Bio

Growing up in a modest urban neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, Keith Kemper had a fascination with the intricate nuances of music produced on the screen, stage and in the studio. Keith developed an uncanny ability to reproduce music by ear and quickly mastered the piano by age 7. Through his role models, the legendary John Williams, David Foster and Barry Manilow, Keith has cultured a successful 20 year career in the music industry. Keith has advanced to be one of the premier music talents coveted by many in the industry for his diversity, flexibility and unique style that is all his own.

As a composer and producer Keith has worked with many of the industry’s top producers and DJs such as Johnny Vicious, Razor ‘n’ Guido, Peter McLean, John Rizzo, Mickey Garcia, Willie Colon, Ira Gold, Juan Valentine and many others. He has worked for many music labels such as Sony, Epic, BMI, J Records, Strictly Rhythm, D1 Music, Waako Records, Mic Mac Records, Now Records, 2 Da Groove, and Phase One Productions, ISV Entertainment to name a few. Keith has also worked with some of the industry’s most amazing talents such as The Village People, Boy George, Tiffany, Samantha Fox, RuPaul, BK2, Bylli Crayone, Promise Circle, Lil’ Suzy, Taborah & Darryl D’Bonneau, Raquela, SupaNova, Destiny Williams, Cynthia & Lisette Melendez, Gene Roberts, Wanda Houston, Lisa Hunt, Ernest Kohl, Kimberly Daivs, Angie Gold, Raquela and many others.

Keith’s stellar Billboard hits include Lisa Hunt’s ‘The Joint Is Jumpin’, SupaNova’s ‘No Secrets’, and most recently Taborah & Darryl D’Bonneau’s classic remake of ‘Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now’. His album ‘Instant ’80′s Today’ and the D1 Music’s ‘Club Christmas’ album series yearly continue to dominate the international download charts. Keith has also performed live on television on QPTV and performed in local clubs in his own band. His biggest Off-Broadway success was his widely acclaimed soundtrack to Robert Cabell’s play ‘I,Sarah – The Divine’ directed by Peter McLean.

What sets Keith apart from many producer/composer/performers is his amazing chameleon-like ability to reproduce almost any style of music. Be it a ballad, a remix of the latest dance or pop track, a theatrical or film score, a commercial jingle, the latest video game score, or just performing his original work on stage, Keith is at home with all these styles and genres of music. Keith is able to quickly get projects done in record speed with superior professional results and quality. Many in the industry prize this as his most amazing asset; to get done what most cannot in record time.

The future is certainly bright for Keith Kemper as he continues to work with many other major artists and producers in all areas of the music and entertainment industry. To see a good portion of his work, surf this website or Google “Keith Kemper” to see all his videos and music on Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo!

Links

http://keithkemper.net

Bios

S. Jane Gari and Heidi R. Willis are co-authors of Flush This Book: True Tales of Bodily Malfunctions.  They are currently working on their new project I Am Woman, Hear Me Fart: Stories Only Best Girlfriends Know (www.iamwomanhearmefart.com).

Their ebook, Flush This Book, is only 99¢ and can be purchased on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, the Reader Store for Sony Reader, and Apple’s iBookstore for the iPad.  A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the World Toilet Organization (www.worldtoilet.org), a global nonprofit that implements sanitation systems in developing countries in order to prevent the spread of deadly diseases.

Learn more about the authors and their projects at www.flushthisbook.com  and their blog www.nakedpoop.com.

Bio

Speaker, expert of the psychology of “applied imagination,” performance coach, author: Quantum Leap Thinking

James Mapes is the founder of Quantum Leap Thinking™, creator of The Transformation Coach™, expert on the psychology of “applied imagination,” best-selling author, highly acclaimed business speaker, consultant, seminar leader and personal excellence coach. For over 30 years, James has been an ardent student of human behavior and dedicated to helping individuals, teams and organizations identify and break through barriers to reach their goals and achieve success. He encourages people to be open to new ways of thinking, and his goal is to help everyone make the “quantum leap” toward more creative, productive and confident lives. For both businesses and individuals, his message promotes an innovative, powerful way of thinking and provides a new-found mastery over their imagination and perceptions so that, in his words, “the invisible becomes visible and the impossible becomes possible.” The results have been nothing short of extraordinary, creating key breakthroughs in both organizational and personal excellence.

James Mapes’ success as a speaker and highly regarded authority on the imagination, creative thinking, communication, managing change, organizational problem-solving, successful teamwork and coaching is due to his early training as an actor and experience as a theatrical producer. In 1969, he graduated from California State University with a Master of Arts degree in theater and speech. He then worked in repertory theater, off-Broadway and directed two of his own theater companies, amassing dozens of television and movie credits. As a performer, he developed a unique stage presence with a special talent for connecting with his audience. Mapes’ work has earned him appearances on CNN, The Today Show, Good Morning America and Fox Family Channel, among other media outlets.

As a recognized business speaker and performance coach, James has spoken to hundreds of public and private companies in more than 70 countries. His clients include financial institutions, software companies, the military, the healthcare industry, financial institutions, training and development divisions of large corporations and major non-profit organizations. Companies, associations, universities and business schools including – IBM Corporate, U.S. Coast Guard, Lockheed Martin and The Princeton Center for Leadership Training – have quoted Mapes in training manuals and textbooks.

James Mapes personal goal of living an exceptional life is reflected in both his business activities as well as his recreational pursuits, which range from scuba-diving, ballooning, racecar driving, Kempo Karate, and world travel, to an avid interest in reading. His two highly regarded books are Quantum Leap Thinking: An Owner’s Guide to the Mind and The Workbook: The Magic of Quantum Leap Thinking. His new book The Elephant and the Rider: Living an Exceptional Life is scheduled for publication in 2012.

James Mapes presentations are personal, interactive and humorous. Above all, he creates results and makes a lasting difference in the energy level, commitment and productivity of each individual in his audience.

In the 1970′s, James became interested in the power of the subconscious mind. To better understand this intriguing area, he researched psychology, philosophy, neurology and eventually, hypnotherapy Neuro-Linguistic Programming. His expertise quickly earned him recognition as a clinical hypnotist, becoming highly effective in assisting clients in weight reduction, smoking cessation, the elimination of phobias and pain reduction for terminally ill cancer patients. As a skilled practitioner of regression techniques, he helped the New York City Police Department in “memory recovery” with both witnesses to, and victims of, crime and he has worked with professional athletes to help improve their performance in their sport.

James Mapes has created an ongoing series of self-improvement audio recordings and writes a syndicated newspaper column for Hearst newspapers in Connecticut and The Arizona Reporter. James also enjoys presenting his one-man show, Journey Into the Imagination at performing arts centers and universities around the country. He appeared on Broadway in 2003 and presented A Whirlwind Tour of the Mind at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in Manhattan in 2007. When not touring, James and his wife divide their time between residences in Westport, Connecticut, and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Links

www.jamesmapes.com

As a professional photographer I constantly looking for ways to give my clients the best possible product I can give.  When it comes to photography output, I truly believe in quality paper that provides great color and black and white processing.

Unlike most photographers, I don’t like to use ink jet printing if I don’t have to.  Sure the processes have come leaps and bounds since it was first introduced, but I still like the emulsified processing.

As a photo restoration specialist and photo conservator, I look for products that can withstand the test of time.  I want my photos to look as good as they did when I print them, 100 years later – provided good care is given to them.

When it comes to things like this there was only one company I truly trusted with my photos, that was Kodak.  Last week the company filed for bankruptcy and will soon be a distant memory.

For more than 60 years Kodak’s innovation has changed the face of photography forever, in terms of processing images.  They were the leaders in color photo technology, taking us out of the black and white era; yet their black and white processing is legendary in its own right.

Thanks to them, photography has evolved to what it is today.  The hard part is imagining my profession without them.

There are other competitors that pushed Kodak to be the company it is, like Epson and Fuji.  They will now have to set the standards for generations to come.

I can’t thank Kodak enough, thanks to them I will forever have a quality product to give to my customers, and they helped my work shine, looking its best whether it was in a museum or on somones desk.

I had the esteem pleasure of being interviewed half way across the world, in a country I first launched “Dreams, Nightmares, Fears and Fantasy” collection; Hong Kong, China.  The show is Rastous, The Small Picture Podcasts.  There I talked about my life experiences that started the whole series, my inspirations and more.  Its an inside look into me unlike any other.

Bio

I began making up stories into a tape recorder when I was twelve in 1971. 37-years and hundreds of hours of radio broadcasting later, and I am still creating unusual audio that defies categorization. Whether it is creating a half-hour radio play for XM Satellite Radio, documentaries, features or personal essays for National Public Radio, or performing on stage before a live audience, I have made a career out of imaginative storytelling in the best aural traditions of the past. On this website, you can hear many hours of my audio work in every genre, for free.

Links

http://joebev.com 

http://joebev.com/podcasts.html

Bio

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cory attended the Philadelphia High
School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), enrolling in the school’s first year hen it was a fledgling program, where he majored in Creative Writing and minored in Videodrama, becoming an award-winning director of video projects. In addition, he was a founder, writer, and cartoonist for CAPA’s newspaper THE PAINTED WORD, for which he eventually became editor-in-chief. Listed in WHO’S WHO AMONG AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS and
commended by the National Honors Society, he graduated with CAPA’s second
graduating class in 1981.

Attending STANFORD UNIVERSITY in Stanford, California, where he majored in Drama and minored in Dance, Cory performed in an average of five to six major productions per year. He taught art to autistic, learning-disabled, and educable mentally retarded children at the Peninsula Children’s Center in Menlo Park, California, was active in the Stanford University Rape Awareness Program, occasionally wrote for THE STANFORD DAILY, and toured for two years with the BALLET FOLKLORICO DE STANFORD MEXICAN FOLKDANCE COMPANY. He received a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Drama in 1986.

As a performing artist, Cory has performed in dance productions, touring shows, and Off-Broadway productions of ANTIGONE, THE TRIAL OF SUSAN B.
ANTHONY, WE HAVE STORIES TO TELL OF AFRICA, FRATERNITY, NOTES
ON 6FINITY, THE AMEN CORNER, and A FEW HOURS IN HELL, making his
West Coast theatrical debut as the Duke of Cornwall in KING LEAR with the
Pasadena Shakespeare Company in Pasadena, California, following that up as a
member of the ensemble cast of the Fountain Theatre/BAND critically-acclaimed production of Rita Dove’s THE DARKER FACE OF THE EARTH, then
continuing on to the West Coast premiere of the VoxBox Arts Collective original  production of JIGSAW. In addition, Cory has acted in various commercials,  industrial films and videos, television shows, and feature films such as WHO SHOT PAT?, PHILADELPHIA, LET’S TALK, THE C-SHIFT, REFLECTIONS AGO, RED HERRING, FIGHTING WORDS, A DAY OF ATONEMENT and STRAIGHT ON ‘TIL MORNING.

Cory is also the author of three science fiction novels, TOTENTANZ, THE
TAKING OF CYNDRIEL’S HOPE and HUNTER’S MOON, all of which are
currently available through the online content marketplace http://www.lulu.com.

Cory Williams is currently living and working in Los Angeles, California.

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Bio

Deanna Proach was born and raised on the southwest coast of British Columbia, Canada. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in History at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, BC. She currently resides in Sechelt where she is writing and acting.

Links

http://deannaproach.com

http://desstories.blogspot.com