FERNANDO PERDOMO

Fernando Perdomo is a powerhouse of the LA music scene who lives and breathes music LA Weekly dubbed him as “The millennial answer to Todd Rundgren.” A veteran at 37, he has made a name for himself as an in-demand producer, singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is a featured guitarist in the Netflix documentary “Echo In The Canyon” where his is seen backing up Jakob Dylan, Fiona Apple, Brian Wilson, Norah Jones, Regina Spektor, Cat Power, and Jade Castrinos. He is also played on every track on the official soundtrack album of the film along with Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Josh Homme as well as the aforementioned artists.

Fernando is an acclaimed recording artist with releases in the Singer Songwriter, Rock, Progressive Rock, and Classical genres. His Out to Sea trilogy was released on Cherry Red Records with album covers by Genesis artist Paul Whitehead. His album Zebra Crossing was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. He has opened for Todd Rundgren, Leon Russell, Filter, Adrian Belew, and Kasim Sulton

As a session guitarist and bassist,  he has played on three number 1 Albums from Christian Castro, Paulina Rubio, and Tego Calderon. He has played on records by Jakob Dylan, Linda Perhacs, Emitt Rhodes, Todd Rundgren, Ruby Friedman, Curved Air, Louise Goffin, Dave Kerzner, Creed Bratton, Elizaveta, Hilary McCrae, Andy Pratt, Jorge Moreno, Beny More and many more.  He has performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Good Morning America, The Today Show, NPR’s Live From The World Cafe, and  Sabado Gigante.

Fernando owns and operates Stairway Studios in Los Angeles. He has produced hundreds of records. He has also created music for commercials for Target, McDonalds, Honda, Toyota, Dunkin Donuts, Coca Cola, and Goya. Library music created by Perdomo has bee used in Dexter, CNN’s The 90s, Pitbull’s and Parolees,Melrose Place, Real Housewives, Bone Collector, and many more. 

Fernando has performed at  Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, The Greek Theater, Vina Del Mar Festival, Cruise To The Edge, On The Blue Cruise, American Airlines Arena, The Fillmore Miami, Sunfest, SXSW, CMJ, and The NAMM Show. 

Fernando is endorsed by Guild Guitars, Sparxx Guiatars,  Shabat Guitars, Magnatone Amps, IK Multimedia, Hotone Pedals, Valeton Pedals, and Visual Sound Effects 

Fernando has a 2 page feature in the December 2021 issue of Guitar Player Magazine.  read it here 

Fernando Perdomo Guitar Player Article 

Fernando is currently the touring guitar player with Marshall Crenshaw. 

On Oct. 2, 2022. Fernando performed at Alan White of Yes’s Memorial. He and Karl Hoag sat in with Yes to perform “Roundabout” with a 3 minute standing ovation. 

Fernando composed the music for the 2022 film “Frost”. On the original soundtrack he is joined by Rick Wakeman, Geoff Downes, L Shankar and Terry Reid. 

More about Fernando Perdomo and his music at:

DARREN CAMPBELL JENKINS

I’m Darren Jenkins, a composer living in Edinburgh Scotland. I’ve always been intrigued by sound design, programming and of course building the best home studio allowing the freedom of creativity.

I have had a passion for writing music from a very early age. I began this wonderful journey in production music in late September 2018 when I was introduced to Michael John Mollo here at Velvet Green music. We collaborated on over 40 tracks in my first 14 months since being signed.

I have gained so many new skills which include: improving track layouts and instrumentation, reading and understanding briefs, communication in the business and writing lots of genres that VGM has to offer. Michael has an abundance of knowledge, What you can learn from him and from the material we are provided with is truly priceless.

If I could sum up library production music I would say, it is a wonderful and educational journey, having the freedom to be able to write many different genres of music from all regions across the world. This brings with it the ability to meet amazing, talented people, learning about their cultures and the culture of traditional instruments and most importantly making friendships that will last a lifetime. For this very reason I will continue to write and enjoy what I do. 

I have multiple albums and tracks available across the world of library production music and I continue to grow my catalog. I am truly blessed to work with so many great publishers.

Some labels I have worked with include: Gargantuan, Velvet Green Music, APL Publishing, Earmotion Audio Creation, Hollywood Trax music, BMG production music, Warner Chappell US, Warner Chappell Elbroar, Warner Chappell Color TV, Fantasy music, Lovely music, Bart music library, Amadea production music, Sonoton Gargantuan, Velvet Green Music, APL Publishing, Earmotion Audio Creation, Hollywood Trax music.

OLIVIA BAREHAM

My name is Olivia and I am known primarily as a death midwife, but am also a dedicated student of the Mystery, a teacher, healer, inter-faith minister, mother, grandmother, friend and Mystic.

Every since my mother died in 2005 I realized that at the moment of death and for a few days following there is a profound opportunity for healing. I turned my ministry toward the goal of inspiring and empowering others to reclaim the lost art and healing ritual of home-based after death care.  When we lean consciously into this liminal space, allow ourselves to feel the depths of our fear, love and sorrow we are re-arranged and never the same.

The work is tender, raw, honest, gentle, real, alive and deeply satisfying. I fall in love over and over again and become more and more aligned to my true purpose – to help change the culture of death and dying from fear to love.

I feel the expansive field of work with the dying and their families is Death Midwifery and includes the role of Spiritual end-of-life counselor, death doula, home funeral guide, funeral planner, celebrant  and even funeral director and care giver. The Art of Death Midwifery training program was designed to cover all aspects of the work.

Death is life’s greatest teacher – it is time for us take this skeleton out of the closet once and for all, to lay her gently on the table and allow her wisdom to gently penetrate the depths of our psyche till we are free from fear, free from attachment, free from conditioning, free to truly live.

– Olivia Bareham

I’m speaking with Anita Sirene, who is a Witch, a Psychic Medium, Clairvoyant, Tarot Reader, and a Spiritual Leader. Anita is an oracle for those on a hero's journey.  An astrology enthusiast and tarot reader, Anita’s spiritual video content has earned the attention of more than 877,000 subscribers. Learn more: YouTube: @AnitaSirene

I’m speaking with Matthew LaCroix, an ancient civilizations expert, author, and researcher at Gaia, who has appeared on shows such as Ancient Civilizations, Open Minds, and Beyond Belief. He is a frequent guest on numerous podcasts, radio shows, and panel discussions and is currently co-writing his third major book with Billy Carson entitled: The Epic of Humanity, which will focus on uncovering the mysteries of the human origin story, the timeline of lost civilizations, and ancient catastrophes.

Chief Bobby Halton is currently editor-in-chief of Fire Engineering magazine, editorial director for the Clarion Fire Rescue Group and education director of FDIC. A native New Yorker, he began his career in structural firefighting with the Albuquerque (NM) Fire Department and rose through the ranks to include chief of training.

Bobby was chief of operations until his retirement from Albuquerque in 2004. He then became chief of the Coppell (TX) Fire Department, then Bobby left Coppell to assume the duties as editor-in-chief of Fire Engineering Magazine.

Martin Mawyer began his career as a journalist for the Religion Today news syndicate and as the Washington news correspondent for Moody Monthly magazine, resulting in his position as the Editor-in-Chief of Jerry Falwell’s “Moral Majority Report.”

In 1990, he founded the Christian Action Network (CAN), a non-profit organization created to protect America’s religious and moral heritage through educational and political activism efforts, both on the national and grassroots levels. He is the author of four books and has directed three documentary films.

During his career as a journalist and an activist, he has appeared on the top television and radio programs in the country, including Larry King Live, The O’Reilly Factor, The Hannity Show, Pat Robertson’s 700 Club, Tucker Carlson, Entertainment Tonight and many others.

Mawyer has been married 47 years to his wife, Bonnie. Together they have four children and eight grandchildren.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-mawyer-7a18653b/

Substack: https://martinmawyer.substack.com/about

Leon Lee is part of the prominent Lee baseball family. His brother, Leron Lee, played in the major leagues and also overseas in Japan. His son, Derrek Lee, also played in the major leagues and came within a whisker of winning the triple crown while playing for the Chicago Cubs in 2005. Leon played in the St. Louis Cardinals chain and also overseas in Japan.

Leon is the CEO and founder of the non-profit company Dream Alive Vision. Dream Alive Vision is committed to supporting existing non-profits that are geared towards helping African Americans overcome the race-based economic disparities found in the United States today. Leon is committed to financially assistingboth the development ofnew business ideas, as well as existing ones, that address critical needs in the African American community.

The mission of Dream Alive Vision is to fundamentally change the status quo where African American communities find themselves on the short end of critical resources that are necessary to thrive. Leon’s strategy is to create partnerships with like-minded organizations in an effort to concentrate these resources in a manner that powerfully impacts lives.

Leon has been married to his wife, Pamela, for 47 years and has three children and five grandchildren.