M  I  K  E

F  I  N  N  I  G  A  N

LEGENDARY SESSION PLAYER

MASTER OF THE  HAMMOND ORGAN

PERFORMED ON ELECTRIC LADYLAND W/ JIMI HENDRIX

AND WITH COUNTLESS REVERED MUSIC ARTISTS

Mike Finnigan has toured and has been a session musician for Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Etta James, Sam Moore, Crosby Stills and Nash, Dave Mason, Buddy Guy, Manhattan Transfer, Taj Mahal, Michael McDonald, Maria Muldaur, Peter Frampton, Cher, Ringo Starr, Leonard Cohen, Tower of Power, Rod Stewart, David Coverdale, Tracy Chapman, Los Lonely Boys, and Bonnie Raitt.

Mike got his start playing professionally in 1964 in Kansas. He then moved to Wichita and travelled the country with The Serfs. It was during a trip to New York City that Mike recorded with Jimi Hendrix, a session that resulted in the legendary release "Electric Ladyland."

In 1972, Michael formed Finnigan and Wood. In 1975, Mike put down roots in Los Angeles where he pursued more group and solo recordings while at the same time touring and recording with Crosby, Stills and Nash, Dave Mason, Etta James, Dr John, Carlos Santana, Joe Cocker, and Bonnie Raitt.

He is twice a winner of a Blues Music Award (formerly W.C. Handy Award) for his work with Taj Mahal.

Finnigan has always been active politically and was, for several years, a regular contributor to the weblog Crooks and Liars.

Purchase the most recent release by

Mike Finnigan with

 Phantom Blues Band

entitled

Inside Out

at amazon.com 

For more information about Mike Finnigan

…The Phantom Blues Band

https://www.facebook.com/Phantom-Blues-Band-193362310710703/

www.allmusic.com/artist/mike-finnigan-mn0000487150/credits   … ALLMUSIC credits 

Connie Jakab has seen her son go from suicidal at the young age of 8 to now being 13 and LIVING. Her crisis isn't unique to her. Too many young people are suffering the same with parents who have no idea what to do.

Connie Jakab is the owner of The Jakab Co and the Senior Manager of Wellness Innovate - two companies that are all about changing home and work environments for mental health. She is also the author of Bring Them Closer and two other books. Connie is passionate about rebelling against status quo living and encouraging others to branch out.

She is also the Director of National Hope Talks and the Hope Movement combatting mental health in Canada. Connie is a sought out speaker for her raw honestly and humour. She drives her passion outward into the arms of those wanting something more radical and meaningful in life. In Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Connie lives with her husband and two boys.





More about Connie is available at:  https://conniejakab.com/

The LIFE CHANGES Team, FILIPPO, MARK, DOROTHY

The LIFE CHANGES Show is setting new trends and ushering in a new paradigm, featuring conversations with experts who have either changed their lives, changed the lives of others, or are changing the world in their own little or big positive way.  From activist celebrities to people who have achieved extraordinary things; from spiritual leaders, futurists,  to book smart, degreed and/or doctored scientists, physicians, and scholars, hear what they have to say and be part of a conversation that matters on ways to become the new “cool,” be in the know, in the now, and flow with life’s changes.

The LIFE CHANGES Show Core Team is made up of Filippo Voltaggio, Mark Laisure, Dorothy Lee Donahue. Each have had their major life changes on the way to being who they are individually, collectively and to who they are to the show and the work they do on stage and off.

The Team

Filippo Voltaggio

Host / Founder / Producer

Filippo Voltaggio, Author, Speaker, Life Coach, TV and Radio Host, and recently, Creator and Designer of PHI Beads™ and PHI Beads™ Meditations, has incorporated the years of experience from being in front of, behind and on the little screen, the big screen and live stages into every thing he does.  His passion has become incorporating all his gifts and using them for the good of many.  From his singing, writing, hosting or one on ones to many on ones, Filippo brings it all together to create a unique experience all his own for all to make their own.

Mark Laisure

Producer / Co-Host / CEO of Vortex Immersion Media

Mark is Producer & Co-Host of “The Life Changes Show.” and CEO of Vortex Immersion Media, the world’s leading designer of transformative 360 immersive entertainment experiences. Dubbed “Community VR,” Vortex live concerts, stage shows and experiences feature surround video & audio, spectacular visual effects and real-time interactivity.   Like many of us, Mark has a robust and intimate relationship with change, both personally and professionally and has chosen to use the experience gained along the way to serve the greater good via immersive media and transformational events.

Dorothy Lee Donahue

Executive Producer / Energetic Alchemy Founder

Dorothy Lee Donahue’s journey to LIFE CHANGES was a difficult but necessary one for her to become who she is now and what she now does in the world. Scholastically tested and recognized as a genius as a child, Dorothy also had strong intuitive gifts and she felt misunderstood and underappreciated in a “look good,” “proper” traditional Texas family..

MOLLY PASUTTI

Molly Pasutti is a multi-talented, award winning singer / songwriter. She won 1st prize in the World Music category in the first John Lennon songwriting contest. A kickoff to an illustrious musical career, they flew her to NY and interviewed her on MTV.

She has gone on to write songs for film and TV for 20 years. Some of the most noted have been, co-writing the theme for the Emmy nominated documentary, “Sand and Sorrow,” narrated by George Clooney, and for the documentary, “Until They’re Home,” about the heartbreak of PTSD in the military.

A few of her credits include music and songs for “SouthPark,” HBO Shows, “The Sopranos,” MTV Shows, Comedy Central Shows, and Hallmark Channel Movies.

Molly’s greatest passion and mission is to write and sing songs of hope and faith, which ultimately make her journey in this life so fulfilling.

TIPPA LEE

A British dancehall MC who launched his career in the ’80s but later worked with Tom Chasteen and Dub Club.

Tippa Lee was born Anthony Campbell in Kingston, Jamaica. He debuted in 1983 as Tipper Lee and with Johnny Slaughter on their single “Sensimillia.” That year’s split album Murder acted as his debut LP and featured cuts from Lee with Slaughter, along with solo tracks from Toyan.

His partnership with Rappa Robert (sometime Roberts) began in 1987 with a series of collaborative singles that reached its peak in 1988 with the number one Jamaican hit “No Trouble We.” Nuh Trouble We, the album, landed that same year with Tipper now firmly established as Tippa, then another string of singles led up to the duo’s 1990 album, Roots Vibration.

In 2000 he joined the Hit Squad label and moved to the U.S., then in 2003 the Roots Vibration Production label issued his “Tell Me Now” single with superstar Beenie Man‘s “Babylon Fornication” on the flip side.

What followed were some random singles and underground releases not easily found outside San Francisco, then in 2016 he partnered with Dub Club producer and leader Tom Chasteen for the vocal album Cultural Ambassador, along with its dub remix Dub Them with Reality. Both releases were issued by Stones Throw.

LAURA ANGELINI

LAURA ANGELINI is a National Billboard Top 40 charting recording artist making a difference through music.

Her first single release has climbed to the TOP 40 on the US Billboard Dance Music Charts. It’s a medley of an original song “Share That Love” and “What The World Needs Now Is Love”, the iconic Burt Bacharach hit song. The Single is playing heavily in clubs across America and on dance radio. The Single is available now on all music download and streaming sites. On Spotify alone it has quickly become a streaming hit, amassing nearly a half million streams in its summer release.

Laura was born in Bronx, N.Y., as a young adult, she developed a love for musical theater, gymnastics and dance. She spent her time studying as well as teaching the arts. Her passion for music grew and she became a professional singer and vocal director. Laura has performed and toured extensively throughout the United States.

Throughout her music career, this visionary artist’s love for people, animals and the environment grew and she came to combine her music and philanthropy interests to create her music mission.

She had the honor of touring with legendary Grammy winning artist, Andy Williams. Laura has co-produced works for film and television projects with Claude Amesse, lyricist for Canada’s International iconic Cirque Du Soleil.

She is currently recording with Producer David Longoria and touring with the world-renowned trumpetist and performer’s We Are One Concerts. The ground-breaking, unifying musical concerts are putting her in front of large crowds at events in California and across the country. With We Are One Concerts, Laura sang for the National Day of Prayer For Our Nation at the White House, in front of more than 3 million people at Unity Day in Brooklyn, N.Y. and at a similar event for Unity in New York, N.Y. Laura’s Legacy Of Love is to make a difference through music.

Laura has been donating her voice and time to Angels of Charity and Music for the past five years and has received letters of recognition from the mayor of Los Angeles for her volunteering efforts. This past August, Laura traveled to Peru and volunteered on a medical mission, where 250 children received cleft palate corrective surgeries.

Laura also supports and is involved with various non-profit organizations including: Ocean Defenders Alliance, cleaning up Orange County and Hawaii seas, and Shelter Box, providing relief for those displaced by war and disaster.

Laura works endlessly on her philanthropic efforts, raising her voice for local and global and charitable events. Laura’s Share That Love Organization (sharethatove.org) supports people and organizations doing charitable work in the world.

SELENE CALLONI WILLIAMS

Selene Calloni Williams, with a degree in psychology and master’s in screen writing, has authored several books and documentaries on psychology, deep ecology, shamanism, yoga, philosophy, and anthropology. A direct student of James Hillman, she studied and practiced Buddhist meditation in the hermitages of the forests of Sri Lanka and is an initiate of Shamanic Tantric Yoga. She is the founder and the director of the Imaginal Academy Institute in Switzerland.