Beau Smith
I'm a one man band. Singer songwriter. I'm also a visual artist. For the past twenty years I've made my bread making human-sized copper frogs which you can see at my beautifulfrog.com site. Google "Beau Smith frog". You'll find me.
I've been doing music as long as I've been making visual art. I'm an all-around artist. I write, paint, sculpt, play music. Hey, I even make a living making art - frog sculptures. Well, sometimes I make a living. More often than not, these days.
Besides being totally into art, I'm totally into the web. I discovered after the couple of disastrous times I played out that it's easier to make music in my studio and broadcast it through the net. Unless I make it big somehow, that's the way I plan to do it. Even if I ever did "make it", however that would happen, I'd probably still spend a good deal of my time in the studio and on the web. Nerds on guitar. This is a possible name for a band. I don't think I'll call it that. How about "Good Wood"? I've always thought that was a good name.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
The band is me. Currently. I may get some friends to play with me. But mainly, it's me making my music, at present.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Currently, I focus on recording my music and uploading it. I'm a full time artist. The best way for me to share my music currently is to create at home and share on the net.
Your musical influences
Folk rock, pop rock, blues. Are we search engine friendly yet? I was born in '61. Hey, could be the begining to a song. Okay, not. I'm a sixties child. Sixties and seventies. Beatles, then onto Talking Heads, B-52s I might say because I know one of them. I have a beat but I must admit I am not dance music. A balladeer? A lyricist? Sure... I fit my own category. Singer/songwriter, in the grand tradition of singer/songwriters.
What equipment do you use?
Fender Strat, Martin acoustic, Sonar 4, a nice computer. That's basically it.
Anything else?
Google "Beau Smith Art". I also have to say that SoundClick has done a wonderful job with SEO. They are one of the first sites to show up when typing in those keywords, even though what I am most known for are my human-sized copper frog sculptures.
