Produced by: Marquinho Brasil at MoonDog Studios, Alameda, CA Engineered by: Marquinho Brasil, Brad Belknap, Jara Queeto and Andrew Leavitt Mix & mastered by: Jim Reitzel The Carmen Milagro Band Lead vocals: Carmen Milagro Musical Director/ Writing Partner/Horn/Guitar and Background Vocals: Rich Armstrong Producer/Percussion: Marquinho Brasil Keys: Jara Queeto Guitar: Jojo Styles Bass: Ray Uribes Drums: Matt Willis Guest Vocals: Rocco Bovo THE SONG MILAGRO ~ Asi es la Vida As the lyricist I was inspired by my childhood memories of family celebrations, even during times of financial challenges or personal heartache, I was taught, that “life goes on – asi es la vida” so dust yourself off, get up enjoy the music and just keep dancing no matter what…so I try to do just that! THE MUSIC VIDEO Director Channing Kennedy and the inspiration was further developed and became the MILAGRO ~ Asi es la Vida music video you are about to see tonight. As our fearless leader & director, Channing Kennedy so eloquently put it “We want this video to resonate with people about the dance & celebration called LIFE and we want it to SCREAM San Francisco! And what else “screams” SF more than earthquakes and a diverse, eclectic and ethnic community of dancers and party goers?!” Channing was hired on the spot and was given total creative control over the project except for my one-and only-no-negotiations-will-not-budge request. I did not want this video to be reflective of all the other cookie cutter-like music videos out there but I wanted to showcase a video filled with vibrant, joyous, REAL beautiful people, family friends of all ages colors, shapes, sizes, ethnicities, lifestyles and backgrounds as diverse as in my real life. Just like my real life this was truly a FAMILY and COMMUNITY affair…without whom NONE of this would be possible! A Channing Kennedy Production in association with WAAAHOO Productions Song written by: Carmen Gonzalez, Rocco Bovo, Steven Zhu Directed: Channing Kennedy