Meet Brad Alden Mowry

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Brad Alden Mowry. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Brad Alden, so good to have you with us today. We’ve always been impressed with folks who have a very clear sense of purpose and so maybe we can jump right in and talk about how you found your purpose?

Finding my purpose started by coming to the end of myself at my lowest moment.
I have been a musician my entire life – initially playing in rock bands, and pop bands, and funk bands – that means tours and late nights in clubs, hotels, bars, & venues & eventually moving to Los Angeles in pursuit of a recording/touring career. When I was younger I enjoyed the fast life. I guess the cliche of sex, drugs, rock n roll. This lifestyle lead to an unplanned pregnancy, and a marriage to someone I didn’t really know or love, and ultimately 10+years of struggling to make ends meet while navigating an unhealthy marriage.
The marriage ended in divorce due to infidelity on both parts after more than a decade of chaos.
I have always had a mind for business as well as music. During the years of my first marriage I put music aside and focused on a job opportunity in fashion. I worked at a denim laundry learning stone washing & color treatments to jeans. That job eventually lead to a 7yr job at a fortune 500 company. I became a vice president of a fortune 500 company. Shortly after that job ended – my. marriage also ended. I found myself at the lowest low – kicked out of the home I provided for wife and 2 kids. My closest confidant became my biggest foe. I was no longer with my kids every day. I found myself fighting for assets and child custody – through a nasty divorce. I was financially devistated. Emotionally wrecked as my kids moved across the country with their mom. I was lost.
I went to church for the first time in years and was eventually invited to play music with the church band (the church calls it worship). I gave my life to the Lord and began serving through worship at my church. My heart came alive and all the things that were missing in music in my earlier years made sense. My calling wasn’t to do music for myself but for the lord. I wrote songs, and was eventually offered a recording contract for Christian music. At the same time I took a leap of faith and started a company called “Artisan Cloth” providing denim and twill innovations to fashion brands. I met my current wife Danielle at a church event I was leading. Danielle had volunteered to serve as a back up singer in the band as the event happened to be at a church her father pastored. Danielle & I have been married 10yrs now and we work together leading worship, and running our company (artisan cloth).. When the world shut down due to the pandemic. We had just completed a short music tour in Italy that ended in florida doing a music event & weekend service at a church called Coastline. Since my mother lives near this church we decided to stay with her at the start of the pandemic and the church asked us to play music for their online audience since nobody could attend in person. The pastor asked me at some point to pray about becoming his music (Worship) director. My wife and & both felt good about doing this and decided to build a home in Florida and we started building the music team at Coastline. As the world came back to life our business also came back to life.
So we are bi-coastal with a residence & showroom in Los Angeles and a home office in Florida We frequently travel to LA, New York, Seattle, Vancouver and other places to visit our fashion clients during the week & we lead worship for thousands of people on the weekends inspiring them to keep their eyes on Jesus.
My low moments lead to a place of crying out to the Lord. He (the Lord) showed me what He wanted me to do with my passion for music. The word of God helped me grow as a man, and provides my wife & a relationship more fulfilling and abundant than i could ask or imagine. Danielle & I run a successful business that helps our family financially. We get to write /perform music & create meaningful experiences together every weekend at our church. We are purpose partners & we have a purpose driven life. None of this would have happened if I had not come to the end of myself and sought out a more meaningful life. I can’t imagine a better life. It’s not perfect – but it’s wonderful and fulfilling.
So that’s the story of the lowest moment -leading to my best life.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

We are focused on living what I call a Col 3:23 life. There is a verse in the bible Colossians 3:23 that basically reminds us to do ALL things as if we’re doing it unto God, not human masters (people). With this mindset everything we do, and every relationship we have has the highest value and purpose.
Every week I get to work with my wife and our staff & teams creating music sets, and scheduling teams to sing/play. with us for thousands of people live and an online broadcast. We write songs and release the songs to inspire the world through the church to look to Jesus and to tell our story.
We run our fabric business (Artisan Cloth) with the same Col 3:23 mindset with a team of like minded believers who treat every customer/brand/client with the utmost respect and care & we build long lasting friendships and relationships.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Young people now seem to want to go from graduate to CEO. But this is not realistic. My advice would be stay humble, work hard, be grateful for every easy, and hard lesson you learn.
If you’re hired for a job – shift your mindset. Instead of “what can I get from the job/company” trying thinking of “what can i do through my attitude and efforts to make this company better.
A manager/boss/company owner hired you because they need something, They see something in you, but they aren’t just throwing money away because you’re awesome. They worked hard to get where they are. So should all of us.
If you think like an owner even before you are an owner it changes the outcome. Try to imagine what you can do to pay for yourself first. Does my work, and my contribution help this company either get more business, improve its functions, satisfy clients that lead to more business or operate more safely/more productive. Imagine how YOUR efforts (however big or small they may be) impact the bottom line of the company you work for. This mindset will set you apart – and lead to many opportunities. You will want people like this on your staff if you ever start your own company.
I’ve learned you cannot pay someone to care. Someone either cares about what they are doing. Or they don’t.
If you commit to a job – make sure you care about the job, and your impact to the company you serve. It will make a big difference. Opportunities will come.

As we end our chat, is there a book you can leave people with that’s been meaningful to you and your development?

The bible honestly. But the bible can be daunting to read. Perhaps a bible study., or devotion book will help to take baby steps to learn the word of God. The values taught there lead to an abundant life. I know this from personal experience.

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