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SHAWN

I DON'T WANNA BE NOTHING WITHOUT GOD

About Me

I live and thrive in the music and entertainment industry. Artist Management, Producer, Tour Production and Consultant are areas I'm comfortable in...One of my first opportunity came with an unexpected chance meeting with soul star artist Raphael Saadiq (Charlie Ray Wiggins)... He brought me in as drum tech for Tony Toni Ton'e (1993) Timothy Riley Is The Drummer. Since then...as an assistant involved in artist projects like D'angelo , Bilial, Q Tip, Angie Stone, Joi, Eric Benet, Kenny Latimore And Many Others... Through the Lucy Pearl days and the Saadiq solo projects with more to come. I've worked with several other outstanding career artist, all styles of music... With Toni Tony Ton'i, Lucy Pearl, Raphael Saadiq (Solo Projects), George Clinton/ Parlaiment Funkadelic, Joi, Mariah Carey, Roy Hargrove,Peabo Bryson, Brenda Russell, Norman Brown, Anthony Hamilton/Angie Stone, Floetry/Goapele, New Edition, Anita Baker, Ashford&Simpson, And Others...My interest in the industry allows me to continue to evolve in many areas...Along with constant travel around the world, the job has never ending perks and benifits... I'm A Drummer, Songwriter, Producer, Lover Of All Good Music... This a job I do well, Yet I've got so far to go and more learn...There's so much more I want....... PERSONALLY.......I truly believe "God Is Everything, "Without Him I Am Nothing". I am more indebted to Christ than ever before. A new commitment to God has me focused clearly on my dreams and goals as well as the oppertunities to give back . Supporting individuals and causes that supports the progress of our community, mainly our children... I'm a proud inteligent man. My good name is what I value most. I have a lttle since of humor. I'm hard on myself and that tend to spill over to people I care about. I'm learning to love myself, re-invest in myself. I'm a Grown Black Man with much more than possesions that qualifies me to others. When you need a good team player to fill a position, I'm a top draft choice... Professional, Ambitious, Honest, Loyal, Hard Working, Passionate, Easy Going with my focus on success, by any means nessesary!!!Peace And Blessing From On High

My Interests

Good Life, Good Live Music

I'd like to meet:

Artist, Musicians, Actors, Executives, Management, Production Coordinators, Entertainment Lawyers, Music Publishers, A&R, Tour Managers, Production Managers, Stage Managers, Casting Agent's, Professional Entrepreneur's

Music:

MY MOTHER. All The other Artist I Had To Sneak And Listen To:marvin gaye, michael jackson & the jackson 5, the beatles,raphael saadiq, d'angelo, (early) george clinton & parliment funkadelic, tony toni ton'e, donny hathaway, johnny taylor, johnny(guitar)watson, commadores, the sylvers, raydio & ray parker jr.,bobby caldwell, chaka khan, james brown, aerosmith, aretha franklin, ohio players, al green, john mayer, erykah badu, tupac, bloodstone, barry white, bob marley, natlie cole, bob dylan, minnie ripperton, the clark sister, wings, ewf, emotions, temptations, myron, floetry, bootsy, sly and the family stone, the hawkins family, the restorers, the inspirations rance allen, mighty clouds of joy, the williams brothers, the winans(early),the gospel keynotes, rick james, aura, steely dan, confunksion, the whispers, bee gees, peter frampton, wilson picket, eddie kindricks, jimmy hendrix, stevie wonder, tupac, outkast, dj quik, snoop, dre, nate dogg, ice cube, tribe called quest, common, tilib kwali, slum village, whodini, crown height affairs, jay-z,

Movies:

the corner, life, boy's in the hood, tombstone, thin line between love and hate, cooley high, richard pryor, eddie murphy, chris rock, dave chapell movies, jd's revenge, american pie, something about mary, omen, vampire in brooklyn, boomerang, uptown saturday night, which way is up, mandingo, cicily tyson story, set it off, what's love got to do with it, training day, me myself and irene any sidney potier,

Television:

good times, martin, bernie mac, jamie foxx, barney fife, rockford files, king of the hill, 20/20, 60 minutes, A&E, james at 15, 21 jump street, white shadow, bonanza, andy griffith

Books:

The Bible, anything industry related

Heroes:

My Grandmother Ehtyl Lee Chisom and My Uncle Randy Earl Chisom.....My Family (I'm Blessed More Than I Sometimes Realize) , Yolanda, Rose, Melvin, Michael, Greg, Ollie.....Uncle Erroll, Uncle Allen...So Many More Names (All The Neices And Nephew's, And Cousins).....Phebe, Chloe, Donna, Maliah, James, De'oge Anyone that has directed an unfortunate child in the proper direction without any gain for him or herself, to make things better for some child..... all the good teachers, and only the good ones.....

My Blog

What Are We Going To Do

I think a lot...I wonder about a lot of things...I have real concernes about a couple of things.1.What are we going to do about the(our) children's Present and Future, "parent's"...2.What is going on ...
Posted by SHAWN on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:14:00 PST