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Shawn Shaffer

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About Me


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Outgoing, fast on my feet - very creative. I cannot tolerate violence, liars, cheats or people who scheme and try to take advantage of others, arrogant, self-centered people or self-righteous bigots and know-it-all types - My spiritual development is very important to me and a very difficult journey sometimes and my music is an expression of my soul - you can take my money but you can't take my soul. I will not compromise my integrity or my standards, my word - is my bond...loyal to the end.

My Interests

Playing music with friends for live audiences,recording music, fishing,creating/inventing,travel,writing,reading, painting, cooking, sports.

I'd like to meet:

Other musicians in the Bay Area,Nationally.and Internationally*** Musicians who are passionate about music not their egos. I enjoy playing a wide variety of styles from Blues to Samba and really enjoy recording. I am always looking for recording opportunities and playing live. Please visit my new Artist Page - still in the works but have 3 songs www.myspace.com/shawndanielshaffer

Music:

Blues, Latin/Bossa Nova, R&B, Soul, Funk, Reggae, Hip-Hop, Bluegrass, Rock, Jazz - all kinds www.myspace.com/shawndanielshaffer
Cool Slideshows

Movies:

Be Your Own Movie Star! Write your own script!

Television:

Kill your T.V.!

Books:

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, On Being Human, Daisaku Ikeda, The Human Revolution, Daisaku Ikeda, All of Carlos Castaneda's works. All Biographies.

Heroes:

*LIFE*:Nichiren Daishonin, Daisaku Ikeda, Muhammed Ali,My Sisters, My Dog and Cat/// *MUSIC*:John Lennon, Bob Dylan, James Brown, Carlos Santana, Bob Marley, Herbie Hancock, Taj Mahal, Lee Oskar, Paul deLay, Toots Thielemans, Sonny Terry, William Clark, Paul Butterfield, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Lou Rawls, Tony Bennett, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Bruce Springstein, Poncho Sanchez, Cal Tjader, Sergio Mendes, Herb Albert, Hugh Masaquela, Joao Gilberto, Joao Bosco, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and many, many more.../// *COMEDY*: Charlie Chaplin,Lenny Bruce, Richard Prior, and George Carlin, Dave Chappelle & Chris Rock, My Dog and Cat.

My Blog

Memorial Day - U.S.M.C.

To all Marines who lost their lives fighting for our freedom and other reasons that our so-called leaders have lied about - Semper Fi! "Marines never die, they just go to Hell and regroup." I'm an ant...
Posted by Shawn Shaffer on Tue, 27 May 2008 09:43:00 PST

American Idol

Yay! Music with a soul and edge won out! There is hope - cuteness is great and sells but it ain't MUSIC!
Posted by Shawn Shaffer on Thu, 22 May 2008 11:18:00 PST

War is Evil!

Most Viet Nam veterans predicted what is happening now in Iraq from the beginning but nobody listened - of course, up to 70% of homeless men are Viet Nam veterans - what do they know, right?Most peop...
Posted by Shawn Shaffer on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:22:00 PST

What Love Is - Duh? Mary J.!

"And no one really knows anything about it, but everybody needs it, we can't live without it. And that's the way it goes - darkest day, brightest night - just some of the things you might hear if...
Posted by Shawn Shaffer on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:57:00 PST

We are ALL connected - RESPECT!

The misfortune of others is our misfortune. Our happiness is the happiness of others. To see ourselves in others and feel an inner oneness and sense of unity with them represents a fundamental revolut...
Posted by Shawn Shaffer on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:12:00 PST

Where I will be Playing next...

Please see my artist page at www.myspace.com/shawndanielshaffer All shows are posted there - Thanks - I have a hard time keeping up with all this myspace crap! LOL!    ...
Posted by Shawn Shaffer on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:27:00 PST

ARTIST PAGE IS UP!

Well it has been a very intense and difficult process to get into the studio with several musicians to record ten songs. Blues, Bossa Nova/Samba, Country Rock, Funk and Latin Jazz. www.myspace.com/sha...
Posted by Shawn Shaffer on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:36:00 PST

James Brown

I remember going to a James Brown concert in Sacramento in 1968 or 9 - whenever the riots happened in Detroit. Two days later we were the only two white people (boys - 16yrs?) in the Sacramento M...
Posted by Shawn Shaffer on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:48:00 PST

Fortune

"Misfortune comes from one's mouth and ruins one, but fortune comes from one's heart and makes one worthy of respect" Nichiren Daishonin
Posted by Shawn Shaffer on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:42:00 PST

FEELING BLUE? FEELING STUCK?

FREE YOUR MIND AND YOUR ASS WILL FOLLOW!
Posted by Shawn Shaffer on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 05:56:00 PST