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Guest Occupation: Award-winning, independent filmmaker
Guest Biography:

 

Marc Levin is an award-winning, independent filmmaker dedicated to telling powerful, real stories in a unique, authentic style. 
 
He has won four Emmys, four duPont-Columbia awards, the Peabody Award, the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
 
Highlights include: Slam, his breakout festival hit; Brick City the ground-breaking docu-series about the city of Newark, New Jersey and its charismatic Mayor Cory Booker; Gang War: Bangin’ in Little Rock; the Emmy-winner Thug Life in DC for HBO; Chicagoland, an 8-hour docu-series for CNN and Robert Redford’s Sundance Productions, nominated for a 2014 IDA award for Best Limited Series. 
Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, History, Kids & Family, Politics & Government, Self Help, TV & Film, Variety
Guest Biography:

Registered Mental Health Counseling Intern and Addictions Counselor

Ms. Elizabeth Martin, the owner of Advanced Counseling of Fort Myers, LLC., is a Master’s level Mental Health Counselor who is currently pursuing her State license in Mental Health Counseling. Ms. Martin has worked in a wide variety of environments such as a psychiatric hospital and mental health and substance use treatment centers. Elizabeth has four years of experience working at an inpatient psychiatric hospital. Two years working in Felony Drug Court for Lee County.

Areas of interest include Addiction, Substance Use Disorder, Spiritually based counseling Life Skills, and transitions, Anxiety disorders, Depressive disorders, and finding peace and meaning in today's pandemic. A little more about Elizabeth, in her spare time, she likes to run and work out, yoga travel, and is a foodie. She is also a mother to a four-year-old mixed terrier rescue dog named Jezzabelle Antionette Mare and just adopted a 12-week old Siamese kitten named Sashimi (Sammy).

 
Guest Category: Psychology, Mental Health, Personal Development, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Canadian Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, Producer best known as the frontman for classic rock legends 'Triumph'
Guest Biography:

R   I   K

E   M   M   E   T   T

CANADIAN SINGER-GUITARIST-SONGWRITER-PRODUCER

FOR CLASSIC ROCK  LEGENDS

' T  R  I  U  M  P  H '

SPECIAL GUEST

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

with RAY SHASHO

 

Rik Emmett gained international recognition as the lead singer/songwriter/guitarist with Triumph from 1975 to 1988. Five gold & platinum decades in the music biz provided entry into the Canadian Rock Hall of Fame, the Music Industry Hall of Fame, the Junos Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Walk of Fame.  with a few ‘Best Guitarist’ awards in various categories garnered along the way. Emmett morphed from Smooth Jazz awards in ’05 and ’07 to the worldwide release of a prog rock project called Airtime in ‘07, to a Latin / Mediterranean guitar trio project called ‘Trifecta‘ in 2009 (nominated for a Best Instrumental Juno).  The full-blown rock band project, RES 9, by Rik Emmett & RESolution9, was released worldwide by the MASCOT / PROVOGUE label in 2016.  His latest 2020 creative recording project is Folk Songs for the Farewell Bonfire, (The Bonfire Sessions) comprised of 18 solo acoustic / vocal tracks, as well as 6 jazz guitar instrumentals, available exclusively as downloads at www.rikemmett.com.   Searching backwards chronologically,  the 18th and 19th albums of his independent career (released through his website, www.rikemmett.com) were “Marco’s Secret Songbook”, [2012] a concept album with 15 music tracks, a spoken word narrative & symphonic underscore:  and “Then Again”, [also 2012] an acoustic duo with Dave Dunlop, reworking the most popular Triumph repertoire with new arrangements. In 2011 “reCOVERy Room 9“was released (also an acoustic duo with Dave Dunlop), featuring nine cover songs from a wildly eclectic range of pop music.  Rik was a popular columnist for Guitar Player magazine (his 13 years of Back to Basics resulting in his published educational series, For The Love of Guitar), and an innovative music educator of long standing with Humber College in Toronto, and is the Artistic Director Emeritus of the annual Songstudio Songwriting Workshop.

 

ROUND HILL RECORDS TO REISSUE 11

R I K

E M M E T T

SOLO TITLES ON JULY 10TH

Stream the catalog at https://lnk.to/rikemmett

For decades, Rik Emmett (largely considered one of the greatest rock guitarists of all-time) has been a prolific recording artist – whether it be as a member of Triumph, offering solo material, or collaborating with others.  And now, fans will be able to enjoy quite a few of his solo releases once again – which covers a wide variety of styles.  On Friday, July 10, 2020, Round Hill Records will be reissuing 11 solo Rik recordings in the digital format, including Ten Invitations (1998), Swing Shift (1998), Raw Quartet (1999), Live at Berklee (2000), Handiwork (2003), Good Faith (2003), Strung-Out Troubadours (2006), Live at Hugh’s Room (2007), Liberty Manifesto (2007), Push & Pull (2009), and Marco’s Secret Songbook (2012):

PURCHASE

RES9

R  I  K  

E  M  M  E  T  T

& RESolution 9

Rik Emmett and his new band, RESolution9 via Mascot Label Group/Provogue. Much of the album was recorded and mixed at the famed MetalWorks Studios, where Rik re-connected to his own roots. In fact, the other two founding members of Triumph (Gil Moore and Mike Levine) reunite with Rik as special guests on "The Grand Parade", a song that conjures 1979's "Suitcase Blues". Additionally, legendary guitarist Alex Lifeson of Rush performs on two stellar tracks, with James LaBrie of Dream Theater contributing extraordinary guest vocals on two cuts.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

RIK EMMETT

 Visit

http://www.rikemmett.com/

https://www.facebook.com/rikemmettnetwork/

https://twitter.com/rikemmett

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, History, Music, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Creative Empowerment Optimist (CEO)
Guest Biography:

Biography, taken from: https://aworldempowered.com/members/ramona-peters/

Born and raised in the North American Midwest, BC DiCiacco grew up seeing the world with child-like awe and amazement; he has always loved “playing with life”. As a young man, a traumatic motorcycle accident nearly took his life, which enhanced this wondrous outlook on life even more. “Live each day as though it were your last; one of these days, you will be right,” is BC’s living mantra. His NDA (Near Death Experience) also caused him to become deeply passionate about helping each person live the happiest, most fulfilled life possible, regardless of what that meant to each one.

In the Midwest, BC created his own custom furniture company and ran it successfully for more than 15 years, coinciding with his establishment of “Le.Ed.” (Leadership Education and Entrepreneur Development); a localized focus group that helped dozens of business owners to learn leadership skills and grow their revenues.

In 2015, BC felt the world calling to him, so in early 2016, BC closed shop, and traveled to Central America with a map and a backpack, seeking the source that was calling to him. After three months abroad, the entrepreneurial bug bit again; he is now the CEO (or “Creative Empowerment Officer”, as he prefers) for “A World Empowered, LLC”, a company which seeks out and initiates projects around the world that cultivate and perpetuate the empowerment of human beings. In addition, BC most recently created “Twenty Tuesday”; a global online community where people gather weekly for focused meditation that cultivates positivity, optimism, self-love and a higher world vibration. BC is a true consummate friend and compassionate soul, driven to be an uplifting force in the world.

During business studies with his own coach, Matt Shoup, BC was encouraged to create a warrior credo for himself. The credo was meant to be both a defining illustration and a guiding force that would solidify (in his own heart) who he is at his core, and would help keep him on track if ever he were lost; it is what he would fight to the death for, in the arena of life. With this single sentence, BC encapsulated the life that he exemplifies with every waking breath:

“Today I fight to be a shining example of Love, Light, Leadership, Legacy and Lifestyle, in the lives of everyone that I meet.”

Guest Category: Business, Education, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Philosophy, Psychology, Self Help, Society and Culture, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: An author, musician and experienced clinical hypnotherapist.
Guest Biography:

Want to live an abundant and prosperous life? My guest is Glenn Harrold who is an author, musician and experienced clinical hypnotherapist who has helped thousands of clients over a wide range of stress related problems. He has combined his hypnotherapy skills with an extensive recording knowledge to produce a uniquely effective series of high quality hypnosis recordings that have been downloaded over 10 million times and are well established as the UK's bestselling self-help audio titles of all time. Glenn also writes self-help books for Orion in the UK and McGraw Hill in the USA and produces hypnotherapy CDs, has been at Number 1 in the self-help audio chart every year for the last 7 years, and in 2006 was awarded a gold disc for sales of over £250,000. Glenn has 20 years’ experience as a clinical hypnotherapist in one to one therapy sessions, and in recent years he has worked with many high profile and celebrity clients. In May 2011 he was made a fellow of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis for his achievements in the world of hypnotherapy. https://www.GlennHarrold.com/  FREE GIFT, Mindfulness for Releasing Anxiety MP3 and Self Hypnosis Guide PDF eBook: https://www.glennharrold.com/mindfulness/download-nosignup.html

Guest Category: Business, Entertainment, Health & Lifestyle, Medicine, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychology, Self Help, Spiritual, Technology
Guest Occupation: he Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT) and Eastern Energy Medicine service
Guest Biography:

Merkaba Chakras was founded by myself, Von Galt. I am IT professional and an author who writes about metaphysics. I earned my Bachelors of Arts degree from the University of Washington. I attended graduate school at the University of Maryland University College for E-Commerce, and ultimately graduated with my Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on E-Business from Westwood College Denver North. I've been a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism and ancient metaphysic studies for 40+ years. As a life-long seeker of the latest in metaphysical practices and products, my mission is to help people always be connected to the universe through Christ Consciousness. Aside from being an IT professional, I offer my QHHT services to those who seek my assistance in uncovering clarity to their life challenges in order to help raise the frequency of Earth. I've peer reviewed QHHT against quantum physics and metaphysics of Buddhism, and I'm confident that the information brought forward from the Starseed and Indigo incarnates that seek me out for a session, reaffirm the scientific findings in academia. I am compiling all the ascension and awakening materials from my Starseed and Indigo incarnate QHHT sessions into a book, which my hope is to help bring awareness to the greater reality of how reincarnation, ascension, awakening, and spirituality play a pivotal part in the parallel reality of the users manifesting within it. 

Philosophy: If it’s metaphysical and expands your consciousness, then you’ll find me investigating the phenomenon to see where it fits in the life planning of consciousness. I'm no ordinary ‘woo woo’ practitioner. As a lifelong Buddhist, I investigate and practice the modality and put it against many peer review scientific and medical journals to make sure it can be substantiated by quantum physics. The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso is an example of a well-known Buddhist who put's metaphysic spiritual concepts under much academic research before encouraging practitioners to follow the findings.

I believe in the ABCs, which is to always be connected to source energy. My  mission is to uplift customers by offering them helpful tools in metaphysic products and services so that they can live a spiritual and balanced lifestyle. In doing so, my customers are some of the highest vibrating souls on Gaia (Earth) and affect the harmonic frequency of the people around them. It's not always easy to find peace in non-peaceful situations and to remember that you've always been enough. 
Guest Category: Entertainment, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Paranormal, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychology, Self Help, Spiritual, Access Consciousness
Guest Occupation: Legendary Guitarist for Danger Danger & Andy Timmons Band
Guest Biography:

A  N  D  Y

T  I  M  M  O  N  S

LEGENDARY GUITARIST

CROSSING ALL GENRE'S

Instrumental rock, hard rock, glam metal, blues rock, 

jazz fusion

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

 

As guitarist for pop-metal band Danger Danger, he toured the world opening for Kiss and Alice Cooper, sold over a million records worldwide, and had two #1 videos on MTV, plus amassing a discography that includes 7 solo releases that range from blazing guitar instrumentals, to blues, and even a Beatles/Elvis Costello-inspired collection of pop tunes.

As a session player, he’s been highly featured on CDs by drumming legend Simon Phillips, a live CD with Olivia Newton-John (Andy has been her music director/guitarist for several U.S. tours), two internationally acclaimed CDs by Kip Winger, recording sessions for Paula Abdul, Paul Stanley, and countless radio and television jingles. He has also played alongside many of his heroes such as Steve Vai and Joe Satriani (as a regular guest on their G3 tours in Dallas), Eric Johnson, Steve Morse, Mike Stern, Ace Frehley, Ted Nugent, and Pierre Bensusan, as well as some of his fave ’60’s singing stars such as the Beach Boys, Lesley Gore, and Gordon Waller (of Peter and Gordon fame!)

The decision to pursue the studio scene led him to more serious music studies. He studied classical guitar for two years before moving to Miami to study jazz guitar at the University of Miami (largely because the Dixie Dregs, Pat Metheny, and Jaco Pastorius had all gone there). He eventually ended up in Dallas where he was extremely fortunate to get a foot in the door of an incredibly good studio scene. In 1988, the Andy Timmons band was formed, and he quickly gained a following in Texas. Around that time, Epic recording artists Danger Danger recruited him to finish their debut record, film several videos, and begin touring.

After 4 years in New York with Danger Danger, Andy returned to Dallas in 1993 to resume his studio career and the Andy Timmons Band. His first solo release, ear X-tacy, was released in 1994 to critical acclaim followed 1997’s ear X-tacy 2. He then released Pawn Kings (1997), Orange Swirl (1998), The Spoken and the Unspoken (1999), and And-thology 1 & 2 (2000). In 2001 Andy signed with Favored Nations and released his first international record, That Was Then, This is Now, a compilation of the first two ear X-tacy records and and five new tracks. Resolution (2006) marks Andy’s first full-length new release for Favored Nations.

Andy has been consistently voted a “Top 20 Favorite Guitarist” in most of Japan’s rock music magazine’s reader polls, as well as being voted “Musician of the Year” four years in a row in the acclaimed Dallas Observer Music Awards. He also has become one of the most respected and sought-after clinicians representing Ibanez Guitars, touring the world on their behalf.

 

Purchase the most recent album

 By

 Andy Timmons Band

Entitled

Theme from a Perfect World

At amazon.com

 

For more information about

A n d y  T  i m m o n s

 Visit

https://www.facebook.com/AndyTimmonsOfficial/

https://guitarxperience.net/

https://twitter.com/AndyTImmonsBand

 

DISCOGRAPHY

Danger Danger

Danger Danger (1989)

Down And Dirty Live (1990)

Screw It! (1991)

Cockroach (2001)

Pawn Kings

Andy Timmons and the Pawn Kings (1995)

Andy Timmons and the Pawn Kings Live (1998)

Solo

Ear X-Tacy (1994)

Ear X-Tacy 2 (1997)

Orange Swirl (1998)

The Spoken and the Unspoken (1999)

And-Thology 1 & 2 (2001)

That Was Then, This Is Now (2002)

Here Comes the Son - An Acoustic Christmas (2006)

Resolution (2006)

Andy Timmons Band Plays Sgt. Pepper (2011)

Theme From A Perfect World (2016)

Simon Phillips

Another Lifetime (1998)

Out of the Blue (Live, 1999)

Protocol II (2013)

Protocol III (2015)

Andy Timmons Band

Resolution (2006)

Andy Timmons Band Plays Sgt. Pepper (2011)

Theme from a Perfect World (2016)

Kip Winger

This Conversation Seems Like a Dream (1996)

Songs From The Ocean Floor (2000)

Ted Pearce

"Big Metuselah: Human Sacrifice" (2000)

Hallelu Et Adonai: Praise The Lord (2005)

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, Music, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: CEO of Human Nature Projects
Guest Biography:

Elliot is the founder and CEO of Human Nature Projects, an international environmental charity supporting volunteers across 104 countries. He is a TED speaker, author, podcast host and filmmaker with a goal of reframing our human relationship with nature. So he’s saving people and planet at the tender age of 17.

To date, Elliot has been blessed with an abundance of life and near-death experiences: from giving flying lessons to owls and playing chicken with vultures to being stalked by a leopard in Botswana. But his learning simply is that we must all strive to be better animals. ‘Human Nature’ is his philosophy for how we get there.

"I'd describe myself as a skilled communicator, senior management executive and policy strategist with experience across two dozen charitable ventures. At age 17, my perspective is uniquely idealistic and I bring my values into everything I do. I'm a free spirit, a thought leader and storyteller aiming to reconnect the family tree of life."



"Ultimately, my path has been shaped by the animals around me. Age 10, I was stalked by a leopard in Botswana. The incident was reported, leading to the relocation or more likely shooting of the offending creature. The mixture of relief and guilt I felt from the incident continues to drive me forward. Likewise, I had a pet stick insect Ochre for a period of 18 months. I'd previously raised assassin bugs, fig tree leaf beetles and other critters, but Ochre connected with me more deeply. She taught me how thin the barriers between humans and other animals are. So now I've set about dismantling them piece by piece. That's my mission.

Guest Category: Visual Arts, Business, Careers, Management, Earth & Space, Education, Health & Lifestyle, Pets and Animals, Politics & Government