Bill Simpson is a consummate professional, as an author, speaker, podcaster, and pastor/teacher. He's been a missionary in West Africa and a pastor to two congregations. These experiences, coupled with his seminary training and years in the marketplace, have led to his discovery of know the amazing promise Jesus made to us - “That if we remain in him, and his words remain in us, we can ask for whatever we want and we'll receive it!”.

Author of How to Ask God - for What He Wants to Give You, and What Men Crave - Spoiler: It's Not Money, Sex, or Power.

 

As an ardent follower of Jesus since 1982, I have experienced the wonderful truth of praying the way Jesus taught us to pray, especially in asking for his Kingdom to come. Thinking about God throughout the day by frequently launching "flare prayers" and "text praying" have taught me how to have a truly personal relationship with the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. As I have grown older, I have come to realize life is about understanding how desperately dependent on God we are.

 

Author of four books, one in the language of Wolof in Senegal, West Africa, and three in English. The English titles are: How to Ask God - for What He Wants to Give You,  Take 10 to Menó - 10 Minute Readings thru Colossians, and What Men Crave - Spoiler: It's Not Money, Sex, or Power. All books are available on Amazon, Leadership Books, and all other online book distributors.



 

Bill and his wife, Tammy, both grew up in Fuquay-Varina, NC. They were married shortly after Bill graduated from NC State's College of Engineering in 1981. A few months after their marriage, Bill became a follower of Jesus. After 9 years of success in business, the Simpsons realized the Lord was leading them in an entirely new direction. They sold their home and company in order for Bill to attend seminary at Columbia International University in Columbia, SC in preparation for overseas ministry. After graduation, they served as church planters in Senegal, West Africa where Bill soon became the Field Director. They served with the mission agency, SIM, for six years in Senegal. Bill’s first book was an explanation of practical theology written in Wolof, the primary language of Senegal.



When the Simpsons returned to the US in 1997, Bill was privileged to pastor their home church in High Point, NC, Community Bible Church. He served there for almost 10 years and then returned to the marketplace as a leadership consultant. Over the next 5 years, he held positions in energy efficiency and conservation with two Fortune 100 companies. Bill and Tammy were led back to the pastorate in March of 2012, as he became the Lead Pastor of Manchester Creek Community Church in Rock Hill, SC. Bill and Tammy resigned from pastoring to move to Wilmington, NC where he now writes and podcasts full-time.

Olympic Gold Medalist, Swimmer (Butterflyer). Former World, American, U.S. Open and Olympic Record Holder, Father of 2 kids playing multiple sports, Volunteer Coach, Former Age-Group & College Coach, Youth Sports Advocate, 3rd Best Corn-hole player in my family...possibly 4th. Huge wakeboard and snowboard fan!

Working with Silicon Valley and the Global Sports Community to create unique revenue opportunities for Elite Athletes that also make the world a better place! I'm an ex-professional athlete with nine years of experience on the US National Swim Team and 15+ years representing U.S. athlete's interests at the National and International political levels of sport (US & International Olympic Committee). I'm looking for like-minded investors and specialists to help us achieve our mission.



Post Pro-Athlete career - Senior financial executive with a proven strategic, operational and international sales track record. Expertise in training and motivating employees and establishing high standards of quality and performance. Extensive start-up experience through managing the opening of a west coast trading floor for Janney Capital and co-founding The Athletes Village, Inc.

D E N N I S

M A C K A Y

MULTI-PLATINUM GRAMMY AWARD WINNING

ENGINEER & PRODUCER

TOMMY BOLIN ... JUDAS PRIEST...STANLEY CLARKE...MICK RONSON...PHIL COLLINS...JEFF BECK...AND ON AND ON ...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Legendary guitarist & songwriter Tommy Bolin’s Teaser album was recorded at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, CA in July 1975 with additional recording at Electric Lady Studios in New York (September), and Trident Studios in London (October). It was mixed at Trident Studios in London by Dennis MacKay. Production credits went to Tommy Bolin and Lee Kiefer except for “People People” and “Marching Powder,” which were produced by Dennis MacKay. Those two tracks were done late to fill out the album out better and required Tommy and Dennis to travel back to Electric Lady to record the material. MacKay would go on to co-produce Private Eyes with Tommy in 1976.

Private Eyes/Tommy Bolin released in 1976. After recording finished at Cherokee the album was mixed at Trident Studios in London. MacKay demonstrated great skill in editing and mixing the material, turning seven days of rapid recording by an unrehearsed band into an iconic album. Dennis MacKay would go on to engineer or produce a remarkable range of artists including Tommy Bolin, Jeff Beck, Judas Priest, Return to Forever, Billy Cobham, Brand X, Gong, Pat Travers, Al DiMeola, David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Jack Bruce, Whitney Houston and the list goes on and on …. Mackay won a Grammy Award in 2010 for the Stanley Clarke Band Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

DENNIS MACKAY ENGINEERING & PRODUCING CREDITS

Year    Album Artist  

2019    Only After Dark: The Complete Mainman Recordings         Mick Ronson  Engineer, Mixing

2018    Plays Well With Others          Phil Collins     Producer

2017    MCA Years     Tygers of Pan Tang     Engineer, Producer

2014    The Box Set Series      Judas Priest     Producer

2014    Up       Stanley Clarke / Stanley Clarke Band            Engineer, Mixing

2013    Stained Class/Ram It Down   Judas Priest     Producer

2012    The Complete Albums Collection      Judas Priest     Producer

2012    The Complete Columbia Albums Collection Return to Forever        Engineer, Mixing

2011    Tour De Force: Live/Scenario            Al Di Meola    Producer, Engineer

2010    Electric Guitarist/Electric Dreams      John McLaughlin        Engineer, Associate Producer

2010    Good Luck Studio      Friday Mile     Producer

2010    Rocks, Pebbles and Sand/Let Me Know You Stanley Clarke Introduction, Sound Production

2010    Splendido Hotel/Electric Rendevous Al Di Meola    Producer, Engineer

2010    The Music of Judas Priest       Judas Priest     Producer

2010    The Stanley Clarke Band       Stanley Clarke / Stanley Clarke Band            Engineer

2009    Cass Elliot/The Road Is No Place for a Lady/Don't Call Me Mama Anymore          Cass Elliot            Assistant Engineer

2009    Cielo e Terra/Soaring Through a Dream        Al Di Meola    Engineer, Audio Engineer

2009    The Collection [2009] Whitney Houston        Engineer

2008    8+8: Best of '77-'80     Pat Travers      Producer

2008    Believer           Dolorata          Producer, Engineer, Violin, Pre-Production, Vocal Engineer

2008    Can You Follow [Deluxe Box Set]    Jack Bruce       Producer

2008    Original Album Classics         Jeff Beck         Audio Production

2008    Rock Me         Molly McNight           Mixing

2008    The Anthology            Return to Forever        Engineer

2007    Stained Class/Point of Entry   Judas Priest     Producer

2007    The Essential John McLaughlin         John McLaughlin        Producer, Audio Production, Original Recording Producer

2007    Westminster & 5th      Beowulf          Audio Production

2006    Extended Versions      Vixen  Producer, Engineer, Mixing

2006    Live & Learn  Vixen  Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Vocals

2006    Love, Death & Customer Service       Lauren Wood  Engineer, Audio Engineer

2005    Playin' with Carlos                  Producer

2005    Tall Tales and Short Stories    Tony MacLaren          Mixing

2004    Metalogy         Judas Priest     Producer

2003    20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Pat Travers           Pat Travers            Producer

2003    Hope in Anguish         East West        Producer, Engineer, Mixing

2003    Jet Set Jewel    Jack Bruce       Producer

2003    Revisited         Cowboys International            Producer

2002    Block Party Breaks, Vol. 2     DJ Pogo          Producer, Engineer

2002    Luckie Strike  The Mercury Project   Producer, Engineer, Mixing

2002    Twice Around the Houses/Wait till They Change the Backdrop       Jonathan Kelly / Jonathan Newby            Remixing

2001    The Best of Shooting Star      Shooting Star  Producer, Engineer

2001    The Invasion from Within      Tsunami Bomb           Producer, Audio Production

2000    Anthology       Al Di Meola    Producer, Engineer

2000    Future Is Turning        Luckie Strike  Producer, Engineer, Mixing

2000    Impressions of Christmas       Christopher Page        Producer, Engineer, Mixing

1999    Blown Zoomer            Producer, Mixing

1999    Classics           Kayak  Producer

1999    The Best of Vixen: Full Throttle        Vixen  Engineer

1999    Various Fusion 101                 Producer, Engineer, Mixing

1999    Vertú   Vertú   Producer, Engineer, Mixing

1998    A Night Out with Blue Plate Special  Blue Plate Special       Producer, Engineer

1997    Anthology       Shooting Star  Audio Production

1997    Jazz Fusion, Vol. 2 [Rhino]                Producer

1997    Lauren Wood [1997]  Lauren Wood  Engineer

1997    Lone Star Guitar         Rick Brannon  Producer, Engineer, Arranger, Mixing

1996    Collection, Vol. 2       Paco de Lucía  Engineer

1996    Ecstasy's Dance: The Best of Narada Michael Walden         Narada Michael Walden         Engineer

1995    Man from Manhattan  Eddie Howell  Producer

1995    Paco de Lucia en Vivo Desde El Teatro Real/Passion, Grace and Fire/Live...One Summer N        Paco de Lucía          Engineer, Mixing

1995    Rite of Strings Stanley Clarke Engineer, Mixing

1995    The Best of Shakti      Shakti  Engineer

1994    Out of the Mist/Illusion           Illusion            Mixing

1993    Metal Works '73-'93   Judas Priest     Producer

1993    The Famous Charisma Box                Producer

1992    Labyrinth        Kerri Anderson           Engineer

1992    Racine Sass Jordan     Engineer

1991    Hungry            XYZ    Engineer

1991    Ink       The Fixx          Engineer

1991    Shooting Star/Hang on for Your Life Shooting Star  Producer

1991    The Best of Pat Travers           Pat Travers      Producer

1991    The Regulators            Regulators       Engineer

1990    Rev It Up        Vixen  Engineer, Audio Engineer

1990    The Party        The Party        Engineer

1990    Trixter Trixter Engineer

1989    Barry Manilow            Barry Manilow           Engineer

1989    The Ultimate: The Best of Tommy Bolin       Tommy Bolin  Producer

1989    Willpower: A Twenty-Year Retrospective     Jack Bruce       Engineer

1988    Metal Giants               Producer

1988    Out of Control Dynasty           Engineer

1988    The Best of John McLaughlin [Wounded Bird]         John McLaughlin        Producer

1987    A Wingful of Eyes      Gong   Producer

1987    Tirami Su        Al di Meola Project     Engineer

1987    Whitney          Whitney Houston        Engineer

1986    Benny from Here        Benny Hester  Mixing, Mix Down

1986    One on One     Steve Camp     Engineer

1986    Smoke Signals Smokey Robinson       Engineer

1985    Durell Coleman           Durell Coleman           Engineer, Mixing

1985    Metal Fatigue  Allan Holdsworth       Engineer

1983    Boom Boom: The Best of Pat Travers            Pat Travers      Producer

1983    No Parole from Rock 'N' Roll Alcatrazz         Producer, Mixing

1983    Passion, Grace & Fire Al Di Meola / Paco de Lucía / John McLaughlin       Engineer, Mixing Engineer

1983    Scenario          Al Di Meola    Producer, Engineer, Assistant Producer

1982    Tour de Force: Live    Al Di Meola    Producer, Engineer

1981    Crazy Nights   Tygers of Pan Tang     Producer, Engineer

1981    Electric Rendezvous   Al Di Meola    Producer, Engineer

1981    Hang On For Your Life          Shooting Star  Producer, Audio Production

1981    Radio Active   Pat Travers      Producer, Mixing

1980    Crash and Burn           Pat Travers      Producer, Engineer

1980    Everything Is Grey     Ironhorse         Producer, Engineer

1979    Electric Guitarist         John McLaughlin        Producer, Engineer

1979    G-Force           Gary Moore / Gary Moore & G-Force           Engineer, Remixing

1979    The Original Sin         Cowboys International            Producer

1978    Alivemutherforya        Billy Cobham  Mixing

1978    Magic/Simplicity of Expression: Depth of Thought  Billy Cobham  Engineer, Remixing

1978    Phantom of the Night Kayak  Producer, Arranger

1978    Spellbound      Alphonso Johnson       Producer, Engineer

1978    Stained Class   Judas Priest     Producer

1977    Go Too            Stomu Yamashta / Stomu Yamashta's Go      Producer

1977    Magic  Billy Cobham  Engineer, Remixing

1977    Moroccan Roll            Brand X          Producer

1977    Out of the Mist            Illusion            Mixing

1976    A Handful of Beauty  Shakti  Engineer

1976    Airborne          Curved Air      Producer

1976    Expresso          Gong   Producer, Engineer

1976    Gazeuse!         Gong   Producer, Engineer

1976    Inner Worlds   Mahavishnu Orchestra / John McLaughlin     Associate Producer

1976    Private Eyes    Tommy Bolin  Producer

1976    Spiders from Mars      The Spiders from Mars           Producer

1976    Unorthodox Behaviour           Brand X          Producer, Engineer, Mixing

1976    Wired  Jeff Beck         Engineer

1975    First Starring Role      Bob Sargeant  Percussion

1975    Play Don't Worry        Mick Ronson  Engineer

1975    Romantic Warrior       Return to Forever        Engineer, Remixing

1975    Teaser  Tommy Bolin  Mixing, Original Recording Producer, Producer

1975    Venusian Summer       Lenny White   Engineer, Remixing, Percussion, Gong

1975    Visions of the Emerald Beyond         Mahavishnu Orchestra            Tape Operator

1974    Slaughter on 10th Avenue      Mick Ronson  Engineer

I believe you deserve to live your best life. Your life should be rich and filled with wonderful health, fulfilling relationships, involved in jobs and careers that you love and are passionate about and be blessed with financial abundance.

Why is it that some people struggle along in life, never get out of first gear or hit their limits and feel stuck and confused, yet for others they seem to have the golden touch and everything in their life seems to be working and extremely rewarding?

There is no need to feel hopeless, frustrated and out of control.

If that is how you feel or you are looking to break though existing limits. then let me show you how.

I work with you to identify and change your paradigms – which are your habits and beliefs – which are preventing you from achieving the results you truly want in every area of your life. I focus on the primary goals and objectives YOU want to achieve.

My Coaching is a strategically designed mix of education, accountability, and action. Action toward the progressive realization of your dreams.

Your goals might be in the areas of financial and career success, self-image, personal relationships, or improved business habits and sales strategies. You will identify and change the patterns of thinking that stand between what you have and what you want.

My passion and purpose in life is to see people make positive changes in their lives. I want you to succeed, to feel inspired, motivated and happy.

I am currently in my fourth decade on my journey in this life.  Born and raised in South Africa, I have traveled to many different countries, lived in London and I now call the USA my home.  I worked in Investment Banking for 14 years, Founded my own Digital Marketing Agency and Coaching Business.

Life to me is a continual cycle of growth and opportunity.  No matter how bad the fall or downturn, it is an opportunity for us to makes positive changes in our life and grow.

My life was pretty frustrating for most of my life.  I lost my father to cancer when I was only 11 years old.  I watched my parents lose everything and my mother being left with 4 kids at home, with no income and no money.  I loved my childhood, but it wasn’t always easy with no father and no cash.  Oblivious to me at the time, but my thoughts and those powerful circumstances were adding powerful messages and thought patterns that would shape my life in future years.

Over time more and more layers of disappointment, fear and not knowing my purpose in life created powerful sub-conscious habits, also known as paradigms, that kept me stuck.  The harder I tried, and I ended up doing very well and paid my way through college and successfully fought my way into a career in Investment Banking, I still felt stuck, full of fear and uncertainty.

Eventually my world came crashing down around me, I lost my job, I got really sick for about 5 years, lost all my money and went through foreclosure courts with my house.  It wasn’t fun and I disliked being in those situations, but looking back it was the best thing that happened to me.

I had changed!

I had been studying the mind and personal growth for a few years prior to that.  That allowed me to be better prepared for life’s challenges.  Slowly through more pain and suffering I began to understand that I was actually in control and I wasn’t a rudderless ship exposed to the elements, luck and chance and having my life path dictated to me by powerful unseen forces. When I started to understand this, further my studies and apply this new knowledge, my life began to shift and change for the better.

For the first time in my life I understood my purpose, I had a clear image of what I wanted, how I was going to get there and I took action. So now I want to share that knowledge with you together.  Help you, coach you and be part of your journey to your best life, NOW!

DANIELLE CROOK

Danielle is a multi-disciplinary performing artist with diverse professional qualifications.  She acts on-camera in TV, film and commercial productions; and on-stage in musicals, plays and operas. She is also a choral singer and conductor, private voice teacher, and vocal soloist.  

Currently based in Los Angeles, Danielle was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California. Danielle graduated cum laude from UCLA with a BA and highest honors from the musicology department. She then pursued a masters degree from San Jose State University in Voice Performance, where she was privileged to study with mezzo-soprano Layna Chianakas. Danielle was the vocal winner of the 2010 Concerto Competition at San Jose State and the national anthem soloist at commencement.

Film/TV

Danielle co-starred in two episodes of the Hulu original series Chance starring Hugh Laurie, and has appeared on networks such as The Food Network, the Travel Channel, The Fine Living Network, and MTV, as well as in independently produced films and music videos. See IMDB and Resume PDF for additional credits.

Theatre

Favorite theatrical roles include Morticia in The Addams Family Musical, the Governess in The Turn of the Screw (Jeffrey Hatcher), Maria Reiner in The Sound of Music, Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, Cecily Cardew in The Importance of Being Earnest, Marian Paroo in The Music Man, and Aeneas (a trouser role, with a beard!) in the Bay Area premiere of La Didone, a baroque opera. Danielle has a special interest in premiering new works, and has been involved in five seasons of the annual short play festival “8 Tens at 8” in Santa Cruz, CA, as well as two world premiere operas and a world premiere musical.

Vocal

A classically trained soprano of Norwegian heritage, Danielle has specialized in art song from Nordic countries and she sings in Norwegian, Icelandic, Danish, Finnish, and Swedish. She also enjoys performing standard lyric soprano repertoire in English, German, French, and Italian, as well as less-commonly performed pieces in Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Russian. She has received recognition for her art song work by the National Association of Teachers of Singing-Bay Area, and a grant from the Scandinavian Cultural Center of Santa Cruz for her work in Scandinavian song.

She has been a soloist with the San Jose Wind Symphony, Monterey’s Del Monte Brass Band, and San Jose State’s Wind Ensemble, Jazz Orchestra, and Symphony Orchestra. She is available for live performances and special events.

Choral

Danielle has sung in or directed a choir nearly every year of her life since the age of eight. As a choral and ensemble singer, Danielle has performed at Davies Hall in San Francisco; Disney Hall, Royce Hall, and the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles; San Jose City National Civic and St. Joseph’s Basilica in San Jose; and the Santa Cruz Civic and Kuumbwa Jazz in Santa Cruz. She has worked with diverse ensembles such as Areté Singers, Awaken A Capella, Superdevoiche (a Bulgarian women’s choir), and as a choral member and soloist with the UCLA Chorale and Chamber choir, and the SJSU Concert Choir. She served as the choir director at the Congregational Church of Soquel for many years, and has worked with other church, public school and after-school ensembles as a director and voice teacher.

CORY PESATURO

Cory Pesaturo (“C Pez”) is on the forefront of the accordion world, pushing the boundaries on multiple fronts of what is possible with the accordion. The only person to ever win the trio of World Championships on Acoustic, Digital & Jazz Accordion, and the only accordion graduate of the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. In 2017, Pesaturo became a Guinness World Record Holder, as RedBull® flew him to Austria to break the Marathon Accordion Record, in which Cory played for over 32 hours. Cory’s main contribution is his visionary thinking of how the accordion should be used, played, taught, and presented in modern music. He has given 2 TED Talk’s and 2 Google Talk’s about this, which are currently the only TED or Google talks in the world about the accordion. Pesaturo is also developing his own electric accordion, and already has made the first ever skinned accordion which includes a symmetric lighting system attached to the keys.  

Pesaturo’s extensive resumé includes appearances at the White House for President and Mrs. Clinton on 4 different occasions, starting at age 12, and 8 other appearances for the Clintons since 2000, along with 14 letters from the first family. On one of those occasions, he became the youngest person to ever perform at a State Dinner, performing with the Marine Strolling Strings for the President of Hungary. Some TV appearances include the Late Show with David Letterman, performing with Johnny Depp, and nationally televised programs in New Zealand, Canada, Italy, Tunisia, France, and Finland. On an NYC broadcast, CNBC/FOX host Maria Bartiromo once said “No one is currently doing more for the Accordion than Cory”. He has judged accordion competitions in the US, Canada, and Europe, in addition to other music competitions, and currently gives masterclasses at various universities throughout the US and Europe on Accordion and Improvisation.  

For his Classical side which is lesser known, a win in a concerto competition at 16 years old gave Pesaturo the rare opportunity to perform with the Brockton Symphony Orchestra as a featured soloist, where he became the youngest accordionist to ever solo with a symphony orchestra in the US back in 2003. Concerning his Jazz side, Cory recorded two CD’s with saxophone legend George Garzone and his known band “The Fringe” at age 19, and has become friends with Jazz and Music Legends Quincy Jones and Wynton Marsalis. His performances at all 3 of his World Championships were played on accordions that were not his, and were generally 90% improvised; both aspects are unheard of in the accordion world.  

The instruments most famous legend in the US, Dick Contino, said when Cory was only 15, “Of all the accordionists I’ve seen over the years, Cory is the one to pass the torch to, the only one who has all the tools to bring the accordion back to its former glory.” Guido Deiro’s son, the “Father of Piano Accordion”, has stated “I’ve worried greatly about the future of the accordion since my father died, but not anymore since seeing and hearing Cory.”  

Pesaturo is also heavily involved and respected with the weather and motor sports worlds as well. He composed the Official list of records set by the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and also wrote the lists for the 2007 and 2008 Seasons as well. Moreover, he has put out reports on Winter Seasons for the US which have been featured on Accuweather.com, HurricaneCirty.com, and others. Cory is known for his FreeSledding work, including his own sledding mountain called “CN Mountain”. He has written sports blogs for sites like Bleacher Report, and has collaborated with members of the Red Sox and the Drop Kick Murphy’s on the “Fenway 100″ album released in 2012. His music has been played on Formula 1 broadcasts on NB

Major Records

– Only person to win World Championships on Jazz, Acoustic Accordion, and Digital/Electric Accordion.
– Youngest person to ever play at a State Dinner at the White House – 12 years old
– Youngest person to ever win the US National Accordion Championship – 15 years old
– Youngest person ever to be an accordion soloist with an orchestra – 16 years old
– Only Person to Major/Graduate in Accordion at the New England Conservatory
– Created the first Skinned Accordion, and first Skinned Accordion with a connected lighting system.