A powerful life-changing testimony book written by former music business entrepreneur Marty Angelo. It reveals how Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ totally transformed Marty's life from the snarls of drugs, booze, rock/disco music, and prison into a strong witness of God's saving grace and mercy. This is a '70 x 7 Series' book from Prison Impact Ministries and offered FREE to inmates throughout the United States though their chaplains and to participants in substance abuse rehab programs.


About the Author:

Marty Angelo, author of the testimony book, Once Life Matters: A New Beginning, a powerful life-changing account written by this former music business entrepreneur. The book reveals how Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ totally transformed Marty's life from the snarls of drugs, booze, rock/disco music and prison into a strong witness of God's saving grace and mercy. This is a '70 x 7 Series' book from Prison Impact Ministries and thousands of copies are being offered free to inmates, prison ministries, churches, and rehab programs.

Prior to Marty Angelo's dramatic conversion to Christianity in 1981 he worked in the entertainment business for 20 years getting his start with the late Jimi Hendrix. Marty was a personal manager for the rock bands, the Raven and the Grass Roots starring Rob Grill, a successful record promoter, and creator, producer and writer of the popular late '70s show, Disco Step-by-Step®, the first television show dedicated to disco dance music. Marty is featured in numerous documentaries, magazine articles and radio/television productions.

Disco Step-by-Step® - was the first television show dedicated to disco music, dance instruction and hustle dancing. It aired in the late '70s. It is documented and preserved for future generations by the U. S. Library of Congress. It is also a part of the Experience Music Project's: Disco: A Decade of Saturday Nights which was exhibited in EMP's Seattle, Washington's headquarters, the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan and the New York Public Library Performing Acts Center. Videotape copies of the show are also archived with the Buffalo New York Broadcast Pioneers Foundation.

The show is featured in the VH1 television documentary: When Disco Ruled the World and the recently released disco documentary: Disco: Spinning the Story produced by Passport Productions. Angelo was the associate producer of the PBS television special: KC and the Sunshine Band Presents: My Music - Get Down Tonight - The Disco Explosion. The show was also mentioned on numerous National Public Radio broadcasts, national and local newspapers/magazines and Internet websites.

When Disco recently made a slight resurgence in the last five years, Marty participated (for historical purposes only) in the promotion of Robert DiNiro's Tribecca Film Festival salute to the movie, Saturday Night Fever, Paramount Pictures dance related movies DVD releases (Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Stayin' Alive, Footloose, Urban Cowboy, and Flashdance), and the ABC Family television show, Dance Fever. Video clips of Marty's television show were recently used in a CBS "Sunday Morning" news segment entitled: Disco Daze.

In 2005 Angelo received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Hustle and Salsa Dance Organization. He is considered one of the nation's first disco disc jockeys dating back to 1969 and was voted one of the Top 20 djs in the country responsible for breaking thousands of hit dance music records.