Johnny Blue Star is uniquely qualified to handle an enterprise on the scale of New Galaxy Enterprises, Inc., a media company responsible for developing literary and cinematic content, but also for promoting and developing scenarios and contacts for real world distribution. Besides being qualified, he is a bit of a rebel, tired of experiencing the closed doors and obstacles he has encountered with an out-of-control oligarchical star system, affecting all sectors of society, not just Hollywood. He is writing about his media adventures in a book called, When Fate Steps In. He believes that "leveling the playing field" is happening, especially through the Internet and social media, but much of the "progress" is deceptive. There is still a long distance to go.
Johnny's work as a writer began at an early age, due mainly to the prenatal decision of his parents that they wanted their child to be a writer. Although he never actually used it that way, his middle name was intended for use as a pen name. His first full-length play was co-written with several other sixth grade students. The performance was orchestrated by the art and music departments of his elementary school.
In high school, he began to write sophisticated neo-classical and classical verse and wrote two verse plays and more short stories. He then went to St. John's College, where he found his desire shifting to screenwriting instead of plays.
After spending 3½ years at St. John's College, he moved to New York, continuing his education at Columbia where he studied Middle Eastern Studies. He then set up a screenwriting co-operative, wrote songs for a musical, plied his paintings in art galleries, wrote a full length prose play called the Sandpaper Dragon, wrote two books under contract, both on the "consciousness movement," one on the spiritual scene in New York and one on its impact on Rock and Roll.
After becoming extremely ill from asthma, he went to New Orleans and recovered--by now forced to earn his living in a variety of ways--but always keeping the flame burning for his creative career. After New Orleans and a brief stay in San Francisco, he settled in Tulsa. There, he started a science fiction multi-media project called the Adventures of Ganymede Jones, raised a family, began his career in journalism, and started a small business called Champion Business Services. After fourteen years or so, he moved to Palm Springs.
While in Palm Springs, he developed three major internet-based e-zines: CVNEWZ, the first comprehensive news site for the Palm Springs metro area; TRADEWORLD NEWS, the first stand-alone online barter industry trade magazine; and ROCKETS AWAY!--an e-zine based on the commercial spacecraft industry, developed right after the launch of SpaceShipOne. Rockets Away! attracted the attention of AOL for which his company created a Space Blog that was accessible in AOL's Research and Learning Center.
Two major efforts during this time were working with a leading art dealer to develop a film on the Mexican Art Revolution, and working with Paul Winchell--the famous ventriloquist--on a multitude of projects including helping him with his published autobiography, Winch, and co-writing the screenplay based on the book.
During his career, owing to his unique commitment to create media--and above and beyond his work in journalism, media sales, brokering for various trade exchanges, business- to-business services--despite many setbacks, Johnny continued to produce a wide range of media properties. Recently, he has concentrated on building his freelance writing projects, while working on his own projects and with collaborator-investors.
Over the last several years, he has worked intensively with Edgar Arens, a Russian composer, and Patricia Welch, a talented and highly experienced singer, to develop her debut original album. He is currently working on developing a pre-World War II musical from songs developed with Edgar Arens but is also working on a different songwriting project with Rod Tyler, which includes a science fiction musical. Rod is helping him refine and upgrade his former inventory and collaborate musically on some new and exciting songs
Johnny currently serves as the Director of Media Content and Relations for WeLeadUSA, a project designed to restore the promise of representative democracy in America.
He has high hopes for the future.
