Four time IMC and RMA award-winning vocalist / songwriter, Thomas Claxton, performs over 200 shows per year, spanning the United States and abroad. The classically-trained (first tenor) vocalist performs solo or with his bands, “Thomas Claxton & The Myth” and “Sonic Temple” in his hometown of Savannah, GA or nationwide with “Thomas Claxton & The Seventh Realm All-Star Band”.

Through his career, Thomas has performed and/or recorded with numerous industry-recognized performers such as:

• Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night)

• Leland Sklar (Grammy Award-winnerJames Taylor, Jackson Browne)

• Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & Thr Heartbreakers, Duran Duran)

• Will Lee (Paul Shaffer & The CBS Orchestra on David Letterman)

• Carmine Rojas (David Bowie, Tina Turner)

• Eddie Martinez (Steve Winwood, Robert Palmer)

• “The Fretless Monster” Tony Franklin (The Firm, Whitesnake, Blue Murder)

• Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)

• Jonathan Mover (Grammy Award-winner, Joe Satriani)

• Mario Cipollina (Grammy Award-winner, Huey Lewis and The News)

• “Kidd Funkadelic” Michael Hampton (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic, Grammy “Lifetime Achivement” Award winner)

• Will Calhoun (Grammy Award-winner, Living Colour)

• Kenny Olson (Founding Guitarist of Kid Rock)

• Bernie Williams (New York Yankees)

• Bernard Purdie (Aretha Franklin, James Brown)

• Phil Hilborne (Brian May, Les Paul, Nicko McBrain, “We Will Rock You” London musical)

• Scott Page (Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Toto)

• Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction, Porno For Pyros)

• Doug Wimbish (Living Colour)

• Corey Glover (Living Colour)

• Larry Mitchell (Grammy Award-winning Guitarist, Tracy Chapman)

• Jeff Babko (Keyboardist and Arranger of Jimmy Kimmel Live)

Chosen by internationally circulated, “Rockwell UnScene Magazine”, as their “Best Male Vocalist” (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), Thomas has performed in every style venue ranging from arenas and theatres to major clubs and is also an experienced Event Promoter, Coordinator, and Vocal Coach. He has been featured by Acoustic Guitar Magazine, NAMM “Oral History Program”, South Magazine, and The NAMM Foundation’s

“Talking Up Music Education”.

As an Event Promoter and Producer, he’s worked closely with Industry leaders and organizations such as NAMM and others, and is also the Founder and Promoter for the “Me, Myself, & Us” Concert Series which has featured such performers as Bernard “Pretty” Purdie (Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan), “The Immediate Family”, Elliot Easton (The Cars), Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty), Tony Franklin (The Firm), Carmine Rojas (David Bowie), and many more. The Series also supports charities such as “Hope For Justice” which rescues women and children who are victims of Human Trafficking. The MMU Concert Series is currently partnered with The “Fred and Dinah Gretsch School of Music” at Georgia Southern University and the Special Guests of The Series take time to speak during classes with Music Industry students, offering advice and discussions to assist in furthering their careers in the industry.

"Red Carpet to Real Stories: How Amy and Nancy Harrington Empower Women"

ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE UP TO IN THE WORLD??? 
JOIN ME AS I INTERVIEW TWO POWERFUL AND HEART-CENTRED WOMEN and hear their story of rising from tragedy to triumph: 

My Guests are: Sisters Amy and Nancy Harrington, who founded The Passionistas Project out of a deep desire to empower 
women around the world. 

Both co-founders walked away from high profile jobs in Hollywood to work together. Amy was previously the Vice President of Post Production and visual effects for all feature films at Warner Bros., working on movies like the "Harry Potter", "Matrix" and "Batman" franchises. 

Nancy left the ad agency where she created Academy Award campaigns for Miramax. Now Amy and Nancy shine a light on the positive stories of self-identified women and non-binary people through their media company.

They have conducted over 1600 interviews including red carpet events and more than 65 one-on-one histories for The Interviews for the Television Academy Foundation with pop culture icons like Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Rita Moreno, Lily Tomlin, Laverne Cox, Carol Burnett, and many others. They also have produced interviews for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame including a sit-down with Mick Jagger. Amy and Nancy founded the Passionistas Project in 2018 and through their podcast, online sisterhood and Power of Passionistas Summit, they strive to inspire women to follow their passions and join forces in the fight for equality for all.

Doreen Molloy is the author of Proof Positive – Metaphysical Wisdom, and has a private practice in Union City, New Jersey as a psychic medium. Doreen also teaches workshops on Psychic Development, Mediumship Development, Introduction to Tarot and Beginner's Astrology.

Some of her abilities include clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, psychometry, remote viewing and channeling.

Doreen was lab certified through the University of Arizona's VERITAS Research Program, under the direction of Dr. Gary E. Schwartz, author of The Afterlife Experiments and The Truth About Medium.

Doreen participated as a test subject in mediumship communication and survival of consciousness studies from 2003 to 2008.

Since 2008, Doreen has been participating in mediumship research at the Windbridge Institute in Tucson, Arizona.

She is a Level 5 Windbridge Certified Research Medium [WCRM] and serves on the Medium’s Advisory Board.

Doreen also serves on the Medium’s Advisory Board for the Forever Family Foundation in Oceanside, NY and volunteers her time to assist the Foundation whenever possible.

The goal of the Forever Family Foundation is to further the understanding of Afterlife Science through research & education while providing support and healing for people in grief.

In addition her psychic insight, Doreen is also licensed by the Grief Recovery Intitute of California and is listed as a certified Grief Recovery ® Specialist.

The Grief Recovery Method ® is primarily an educational [or re-educational] experience based on the fact that most of us were never taught effective tools for dealing with grief. Through these workshops, participants are able to recover and move on with their lives in a positive and productive way.

Doreen Molloy has worked within all of the following areas:

Psychic Reader  &  Spiritual Medium
Licensed Grief Recovery Specialist
Proficient in the art of the Tarot
Lab Certified Research Medium
Metaphysical Teacher
Business Consultant
Radio Show Host
Columnist
Lecturer
Author

Dr Paul Harrison is a Senior Lecturer and the Unit Chair of Consumer Behaviour
in the Department of Marketing in Deakin Business School. Paul's research is
focused on emotional and rational behaviour, and how our biology and the
environment interact to influence the way we make decisions. His work has been
published in a wide range of international journals and conference proceedings
and has informed policy and business practice in Australia and
internationally.

Paul is a director of the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) and the
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), a member of VicHealth's Social Marketing
Expert Panel and a member of the Essential Services Commission's Consumer
Insights Panel. Paul is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company
Directors.

He is currently working on international research projects with Yale
University in the US, The Open University in the UK, and Universita Cattolica
del Sacro Cuore in Italy. Paul also appears in the media discussing marketing
and consumer issues and writes op. eds. for a range of newspapers and online
sites including The Conversation.

Prior to joining academia, Paul was CEO of an international dance company,
Padma Menon Dance Theatre, an administrator at the Melbourne Theatre Company
and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, a principal baritone with the Victoria State
Opera, and a Federal public servant working in the area of analytics, human
resource management and recruitment.

Kelley’s love for God and family are her highest priorities. But not too far behind…follows her passion for writing, coffee, reading, and anything chocolate. Kelley’s life has been filled with ups and downs. Instead of focusing on her struggles, she used these experiences to fuel her writing. Kelley wants to help anyone else who feels alone through her guided journals.

Christopher Lee Maher is a former Navy SEAL who endured intense amounts of physical, mental, and emotional stress as a child and during and after his military career. He has taught himself how to free his energy, body, mind and emotions from pain by developing the emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of being. Christopher studied Traditional Chinese Medical Practices at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and at Yo San University, then continued his studies at The Universal Healing Tao System. He is a student of Grand Master Mantak Chia at the Universal Tao Master School in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and is currently pursuing his Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Developing learning as a superpower is a critical skill for college students! Doug Schmidt is a firm believer in the power of self-leadership. He advocates for personal discovery and the idea that obstacles can be powerful teachers. They form the foundation of Doug’s approach to life and work, driving a passion for helping others unlock their potential. His belief in self-leadership will motivate and inspire you on your personal and professional growth journey. With an MBA in Marketing and a BS in Finance, Doug brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in personal growth, business, sales, and marketing.
 

Cellist
They say all first novels are part memoir, and indeed I did grow up in Belleville, New Jersey, my family did spend our summers on Cape Cod, and I had a marvelous cello teacher who very much resembled Alphius Metcalf. It took me a long time to write WATER MUSIC; in some ways, my whole life.  

Growing up with parents who were both musicians, I set out, with a little goading from my father, to be the best cellist I could be.  In fact, I was lucky to have had a number of remarkable teachers: Orlando Cole, revered cellist and pedagogue, who saw enough early promise in me to accept me to his class at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where I received my Bachelor of Music degree. It was an incredible break for an unsophisticated girl from New Jersey. I remember him and his generous sense of decency and gentlemanly kindness with great affection and gratitude.

My luck continued when I spent two years studying in Germany in the Master Class of the renowned Italian cellist, Antonio Janigro. Since then I’ve spent my musical career with the Minnesota Orchestra, where I met and married the handsome fourth horn player. And where my formidable colleagues, incredibly, only get better and better and better.

I’ve spent my summers with the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming, renewing ties with musician friends from around the world (and catching up on industry gossip). There, over the years, I also learned the pleasures of backpacking. I came to fancy myself a mycologist, but in truth I’ve become so rusty that I now limit myself to store-bought and the occasional Morel foraged on a really good day.

Author
The first book I truly fell in love with was Blue Willow by Doris Gates. I must have been in grammar school. I believe that the beloved china plate in that book finds its echo in WATER MUSIC. A college boyfriend got me reading The Lord of the Rings, which I uncharacteristically found bewitching, and T.S. Eliot, which I tried with only marginal success to memorize. Around that time I discovered The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis. And Mahler’s Tenth. Yes. Eclectic.

My own writing life snuck up on me. It first manifested as a journal after my daughter was born. She tolerated my reading to her for a charitably long time, but she put her foot down when I suggested Watership Down, which by then she was perfectly capable of reading herself. Two of my favorites from her early days: Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Berger and A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams.

Books I’ve loved as an adult…way too many to name. But The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy made a huge impression on me. And A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. I used to go on kicks: John Gardner, Wallace Stegner, Steinbeck, the ancient Greece novels by Mary Renault. Now the stack grows higher and higher.

Pet peeve: incorrect direct object pronouns. In fact my friends would call me a grammar nerd, but I still get lay and lie wrong.

Growing up, I was a cat person. But I’ve learned to love dogs—even the naughty ones, maybe especially the naughty ones.

All in all, I look for the rhythms and sounds of music echoed in language and aspire to transpose some of that into my writing.