Life Changes Show, April 25, 2016
Life Changes Show with Filippo Voltaggio and cohost Mark Laisure
Guest, La Palabra
LA PALABRA
La Palabra is a well-respected bandleader, singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer, and arranger, known for his versatile approach to music, particularly his invention of the Salsa Romantica Latin music genre and his signature style of Afro-Cuban-influenced, sensual Latin jazz. Discovered by Stevie Wonder in Detroit, La Palabra is an extraordinary performer that has shared his sound and style throughout the world.
Pushing the limits of previously recorded tropical dance ensembles with a balanced repertoire of original compositions and cover tunes, Palabra’s arrangements are unique, romantic and powerful within the genres of Afro cuban Jazz, Salsa, Cha-cha-cha, Charanga, Guaguanco, and Mambo.
Salsa Romantica introduced a new genre of music to the Latin music industry incorporating a sensual, tropical danceable beat to popular and well-known English & Spanish ballads. A few examples of Palabra’s Salsa Romantica are Lionel Richie’s “Lady,” Roberto Carlos’s “Cama y Mesa,” and Emmanuelle’s “Todo se Derrumbo.” “Lady” has topped the charts in all international airways.
La Palabra’s music has been featured in motion pictures as well as on television including the HBO film “The Liberty Kid,” the BBC TV series “Happiness,” ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” “Six Degrees,” CBS’s “Cold Case,” and FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance.” Most recently, La Palabra wrote several songs featured in the 2012 movie release “186 Dollars to Freedom.”
His most recent effort tittle “El Tun Tun de Tu Corazon” top the charts in Colombia and it was the most played song on the radio in Peru in 2011. This has brought great notoriety to this versatile artist.
Guest, Wendy Braun
WENDY BRAUN
Wendy Braun is an accomplished actress + success mindset mentor, referred to by many supporters as “a positive + uplifting force in the entertainment industry.”
Combining her decades of invaluable on-set experience with her passion for inspiring others, Braun founded a top resource dedicated to providing practical + empowering tools to help actors turn self-doubt and setbacks into success breakthroughs.
Wendyʼs transformational teachings + guided meditation audios have inspired countless actors worldwide, some of whom are now Emmy nominees, Broadway performers + Series Regulars on hit TV shows.
You may recognize Braun from over 60 television + film credits, including recent appearances on Itʼs Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Castle, The Mentalist, Faking It, Bones and Criminal Minds, from over 100 television commercials, or you may have heard her voice in thousands of voice-overs.
Braun gives away a free guided visualization audio mp3 to help listeners turn fear + doubt into confidence + ease in less than 5 minutes.
Wendy currently resides in Los Angeles and enjoys balancing career, family and marriage with her husband, actor, Josh Cox, and their two young + exuberantly active sons.
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.
