Chris JonesDaniel Shaw loves music more than a person can imagine. This is obvious to anyone who enters his little off-campus apartment. A few randomly scattered guitar cases and amplifiers lay in cluttered corners of the living room.
Down the hall in Shaw’s room, he has a collection of acoustic guitars that would shock a normal person, but he is a musician and this is array of instruments is his collection. His love for playing will never fade.
Shaw, a senior English and communications major, said, “Eventually I would like to be able to support myself with this talent. If there is one thing you love, don’t hold back.”
In the early months of the summer of 2002, Shaw began playing with Cameron Brindle, a Haverford high school graduate. Together they are looking for other musicians to collaborate with. “We would enjoy working with anything; horns, strings, female vocalists, whatever it may be, we’re open to anything,” they said.
Shaw and Brindle are unhappy with the popular styles of music heard on the radio today. Their music style is influenced by such artists as Bela Fleck, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. They feel that performers on stage are doing whatever will make them money.
“What we see today is all puppets on strings. Most current music is garbage,” Brindle said. Shaw added, “Music wasn’t broken, why did the industry try to fix it.”
“I love my major here, and I love all my classes, but my love for music has stuck with me for so long. I’d give up anything for music,” Shaw said.
