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Shawn Amos
American
Musician
Born:
Sep 13
,
1967
Music
People
Time
Will
World
You
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We all know the record biz don't pay. All musicians have day jobs - no matter how big they are.
Shawn Amos
Day
Musicians
Matter
Big
Pay
Jobs
Record
Know
How
Music and philanthropy have a long, benevolent relationship with one another. Record bins are rife with charity singles, and concert history is filled with benefit shows for every imaginable cause. Musicians like to give back.
Shawn Amos
Music
Relationship
History
Musicians
Charity
Cause
Long
Every
Philanthropy
Back
Benefit
Benevolent
Record
Give
Like
Concert
Another
Singles
Shows
Filled
Rife
Imaginable
While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos.
Shawn Amos
Music
Culture
Father
Before
Musician
Becoming
Years
Famous
While
Icon
Agent
Pop
Pop Culture
Of course, screwed up families are not the exclusive province of the famous. Still, most families get to screw up in private.
Shawn Amos
Exclusive
Most
Course
Still
Private
Province
Up
Families
Get
Famous
Screw
Screwed
Screwed-Up
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.
Shawn Amos
School
Daughter
Live
Air
Valley
Purgatory
Charter
Fernando
San
While
Social
Land
Fantasy
Eldest
My stroller of choice is the Graco Classic. It's the '70s Buick of strollers, bulky with a complete absence of style. There are no good lines on the Graco. Yes, it has cup holders, like any self-respecting car or stroller does these days, but the luxuries stop there.
Shawn Amos
Good
Car
Style
Luxuries
Complete
Classic
Absence
Days
Like
Does
Lines
Cup
Yes
Any
Stop
Choice
Somewhere along the line, a concert became a variety show. It was no longer enough for four dudes to play together in front of some guitar amps. Costume changes, an army of dancers, and Broadway theatrics suddenly became standard for a 'concert.'
Shawn Amos
Together
Army
Guitar
Somewhere
Changes
Enough
Dancers
Broadway
Some
Variety
Costume
Longer
Along
Concert
Became
Dudes
Line
Front
Show
Standard
Suddenly
Play
Four
Rock stars should be able to tune their own guitars, apply their own eyeliner, and pick out their own leather pants.
Shawn Amos
Own
Stars
Pants
Out
Guitars
Able
Pick
Rock
Leather
Rock Stars
Tune
Should
Apply
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.
Shawn Amos
Future
People
Made
Recording
Group
Other
Corrected
More
Open
Over
Like
Academy
Arms
Industry
Course
Around
Still
Years
Than
Any
Done
Nearly
Men of my father's generation were perpetual hustlers, always on the make and always on the move.
Shawn Amos
Generation
Father
Men
Make
Always
Were
Perpetual
Move
As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages.
Shawn Amos
Culture
People
Black
TV
Child
America
Did
Experienced
Stages
Radio
Many
Early 1900s Hollywood was full of farmers battling to hold onto their land against a new influx of filmmakers who dug Hollywood's reliable weather and diverse landscape.
Shawn Amos
Weather
Reliable
Battling
Diverse
Onto
New
Dug
Hold
Against
Land
Hollywood
Landscape
Full
Farmers
Who
Early
Filmmakers
Thomas Dolby is part mad scientist, part nature boy, and entirely moved by the power of music.
Shawn Amos
Music
Nature
Power
Thomas
Mad
Entirely
Part
Boy
Scientist
Moved
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