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About Me

I am Shannon O'Shea. I manage bands, record producers and multi-media artists. I was Garbage's founding manager and now manage 8mm, New World Revolution and Ben Rosen.
I've lived in London, Orange County, Los Angeles, and Arizona (to be continued).
The rest is here: http://sosmanagement.com or can be googled.

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My Interests

Music, art, quantum physics, psychology, photography, animals, technology, parapsychology, bio-science, goosebumps, faith in instinct.
8MM by h3rwig maurer
NEW WORLD REVOLUTION (h3rwig maurer)

"Stunning" by 8mm (the camera phone video)
.. width="425" height="350" .. NEW WORLD REVOLUTION does ZEN & ZERO. Cool out takes and shots of NWR performing live to the film at its European premiere... with something special for O.'.O.'.T.'. initiates ;)
.. width="425" height="350" .. Straylight Run "Hands In The Sky" - the grace and brutality of reality of the state of the human condition beautifully executed... brilliant....
.. width="425" height="350" .. SNL - "Dick In A Box" - it's the heartfelt subtlies that do it for me... along with the rest....

Paul Potts - amazing

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

8mm, New World Revolution, Hypernova, Lucky Valentine, Portishead, Radiohead, Massive Attack, Dead Can Dance, She Wants Revenge, Garbage, Mos Def, Saltillo, Deltron 3030, Mellowdrone, White Stripes, Fiona Apple, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, PJ Harvey, Jesus & Mary Chain, Chronic Future, Happy Mondays, Black Grape, Morcheeba, Billie Holiday, Damien Rice, Stereo MCs, Fire Arcade, Erykah Badu, Missy Elliot, Quintron & Miss Pussycat...

Movies:

Dune, Elf, Attack of The 60 Foot Woman (for the closing scene if nothing else), Trading Places, Zoolander, Midnight Express, The Full Monty, Fight Club, Bulworth, Baraka, Indiscreet...

Television:

Halfway Home, Daily Show, Chappelle's Show, Blackadder, Family Guy, Carnivale, Mad TV, Southpark...

Books:

Metamagical Themas (Hofstadter), The Secrets Of Dr. Tavaner (Fortune), The Body Electric , Side Effects (Woody Allen), Swerdlow, Messiah's Handbook: Reminders For The Advanced Soul (Bach), The Mists of Avalon...

Heroes:

Don't have any "heros", but respect: Nicolas Tesla, Royal Rife, Dawn Steele, Margaret Sanger, Isreal Regardie, Violet Firth...

My Blog

MSG by any other name - yikes! What you need to know...

UmamiThe Fifth Taste Sensation January 3rd, 2008 Umami is a flavor additive that has been well known and used in parts of Asia for nearly 100 years. Umami adds the savorful tast...
Posted by Facilitator on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:00:00 PST

"360" Record Deals

360's aka Blind Ambition .. language=JavaScript1.2 type=text/javascript> mydate=new Date('Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:44:00 -0800');mydate=fdDateWithOffset(mydate);document_write( mydate.formatDate('D...
Posted by Facilitator on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:12:00 PST

MTV - JUST SAY NO (Frontline Lesson .11)

MTV used to mean music television. So when they asked artists to let them use their music for free on non-music programs, they agreed, because (long story short) it helped get their videos played. Th...
Posted by Facilitator on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:37:00 PST

Stations Agree On Anti-Payola Settlement (Indie bands get more air time)

Well.... it's a start... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Radio listeners weary of hearing the same songs over and over may have something to cheer about: Broadcasters have tentatively agreed to anti-payola...
Posted by Facilitator on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:09:00 PST

BANDS SEEKING ADVICE - please read first

I've not been able to respond to individual advice requests from bands lately due to busy schedule. As an alternative, I've started a blog of basic rules (Lessons From The Frontline (TM)). T...
Posted by Facilitator on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:54:00 PST

Music guys vs. lawyers

FAIR PLAY: Ron Fair gets the star treatment in the Business section of this mornings L.A. Times. The basic question posed by Charles Duhigg in the piece is whether a music person or a business person ...
Posted by Facilitator on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:46:00 PST

How to avoid myspace hacking.

Also known as Phishing. What these hackers do is send you a link in your message on Myspace or email, like check this out or click "here" or anything thats linkable. You click on it, and get disconnec...
Posted by Facilitator on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:10:00 PST

LESSONS FROM THE FRONTLINE No. 10 - Deciphering Industry Speak

Translating and navigating industry speak is an art form. It helps to understand things from the business side of the "desk":- Dozens of demos come across the desk of a busy industry professional ev...
Posted by Facilitator on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:26:00 PST

Top 11 A&R Wish List

Top Ten A&R Wish List:High Chasability Factor1. Hits 2. Busy Bands -- with Gigs, music placements3. A "Story" or "Angle"4. Fresh Recordings - Best New Songs5. Fan Base6. Simple Packages with A Liv...
Posted by Facilitator on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:33:00 PST

LESSONS FROM THE FRONTLINE No 9 - Check Your Head

An artist's state of mind is at the top of my list of requirements for success. It wasn't always that way. In my early days, I had the opportunity to work with an amazing talent, whose work I loved....
Posted by Facilitator on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:33:00 PST