What's up, everybody? This is Paula Phelps, and you are listening to on a positive note,

where I sit down with a songwriter, recording artist, or music insider to learn how music can lift our spirits and heal our hearts.

Growing up, most of us dreamed of being able to meet our favorite musicians, but this week's

guest has taken it one step farther. David Fishoff is a legendary music producer and founder

of the rock and roll fantasy camp, which invites everyday people to play alongside world-renowned

rock stars. David has seen firsthand the incredible power of music and how it transforms

people, just like you and me, both in their personal lives and their professional aspirations.

His amazing story is told in the new documentary, Rock Camp, available now on Amazon, as well as in the book by the same name.

Today, he's here to tell us more about how rock and roll fantasy camp began

and how he has seen music change the lives of hundreds of people along the way.

Let's take a listen.

David, thank you so much for coming on the show today.

Really looking forward to it.

I am so honored that you are taking the time to sit down with me.

You know, you've created something that has become legendary.

And so can you talk about, first of all, how the whole idea to do a rock and roll fantasy camp began?

Well, it began when I was producing Ringo's tour.

I created Ringo's All-Star band in 89.

And after four shows, you know,

people told me it was never going to work. You cannot get all these superstars on one band

touring for 30 shows. You know, it's great. You can do it one night, live aid. You can do a benefit

concert. But to get all these bands, to become one band, leaders of all these bands, it's never going to work. And I just, you know, I love when people tell me something can't happen and I just love to do it. And I put it together. And after the fourth show, all the musicians knew, you know, all the fear, they all heard that it was never going to work. So I was having dinner with the president of Radio City Music Hall because Ringo said to me,

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