Angela Dawn is an author and spiritual medium. Born and raised in England, Angela  presently resides in Bucks County, Pa. Angela has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from Villanova University. She has studied at the prestigious Arthur Findlay College of Psychic Sciences in Stansted, England and at Lily Dale Assembly in NY, the World’s Largest Center for the Science of Philosophy and Spiritualism.

Foremost, Angela Dawn is a sister and a daughter who has experienced firsthand what it is like to lose a loved one, and the tragedy and despair that comes with grief. Her book, Love Never Dies tells the story. Two sisters bound by love and courage continue their oh-so-familiar conversations — regardless of being separated between the paths of life and death. This is a true story of two deaths and one life, which has proven that life is continuous and the bonds of love do exist beyond the grave.

Angela can be contacted by email at speakingwithheaven@gmail.com. Angela Dawn is also on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/speakingwithheaven/  and twitter at https://twitter.com/AngelaDawnUKUSA

5TH DIMENSION LEGENDS

MARILYN MCCOO AND BILLY DAVIS, JR.

ON THE RAY SHASHO SHOW 

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. have enjoyed tremendous success through the years as recording artists, performers and authors. They have received 7 Grammy Awards and earned 15 gold and 3 platinum records, and enjoyed starring roles on television and stage. They have performed to sold-out concerts around the world. They are currently celebrating 40 years in the entertainment business with a musical tribute to the hits and productions that have made up their multi-faceted careers.

The husband and wife team celebrate 38 years of marriage in 2007. In 2004 the couple wrote a book, which shares their secrets of staying happy and committed to each other in Hollywood. It’s entitled Up, Up and Away…How We Found Love, Faith and Lasting Marriage in the Entertainment World. It was written in collaboration with Mike Yorkey and was released by Northfield Publishing Company. In it, they talk about how they met, their successful musical careers, and their major struggles behind closed doors, offering practical marriage advice and spiritual encouragement along the way.

As lead vocalists of one of the top singing groups of the late 60’s and early 70’s, The 5th Dimension, they recorded such classics as UP, UP & AWAY, AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN, WEDDING BELL BLUES, ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER, and STONED SOUL PICNIC to name a few.

After a decade with The 5th Dimension, Billy & Marilyn decided to leave the group and establish themselves as a duo. They had immediate success with the single, YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A STAR (TO BE IN MY SHOW). It was a #1 hit and earned them a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group.

That success peaked network interest and CBS-TV premiered THE MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS, JR. SHOW as a prime-time summer series in 1977. Marilyn & Billy entered the 80’s as an international success. They headlined in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe and Atlantic City, played to SRO crowds in concerts across the country and won the prestigious Grand Prize at the international Tokyo Music Festival. Back home, they were sought-after guests for every major television show.

In addition to the success they’ve had together, Marilyn & Billy have also enjoyed solo pursuits. McCoo hosted the popular 1980’s television music series, SOLID GOLD, for 5 years and Davis had the chance to realize a lifelong dream to record a religious album with gospel great, the Rev. James Cleveland, entitled, “Let Me Have a Dream”. He also began to explore theatrical opportunities, starring in the hit musical, BLUES IN THE NIGHT, at the prestigious Old Globe Theatre and in the role of James “Thunder” Early in a regional production of DREAMGIRLS.

Over the years, the talents of McCoo & Davis have been requested for important events on a national and global level. They were invited to perform for the Pontiff during the 1987 U.S. visit of Pope John Paul II, and have participated in inaugural celebrations for presidents.

In the early 90’s, Billy & Marilyn joined the original members of The 5th Dimension for a special reunion tour, and in August, 1991, the group was honored with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. In 1997, Arista Records released an anthology CD of the group’s hit releases entitled UP, UP & AWAY: THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION. Also in the 90’s, Marilyn fulfilled one of her lifelong ambitions by appearing on Broadway in the revival of the musical SHOW BOAT, starring in the role of Julie.\

VALERIE HEATH

“…military veterans need the most help to heal physically and emotionally”

For 20 years, I worked with military groups such as the Veterans Assistance Network as a sales consultant for computer products and phone equipment. During this time, I became aware that military veterans need the most help to heal physically and emotionally and I was gripped by a determination to do something meaningful for them.

With my background and experience using holistic, non-invasive techniques to heal illness, I founded Heaven & Earth Oasis, a nonprofit 501 (c) (3). The organization is dedicated to healing military personnel by applying an array of established alternative and complementary methods of treatment that work. Many of the methods we employ, such as Reiki, are now successfully incorporated by military organizations to help heal war veterans diagnosed with combat-related illnesses such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

I was diagnosed with a slow-growing pituitary tumor in 2005. Doctors offered two options: try to shrink it with medicine or undergo a dangerous operation. Medications did not shrink the tumor so I researched the best brain surgeons in the country and chose one in Los Angeles. The surgery was successful but not without complications. My lungs collapsed and, similar to symptoms of pneumonia, breathing became very difficult.

I searched and found a professional who could clear the energy in my solar plexus to help me breath comfortably. He was a Reiki Master in Ojai, California who also trained me to use Reiki on myself with excellent results. The inflammation in my solar plexus subsided then disappeared. I was breathing normally and now my lungs are clear.

After undergoing this physical transformation, in 2006 I became a certified Reiki Master. I have since become an energy healer trained and certified in several other therapies (Please see What We Do page).

My business partner, Chantal Benedict, is a professional practitioner in other healing arts (see bio). Over the years, we have helped hundreds of clients transition from a state of pain to recovery. We develop customized protocols that treat a variety of diseases: chronic headaches, fibromyalgia, scoliosis, gall stones even cancers. Alternative therapies prescribed for recovery may include diet and exercise programs and herbal supplements as well.

We have been treating military personnel free of charge with remarkable results not attained by traditional medicine alone. Heaven & Earth Oasis requires funding assistance to continue the work of healing wounded warriors holistically in a gentle, peaceful setting.

RANDALL KIRBY

U.S. Army Veteran 1968-69 – Randall Kirby’s big break came creating the original sing/dance/act part of Jr. Babcock in the Broadway production of Mame with Angela Lansbury & Beatrice Arthur. He was also nominated “Best New Actor on Broadway” by the New York Drama Critics for his performance in the Broadway production of Me & Thee.

Randall’s TV credits 1960’s through 1990’s include co-staring on the TV series The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Sally Fields’ boyfriend, Brett, on Gidget, Mary Tyler Moore, and into the 90’s on In Living Color. He’s also been featured in countless national TV commercials including winning a Clio Award for Remington Hair Blowers.

Back in the day, Randall took a shot at song writing and almost immediately he got his first 2 cuts with legendary Jerry Fuller who produced The Union Gap and O.C. Smith. As you’ll see in this show, he still loves writing songs.

JACK BETTS AKA HUNT POWERS

Jack Betts is an actor, known for “Spider-Man,” “Falling Down,” and “Gods and Monsters,” “One Life to Live” and “Guiding Light”.

He plays dashing, debonair, suave and refined gentlemen. They are often wealthy, well-to-do doctors or CEOs.

Actor, singer, playwright and director Jack Betts has been working in the theatre, film and television for over 5 decades. He has appeared on Broadway and in Los Angeles many times, and has starred in dozens of film and television projects.

Early in his career he got a chance to go to Italy for a film, and ended up staying there for over 7 years! He changed his stage name to Hunt Powers and starred in 21 of the legendary Spaghetti Westerns. He and friend Clint Eastwood often stayed in the same hotel and would pass each other in the lobby, smile, wave goodbye and then go shoot on their respective “mountains” for the day. We have a few of his 21 Spaghetti Westerns here below, as well as films like Spiderman, Falling Down with Michael Douglas and Gods and Monster, with Sir Ian McKellan.

His love for the theatre has brought him to many stages in his career, and we have a few examples of that here as well. And there will also be shots if him from his television career. On top of that, he has also had a long love affair with song. He has performed singing cabarets and one man show all over the World. We will have examples of that here as well very soon.

Over the years Jack has never lost his love for live theatre. Not only has he acted “on the boards” many times, he has also written and directed a number of plays. His latest production, It Goes Like This, is Jack’s most personal work to date and was 31 years in the making. It had it’s World Premiere April 5, 2013 at the Lee Strasberg Creative Center in Hollywood and had a great run with strong approval and support from it”s audiences.

SMOKEY MILES

Smokey Miles was born Robert Miles NYC. He began playing music and writing songs at an early age, accompanying himself on guitar, harmonica, zither, and accordion, inspired by Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Roy Rogers, lots of blues and any kind of music he came across.

In 1968 Miles entered Princeton University with plans of going into medicine. However, the summer before he had the fortune of meeting his idol Dylan who encouraged him to keep writing and performing. He houses at Dylan’s house in Woodstock, NY during the first Woodstock Festival and was a guest of the Dylans many times over the next few years.

Upon graduating from Princeton with a degree in painting, art, and archeology, Bob Miles hitchhiked west with his guitar performing wherever he could in coffeehouses and nightclubs. He opened up for the legendary bluesman Freddie King in Boulder, Colorado and then hitched a ride out California where he performed on the streets in San Francisco.

Miles returned to New York City where he performed and headlined at such legendary Greenwich Village haunts as Gerde’s Folk City, the Lone Star Cafe, the Bitter End, Richie Havens’ Cafe Wha, and The Speakeasy, and also uptown at The Upstairs at the Downstairs and composed music for several plays, children’s theater and industrial films.

Miles traveled around North America and Europe writing and performing his roots-based folk/blues/country/rock material, as soloist and bandleader. He fronted the bands Olduvai Gorge, Bob Miles and the Otters and The Bob Miles Band and was featured with Vassar Clements’ Band. Miles performed with Louisiana Red, Odetta, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and emerging singers such as Susanne Vega and Shawn Colvin.

Miles spent four years as musical director of The Cottage Marionette Theater, writing and producing scores for puppet shows – “The Peter Pan Game”, “The Reluctant Dragon” and “The Colorado Kid” for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and Cultural Affairs. A highlight of that experience was when John Lennon, Yoko Ono and their son Sean came to a performance and then visited backstage raving about the show.

He recorded in Nashville with Randy, Gary and legendary banjo player Earl Scruggs and got signed to Warner/Atlantic custom label Emerald City Records by Charlie Greene who had discovered and produced The Buffalo Springfield, Sonny and Cher, Iron Butterfly and The Troggs, but the record company disappeared one night under mysterious circumstances. baseball Around that time Miles met a then unknown singer/actress named Madonna and read Tennessee Williams scenes with her in Manhattan’s famed Music Building.

During this time, Miles attended sessions at The Actor’s Studio, HB Studio and the Gene Frankel Television Workshop. He was musical director and featured performer in “Terrible Jim Fitch” and “The Village Wooing” in Rip Torn and Geraldine Page’s Sanctuary Theater, and appeared in such films as “Crocodile Dundee” and “When the Mountains Tremble”.

In 1986, Miles won the lead role in “Dylan: Words and Music”, which brought him to back San Francisco. Billed as the world’s only authorized rock multimedia stage bio of Bob Dylan, it rocked the Zephyr Theater and received standing ovations.newspaper Special guests who joined Miles on stage for duets included The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir and Maria Muldaur.

Miles migrated to Los Angeles in August, 1987, and became widely known as Smokey Miles, again performing in many venues including the Breakaway, where he produced and hosted “Smokey ‘s Living Room Hoot”, a weekly series of jam sessions with new and established talent, and appeared on “The Breakaway First Year CD” which was put out by Mountain Railroad (Capitol Records).

He also created, produced and hosted a weekly live one-hour acoustic music and comedy local origination program on cable access tv”The Smokey Miles Music Hour” which won an ACSSE Award, and hosted “Inside Tracks” and “Sutton Place Presents” These programs featured local and well-known artists.

In 1990 Miles teamed up with legendary songwriter Otis Blackwell (writer of the biggest hits for Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Peggy Lee and James Taylor> Otis produced Miles’ album “Waiting for the Hurricane.”.

The next few years kept Miles playing the blues and original music as leader of The Smokey Miles Band regularly performing in Hollywood, Lake Hughes and Lake Arrowhead. He also wrote songs for films (“The Edge of Seventeen”, “Return to Two Moon Junction”), tv shows (HBO’s “First and Ten”, “Calamity Jayne’s Asylum”) various records and comedy songs for The Premiere Radio Network (top producers of comedy material in the U.S.) He has recently been performing regularly on Academy Awards Nominee/Golden Globe Award winner “Sally Kirkland and Friends” cable tv show in Los Angeles, and wrote her a show theme song. He is also currently working on some original material for Karen Black’s musical stage show.

Smokey Miles composed the score and two original songs for Todd Felderstein’s multi-award winning documentary “Magic(s)” and won Best Soundtrack Award 2006 from the Los Angeles Independent Film Awards. He also composed main songs for and appeared in “The Black Cat Cabaret” which ran for a year and a half at The Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica which won The Los Angeles Music Awards Best Stage Musical of the Year (2005). An actor, Miles also played the role of Moses in “Rock and Roll Heaven” at Theater 68 in Hollywood which won Los Angeles Music Awards Best Stage Musical of the Year (2006).

Smokey Miles continues to write fresh material and audiences of all ages still enjoy hearing his poetically infused story songs and authentic blues stemming from his wide range of experiences.

(*This is interview #2, listen to interview part 1 in archives as well)

Ron Malhotra coaches, teaches and speaks on: advanced mindset, success, leadership & wealth. Ron says to:  Think Big, Live Bigger, Lead With Vision, and Be Your Highest Self.  The Successful Male Revolution, which he runs, comprises of men, from all over the world, who have made a commitment to pursue the understanding of what it means to be a “successful male” - not only in the traditional financial sense but success in body, in mind, in wealth, in health, in relationships, in society and as a role model for future generations.  Ron is on a mission to inspire and educate 1 million men across the globe to be in hot pursuit of becoming a successful male, transforming and impacting future generations to come as a significant result.

Medium and Author Rise’ (Resa) Harrington has developed shared teachings from her own life experiences. Rise' receives higher metaphysical instruction and guidance from her Angels, Spirit Guides and the Ascended Masters. Rise' has practiced mediumship with the focus on understanding and assisting the Lost Soul population in the astral realms surrounding the earth since 1999. She went public in her Mediumship Practice in 2013 offering Diagnostic Readings for Lost Soul Entity and Demonic Hauntings, Attachment and Possession with recommended treatment. She also offers Angel and Spirit Guide readings.

Contact: riseguidelights@gmail.com

Rise’s spiritual life path has been greatly influenced by her 20 years of mostly career related world travels to the Far East, Europe and Egypt.

She has been channeling Adameus (St Germain) privately for more than15 years and most recently has begun publicly channeling his higher self Spirit name Adameus. 

The purpose of this book article is to offer the public a new understanding on the subject of reincarnation based on the authors' personal experience and the teachings of the Ascended Masters. It is being published in article format as part of the Soul Freedom series of book articles on how the dark forces perpetuate misinformation to control and manipulate humanity.

Part Two

Reincarnation - New Discoveries

My Past Life Therapist, Bryan Jameison died in the year 2002 after having written four books on the subject of Reincarnation.

In the spring of 2013 I was rereading Guide Lights – Attune to Your Angels and Spirit Guides will to re-familiarize myself with it. As I reached the chapter on Reincarnation I felt a strong presence accompanied by a flash of light to indicate a Spirit visitor was with me. Bryan announced his presence and expressed his pleasure at being included in the book. In this first visit it was established that he was to be my new guide on the subject of Earthbound Spirit Entity Attachments and their troubled involvement with humans that would develop over the next few years. I was thrilled and honored to have his presence guiding me.

Bryan's, Spirit name is Dorgeck meaning 'Thunderstorm of Healing'. Before he passed from earth he accomplished Ascension and is now an Ascended Master, a very wise and charismatic teacher. He had learned much in the Universities of the Spirit realms since his death. His specialty of study was reincarnation and lost soul entity attachments. He had developed further expertise in these areas and had some jolting revelations that would unfold over the next two years as I became ready to learn deeper truths. It was during this period that I began working on development of my second book that Dorgeck co-authored: Soul Freedom Vol 1 - Healing from Earthbound Spirit Attachment and Haunting - Causes Symptoms and Solution.

Andrew Harvey is Founder Director of the  Institute of Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective, and practical agents of institutional and systemic change, in order to create peace and sustainability. Sacred Activism is a transforming force of compassion-in-action that is born of a fusion of deep spiritual knowledge, courage, love, and passion, with wise radical action in the world. The large-scale practice of Sacred Activism can become an essential force for preserving and healing the planet and its inhabitants.

Andrew was born in south India in 1952, where he lived until he was nine years old. It is this early period that he credits with shaping his sense of the inner unity of all religions and providing him with a permanent and inspiring vision of a world infused with the sacred. He left India to attend private school in England and entered Oxford University in 1970 with a scholarship to study history. At the age of 21, he became the youngest person ever to be awarded a fellowship to All Soul’s College, England’s highest academic honor.

By 1977, Harvey had become disillusioned with life at Oxford and returned to his native India, where a series of mystical experiences initiated his spiritual journey. Over the next thirty years he plunged into different mystical traditions to learn their secrets and practices. In 1978 he met a succession of Indian saints and sages and began his long study and practice of Hinduism. In 1983, in Ladakh, he met the great Tibetan adept, Thuksey Rinpoche, and undertook with him the Mahayana Buddhist Bodhisattva vows. Andrew’s book about that experience, Journey in Ladakh, won the Christmas Humphries Award.

In 1984, Andrew Harvey began a life-long exploration and explication of Rumi and Sufi mysticism in Paris with a group of French Sufis and under the guidance of Eva De Vitray-Meyerovitch, the magnificent translator of Rumi into French. Andrew has written three books on that subject: The Way of Passion, The Celebration of Rumi and Perfume of the Desert, an anthology of Sufi mysticism. With Llewellyn Baughn Lee, he founded the Sufi Conferences, which have played a prominent role in uniting Sufis of all persuasions during the past six years. He has close connections with great Sufi teachers in America, Africa, India and Pakistan, and a very clear, comprehensive grasp of the state of modern Sufism in both the west and the east.

In 1990, he collaborated with Sogyal Rinpoche and Patrick Gaffney in the writing of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. In 1992, he met Father Bede Griffiths in his ashram in south India near where Andrew had been born. It was this meeting that helped him synthesize the whole of his mystical explorations and reconcile eastern with western mysticism.

Andrew has since lived in London, Paris, New York, and San Francisco, and has continued to study a variety of religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. He has written and edited over 30 books. Other honors he has received include the Benjamin Franklin Award and the Mind Body Spirit Award (both for Mary’s Vineyard: Daily Readings, Meditations, and Revelations). Among Harvey’s other well-known titles are: Dialogues with a Modern Mystic, Hidden Journey, The Essential Mystics, Son of Man, The Return of the Mother and The Direct Path.

An internationally recognized psychic medium, Frank Chodl identifies himself a healer and a teacher. A psychic is a seer who can see events that have happened in the past (clairvoyant), see thing as they are happening while not physically being at the same place (telepathic), and/or see things that will happen in the future (precognitive). A medium is a go-between; the conduit for interaction between persons living on this plane of existence and those who have died. “Yes, I speak to dead people. Or, more accurately, they speak to me and I translate for them.” A healer helps others to find that place within their selves where they can mend body, mind, and spirit. As a teacher with two Masters Degrees in Education, Frank shares insights with others in order to help them realize their own knowledge and skills.

Since he first became aware of his abilities when he was only eight years old, Frank has been delivering profoundly accurate and meaningful messages for people around the world. He has been observed by psychologists, parapsychologists, and paranormal investigators and has done readings for individuals and groups in private homes, historic inns and hotels, battlefields, cemeteries, the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, the Anasazi ruins in Colorado, Mayan ruins in the jungles of the Yucatan, and islands in the Bermuda Triangle.

Now he shares his experiences and insights with you so that you might gain a better understanding of your own path.

KING JAMES (JAMES GOLDING)

“As a kid I remember there was nothing inside my father’s store that did not glitter. The jeans, the shirts, the walls and the people. Silver lights and music played continuously, and there was no telling what stars popped in for his sexy jeans, which fit like a second skin.”

My father is Peter Golding AKA “the Eric Clapton of denim”, the fashion designer, beat traveler and musician who created the ‘stretch denim jean” back in the 1970’s.

His clothing store ACE on London’s King’s Road was described at the time as the “hottest store in the world” and dressed a generation of rock stars, actors, lords, punks and ultra glamorous models. Kings Road was city slick and chic, with cutting edge music, art and fashion heritage. It was the heart of the British rock and punk explosion and later 80’s new wave romantic expression.

KINGS ROAD

“Growing up in this influential backdrop it was inevitable that I would grab an electric guitar and start my adventures in rock music.”

I soon found myself singing and playing guitar at Ace Chelsea house jams, parties and later at venues with childhood heroes such as Robert Plant, Steve Marriott and Taj Mahal.

Embracing new challenges In the 90’s I started working with “Absolutely Fabulous” PR guru Lynne Franks promoting top designers at the height of British fashion explosion like Jean Paul Gaultier, Katharine Hamnett and John Richmond.

In a fast moving 21st century creative whirlwind, I was recording albums, managing live music programmes at the legendary Café de Paris with the late Prince, Van Morrison and Led Zeppelin’s Page and Plant and party like there was no tomorrow.

Everything was spiraling out of control and the more I was biting into life the more it was escaping me. I had to stop.
CALIFORNIA
“I packed my bags left London and arrived with just a suitcase of dreams my vintage Gibson Les Paul and an old golden silk scarf. Although ripped and torn the scarf was a treasure piece crystallizing the essence of my life heritage and experiences from days gone by.”

During a break from recording an album in London I visited my mother in LA and immediately felt an irrepressible desire to find myself again in the pan pacific Californian landscape.

I became known as “The guy with the golden scarf”. And that’s exactly where I started again.

To “Live Regally” is to reach that reservoir of grace and courage that lies in the depths of our hearts. As we try to find our equilibrium on the tightrope of these tumultuous times it may be the compass that determines whether we get through to the other side in one piece or fall miserably into the abyss.

EDWARD DAWSON-TAYLOR

TECHNICAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Edward is co-founder of Edge Visual.

He is a Senior CG artist for major motion pictures, TV, and live events.  Clients include ILM, Disney and Digital Domain on Blockbusters such as “Jurassic World” and “Jungle Book.”

Edward is also co-founder of the successful world touring immersive show “The Sancho Plan,” who performed in front of large audiences worldwide, as well as creating big installations for ARS Electronica, Siggraph and more.  Recently winner of the Microsoft Hololens Visual Design Award for creating an experience in augmented reality.  in his previous career Edward has also been LEAD Software Architect for large multinational clients such as Great Man Made River, Deloitte and Touche, and Iron Mountain.

JACQUELINE COOPER

VISUAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Jacqueline is co-founder of Edge Visual.

She has been creating world class imagery for movies, TV, commercials, music videos and live events for decades, since earning her BA in Film from UC Santa Cruz.

Her clients span the world’s top studios such as ILM, Digital Domain, and MPC, for countless blockbuster movies like “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows II,” “Tron,” and “Jurassic World.”

FRANCESCO DICOSMO

Having been influenced by a musical family, I began singing at age five & I started teaching myself bass at age fourteen when I was inspired by various artists in Rock, Blues, R&B, Funk, Fusion, Jazz and Progressive Rock. I studied music theory with Schuyler Collins from the Berkley School of Music, and voice with master vocal technician Nikki Cukor in New York. I started playing bass and singing professionally at 15 for several top drawing bands in the Northeastern Pennsylvania & east coast club circuits. The bands Black Water, Quest and Rogue were some of the best vocal intensive Rock show bands that I had the opportunity to cut my teeth with in the NorthEast.

I then moved on to Los Angeles, to further pursue my music career. I was one of the top ten bass players picked by

BILLY SHEEHAN for the MUSICIANS INSTITUTE Scholarship Contest. I then attended the world renowned school, graduating at the top of the class with the

M.I. VOCATIONAL HONORS AWARD & the HUMAN RELATIONS AWARD in 1995.

This led me to assistant teaching and private instruction at M.I. for the next 2 years. Reputation and experience led me to audition for

STEVE VAI, DWEEZIL ZAPPA, the NEW RADICALS, VONDA SHEPPARD and MEGADETH’S, amazing guitarist CHRIS POLAND,

with whom I joined the eclectic, dark, Alt-Rock band,

MUMBO’S BRAIN, and with whom I co-wrote & recorded the instrumental Rock/Funk/Jazz/Fusion record called,
“ CHASING THE SUN ”.

Having caught the attention of label exec Fred Brown at Warner Bros, I was referred to work with,

STAN WHITTAKER, former guitarist/vocalist for PETER GABRIEL and famous Prog-Rock band HAPPY THE MAN, with whom formed the Prog/Pop/Rock band
SPIRIT NOISE with my bro & drummer RICO DICOSMO.

Since then I’ve played with Warner Bros recording artist,

TRACY DAWN, alternative L.A. Indie rock band, PUSH
and played bass on co-produced and arranged an album for Ft. Worth, Texas singer/songwriter.
ELIZABETH WILLS with producer CHRIS VAN TASSELL. I recorded and co-produced an EP with the band

SPECTRUM/WORLDS APART with producer BARRY FAZMAN, recorded the album

“ CONFESSIONS ” with the band JADED, and recorded the album

” GOOD VIBRATIONS ” with L.A.’s Rock/Reggae/Rap/Pop Band SHAKA BUKU. I also wrote and recorded songs with

JAMIE GREEN (named by L.A. Music Awards as Best Unsigned Artist) for her new album ” TRUCE “. And then recorded the hit album:

“FALLEN” by, EVANESCENCE, with producer DAVE FORTMAN
of which the single,

“BRING ME TO LIFE” and was #1 on BILLBOARD’S MODERN ROCK CHART for several weeks.

“ FALLEN “ also won 2 GRAMMY AWARDS for
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE & BEST NEW ARTIST at the

46TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS in 2004 & for which I recieved
two Grammy Certifications for.

“ FALLEN “ sold over 14 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE. (More @ Grammy.com) Two tracks from ” FALLEN ” also made it on the soundtrack of the comic book movie ” DAREDEVIL” .

Recently, I’ve had the honor & priveledge of spending the last 2 years as the new bassist for the Quintessential Classic Rock Band,

THIN LIZZY, playing with world class guitarist/vocalist JOHN SYKES, amazing original Thin Lizzy guitarist SCOTT GORHAM, and Drumming legend, TOMMY ALDRIDGE. Its been a total blast playing the awesome songs and bass lines of the late great
PHIL LYNOTT ! ! !

Last year I also had the priveledge of doing some gigs in Russia with one of my fav singers of all time, BOBBY KIMBALL of TOTO,
with my friends and killer musicians JAY GORE on guitar,
ALEX ALESSANDRONI on Keys & ROBIN DIMAGGIO on Drums!

I’ve recently done a record with San Diego singer/songwriter

ROB CARONA & recorded the awesome CD “THIS IS THE LIFE”.

MOST RECENTLY I’ve teamed up with TTM GUITARS from Palm Desert CA and am designing a NEW LINE of 4, 5 and 6 STRING BASS GUITARS with unique design features. Protoypes are now being built with working models to be expected later this year.

MARK LAISURE, DOROTHY DONAHUE, FILIPPO VOLTAGGIO

Mark Laisure

Mark Laisure is a venture strategist, speaker and oneness coach. Mark speaks and teaches on various topics related to Personal Transformation such as; “Reinstalling Happiness” “Business is not Business, it’s Personal” and “Greening your Mind.” At the core of his presentations, he focuses on the science and understanding that we are energetic beings and we are connected at heart.

Dorothy Lee Donahue

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…

Filippo Voltaggio

Filippo Voltaggio, Author, Speaker, Life Coach, and TV and Radio Host, 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.

Ed Rubenstein, Ph.D. is the Director of Education and Professional Training Programs for Heart Based Institute. He is also a licensed psychologist who has been at the forefront of the human potential field for over 30 years.

Ed received his Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Florida State University, and holds a Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling from Florida State University, a Masters in Psychology from Radford University, and a Masters in Spiritual Studies from Goddard College.

Over the course of his career, he has worked with a multiplicity of client populations and has conducted workshops and trainings for federal, city and county agencies as well as university, hospital, non-profit, corporate, and community settings.

Ed’s focus within psychology is on a heart based approach and its impact on the psychological and relational well-being of his diverse clientele. His transformative approach to psychology demonstrates a natural way for developing resiliency, emotional management, and for building positive relationships.

Facilitating professional workshops internationally, Ed shares his insights and in-depth knowledge about living a heart-centered life, supported by tools and approaches that contribute to a deeper experience of personal fulfillment.

He has successfully presented workshops at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Pan American World Health Organization (PAHO), and other agencies.

Cynthia Mazzaferro is a Motivational Speaker, #1 Amazon Best-Selling Author, Energy and Intuitive Healer, Reiki Master, and Powerful Beyond Measure Life Coach.   She is a retired Physical Therapist of over 30 plus years and previous owner of an Ergonomic company where she performed work site analysis and spent thousands of hours training and teaching individuals on injury and stress reduction. Cindy's passion is to assist people in their personal growth, health, and purpose.  Cindy’s new transformational, #1 Amazon self-help book, Powerful Beyond Measure Explores your Past, Empowers your Present, and Envisions your future filled with purpose, passion, and miracles. You can purchase her book, Powerful Beyond Measure on Amazon or at your favorite bookstores.