Shawn Amos
Shawn Amos
Shawn Ellis Amosis an American songwriter, blues singer, record producer and digital marketing entrepreneur...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth13 September 1967
CountryUnited States of America
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Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It's full of contradictions, abject poverty, and riches that only music can provide.
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Like any self-governing group of people, the Recording Academy has made missteps over the years. Still, it has corrected course and done more to open its arms to the future than nearly any other industry group around.
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Chrissie Hynde is the blueprint for any teenage pop star wannabe looking to have some real cred.
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I live in the social purgatory of the San Fernando Valley, while my eldest daughter is bused to a charter school in the fantasy land of Bel Air.
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We all know the record biz don't pay. All musicians have day jobs - no matter how big they are.
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There is a difference between a hand out and a help up. Brothers need to help brothers. They don't do it enough.
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While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos.
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While my six-song EP is unlikely to set any sales records, it's one of my biggest personal achievements - on par with starting my own company. On par with selling my own company.
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Men of my father's generation were perpetual hustlers, always on the make and always on the move.
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Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America's strengths and shortcomings.
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Thomas Dolby is part mad scientist, part nature boy, and entirely moved by the power of music.
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If I were a rock star, I'd design my own clothes. I'd do it because that's the mark of a true rock star.
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Black people cannot look to government to solve their problems.