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L.A. Personal Development - LAPD L.A. Personal Development is a management/consulting company started in1983. Co-Founder/President i Of the two, Mike chose to move to L.A. WoMen In Music.
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MIKE GORMLEY
Career Consultant, Manager, PR
Canadian born Mike Gormley has achieved top recognition as journalist, record company executive, artist manager and marketing/PR expert in the 40+ years in the music industry. Gormley has been responsible for setting into motion many artists’ International careers. His work has brought the world such successful artists as film composer Da

nny Elfman, massively successful pop band The Bangles and helped launch the careers of such diverse artists as Rod Stewart, Rush, BTO, The Police and Supertramp. He is presently expanding the career of singer/songwriter Simon Lynge who has had great success in Europe over the past two years and maintaining the success of musician Iain Matthews, who has had top ten hits and has been a musical pioneer in his long and exciting career and film/tv actor Lisa Langlois who was discovered by the legendary French director Claude Chabrol. By the age of 18, Mike was already a weekly columnist and writer for the Ottawa Journal, covering major pop music stars of the day, such as 60s icons The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, The Everly Bros., etc. from his base outside San Francisco where he was attending college. After returning to Ottawa for a short time to write for Canada’s Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Gormley moved back south of the border when he was recruited as columnist and youth editor for the Detroit Free Press (then the fifth largest morning newspaper in North America). Mike also wrote articles for Pl***oy, Creem, Billboard, Chicago Sun Times and others on a freelance basis. After being invited to join Mercury Records, as Director of Publicity, Mike engineered the PR campaigns for Thin Lizzy, Rod Stewart, The New York Dolls, Rush, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Runaways, The Ohio Players as well as many others. During his tenure, he was instrumental in signing the pioneering punk band The New York Dolls and the groundbreaking German Electronica artists, Kraftwerk
When Mercury Records was absorbed into the German-Dutch giant, Polygram, Mike assumed corporate public relations duties and helped establish the PolyGram brand in the U.S. In the same week Mike was chosen to move to PolyGram's headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, he was beckoned to join the executive staff of A&M Records. as head of Publicity for A&M, where he rose to the post of Vice President of Publicity and Assistant to the Chairman. In this position, he worked closely with The Police, Supertramp, Herb Alpert, Styx, Squeeze and others. Mike left A&M to start his own management firm LAPD, (Los Angeles Personal Development) with Miles Copeland, manager of The Police and founder of IRS Records (REM, The Go Go’s, Fine Young Cannibals and others). Gormley eventually became sole owner of LAPD. During this time, he convinced Danny Elfman, leader of the legendary band, Oingo Boingo to write the score for Tim Burton’s first movie “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” spawning Elfman’s mercurial climb to the top of the film composer world. Elfman, a multi Oscar nominee is now considered one of the top five film composers in the world. Other artists Mike has managed include African World Music star Angelique Kidjo, hit songwriters Lowen & Navarro, Australian singer/songwriter Anne McCue and producer/film composer Paul Schwartz. In a diversion from the pop/rock world, Mike oversaw the career of Broadway and film star, Paige O'Hara, best known as “Belle” in Disney's, "Beauty and the Beast" films. He served as the music supervisor on several films and TV shows, including "Adventures in Babysitting" and the first season of the TV hit, "The Equalizer" with music composed by Stewart Copeland. He also kick started the career of another Oscar winning film composer, James Newton Howard , giving him his first composing job on the small film “Head Office”
In the 1990s, Mike co-founded and ran Wildcat Records, distributed by Universal, which had success in several genres, including Top Ten on the AC charts with Michael Damian and AAA success with the Canadian band, The Boomers. In the process he discovered comedian Craig Shoemaker. Marketing clients include the hip-hop dance company Groovaloo, The Great American Food and Music Festival, Townsquare LLC, Rhino Records, Nicklodeon and others. Mike also acts, through LAPD, as a consultant to the indie label Funzalo Records and musician Stephen Day. In the year 2008, Mike established the UCLA Extension's continuing education program called, "The Insider's Guide to Music Management." Among other things the class covered what music managers do, why they are important and how to avoid management pitfalls. Mike is a past President of The Conference of Personal Managers and a past board member of L.A. He is presently on the board of Music Manager's Forum U.S. and is on the Board and is past-Secretary of the Folk Alliance International and its Executive Committee. Mike is also on the Management/Legal Advisory Committee for AFTRA and a Director of Ombience, a center that provides aid to musicians. Most recently Mike joined the Advisory Committee for Music From the Streets. The goal of Music From the Streets is to mobilize national awareness of homelessness and benefit organizations doing the most to solve this problem.

14/08/2024
I loved this photo session for the Chicago Sun Times story.. Uriah Heep (in the 70s) with then President of Mercury Reco...
08/08/2024

I loved this photo session for the Chicago Sun Times story.. Uriah Heep (in the 70s) with then President of Mercury Records, Irwin Steinberg.

05/08/2024

1 in 37 Americans have COVID. This means that there are ~300K ppl who have COVID right now that could develop long COVID.

04/08/2024

A simple thank you doesn't seem like enough for all those birthday greetings yesterday. Damn overpowering. And deeply
treasured.

28/07/2024

You’ve got to be willing to die for the next note.
Carlos Santana.

Thanks to Pacific Coast Radio who added Gary Myrick's EP entire "The Sum of All My Sins" album to our songbank. "The Sum...
16/07/2024

Thanks to Pacific Coast Radio who added Gary Myrick's EP entire "The Sum of All My Sins" album to our songbank. "The Sum of All My Sins" will be available for request within the next hour on our radio portal.To request music on 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼, check out our website, search, and request and the song will air on the next que: https://www.pacificcoastradio.net

We've also made a post of the single on our page https://www.facebook.com/pacificcoastradio

Val Garay | Legendary Grammy Award Winning ProducerTHE MIKE GORMLEY SHOW - Featuring Legendary Grammy Award Winning Prod...
24/05/2024

Val Garay | Legendary Grammy Award Winning Producer

THE MIKE GORMLEY SHOW - Featuring Legendary Grammy Award Winning Producer Val Garay Legendary Grammy Award Winning Producer, Val Garay, throughout his career of almost 5 decades, has garnered over 100 Gold & Platinum records, 9 Grammy Nominations, an Emmy Nomination, and a Grammy win as the Producer for “The Record of The Year” for his work with Kim Carnes on the cult hit “Betty Davis Eyes”, which reached No 1 for 10 weeks in Billboard and number one in 31 countries around the world. To date, Val’s music has attained over 125,000,000 record sales worldwide, with artists such as Santana, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rodgers, Neil Diamond, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, The Four Seasons, Orleans, Donald Byrd and The Blackbyrds, Andrew Gold, JD Souther, Sarah Brightman and Bonnie Raitt, to name just a few.

https://open.spotify.com/show/4T3Hae2gF1nnthc3QBkpNP?si=355e9b559d5a4983

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-mike-gormley-show-174248593/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mike-gormley-show/id1745148076

https://www.amazon.com/The-Mike-Gormley-Show/dp/B0D3HVHCGF/ref=sr_1_1?

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THE MIKE GORMLEY SHOW - Featuring Laurence Juber | Guitarist - Paul McCartney's WingsPODCAST AVAILABLE FRIDAY MAY 3. TO...
30/04/2024

THE MIKE GORMLEY SHOW - Featuring Laurence Juber | Guitarist - Paul McCartney's Wings

PODCAST AVAILABLE FRIDAY MAY 3.
TO BE NOTIFIED, SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://shorturl.at/qDRT0

GRAMMY® WINNER - GUITARIST FOR PAUL McCARTNEY’S WINGS -

FINGERSTYLE GUITARIST OF THE YEAR - STUDIO MUSICIAN & COMPOSER

LAURENCE JUBER’S NEW ALBUM:

‘A Day In My Life’ is a collection of a dozen of LJ’s Beatles arrangements recorded in London’s famed Abbey Road Studio 2, where the Fab Four recorded most of their music.

‎Society & Culture · 2024

07/04/2024

Thanks to my nieces Kelly Jettte Voros and Mary Judith Richardson for reminding me about this important info!
Have you ever thought about it
When you are alone and have a heart attack. What are you going to do then?
1.
Take a 2 minute break and read this:
Let's say it's 5:25 pm and you're driving home after an unusually hard day's work.
2.
You are really tired and frustrated.
All of a sudden your chest pains. They are starting to radiate in the arm and jaw. It feels like being stabbed in the chest and heart. You're only a few miles away from the nearest hospital or home.
3.
Unfortunately you don't know if you can make it..
4.
Maybe you've taken CPR training, but the person running the course hasn't told you how to help yourself.
5.
How do you survive a heart attack when you're alone when it happens? A person who is feeling weak and whose heart is beating hard has only about 10 seconds before losing consciousness.
6.
But you can help yourself by coughing repeatedly and very strongly! Deep breaths before every cough. Coughing should be repeated every second until you arrive at the hospital or until your heart starts to beat normally.
7.
Deep breathing gives oxygen to your lungs and coughing movements boost the heart and blood circulation. Heart pressure also helps to restore a normal heartbeat. Here's how cardiac arrest victims can make it to the hospital for the right treatment
8.
Cardiologists say if someone gets this message and passes it on to 10 people, we can expect to save at least one life.
9. FOR WOMEN: You should know that women have additional and different symptoms. Rarely have crushing chest pain or pain in the arms. Often have indigestion and tightness across the back at the bra line plus sudden fatigue.
You’re helping save lives by spreading this message.

05/04/2024

The Mike Gormley Show - Tony Scudellari & Maureen Crowe

We have had some great feedback on the episode with the talented and esteemed music supervisors, Maureen Crowe and Tony Scudellari. It is climbing the podcast charts and is currently #2!
You can find it on any podcast platform by searching under “The Jeremiah Show - The Mike Gormley Show - SN3|Ep3 - Maureen Crowe & Tony Scudellari” From the podcast platforms or YouTube, simply click the “share” button. Please subscribe!

Or click and share here:

Here is a direct link to the APPLE PODCAST
Here is a direct link to the SPOTIFY PODCAST
Here is a direct link to the YOUTUBE CHANNEL

The episode with Maureen and Tony begins airing next week on the radio.

Here are the city’s radio stations, radio airdates and broadcast times:

Alt Radio Rocks - Boston
T, W, TH 6 pm PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
https://altradio.rocks/shows/the-jeremiah-show-host-jeremiah-higgins/

Pop UK - Somerset

T, W, Th 11 pm UK

https://popradiouk.co.uk/the-jeremiah-show-tue-wed-thur-11pm-uk%E2%80%A8/

Thursday: The Mike Gormley Show - Tony Scudellari & Maureen Crowe

KOR RADIO - London

T, W, TH 9 PM UK

https://koradio.rocks/shows/the-jeremiah-show/

Thursday: The Mike Gormley Show - Tony Scudellari & Maureen Crowe

Sole of Indie - New York City

M-F 11 am EST

https://soleofindie.rocks/shows/the-jeremiah-show-host-jeremiah-higgins/

Wednesday: The Mike Gormley Show - Tony Scudellari & Maureen Crowe

Radio Candy Radio - Los Angeles

M, W, F 10 pm PACIFIC STANDARD TIME

https://radiocandyradio.com/shows/the-jeremiah-show-m-w-f-10pm-pst/

Skunk on Spotify.
29/03/2024

Skunk on Spotify.

Artist · 1.3K monthly listeners.

This is a damn good video and song, if I do say so myself. Thanks to Trevor McShaneThanks to Norton Wisdom, artist extra...
27/03/2024

This is a damn good video and song, if I do say so myself.
Thanks to Trevor McShane
Thanks to Norton Wisdom, artist extraordinaire.
Thanks to Susan Short for her overseeing it all
Thanks to Neville Johnson.
Thanks to Cindy Johnson
Thanks to Jaymz Eberly for direction, cinematography

ARTIST: Trevor McShaneSONG NAME: MasterpieceCOMPANY NAME: Cool Titles, LLCCOMPOSER: Neville Johnson, Paul Graham, Kevin HynterPRODUCED BY: Paul GrahamMIXED ...

Tomorrow!!!!
22/03/2024

Tomorrow!!!!

Courtesy of Bob LefsetzThe Truth About Ticket Prices
02/03/2024

Courtesy of Bob Lefsetz
The Truth About Ticket Prices

By Dan Wall In the ongoing antitrust attacks on Live Nation and Ticketmaster, a constant theme is that their alleged “monopolies” are responsible for high ticket prices. Rhetorically, that’s understandable, because if you want to rile up fans against Live Nation and Ticketmaster, there is no b...

18/02/2024

It was my pleasure to sit with Mystic Pete at KXLU and chat about things. If you wish you can find the interview on KXLU.com or at 88.9 on the FM dial. 7pm, Pacific time.
https://twitter.com/KXLU889/header_photo

13/02/2024

In yet another sign of the headwinds facing the media industry, SiriusXM announced it is eliminating about 160 jobs, or just under 3% of the company's workforce.
The cuts were announced to the staff on Monday in a memo from CEO Jennifer Witz

The previous round of cutbacks at SiriusXM happened last March, when the company laid off 475 staffers, about 8% of its headcount at the time. Variety has more details.

Lowen & Navarro with Bob Edwards. Bob was a fan. RIP
12/02/2024

Lowen & Navarro with Bob Edwards. Bob was a fan. RIP

12/02/2024

T, W, TH 6pm pacific
https://altradio.rocks/shows/the-jeremiah-show-host-jeremiah-higgins/

Tuesday: Mike Gormley Show - Randy Bachman

Pop UK:

T, W, Th 11pm UK
https://popradiouk.co.uk/the-jeremiah-show-tue-wed-thur-11pm-uk%E2%80%A8/

Tuesday: Mike Gormley Show - Randy Bachman

KOR:

T, W, TH 21:00UK
https://koradio.rocks/shows/the-jeremiah-show/

Tuesday: Mike Gormley Show - Randy Bachman

Sole of Indie:

M, T, W, TH, F 11am EST
https://soleofindie.rocks/shows/the-jeremiah-show-host-jeremiah-higgins/

Monday: Mike Gormley Show - Immediate Family

Tuesday: Mike Gormley Show - Randy Bachman

Radio Candy:

M, W, F 10pm pacific
https://radiocandyradio.com/shows/the-jeremiah-show-m-w-f-10pm-pst/

Monday: Mike Gormley Show - Immediate Family

Seiji Ozawa, Captivating Conductor, Is Dead at 88He led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 29 years, toured widely and he...
09/02/2024

Seiji Ozawa, Captivating Conductor, Is Dead at 88
He led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 29 years, toured widely and helped dispel prejudices about East Asian classical musicians.

OMG!! Canucks everywhere you look.
05/02/2024

OMG!! Canucks everywhere you look.

RIP Wayne Kramer.
02/02/2024

RIP Wayne Kramer.

Great story about The Flock featuring bassist Jerry Smith.
26/01/2024

Great story about The Flock featuring bassist Jerry Smith.

The Flock was a Chicago-based jazz rock band that released two albums on Columbia Records. Despite not achieving the commercial success of other jazz oriented bands of the era, their two albums ‘The Flock’ and ‘Dinosaur Swamps’ are some of the most unique recordings mixing a variety of style...

10/01/2024

TIS THE SEASON TO BE SADS: Depression--- What’s interesting about this list is how it’s all about getting active — depression brings on a paralyzed inertia and there are many ways you can try to break out of that. 
DEPRESSION TIPS:
Shower. Not a bath, a shower.
Use water as hot or cold as you like. You don’t even need to wash. Just get in under the water and let it run over you for a while. Sit on the floor if you gotta.
Moisturize everything.
Use whatever lotion you like.
Unscented? Dollar store lotion? Fancy 48 hour lotion that makes you smell like a field of wildflowers? Use whatever you want, and use it all over your entire dermis.
Put on clean, comfortable clothes.
Put on your favorite underwear.
Those ridiculous boxers you bought last christmas with candy cane hearts on the butt? Put them on.
Drink cold water.
Use ice. If you want, add some mint or lemon for an extra boost.
Clean something.
Doesn’t have to be anything big. Organize one drawer of a desk. Wash five dirty dishes. Do a load of laundry. Scrub the bathroom sink.
Blast music.
Listen to something upbeat and dancey and loud, something that’s got lots of energy. Sing to it, dance to it, even if you suck at both.
Make food.
Don’t just grab a granola bar to munch. Take the time and make food. Even if it’s ramen. Add something special to it, like a soft boiled egg or some veggies. Prepare food, it tastes way better, and you’ll feel like you accomplished something.
Make something.
Write a short story or a poem, draw a picture, color a picture, fold origami, crochet or knit, sculpt something out of clay, anything artistic. Even if you don’t think you’re good at it. Create.
Go outside.
Take a walk. Sit in the grass. Look at the clouds. Smell flowers. Put your hands in the dirt and feel the soil against your skin.
Call someone.
Call a loved one, a friend, a family member, call a chat service if you have no one else to call. Talk to a stranger on the street. Have a conversation and listen to someone’s voice. If you can’t bring yourself to call, text or email or whatever, just have some social interaction with another person. Even if you don’t say much, listen to them. It helps.
Cuddle your pets if you have them/can cuddle them.
Take pictures of them. Talk to them. Tell them how you feel, about your favorite movie, a new game coming out, anything.
May seem small or silly to some, but this list keeps people alive.
*** At your absolute best you won’t be good enough for the wrong people. But at your worst, you’ll still be worth it to the right ones. Remember that. Keep holding on.
*** In case nobody has told you today I love you and you are worth your weight and then some in gold, so be kind to yourself and most of all keep pushing on!!!!
Find something to be grateful for!
May I please get 2 friends or family members to copy and re-post? I am trying to demonstrate that someone is always listening.





text 4hope to 741741
Just two. Any two.
Say done.
--Author unknown.

Bitchin' video from Trevor McShane
09/01/2024

Bitchin' video from Trevor McShane

ARTIST: Trevor McShaneSONG NAME: MasterpieceCOMPANY NAME: Cool Titles, LLCCOMPOSER: Neville Johnson, Paul Graham, Kevin HynterPRODUCED BY: Paul GrahamMIXED ...

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