Gina Spiro Kessler featured on OC Talk Radio!

Gina Spiro Kessler featured on OC Talk Radio!

ABOUT GINA SPIRO KESSLER
Gina Spiro Kessler is known for her heartfelt style, which is a mix of many kinds of rock, her favorite genre. Influenced by so many, her voice has been likened to everyone from Janis Joplin to Patsy Cline. A native of Wisconsin, Gina sang with rock and folk bands touring the country as a solo act, and then with various duos and bands. She eventually settled into the Los Angeles area in the mid 80's,
singing with Dynamo Hum and Mark Pont at venues such as The House of Blues, The Mint and The Key Club. During this time, she also worked as a music and sound assistant for TV and eventually film, with sound and music credits on movies such as Total Recall, Hunchback of Notre Dame and Dances with Wolves.

After leaving LA in 1997 for South Orange County, she met up with many great musicians who were playing with their bands in between touring and session work. Gina is now very active in the OC music circle, singing with Martin Gerschwitz (keyboards) currently of Iron Butterfly, either with their duo, his trio,
various jam bands or The Kings of Classic Rock. She also sings with The Ravers, Dynamo Hum, The Disruptors and sits in with any other local artists who allow her too!!

Gina continues on her never ending quest to bring great heart and soul to the people, bringing back memories of great classic rock music. She continues to write, and is inspired by her life
and it's endless stories and hopes to someday put out another CD. She is most grateful to all who support her and enjoy her energy and sound, for without them, the love and motivation are futile.

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Chef Tanya Petrovna founder of Native Foods on Momz Rock the House airing Thursday 12-1pm PST February 17th!

This Thursday at 12noon PST on OC TALK RADIO, Chef Tanya Petrovna founder of Native Foods will be on my show to talk about how she started this incredible organic, vegan restaurant and how more and more people are becoming fans of her healthy and delicious vegan menu. My new fav restaurant I must say!

Tune in Wed 12n PST on OC TALK RADIO to catch Judy Gold on the Momz Rock the House Show!

Judy Gold will be performing her critically acclaimed long-running Off Broadway hit show 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother this Saturday and Sunday at the JCC in Orange County, CA. Tickets are still available!

About Judy Gold:
Emmy Award winning actress and comedian, Judy Gold is best known as the star of the critically acclaimed long-running Off Broadway hit show 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, for which she was nominated for a 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance. In addition, the show won the 2007 GLAAD award for “Outstanding New York Theater.” The New York Times called this one-woman show “fiercely funny, honest and moving." A book based on the show was nominated for the prestigious Quill Award.
Judy’s new show, It’s Jewdy’s Show – My Life As A Sitcom just debuted to rave reviews in Washington DC and will be featured at this year’s Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Most recently, Judy has been in the cast of Nora & Delia Ephron’s Off-Broadway play, “Love, Loss and What I Wore.” Gold can be seen regularly on Tru TV’s The Smoking Gun Presents. She has guest-hosted ABC’s The View - where she has appeared numerous times, and appears regularly on The Joy Behar Show on CNN. Judy recently appeared on Ugly Betty, and The Wendy Williams Show. She was the host of HBO’s At the Multiplex with Judy Gold from 1999 - 2009, and Judy also hosted Comedy Central's100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time and the GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS, which aired on LOGO and VH1. Her TV specials include a half-hour comedy special for LOGO and she is featured in the HBO documentary, All Aboard. Her stand-up specials include Comedy Central Presents: Judy Gold , Comedy Central’s Tough Crowd Stands Up, and Judy’s HBO half-hour special, which received a Cable Ace Award. Gold was seen in the smash hit film The Aristocrats and the documentary Making Trouble.

Gold won two Emmy Awards for writing and producing The Rosie O’Donnell Show.
She was nominated twice for The American Comedy Award’s funniest female stand-up.
She has also appeared on Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Hollywood Squares, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The Conan O'Brien Show to name a few. Gold lives in New York City with her two children. She frequently tours theatres and comedy clubs around the country. Her CD, Judith’s Roommate Had a Baby is currently available.

Check out www.JudyGold.com.

Emmy Award winning actress and comedian, Judy Gold, performs at the JCC in Orange County, CA Feb 5 & 6!

Emmy Award winning actress and comedian, Judy Gold is best known as the star of the critically acclaimed long-running Off Broadway hit show 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, for which she was nominated for a 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance. In addition, the show won the 2007 GLAAD award for “Outstanding New York Theater.” The New York Times called this one-woman show “fiercely funny, honest and moving." A book based on the show was nominated for the prestigious Quill Award.
Judy’s new show, It’s Jewdy’s Show – My Life As A Sitcom just debuted to rave reviews in Washington DC and will be featured at this year’s Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Most recently, Judy has been in the cast of Nora & Delia Ephron’s Off-Broadway play, “Love, Loss and What I Wore.” Gold can be seen regularly on Tru TV’s The Smoking Gun Presents. She has guest-hosted ABC’s The View - where she has appeared numerous times, and appears regularly on The Joy Behar Show on CNN. Judy recently appeared on Ugly Betty, and The Wendy Williams Show. She was the host of HBO’s At the Multiplex with Judy Gold from 1999 - 2009, and Judy also hosted Comedy Central's100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time and the GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS, which aired on LOGO and VH1. Her TV specials include a half-hour comedy special for LOGO and she is featured in the HBO documentary, All Aboard. Her stand-up specials include Comedy Central Presents: Judy Gold , Comedy Central’s Tough Crowd Stands Up, and Judy’s HBO half-hour special, which received a Cable Ace Award. Gold was seen in the smash hit film The Aristocrats and the documentary Making Trouble.
Gold won two Emmy Awards for writing and producing The Rosie O’Donnell Show. She was nominated twice for The American Comedy Award’s funniest female stand-up.
She has also appeared on Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Hollywood Squares, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The Conan O'Brien Show to name a few. Gold lives in New York City with her two children. She frequently tours theatres and comedy clubs around the country. Her CD, Judith’s Roommate Had a Baby is currently available. Check out www.JudyGold.com.

Debra Davis on OC Talk Radio!

Debra Davis on OC Talk Radio!

This week, Orange County's Debra Davis joins the show. Debra is a compelling artist who writes hook-filled songs that hit deep. Many songs from her CDs have been heard on TV and in films, such as Dawson's Creek, The Bold and the Beautiful, and ABC's Family series "Beautiful People" to name a few. And Debra has attracted a big national following of fans!

Debra’s new CD, “Complete” is packed with her most powerful material yet, and is now in music stores nationwide. On today's show, we'll hear music from her hugely popular CD, "Music for Moms ...and other Cool People."

Here's today's playlist:

Moon Upon My Shoulder

Supernatural High

Complete

BREAK

Interview with Debra Davis

Born to Love You (featuring Christopher Cross)

Interview with Debra Davis

Angels in the Attic

Interview with Debra Davis

Find out more about Debra Davis on www.debradavis.com and find her on facebook!

Send inquiries and submissions to radio@momzrockthehouse.com.

See you back here next week on OC Talk Radio!

Peace out!

Second Careers Rock Out. Top Career Changing Tips

Thanks to US News & World Report Contributing Editor and author, Kerry Hannon, for posting this on her Second Verse blog on Forbes.com

Who would think that I’d grace the airwaves with Kathy Valentine, bass guitarist for the all-girl, punk rock/pop band The Go-Gos?
But I did– with KBPK radio host Janeane Bernstein on MomzRockTheHouse.
Career change is cool these days.
Last week, I had the opportunity to do an interview about my new book, What’s Next? Follow Your Passion and Find Your Dream Job, and dole out advice on career reinvention on OC Talk Radio with Bernstein. “I’m one of those second act people,” she told me at the get-go. She’s hip to it.
After graduating from Syracuse University, where she studied TV, Radio and Film at the Newhouse School of Communications, she began her career working for a consulting firm designing workshops in the training and development field for banking clients like Chase Manhattan (now JPMorgan Chase).
When she lost her job in a downsizing move, she supported herself with top-paying freelance assignments, but knew she wanted to do something different. It paid the bills, but she was unhappy.
Her passion had always been radio and television. So she decided to head back to school, and began taking a couple of classes in the Media and Technology program at Boston University, while continuing to work full-time. She eventually earned her doctorate there.
It wasn’t, however, until she went to a Syracuse alumni luncheon, where she met an older woman, an actress, that her new path began to take shape. She told Bernstein about radio and voiceover work and gave her the name of her teacher to contact.
And so it began. Bernstein took voiceover classes at night and loved it. When a training workshop video she was handling for Hewlett-Packard needed a narrator, she stepped up. Soon after, she left the corporate world and started her own radio show at the University of California’s independent station.
Two years ago, she launched her current show with the artistic talent of designer and mommy rocker Judy Davids of the Detroit band The Mydols. It features women artists and industry experts talking about everything from their careers in music, to tips on going green and the challenges of getting your kids to eat healthy, and…how to change careers.
She made the right moves:
• She took her time. No rash decisions.
• She went back to school and enrolled in classes while she still had her full-time work.
• She started one class at a time.
• She networked via her alumni association.
• She followed her passion.

I think you will enjoy our discussion about ways to make a successful career change. Click here to download our talk:
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Follow me on Twitter, @KerryHannon
Kerry Hannon is the author of What’s Next? Follow Your Passion and Find Your Dream Job, available here www.kerryhannon.com.

Thanks to MB Studio Services in Costa Mesa, CA!

I was in a jam two weeks ago when a computer virus hijacked my drive, but then I realized what to do. I have an incredibly reliable resource that is there for me ALL the time and before I knew it I had a mixer attached to my notebook computer, my imac hooked in and I was off and running recording my radio shows and recording voice-overs.

The owner, Mike Boyle, is incredibly professional, extremely knowledgeable and consistently hard working and dedicated. I highly recommend Mike if you are in Southern California and need a reliable and proficient sound engineer, whether you have a show to engineer or are new to voice-over and need someone to help build or trouble shoot your sound studio...he's the man!

Here's some info about MB Studio Services:

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