet ⚓️

What I do:

Run a record label & media company

Earned multiple Grammy & Emmy Awards

Made music with President Jimmy Carter, Harry Belafonte, Lil Jon

Served as Vice President at J.P. Morgan & First Data

Authored 23 books, including NYT & WSJ bestsellers

Written books with Deepak Chopra, Congressman John Lewis, Ambassador Andrew Young, and Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus

Featured in CNBC, Fortune, HBR, The New Yorker, Variety, and Billboard

Served in the Navy

Studied at Dartmouth & LSE


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I write a free newsletter called Seven Point Sunday.

Get actionable ideas to build 2+ income streams & craft a career on your terms from someone who has done it. ~250 words, no fluff.

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I wrote "Why You Should Have (at Least) 2 Careers" for Harvard Business Review. It became one of HBR’s 30 most influential pieces in its 100-year history.

Many ask me: How do I build a life with multiple income streams?

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Kabir Sehgal

This wasn’t a rescue mission—it was leadership.

Raw. Unplanned. And completely unforgettable.

This is leadership in its rawest form—and it gave me chills:

• Flooded street

• Stranger's truck

• No words exchanged

Just pure leadership, stripped down to the basics:

• See the need

• Step up, no questions asked

• Serve, no recognition needed


It's a reminder: The real impact often shows up in the unscripted moments. 

No stage. 
No spotlight. 
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The most powerful acts of leadership aren't orchestrated. 

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I help you build your portfolio career | Multi-Grammy & Emmy Winner | Multi-NYT Bestseller | Navy Vet ⚓️

Current Dissonance

Create commentary and original music newsletters and podcast in reaction to current events from around the world.

Composer, writer, producer

Michael Gallant Trio

Composed and co-produced critically-acclaimed albums and singles. Music placements include NPR’s Weekend Edition, Best Album of the Year lists from DownBeat Magazine and WTJU Jazz, and DownBeat Magazine’s “Pro Session” master class section. Performances include the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Queens Museum, and a 5-year residency at Tomi Jazz in midtown Manhattan.

Bandleader

U.S. Department of State

Create public- and government-facing diplomatic content on music, arts, sustainability, and innovation.
Articles published in SPAN (U.S. Embassy, India), Khabr-O-Nazr (U.S. Embassy, Pakistan), local and national newspapers across Asia, and more.

Writer

Gallant Music

Compose, record, produce, perform, market, and distribute critically acclaimed original music across popular and classical genres. Duties include managing international clients and Grammy-winning freelance contributors. Credits include Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated recordings, Hollywood and indie films, projects for the Anti-Defamation League and JetBlue, theme music for the world’s first interactive iPad graphic novel, and music streamed 5M+ times in 2024.

Chief Executive Officer

National Endowment for the Arts

Write public- and lawmaker-facing content for NEA Arts magazine and the NEA blog. Publications include pandemic-era article: "Creativity in Quarantine: How Music Resounds When Public Life is Silenced."

Steinway & Sons

Recorded original solo piano reinventions of songs by Bob Dylan, Tori Amos, the Decembrists, Pearl Jam, U2, Halestorm, and more. Distributed via major digital platforms and Steinway’s Spirio player piano network.

Recording Artist

n-Join

Oversaw all educational and creative initiatives, branding, and communications for award-winning AI firm.
Cultivated and managed multinational clients and partners including P&G and PepsiCo.

Chief Marketing Officer 

Keyboard Magazine

Oversaw A-list artist interviews, instructional content, and other sections of leading international music
technology and education magazine. Duties included recruiting and managing nationwide freelance team.
Cover-story interviews included Billy Joel, Justin Timberlake, Herbie Hancock, Tori Amos, Ben Folds, and Phish.

Senior Editor

Associate Editor

Go Ask Alice! (Columbia University)

Researched, wrote, and edited content for Columbia University's health education website.

Writer and Researcher

Character Studies Productions

Researched and wrote arts and musicological-based materials for PBS documentary production company.

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