MARINA on The Discovery Health Network today at 4:30 est "I Lost It!"

After 25 years of owning and operating a successful commercial music/sound production facility here in NYC, I made a left hand turn in early 2001. Seeing the writing on the wall, I shifted focus to include the change in the economy and technology. At that time, my kids were small ( now they are ages 15, 17 & 22) and I had recently lost 100 pounds while writing and producing music targeting the health & fitness communities. My music was known across the "dance music recording industry" and my story of weight loss and motherhood soon came to the attention of QVC & Urban Rebounding where I wrote music and fronted their live events.
In 2005, I received the People's Choice Award for my Health & Fitness Podcasts and original music! Since then I launched www.Marinaonline.com which has been covered in numerous publications and TV programs *( please see bio and credits below).
I appreciate helping to inspire other women who are struggling to reinvent themselves....start a new business and learn the ropes of social networking while trying to keep a marriage and family together while trying to make a living.

Here is a my bio fyi!

People's Choice Podcast Winner for Musical Health & Fitness! 1,200 Ipod musical workouts & fitness music online.

MARINA is an award winning writer, recording producer, vocalist, choreographer and multi-instrumentalist in New York City. In addition to her work on countless commercials over the past 25 years, MARINA is known for her Billboard and music charting record releases. An innovator in online distribution, MARINA has grown her catalog of over 400 songs and more than 40 albums, currently being distributed around the globe with Web 2.0 companies including Audible.com, iAmplify.com & Lodingo Australia. In 2005, MARINA was awarded the first People's Choice Award in Podcasting for her original musical health and fitness programming. She launched MarinaOnline.com, which now offers over 1,200 of MARINA's downloadable fitness & music products.
MARINA is also a mother of 3 children and she has lost 100 pounds.

MARINA began her musical education in 1967 studying violin, piano and voice at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music. She also studied dance at the American Ballet Theater Company. By 1980, MARINA was also working in NYC pioneering the field of dance aerobics at the now legendary Body Design By Gilda. By 1983, MARINA launched the first Voice Over Casting department at a New York City recording production facility, where she began to hone her skills as a Creative Director and Vocal Producer. Since then, her impressive list of clients has included The Kellogg's Company, Oxygen Network, and Columbia Records.

Today, MARINA is widely recognized as a premier casting director, an accomplished voice over artist/vocalist/musician and an expert in the field of health/ fitness & dance. She has been covered by The New York Times, The LA Times, The NY Post, Prevention Magazine, Newsweek Magazine and Family Circle Magazine and has made appearances on The Discovery Health Television Network, PBS, Nickelodeon (The N), WOR Radio, and ABC News.

http://www.marinaonline.com/new/index.php