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SUZANNE

It's amazing how music can bring people together

About Me

Hi, my name is Suzanne. But you can call me Suz. I love to sign my name with a kiss, which is symbolised as an 'x', but just dont take that the wrong way, its just my thing.
I sleep with beats to my ears. I stress, at times. But always smile. I believe in people, so dont take me for a ride. My gut instincts are strong, so dont even try to lie. I love to write, I love to create. I design in my spare time. Im always a thinker, and definitely a motivator. I think for tomorrow, and use yesterday as an experience to talk about or a lesson learnt.
Yet, as much as I can be a giver, if Im hurt by another, at times I can crawl somewhere and hide. I dont expect anything in return, so if love is shown, Ill treasure your efforts forever. I never forget a person who gives or shows me love in return.
I'm a little hesitant of relationships, because I know myself and I know how involved I get. Frankly these days, its really hard to trust on that level, and I know we shouldnt judge, but I do. And I do, because Im cautious and I have every right to. Im sure one day, things will turn and when they do, I'll be ready and I will know what I want, and there wont be that 'hmm' and 'oh maybe'situation, because I will know.
But until that happens, I will carry on in my life, seek the career I dream for and keep that smile on my face. Follow what my heart desires and continue to listen to music that inspires. Music that gives me drive, music that is my life.
So much to get too, so much to do, so many aspirations, what do I do? Make a plan, oh thats when my Virgo sensibility kicks in. So, I cant help it, thats the person I am. Optimist or maybe just a believer. I inspire to do so many things, and I know I cant plan my future.. so as I tackle each endeavour, I will continue to smile and one day, WE may met and I'll introduce myself and speak: "Hi, my name is Suzanne, but you can call me Suz, and your name is?"

Next show is around the corner...


The New Face Of Soul...


Out to prove that popular R&B can be classic, this young but accomplished musician and solo artist has been accumulating loyal fans with his energizing and heartfelt live shows, and gaining industry credibility with his songwriting chops, recently named BOTH the Grand Prize Winner AND Finalist (runner-up) in the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Contest, competing against thousands of professional songwriters from around the world. This award comes in addition to Shu being recognized as a top songwriter in the Billboard Songwriting Contest, 2003 and again in 2006!
Find SHU at myspace.com/shuprint or shusic.com
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BILAL

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US Trip - Thank You's


I went on my first trip to the states (Oct 2006 to Jan 2007) and I want to acknowledge the MOST AMAZING people I met on my trip. From the talent, the energy, the friendship, the live shows, the studios, the lifestyle and the hustle. I was so blessed to have crossed paths with so many people. It was an experience, I now crave to live. I wish all I met a prosperous year; I miss you all, and look forward to coming back.
Anyone reading this, do yourself a favour, and check out these talented artists/actors/producers/djs:
. Damu or Damumalik or Offical Website
. Locksmith
. Shu or Shu Personal Page or Official Website
. Shae Fiol
. Maurice Brown Music or Maurice Brown or Offical Website
. Ge-ology
. Chris Rob or Offical Website
. LOOT or Get You Some LOOT
. Shabazz Ray or Offical Website
. Stacy Dillard or Offical Website
. Maya Azucena or Offical Website
. Timid or Offical Website
. Chandlar or Offical Website
. Eugene IV or Offical Website
. Anthony David or Offical Website
. Mansingh
. Nhojj or Offical Website
. Jowee Omicil
One very long list of Spoken Word Poets I crossed paths with: Oveous Maximus, Mark Gonzales, Tshaka, Kesed, Limon, Rtistproof (it was too cool, how we both caught up), Hidden Legacy, and the beautiful: Georgia Me, Sonya Renee & Aja-Monet, and many more… (refer to Music section for links to their myspace pages).
I also want to send my love and blessings to two Very Special People: Karibi Fubara & Laurence Latimer . Laurence has also just become a proud parent with his wife Sheila to their first baby boy: lil Xavier Romeo Latimer – Congratulations! Karibi you know you ROCK in my eyes…
I was also blessed with crossing paths with Diallo , Dharshinie, Kishani, Tai, Shay, Minolli, Mario , Loren , Loot’s beautiful woman Candida , Shu's beautiful woman Dalia , Chay$$ , Charisse, Nafisa (+ your family), Phil (+ your family), Kirshan , Turon , Anthony (Mister Mop Man), Gerlee & Star (come and visit me!), Orlando , Jamesley, Bruce (aka Mister Cheese Cake), Hanif, Adrian, and many others I either met through a friend, over myspace, at a show, on the streets or on the subway. It happens ;)
I apologise to all, I didn’t get to met, although we spoke, and we were determined to catch up, it unfortunately didn’t go our way, so until next time. I’m looking forward to returning…
Peace n Much Love
Suz x

My Interests

People, people & people - so anything that allows me to talk to anyone and everyone, well that's ME! From cafe work to promo work to selling merchandise. Creative Art from portfolio design, presentations, painting to jewellery making. Graphic Design the sky is the limit in this department, ask any creative designer. Photography people, gigs & portraits - a picture says more then words and retains a memory. Music below gives you a feel for what I dig. Theatre live shows, poetry, acoustic, arts. Latin Dancing any excuse to shake my badonadonk. Hmmm... and Cooking if I can cook like my Mum, then, I'm an awesome cook!

I'd like to meet:

Positive people. Captivating people. People who are happy & true to themselves and dont converse about someone else. Talented people; musically, artistically and poetically. People who give time for another and not people who try and be something far from themselves.

Just real people

Music:

My collection is conquered by anything SOUL . Nu-soul. Neo-soul. R&B-soul. Soul-Jazz. Ol'Skool-Soul

Think URBAN: R&B, Hip Hop, Reggae and Latin. Add the spice of Funk, Acid-Jazz and that right touch of Pop

I know my collection exceeds beyond the list of artists I mentioned below. Its in alphabetical order. Im always open to different styles, so do realise there is part-Reggae, part-Dance, part-Blues, part-Acoustic, part-NeoPsychedelia, part-Indie, part-Rock, part-Scar, part-Rap and part-Gospel in my library of cds, dvds, vinyls, books and tapes

Think SPOKEN WORD: A form of expression through spoken poetry. Spoken Word is about finding your own VOICE, and not being afraid to share your views. Its self-expression. There is no wrong topic to talk about. For many Spoken Word emcees, it’s about reaching deep into their souls and allowing their SPIRIT to come alive, and letting their VOICE tell it how they feel it.

They rock it.
They sell it.
They believe it.


Below, each Spoken Word Poet is distinguished by a LINK. Click the link to view their myspace page.
(I'm always adding to this list)

Think:
Aaliyah... Abdul... Adam Deitch Project... Adesha & Seven… Adriana Evans... Afrosaxon… Afrikka Bambaata... Aja-Monet ... Ainsley Burrows ... Al Green... Alicia Keys... Alan Evans... All Messiah ... Algebra Blessett... Amel Larrieux... Amerie... Amp Fiddler... Amy Winehouse... Anastacia... Anita Baker… appl juic ... Andy Bull... Angie Stone... Anthony David... Anthony Hamilton... Aretha Franklin... Ashanti... Azeem ...

Babyface... Ben Harper... Bernie Worrell... Beyonce... Big Mike ... Bilal... Bob Marley... Bobby Valentino... Bobby Womack... Bootsy Collins... Blu Cantrell... Brandy... Brian McKnight... Bridget Gray ... Brooke Valentine... Busta Rhymes…

Calvin Richardson... Carl Thomas... Carol Riddick... Carlos Mora... Carlos Andrés Gómez ... Carmen Rodgers... Case... Cassie... Chaka Khan... Chandlar... Chante Moore… Cheri Dennis… Choklate... Churchgirl... Chico DeBarge... Christina Aguilera... Christina Milian... Christon... Chris Greene... Chris Rob... Ciara... Common... Con Funk Shun... Conya Doss... Crash Hot... Curtis Mayfield...

Dangelo... Daniel Mifsud... Daniel Merriweather... Damien Marley... Damumalik... De La Soul… Deniece Williams... Destinys Child... Deneva… DiscoMontego... Donnell Jones... Donnie... Dwele...

E. Spleece… Earth,Wind and Fire... Earl Gray... Eboney… Edgar Allen Po’etry… Ella Fitzgerald… Empress… Eric Benet... Eric Roberson... Erykah Badu... Esthero... Eugene IV... Ejyp... E the Poet-emcee ...

Faith Evans... Fiona Apple... Fish Vargas ... Floetry... Flypoet ... Fort Knox Five… Frank Zappa... Funkadelic...

Gabriela Garcia Medina ... Georgia Me (Ga Me) A.K.A. Tamika Harper ... George Clinton... Gerald LeVert... Gil Scott-Heron... Gina Loring ... Gilberto Gil... Ginuwine... Glory... Goapele... Gordon Chambers... Gnarls Barkley... Groove Theory...

Hasan Salaam ... Head Hunters... Helena D. Lewis ... Heidi Marie... Herbie Hancock... Hidden Legacy ... Houston... India.Arie...Incognito... Imani ... Imani Coppola... Imani Tolliver ... Incognito... Ishle Yi Park ...

J Dilla... Jaha Zainabu ... Janis Joplin… J Jive… Jade Macrae... Jaleel Shaw... Jamelia... James Brown... Jamie Kilstein ... Jamie Lidell... Jamie Foxx... Jamiroquari... Janet Jackson... Jarrard Anthony... Jasper... Jay Shine... Jay Z... Jazzyfatnastees... JC... Jean Grae… Jeff Buckley... Jeremy Gregory... Jennifer Lopez... Jeremiah... Jermain Maxwell... Jhing... Jill Scott... Jimi Hendrix... Joe Camilleri… John Legend... John West… John "Survivor" Blake ... Joshua Redman... Jonah... Joss Stone… Jowee Omicil... Julie Dexter… Junie... JustLOVE…

Ka'miko... Kalief... Karl McNeill... Kayne West... Kealoha ... Kelli Sae... Kelis... Kem... Kenna… Kenny Lattimore... Kesed ... Keyshia Cole... Kid Confucius... King Farook… Kindred the Family Soul... K'NAAN... KRS One… K-Reen... Kyle... Kool & The Gang...

Lalah Hathaway… LaToya London... Lauryn Hill... Lavinia... Leela James... Lemar... Lemon ... Lenny Kravitz... Lenny Lattimore… L.I.F.E. ... Lettuce... Lexie Lee... Lifted Culture… Lina… Liza Garza ... Lisa McClendon... Lizz Wright... Locksmith... LOVE The Poet ... LL Cool J... Lucy Pearl... Lupe Fiasco... Luna Angel... Luther Vandross… Lyfe Jennings... Lyrical Karma (group) ...

M.I.A... Mark Gonzales ... Marc Marcel ... Mario... Marvin Gaye... Mary J Blige... Mahalia Barnes... Marquita ... Maurice Brown... Maxwell... Maya Azucena... Maze... Me'Shell N’degeocello... Melissa Providence… Mia Zuniga… Michael Franti... Michael Jackson... Miles Davis... The Mint Condition... Missy Elliot… Monica...Monifah... Montell Jordan… Mos Def... Mr Gee ... Mr Wilson… Ms. Dynamite... Musiq Soulchild... Mya... Myron...

Naima ... Natalie ... Nappy Soul... N.E.R.D... Nessa Morgan… N'dea Davenport... N’dambi... Ne-Yo... Nick Rolfe... Nigel Soyer... Nicki Bomba… Nivea... No Doubt...

Ohio Players... Olu... Omar… Omarion... Opio... O.P.C… Outkast... Oveous Maximus ... Overnight Poet ...

Parliament... Parker Brown… Pensill ... Pharrell Williams... Phenzwaan ... Prince... Profyle... Pru...

Quincy Jones… Queen Latifah... Queen Sheba ... ?uestlove... Q Soul…

Rachel Black... Rachel ... Rakim… Rahsaan Patterson... Raheem DeVaughn... Raphael Saadiq... Rahzel... Ray Charles... Ray J... Reborn17… Rene Reyes ... Redstorm the poet ... Rihanna… RHCP... Reese... Res... Robin Thicke... The Roots... Ron Haynes... Roy Ayers... Roy Hardgrove... Rtistproof ... Russell Taylor… Ryan Leslie…

Sade... Sakai... Sam Fisher... Sam Kininger... Sa-Ra... Se7en... Sekou (tha misfit) ... Selwyn... Shae Fiol… Sharief In Burgundy... Sharon Jones & The Dapp Kings... Shaggy… Shayna Steele... Sheri Hauck… Shmeeans... ShadoKat ... Shihan ... Shu... Shu... Sly and the family stone... Snoop... Solange... Somi… Sonique... Sonya Renee ... Sonny Boy... Soulive... Sound garden... St Juste... Stacy Dillard... Steve Butler... Steve Connell ... Stevie Wonder... St. Juste… STP... Suga Bush... Sunshine Anderson... Sy Smith...

Taalam Acey ... Talib Kweli… Teedra Moses... Tevin Campbell... Thalia... Tipsy... Thea Monyee ... The Brand New Heavies... The Commodores... The Dawn Collective... The Dissociatives... The Fuzz Band... The Jackson Five... The Mint Condition... The Ray Mann Three... The Roots... The Soular Sistren… The Sugarhill Gang... T.I… Tony Rich... Tony Toni Tone... Tower of Power... Tracey Amos…Tribe Called Quest... Trey Songz... Tshaka - Natural Kink ... Tupac Shakur...

Unconscious Rascall… Usher...

Van Hunt... Van Sereno... Vassy... Vice... Vivian Green...

Wayna... Will Downing... Wyclef Jean...

X'Cluxive...

Yejide...

Ziggy Marley... Zingatherpith… Zion I… Zzaje... 420 Funk Mob… 8.bliss ...

Great Websites to Order MUSIC from!

www.CdBaby.com
www.Amazon.com
www.DvdPacific.com
www.PoetCD.com

Movies:

Music doccos... Music videos... Live Music... Live Poetry... Dance Movies... Comedies... Action... Movies based on a Real Life situations, Romance... and Sex and the City
Actors
Dave Chappelle... Denzel Washington... Eddie Griffin... Ice Cube... Morris Chestnut... Mos Def... Nia Long... Queen Latifah... Taye Diggs... Tupac Shakur... Sanaa Lathan... Vivica A Fox... Wesley Snipes...
Movies
Above The Rim... BarberShop... Beauty Shop... Boyz n The Hood... Breakin' All The Rules... Brown Sugar... Crash... Disappearing Acts... Hustle & Flow... Juice... The Ladies Man... Love Jones... Love & Basketball... Mo'Better Blues... The Freedom Writers... The Players Club... Rhapsody... Soul Food... Two Can Play That Game... Undercover Brother...
Movies influenced by Dance
Honey... Krump... Rize... You Got Served...
Music Doccos
. The Art of 16 Bars
. Queens of Hip Hop
. The Industry
. Holistic Wellness
. Neo Soul All Stars
. Standing In The Shadows Of Motown
. Soundz of Spirit
. 5 Conversations About Soul
. War On Wax
Spoken Word
. Def Poetry (up to season 5)
. Lyric Cafe
. Ill List
. Hip Hop Nation, vol.4
. The Poetry Lounge
. Poets in Hip Hop
. Slam Nation
Live Music
Alicia Keys, Unplugged 2005... Beyonce, Live At Wembley 2003... Chaka Khan, The Jazz Channel... Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2004... Gil Scott-Heron, Black Wax & Tales Of Gil... George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic ... Jay-Z, Fade To Black... John Legend, Live At The House Of Blues 2005... The Mothership Connection... Herbie Hancock, The Jazz Channel... The Roots, NYC 2004... Roy Ayers Live, Brewhouse Jazz... Kanye West, Late Orchestration 2005... Hip Hop Soul (various artists)... Marvin Gaye, Live in Montreux 1980... Sade, Live & Lovers Live... Usher, Live Evolution 8701...

Television:

I RARELY watch TV. Maybe the news. Maybe when something music related is on. Its usually dvds or the net. Have to love You Tube right now.

Books:

Music/Artist Biographies

Poetry

Urban magazines: Vibe, XXL and waxpoetics

Street press: ThreeDworld, The Brag and Drum Media

Fashion magazines: Harper Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Cleo and Cosmopolitian

Heroes:

My Dad... My Mamma... My Aunty Annie (noone understands ME more then what she does, God Bless her soul)...
People Who Have Made a Difference!
Nelson Mandela... Frederick Douglass... Bob Marley... Martin Luther King, Jr... George Benson... Luther Vandross... Marvin Gaye... Stevie Wonder... D'Angelo... Prince... George Beethoven... Mozart... Bach... Brahms... Mother Teresa... Pope John Paul II...
One very LONG list of musicians and spoken word poets; who write, sing, speak and produce lyrics/poems that are the TRUTH! That give INSPIRATION! That share their SOULS in need of releasing or helping others.
Everyone has been given a VOICE . Everyone has a TALENT ... its just a matter of understanding ourselves before we project ourselves. In this matter... I call myself my own HERO and so should YOU!!!
Much Love & Much Respect to anyone who takes time out to read my page.xox

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Awesome Friends

We met so many people in our lives But there are only a few That we can trust & always keep in-touch We may not speak to them regularly But when its time to catch up It always starts where it lef...
Posted by SUZANNE on Thu, 25 May 2006 03:43:00 PST