Madame Perry's Salon

Oh, what a night! Our guest is  legendary, superbly talented guitar player Michael Staertow. He is currently a member of the legendary band, The Guess Who, which is currently gearing up to release its latest creation, Plein D’Amour. Band members Derek Sharp, Michael Staertow, Leonard Shaw, Michael Devin, and founding member, Garry Peterson have crafted a collection of songs that raises the bar and continues to take things up a notch both musically and sonically.

Before The Guess Who, Michael was the guitarist for Lou Gramm. Michael is one of only a few guitar players to work with Lou Gramm, the voice of “Hot Blooded,” “Head Games,” “Juke Box Hero,” “I Want to Know to What Love Is” and other signature songs of the classic-rock era. That makes him a full-fledged member of a significant guitar-playing fraternity that also includes Foreigner founder Mick Jones, Nils Lofgren and Vivian Campbell.

Michael has been the focus of articles in Guitar World, Guitar One and Vintage Guitar magazines, and he was featured in Gbase.com’s Gearhead Gazette as well as  featured on many popular podcasts. An aspiring vlogger, Michael captures short scenes from life on the road with Lou Gramm and artists like Dennis Elliot and Deen Castronovo to share on social media. Michael has also added Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp “Rock Star Counselor” to his pedigree.

Whatever your business - writing, art, music, tech, coding, sales, scientist, cook, anything - you've heard that publicity can get you and your work in front of your intended audience as well as others who can help you grow.  But how? It seems overwhelming and confusing.

Jennifer Perry is the owner of Lone Wolf Commnications, LLC, a public relations firm established in 2006. Jennifer has worked with Feld Entertainment,HBO Documentaries, Project Hope, doctors, satellite communications pros, authors, filmmakers, musicians and more. 

Her popular book on publicity, SELL YOUR BOOKS TODAY! provides a step by step guide for authors to be their own publicist if they can't afford one, and the basics apply to people in several fields.

 Also the executive producer and host of Madame Perry's Salon, and former host and producer of her own cable tv show in the late 80s and early 90s, she knows a thing or two about media. 

 

Callers are welcome!

Jonathan Nolan is a writer, artist, poet and published author and game designer. He is the originator of the FASERIPopedia retroclone OSR superhero game and its licensed spinoff "FASERIP Tidal Wave Comics sourcebook" range created in cooperation with Tidal Wave Comics.

Talk about lucky. The yearly finals to Long Beach Searches for Greatests Storyteller take place August 20 and 23.  And producer Mariana Williams is in the genie bottle tonight! 

Author/Storyteller/Producer Mariana Williams' talents seem unending.  After working as a piano player singer, Mariana traded in the piano keys for alphabet keys. She penned three books of fiction, about those experiences. Inspired by a win at The Moth, she dedicated the last eleven years to storytelling and producing. Then her momoir-ish book, Love, Regret and Accidental Nudity.

Marilyn and Patrick Opitz have each had experiences that could only be described as paranormal. Needing to make sense of it they began to study paranormal phenomena, which as many know is taught globally at colleges and universities.

Combine a spooky subject with a fun couple and we got a show for you!

Dr. Dravon James Has Your Rx For A Damaged Relationship

Dr. Dravon James is the Founder of the Next Step Leadership Academy, a company that empowers women to use everything that shows up in their lives- good, bad, or otherwise to reach their next level of greatness.  Dr. Dravon is a Transformation Specialist using her Every Day Peace philosophy to coach women on how to master goal attainment.  She is the author of Freedom is Your Birthright.  As a leader in the healthcare industry for more than three decades, she is the recipient of the Secretary McDonough Coin of Recognition for her leadership efforts to combat the COVID pandemic, Radio Host of the “Dr. Dravon James Every Day Peace” every other Monday on Mind Body Spirit.fm Podcast Network, coach on the SiriusXM “Road Dog Trucking” show, and an actress whose career credits include a recurring role on HBO’s acclaimed “The Wire.”  Dr. Dravon uses this training and experience to lead women to their victory using the power of Every Day Peace to achieve their Next Level of Greatness in life and business.

Dr. Dravon’s journey began in poverty on the South Side of Chicago. Though she had always dreamt of a career on the stage, Dravon went on to earn a doctorate in pharmacy from Creighton University and has worked as a pharmacist all of her adult life. Along with her medical career and theatrical aspirations, Dr. Dravon has also always had a keen interest in personal development. After reading Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking in college, she went on to make a lifelong study of the power we all have to create the life we want.

No guest lined up so Matt Joyner and the Madame are playing music by some of the fantastic musicians who've been on Madame Perry's Salon.

Avondale Estates resident, Cara Consilvio, is a female director and producer of opera, film, and theater. Consilvio produced and directed mini-documentaries for the NEA Opera Honors, NEA Jazz Masters videos, OPERA America, and the American Composers Orchestra. Her latest project is “For the Love of Friends,” a documentary chronicling activist Brent Nicholson Earle's 10,000-mile run around the country in 20 months to bring awareness to the AIDS epidemic. The documentary will be airing for the first time on Public Broadcast Stations on June 1st.

Bokinia (Kinia) Colbert, is the owner of My Healthy Noggin, LLC a Behavioral Health company specializing in mental and social wellness, focusing on a "Healthier Mind, Healthier Life" concept. Her professional career began with her love of people, relationships, faith, and Joy. She intentionally sought positions that allowed her to serve and make a difference.

Kinia truly enjoys teaching people how amazingly wonderful they are, regardless of who they are, what they have been through, or what people think of them. She simply can't imagine better jobs like these listed to help become the best Behavior Health Counselor that she can be:

 

*Public School Teacher     *Marketing Consultant

*Life Coach                        *Podcast Host and Producer

*Entrepreneur                    *Motivational Speaker

*Wedding Officiant

*Behavior Health Counselor

Each adventure led to a purpose-filled day, allowing me to give all that I have to give with pleasure.

Lynn Barker was born in New Mexico, was a college journalism student of famous writer of Navajo mysteries Tony Hillerman and was an associate producer of KRON t.v. news in San Francisco until moving to L.A. where she was Manager for the CBS Network Story Department before writing scripts for the 1980's reboot of "The Twilight Zone". Other Writers Guild of America credits include "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". Her articles have appeared in "American Cinematographer" and the WGA magazine "Written By:" and she has a story in the "Chicken Soup for the Soul of America" book. Lynn was an MPAA-accredited Hollywood entertainment journalist for several websites. Writing experience also includes show scripts for Disney Imagineering and Universal theme park attractions. She is a script doctor and screenplay consultant.

Lynn's latest work is as co-author of "Futurus Rex" a compact, fast-moving Sci-Fi/Fantasy adventure novel written with the late Dorothy (D.C.) Fontana, an iconic writer/story editor on the original “Star Trek” series as well as a New York Times bestselling author.

Futurus Rex is available on Amazon.