Amado's 20-year music career is characterized by a gradual shift from writi… Read Full Bio ↴Amado's 20-year music career is characterized by a gradual shift from writing and recording music influenced by progressive rock to live performance in a funky style of jazz and blues. Born December 15, 1968, he spent his childhood in central New York State, where he was introduced to music through grade-school trombone lessons. As a teenager he was inspired by progressive rock, a style that tried to lift rock music to a level where it might be taken more seriously as an art form. He taught himself how to play basic piano, absorbed the sounds of Queen, Rush, Styx, Asia, Yes, Howard Jones, and (slightly later) Prince, and started writing songs. His first rock performance experience was as a vocalist in a "rock ensemble" group sponsored by his high school, which performed a variety of the light pop-rock tunes of the time.

After high school he went to college, continued writing, and spent some time singing in pickup rock bands and in of one of the school's extra-curricular a capella groups as a founding member. Here he was first introduced to a MIDI studio, and used it to make some of his first self-produced recordings. Following graduation he moved to Baltimore, MD, set up his own home MIDI studio, and continued to write.

Desiring to develop more as a musician, Amado returned to college to earn a music degree. While there he received four years of classical vocal instruction, composition workshops of a decidedly avante-garde bent, and traditional music theory. It was here that his writing started to turn from progressive rock's more traditional, quasi-symphonic bravado towards art rock's more experimental sounds. During this same time period, he received three years of jazz theory and keyboard instruction and two years of jazz vocal workshop instruction, and was introduced to the music of the swing era. By graduation he had learned a whole catalog of jazz songs and gained some performance experience in the Washington, D.C. area as a jazz vocalist.

In terms of recorded output, the years immediately following graduation were Amado's most productive. His debut disc Wanderlust was completed in 1998, and featured a selection of his progressive- and art-rock influenced songs written between 1987 and 1996. Later that year an EP of instrumental material called Forget the Words appeared, with songs culled from Amado's vault of master tapes from the same period. The following year saw the completion of Jazz, an album that marks the beginning of his explorations of different traditional jazz styles. These works were later "released" on the fledgeling website mp3.com in its first incarnation as a haven for independent artists.

Meanwhile he gained more experience and explored different jazz styles by singing as a guest vocalist with a wide variety of jazz groups in Baltimore, and subsequently Philadelphia, PA. In 1999 he settled in central Florida, where he became a founding member of the funky blues band the Syndicators. The group had some regional success, and in 2003 was hand-picked by the Bose corporation to be one of only 24 bands nationwide to help them introduce their new live amplification system. The group split in 2005 to pursue other projects.

Amado's current projects include performing funky jazz and blues with his new band, Upbeat, appearing recently at the Hard Rock Live in Orlando. He sits on the Board of Directors of the blues society in central Florida, the Orange Blossom Blues Society. He is rebuilding his home recording studio, completing an EP featuring some more of his earlier, as-yet-unreleased songs, and writing new material inspired by his recent live experience in funky jazz and blues.

Traveler
Amado Lyrics

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20th Century のんびりと口笛吹きながら軽い日焼けの跡を感じている僕はTraveler 忘れ物だらけの地図も無いただの思いつきの旅…
A.L.I.S.O.N Hey! 今日はショータイム! 乗り遅れるんじゃない Yeah! 楽しんでちょうだい! 想像は無限大 Hi! 安全なフラ…
AB6IX Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah (AB6IX) I'm a traveler 주위를 둘러봐 What d…
Agent Steel The lonely... They travel on and leave behind The sands of t…
androp 男は旅の途中です彼は朝から泣いてばかりですここは見慣れない景色なので不安で涙がこぼれるのです男は4本足で歩き …
Angels & Agony We're all on our way to something we don't know We…
Annisokay I Confess My Sins It′S Not About Who Wins I Confess My…
Believer ""Infinite worlds Parallel lives The past returns To late to…
Brennan Wedl What am I fighting for Is it yellow or is it…

Brent A.Reiland & John Lyell Throughout that Roman Coliseum I could hear your pure heart …
BTOB 지친 이 하루 멈춘 나의 걸음 누구도 내게 알려준 적 없는데 벌써…
Chen 여전히 working everyday 매일 똑같은 날들에 지겨워진 하루의 일상들 이제는 벗어나려 해 아무런 …
Cherryholmes Traveler from a distant land You've crossed miles of burning…
Donald Byrd Guru Somethin' to motivate to Somethin' to motivate you …
E. Pravdica I was there, walking through the empty streets It was 4…
EAJ Are your legs weary jumping tear to the next Or is it…
eLeCTRa cOMPLeX เจ็บปวดมาเนิ่นนานเท่าไร กับเวลาที่เหลืออีกไม่นาน กว่าจะรู้ตั…
Elke Every man and woman who walks through that door carries…
Empire 21 Sorry for the time I was away I thought I had…
f(x) One, two, three, ZICO Look at that 각자 옷차림은 다양해 By the…
f(x) feat. Zico 1, 2, 3 Z-I-C-O Look at that gakja otcharimeun dayanghae By…
f(x) ZICO One, two, three, ZICO Look at that 각자 옷차림은 다양해 By the…
Fernando Ortega Neon lights flickering Outside the cafe Ice on the windshiel…
H.A.R.D Fading in the distance Sits a castle in a hill Shimmering la…
H.A.R.D. Weare travelers of life 過ぎてく瞬間を胸に刻み行こう we gonna have a good…
Haze - C I travel through world without an aim, the world is…
Hem In the sawed off light Shooting down across the quarrel…
Hippo Campus Lost to these linens My tasteless affections Are buried in t…
Hippo Campus - Topic Lost to these linens my tasteless affections Are buried in t…
I Kill Giants i walked out to your car made sure I had my…
Ito and the Moonlight Hippies これぞ大発見ワンダーランド! 時間旅行は単純なシステムでいける! 君はどうだい? もしこの瞬間今が幸せならばまだ必要…
Jack Karowak Moving through the stars No applause needed Oh look at you T…
Jade Space traveler What you doing In my mind You're so hard to f…
John Lyell & Brent A. Reiland Throughout that Roman Coliseum I could hear your pure heart …
Jubilee Riots Here I go, I'm awake No safety net, no fire escape Poundin…
Kevin Max An Imitation Of a relationship It's all we've got A sim…
King Commoner I was in mourning For nothing important Except being broke a…
LISA 叩きつける雨、渇いたearth潤す涙じゃないよねって、宇宙と話す... 出会い続けてきた、無限の時を超えてあなたが…
Lostboycrow I found all our feelings Where the walls start peeling Burie…
Luca Aprile You're on a plane to Tokyo To LA and to places…
Mike McClure Band I'm a traveler on your highway Lord, I'm weary, right down…
MONKEY MAJIK You lift me up when I am down But can you…
Mr. Bill & Oolacile Meow Meow Meow Patapatapata pa Papa tapa papapao Papa tapa p…
Nyashinski Yeah Yeah By tomorrow you're gonna be Just another memory A…
O.B.M Notion & Mhammed El Alami No I don't tell no folks where I'm from I don't…
Oau あどけない顔さえしてた僕らの旅の始まりはやわらかくてまぶしい君を追いかけ目が回るほどに遊んでおかえり腕に飛…
P.F.M. One, two, three, ZICO Look at that 각자 옷차림은 다양해 By the…
Patrick Jonsson & L.E.M. I was there, walking through the empty streets It was 4…
PFM Hey traveler Feel it movin' wide Sister, I feel a…
Quantum Haze Eyes closed Mind unbound Engine on All around ... All is li…
R.O.Y. 待ち合わせしないか眠れない夜はため息で染まった部屋を抜け出しておいで天気予報はずっと晴れマークのんびり待って…
Roster McCabe My feet are tired, from my long journey, My heart is…
Rotteen & Friends We came from far away Won't get us to Obey Hiding in…
Rue du Soleil I wanna go home, but I don't remember where it…
Science Centre I heard from you the other day It's all starting to…
Screaming Trees It's a broken morning outside Go easy on my mind 'Cause you'…
Shaam Larein The sign show me a sign, you see you must be…
Shaun Deep in the midnight 길 위에 나 홀로 회색빛 도신 더…
The J.O.B. (The Jim O'Ferrell Band) No I don't tell no folks where I'm from I don't…
The Matterhorn Project A steady sound And flying shadows Converging rails beneath W…
The Sketchbook どんなことも楽しんでいこうぜどうせならそう全力で悲しくなってうつむいたってその中見つけた喜びを拾い上げて見上げた…
The Talbott Brothers Iu0027ve come to find out here on the road So many…
The Travelers She's all I ever wanted She could make me alive I don't…
The Travelers & Alvie Self She is all I ever wanted She could make me lie I…
Three Legged Men PH I see the sunrise creeping in Everything changes like the de…
tim lothar I′ve seen the mountains, I've seen the sea. This travelin′ l…
Traveler She is all I ever wanted She could make me lie I…
Trey Anastasio Whenever I think that I′m losing control Think that my life…
Umbilicus Gnarling darkness Til the break of day Working girls and co…
Upchurch I stay walking the woods, getting lost in my thoughts Wonder…
Vader Creature, that howling in darkness Winged monster You know i…
Wakinyan I'm here I see I protect I live. Looking at the Sky I breat…
Wishing Chair I'm the daughter of my father Though a poor one it…
白石涼子いつか出会った君の瞳に僕は写っていたの? この胸の中記憶の全て君はいつも大切だったこれからだって... いつの…
숀 Deep in the midnight 길 위에 나 홀로 회색빛 도신 더…
첸 여전히 working everyday 매일 똑같은 날들에 지겨워진 하루의 일상들 이제는 벗어나려 해 아무런 …