Tom Smith
Music in every style -- except dull. Mostly comedy folk-rock, but I've written every genre from opera to hip-hop to Klezmer.
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Talk Like A Pirate Day Talk Like A Pirate Day
ARRR! The official chanty fer International Talk Like A Pirate Day
I Want My Flying Car I Want My Flying Car
And a jet pack. And that computer Tom Cruise had in MINORITY REPORT. And AF 709 from MY LIVING DOLL....
Blue Screen of Death Blue Screen of Death
Ever wonder why it's called that...? No, no, I didn't think you did. Heh heh heh.
Death By Wubbie Death By Wubbie
Ahhh, those fine Renaissance wenches, and their huge... tracts o' land. Not exactly bawdy, but the kids Just Might Not Get It.
Can't Get The File To Play Can't Get The File To Play
How many versions of the same universal file format do you NEED!?
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The only recording artist to appear on both NPR's and , Tom Smith combines high-energy folk rock, SF/fantasy, popular culture, progressive politics, cartoon voices, unbelievably bad puns, and the occasional recipe into a show you will never forget. Winner of fourteen , three Songwriting contests, and a spot in the , no one is likelier to break your heart with one song, your head with the next, and your funny bone with the one after that. If you only catch one concert this year, well, you should get out more -- and, when you do so, go see Tom Smith live!
At Tom's web site, , you can from Tom's album , an RSS feed with a new song every week.Band/artist history
I started learning guitar in 1985. By 1987, I'd won my first songwriting contest, and my 1988 I was giving concerts at SF/fantasy conventions. Since then I've written hundreds of songs, given a few hundred concerts, and performed in the US, Canada, and Great Britain.Have you performed in front of an audience?Been doin' it for thirty years. Love it. Love house concerts, love larger shows. And far too many special moments to get into in such a short space.
Your musical influences
Just about everything is an influence: Stan Lee comic books, Harlan Ellison short stories, my Sunday School being unable to explain dinosaurs 'n' stuff, Lola Falana dancing, Julie Newmar in a Catwoman suit....
Oh, musically? "Creatively" would be more accurate, because the music comes from lots of things. I get as much from Carlin and Cosby as from Tom Lehrer, from Robin Williams and Jim Henson as from Allan Sherman. Some of the obvious influences beyond that are "Weird Al" Yankovic, Meat Loaf, The Beatles, Barenaked Ladies, Christine Lavin, Uncle Bonsai, Chuck Jones, Mel Blanc, Frank Gorshin, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Steven Sondheim, Howard Ashman & Alan Menken.
And whatever's on the Internet this week. ;)What equipment do you use?
AKG mics, Reaper, Band In A Box, Acid Pro, Sound Forge, misc. other software, Sigma classical guitar (which I shamelessly beat on as if I was a Beach Boy)Contact
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