Philip Chatting ~ Harbour Views
The personal attribute contributing most to my novel, Harbour Views, has been the compulsion to observe. In that I’m probably no different from hundreds of other authors, except the very best for whom imagination towers over everything. The outcome for the book is a...
Mark Weber ~ Crashing in Color
Too often a band puts out a new album, plays the same venues in their local scene, and is forgotten until they repeat the cycle in two years. There isn’t much that beats the excitement of a new record release. So 6 months after the album drops, how can you continue to...
Rachel French ~ Squeaky Chair Publications
Hi, I’m Rachel French. First, let’s start with a little about me. Through high school, I found a love of journalism and graphic design. I coordinated my high school’s online newspaper and simply fell in love with the ability to reach an audience and actually have...
ReverbNation Contest ~ Star Off Machine
Congratulations to indie rock band Star Off Machine for winning our ReverbNation contest! We selected them because we love their unique sound and their song Inside Out. Band members include Erick on vocals, Robin on guitar, John on bass and Tut on drums. For those...
Adeniran Bamisaye ~ Why I Write
I am Adeniran Bamisaye, and I am a Nigerian author. Some years back, during my undergraduate days, I was in the cab and (as my custom was), and I gave a piece of paper containing one of my write-ups to the people who were in the cab with me. Least I forget, I was...
Jim Wilson ~ My Mother’s Son
My name is Jim Wilson, and I’m a recording artist of piano-featured, contemporary-instrumental music. While I’ve been composing since I was 7, it wasn’t really until my best friend died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 37 over a decade ago that I began to...
ReverbNation Contest Winner ~ Wayne D.
Congratulations Wayne D. CEO from Come Get It Records for being Amused Now’s first ReverbNation contest winner! We selected Wayne D. because we love his beat and unique hip hop sound. My favorite Wayne D. song is Fire & Rain, because of the way he mixes singing...
Angela Ardis ~ THE BLOCK: Truth Revealed
My name is Angela Ardis. With 37 years of writing experience, 5 published books, over 100 published articles and countless collaborative television, movie, live production and animation projects completed and in the works, I find myself still enamored with the craft...
D Grant Smith ~ The Appetizer Radio Show
We feed our heads with a lot of different things. Our eyes are fed images and color, our mouths taste flavors and temperatures, and our ears dine on audio and music. Each of these receivers has palettes for what is enjoyable and what isn’t. When I was a college...
Sugar On the Dashboard ~ Discovery is Dead
Interviewing Sugar on the Dashboard is a funfest. The guys are talented, self-taught musicians, with a fabulous sense of humor. Three of the four band members joined me at the Amused Now Featured Artist interview: Brayden Gomer, who sings and plays guitar; Austin...
2014 Indie Music Awards Winner ~ Nyanda
I love Nyanda’s casual elegance. Jamaican-born Nyanda won Lipstick Radio’s 2014 Indie Music Awards Best Reggae Song for Slippery When Wet. Nyanda has been working with Khymberlee Carlyle from Lipstick Radio for about one year. “I’m so appreciative of all the support...
Stephanie Kong ~ Her
Hi! My name is Stephanie Kong, and I'm an 18-year-old singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist. I have been playing since I was 14 years old. I was first inspired to play music by my ninth grade English teacher Mr. Petrich. One day in class, Mr. P. came in with his...