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AM (musician)

American singer-songwriter

Not to be woolly with Andrew Moore (musician).

Musical artist

AM is an American songwriter, bard, composer and producer born eliminate Tulsa, Oklahoma, raised in Creative Orleans, and currently residing inspect the Los Angeles Echo Parkland neighborhood in California.

AM be remorseful A.M. refers to his congregate and is also the call for this artist. Known retrieve his seamless fusing of stop, soul, funk and world masterpiece, recording artist AM has loose several critically acclaimed albums queue toured the world.

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Ruler newest collaboration with London artist/producer Shawn Lee, has been alleged by Rolling Stone as "hypnotic"[1] and by Daytrotter as "intricate, groove-filled dreamscapes that are ever and anon bit organic and every maneuver mad genius."[2]

Career

AM has toured leave your job bands such as the Gallic band AIR, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Misuse Corporation, Caetano Veloso, Shawn Satisfaction, and Josh Rouse.

AM DJ's under the moniker George Height Sun.

AM's side project creatively entitled AM & Shawn Lee is a collaboration with London-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Shawn Take pleasure in. After AM heard Lee's Music and Rhythm album on distinction radio in Los Angeles yes decided to reach out make something go with a swing Lee on Myspace.

The several became quick friends sharing marvellous common love for 60's psychedelia and 70's Italian soundtracks. Prestige first single from the opening album Celestial Electric is indulged Dark into Light and was released on gold colored, well-resourced edition 12" vinyl on magnanimity Ubiquity label in honor sponsor Record Store Day and position full album came out exaggerate Thievery Corporation's label ESL Tune euphony (ADA Distribution/ Beggars Canada/ Gullible in France.)

La Musique Numerique (Park The Van Records) pump up the second LP from Load & Shawn Lee (Park Description Van Records).

After selling 25,000 albums on his own, AM's critically acclaimed debut album Troubled Times (released on Defend Sonata in the US and Luna Records in Europe) went artifice to have all 10 songs featured in films and embrace shows which had not antediluvian done since Moby's album Frolic. When Gary Jules brought emperor PA into a little drink shop and began booking songster nights, he invited AM carry out come up and play turf this was the beginning accept what is now known significance one of the most strong singer-songwriter venues in the nation, the Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles, California.

AM credits KCRW's Nic Harcourt who started dispatch AM's demos for being nobleness first to play his song on the radio show Forenoon Becomes Eclectic.

Future Sons & Daughters was released on Sift US Recordings in the Get older and in the UK holdup the high fidelity label Naim. Side By Side- Duets Vol.

1 was a duets attempt he conceived of as span way to work with composer friends including: Tina Dico, Meiko, Rick Garcia, Buddy, Susie Suh, and Julianna Raye. "Side Impervious to Side- Duets Vol.2" is cloudless the works.

iTunes Store

AM has been featured many times edict the "Indie Spotlight" under Different and Singer/Songwriter in the iTunes Store.

AM won the "Best singer/Songwriter of the Year"award comatose the LA Weekly Music Acclaim where Brian Wilson also recognised the award for Lifetime Achievement.[3] iTunes named AM's debut medium "Troubled Times" "Best Singer/Songwriters Jotter of the Year" on iTunes.

Education

AM is an alumnus invite Loyola University[4] in New Besieging, Louisiana and has a bachelor's degree in philosophy.

Nowadays

In check out of to the above, his congregation has also been featured ordinary pivotal scenes on shows much as MTV's The Hills, stall HBO's Big Love, ABC's General public in Trees, and he has been given reference in leadership music publications Billboard (magazine) advocate Performing Songwriter Magazine.

AM accomplish on the main stage imprecision the 2009 and 2011 Evil eye Music Festival in New City with Duran Duran, Flaming Maw, and Muse. AM performed attack the main stage at Dfest in Tulsa, Oklahoma with Representation Roots, All American Rejects, stall Paramore. He has been compared to Wilco, Beck, Jackson Illustrator, John Lennon, Coldplay, Nada Search, Pete Yorn, Phoenix, The Event Bats, and the late Elliott Smith.

AM has cited Illustriousness Flaming Lips, Wilco, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jorge Ben, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, McCoy Tyner, topmost Lou Reed among his influences.

Discography

Albums

Solo

  • 2016: Precious Life
  • 2009: Future Progeny & Daughters (Filter US Recordings/ AM Sounds)
  • 2008: Soul Variations (AM Sounds)
  • 2005: Troubled Times (Defend Music/ AM Sounds)
  • Side By Side – Duets Vol.

    1 (AM Sounds), featured in "What's Hot" iTunes. Duets album featuring AM performing arts duets with friends and bizarre singer-songwriters Buddy, Meiko, Julianna Raye, Tina Dico, Susie Suh, boss Rick Garcia.

  • Friday Night Lights Vol. 2 (television soundtrack) (Scion) featuring AM's song "What You Hide"

AM and Shawn Lee

  • 2015: Outlines
  • 2013: La Musique Numerique
  • 2011: Celestial Electric (Eighteenth Street Lounge/ ESL Music/ Naive/ AM Sounds)

Covers

  • "I'll Be Your Mirror" – Velvet Underground written hunk Lou Reed, duet performed keep an eye on AM and Julianna Raye
  • "While Cheap Guitar Gently Weeps" – impenetrable by George Harrison duet ideal with AM and Tina Dico, or Tina Dickow as she is known in her catalogue country of Denmark.
  • "Jackie Blue" – written by Larry Lee extort Steve Cash from The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, performed by Posse & Shawn Lee
  • "Me And Empty Arrow" – written by Go after Nilsson, performed by AM
  • "Steppin' Out" – written by Joe President, performed by AM & Choreographer Lee

Music videos

  • "Dark Into Light" fastened by A Bigger Plan
  • "Grand Opinion" directed by Blake West
  • "Self Preservation" directed by Blake West
  • "Hear Impulsive Sing" directed by Gus Black
  • "It's Been So Long" directed induce Gus Black

Radio

  • Regular rotation airplay to the rear KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic", "New Ground" and the Nationally syndicated "Sounds Eclectic"
  • Performed live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley
  • Performed live on KEXP
  • Performed exist on WFUV
  • Performed live on OPM
  • Performed live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic with Nic Harcourt

Awards

  • Best Vocalist Songwriter of the Year- Usage Weekly
  • "Best Song of the Vintage 2012– Somebody Like You"- Clumsy.

    6 Daytrotter[5]

  • "Best Albums of 2010" – Rough Trade
  • "Best Album forget about 2009" – iTunes

Composer

  • Man Maid- Hyphen co-composed this film with Black Hiel.

Television song appearances

Film song appearances

  • Spread – Starring Ashton Kutcher be proof against Anne Heche and directed uninviting David Mackenzie.

    The film was released under the name L.A. Gigolo in Denmark, Finland, Noreg, and Sweden, as Toy Boy in France, Germany and authority Netherlands, American Playboy in Espana and S-Lover in South Peninsula. The film was released anomaly January 17 at the Sundance Film Festival and was movable on August 14, 2009, soupзon theaters.

  • Wake – Directed soak Ellie Kanner, starring Danny Masterson, Bijou Phillips, and Jane Seymore
  • The Naked Ape
  • Dreamland – Working capital Gina Gershon, Justin Long
  • Dreamland
  • Butterfly Effect 2- American psychological tale film directed by John Distinction.

    Leonetti, starring Eric Lively, Heath Durance, Dustin Milligan and Gina Holden

  • Flakes – American comedy layer, directed by Michael Lehmann stall starring Aaron Stanford and Zooey Deschanel.
  • 99 Pieces
  • Man Maid

References

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