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When it comes to the music business, Mark Proct is a lifer. He’s not a star, but he is one of those people essential to stars a journeyman working behind the scenes who helps to make what happens onstage under the lights possible. A music industry professional in Austin, TX since 1975, Proct has labored in an array of showbiz infrastructure jobs, from driving tour buses to running sound, running his own lighting company and tour coach businesses and working as an artists’ manager. In the process, he not only helped further the careers of employers and clients, he played a pivotal role in the growth of Austin into a world-renowned hub for music and musical creativity. In those roles, and others, Proct has been present at pivotal moments in the careers of Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, the arc angels, Storyville, Vallejo, and others. A tireless amateur photographer, Proct was seldom without his camera, even as the music business took him and his musical compadres across the country and around the world. Now, after a lifetime of being behind the scenes, Proct is stepping out as the author of Home Today, Gone Tomorrow, a collection of rare, behind-the-scenes candid moments captured, as it were, on the run. These are not the glamor shots of carefully posed, manicured stars. Rather they are moments captured—backstage, in hotels, in recording studios, on city streets, behind the scenes.  It’s Proct’s gift that he was not only present in the moment, but had the presence of mind to capture it for the rest of us. Home Today, Gone Tomorrow not only catches musicians at pivotal moments in their lives, it also tells a larger story of the city of Austin, and its transformation from a sleepy college town to an international hub for music.

Join Sandy Fox and Holly Stephey as Sandy Fox Introduces  International Love and Gratitude Day, It has been officially declared on July 22nd to honor the life and work of Dr. Masaru Emoto.

It is also Dr.Massaru Emotos Birthday! Come celebrate this day with Sandy Fox .

We are all connected through the water in our bodies and our beautiful planet. Dr. Emoto found that the two most powerful words Love & Gratitude had a profound effect on water and the ability to transform and shift consciousness.

Here are some ways you can celebrate Love & Gratitude Day on July 22nd

*Show your love and appreciation to friends, family, co-workers, school mates by giving them a card or small token of love and appreciation.

*Be of service and share love and gratitude with a local non-profit that could use your contributions and assistance.

*Make a list of 100 people, places or things that you love and are grateful for in your life.

*Most importantly be kind to yourself and thank your personal body of water for taking such good care of you. This love and gratitude energy will ripple out into the world. We want to know how you celebrate Love & Gratitude day?

LIKE our facebook page and share with others and make sure to visit Dr. Emoto’s website

*We will also be joined by Joan Clark Who is an amazing teacher and hosts a pilgrimage each year honoring the path of the Goddess with Mary Magdalene as a inner guide and teacher, this a spiritual journey for those who are being called to awaken, ascend or simply listen to the voice within. The Feast of St. Mary Magdalene is celebrated on July 22nd , we will be talking about how you can celebrate and the history behind the Feast.  It has been celebrated on that day at least since the 8th century.

Thommy Price is a rock musician from Brooklyn, New York. He has played drums in a number of bands, including Scandal, Billy Idol, Blue Öyster Cult, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and is an in-demand session drummer.

Thomas Price was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. By the tender age of 16, he had already hit the road playing drums in rock bands ... and he hasn't stopped since. Schooled on "early blue eyed soul" like The Dave Clarke 5and The Young Rascals, he found his chops playing along with his older brother's 45's of drum heavy songs like "Bits and Pieces" and "Glad All Over" (the latter of which he now covers in his own new band ... but more on that later...)

He has spent his life on the road and in the studio, and along the way has become one of the most well known and highly sought after skin bashers in the business. His style is unique in that he has a sound completely his own, and his talent is impossible to overlook, but he stays solid and in the pocket without the flash and distractions of most well known drummers. He can provide the fireworks without losing his place as the most rock solid backbone around. For this reason his list of credits is almost endless...

Chocolate For Change™ is a New York City based company that creates chocolate bars packaged in unique wrappers. Each Chocolate For Change™ bar is designed with a specific cause, organization or charity in mind. The wrappers display graphics and text that serve to inform others about the cause for which the funds are being raised.

Chocolate For Change™ was founded in New York City in 2004. It was born out of one woman's recipe for combining activism, altruism, and of course, chocolate! 

The mission of Chocolate for Change™ is to educate and raise awareness while also generating funds for issues that are close to our hearts and benefit humanity. Proceeds are donated to a variety of organizations. We are committed to causes that not only require our dollars, but also our attention and dedication to make a positive change in the world around us.

"We can't change the world overnight, but we can make a difference (one bite at a time)."

Carin Cohen, founder of Chocolate For Change is a NYC based chocolatier, artist and teacher. When she is not making chocolate she is often teaching art to students of various ages. She is an enthusiastic Pearl Jam fan and concert goer. She also enjoys the local NYC music scene. Carin loves to travel, which includes meeting fellow chocolatiers around the world!  Carin frequently has a camera in hand to capture the world around her.

Wine evangelist, devoted epicurean, Cordon Bleu chef, consultant, marketer and promoter of high quality wines, aesthete, scribe, editor, and founder of Monaco’s top lifestyle magazine.

Founder and Chief Enthusiastic Oenophile (CEO) of the Juliet Cullinan Standard Bank Wine Festival – with sponsorship from Standard Bank since 2005 

Now in its 25th year, the Juliet Cullinan Standard Bank Wine Festival is South Africa’s oldest and most prestigious wine show, promoting just 60 wine industry leaders to oenophiles and connoisseurs from around the country

Juliet is also the editor and founder of MONTE CARLO, The Art of Taste, a glossy high-end magazine showcasing Monte Carlo’s finest in art, fashion, jewellery and lifestyle. The refined publication unveils international boutique venues and divulges bespoke treasures.”

As a youth in the 1980s, LeVine recognized the appeal of countercultural aesthetics including punk flyers, comics, graffiti and tattoos. Beginning in 1994, LeVine became an independent curator, organizing exhibitions at punk and alternative rock venues in the NY/NJ area such as: CBGB, Webster Hall, Max Fish, and Maxwell's. By promoting these visual art forms through group shows in venues that were home to their musical counterparts, LeVine gave a home to this nascent art movement, early on.

In February 2001, LeVine opened his own gallery Tin Man Alley in New Hope, Pennsylvania. The gallery relocated to Philadelphia in late 2002. In January 2005, LeVine renamed and moved his gallery to the epicenter of the contemporary art world, Manhattan's Chelsea district.

Jonathan Levine Gallery is committed to new and cutting edge art. Our roots go back to 1995, when Jonathan's life-long participation in punk and underground music grew into a curatorial experiment with the visual culture that surrounded him. We moved to Chelsea in 2005, with an eye towards honoring and connecting with the history and context of Post War art. In 2014, the gallery opened a second space on the ground floor of 557 West 23rd Street. We contribute to the dialogue by challenging the conventions of the canon — exploring the terrain of the high/low and everything in between. Our success in nurturing the careers of Shepard Fairey, Invader, Olek and others motivates us to continue being the voice for this cultural shift. The catalogues we publish, prints we distribute, and museum shows we help to produce reflect our dedication to our artists and community. At the same time, we aim to create an accessible and engaging gallery space.  http://jonathanlevinegallery.com

Rock and a Heart Place traces the rise, fall, and redemption of famous entertainers who were brought to their knees a great place to meet God. Join award-winning producer and music executive Ken Mansfield and biographer Marshall Terrill on a spiritual journey down the secluded halls of the music industry. Rock and a Heart Place is your backstage pass to never before-heard secrets, stories, and testimonies from some of rock music's greatest legends including members of Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Collective Soul, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Grand Funk Railroad, Kansas, Korn, Ozzy Osbourne, Pointer Sisters, Prince, The Ronettes, and The Turtles. KEN MANSFIELD’s legendary career in the music industry began as a member of the Town Criers, a successful southern California folk group in the early 1960s. From there he moved to executive tenures as US manager of The Beatles’ Apple Records and, director at Capitol Records, vice president at MGM Records, and president at Barnaby/CBS Records MARSHALL TERRILL is a veteran film, sports, and music writer and the author of nearly twenty books, including best-selling biographies of Steve McQueen, Elvis Presley, and Pete Maravich. Three of his books are in development to be made into movies.Shane Evans, the former drummer of Collective Soul and a member of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Shane's   New Project and Music, Beauty for Ashes is the husband and wife duo of Shane Evans and Kelsey Hamilton, who formed, fell in love, got married and started making beautiful music together.

Skateboard Studio is a collection of artfully designed skateboards inspired by color, art, pop culture, movies, nature and music. Tracy has been fascinated by the artwork and color of skateboards since gradeschool when she became the first female freestyler in her neighborhood. As a successful entrepreneur Tracy has cultivated several brands to international status and has appeared in countless international magazines and TV such as Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and O, The Oprah Magazine. Tracy writes several national columns on Trends in decor and entertainment pieces. She received an associate degree of the New York School of Design as well as Received BFA in painting at the University of Tampa. Tracy currently resides in New York City. As if Tracy’s designs weren’t unique enough, she’s enlisted the infamous artist Randy Polumbo to create a limited edition series of boards featuring his inspiring work Lovestream. “Randy’s work (sculpture) , his imagination , his mind and his heart, are what made this collabration a must,” says Stern. “I’m inspired by his use of colored glass and beautiful shapes. It’s magical and transports us all to a dierent plane or for me, the garden of Eden. ”Randy’s work has been featured internationally at venues such as Art Basel/Miami Beach and Burning Man, Crocker Art Museum and Museum of Sex, NY. He has been reviewed in the New York Times, New York Magazine, and Art Daily to name a few. Current studio projects include a large penthouse residence turned art installation designed and built from Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory salvage and extensive plants hydroponic gardens, plant walls, a green roof, and a food garden. Randy lives and works in New York City.

Fotovisura is the global networking platform for photography and media:

Fotovisura is the global networking platform for photographers, editors and organizations to connect, share, hire and get hired. The platform is three-tiered offering: photographers an annual membership which includes a hosted website linked to our networking platform with access to additional resources and tools to further your work and career; editors, image buyers and researchers, a profile with access to light-boxes, our advanced search engine and marketing tools; and media organizations, a profile to share and promote your about, mission statement and news to our networking platform. Fotovisura.com's mission is to build a virtual home where the key players in the photography and media industry can connect, share and network as well as obtain interconnected resources and marketing tools to further their mission, work and career. http://www.fotovisura.com

Rose Hartman, whose work has been published in Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and Vanity Fair, has been granted the kind of celebrity access in her 35+year career that most photographers can only dream to have. The "social historian" shot Jerry Hall and Diana Vreeland in the seventies, Jackie Onassis in the eighties, and Anna Wintour (smiling!) at Christie's in the nineties, to name a few of her widely circulated images. In 2012, a solo exhibit of photos from her book, INCOMPARABLE WOMEN of STYLE, opened at the Fashion Institute of Technology. 

Her latest book, INCOMPARABLE COUPLES,(ACC Editions) features more than 150 photographs, including the famous shot of Bianca Jagger kissing Mick Jagger at Studio 54 for her birthday party in 1977. 

Her photos have been exhibited at the Whitney Museum, the Museum of the City of NY, Experience Music Project, Staley-Wise Gallery, the Library of Performing Arts, the Dia Foundation, Serge Sorokko Gallery, the Dean Project, Pucci Gallery, the Ravestijn Gallery in Amsterdam (selected list). 

Website: http://rosehartman.com