Life Changes Show
Come and join the conversation about what's going on and what we can do together about it, with it, and for it. We have the choice, we have the power. We can do magic if we just believe!
A show about the changes going on in us, to us, around us, and because of us. Therefore, it's technically a show about "Everything," only with a how to make it better, see it better, be better.
In the show, there is talk about, and with, people who have either been through major changes, are helping others with major changes, or people who are changing the world for the better in a major way.
The show is a one-hour talk show format with a monologue by the host, a 30 minute interview with a guest of note, capped by a "Producer's Wrap" segment, in which Filippo and Co-Host Mark Laisure, and sometimes surprise guests, bring it all home for the listeners in a sometimes humorous and sometimes touching, but always entertaining conversation.
Guest, Thomas Claxton
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.
