Hi, this is Craig Smith... and for the last many years most people have been aware that I play the guitar and record instrumental guitar music, mostly original pieces... without the slightest trace of a vocal. Although I began my guitar playing on ukulele at around age two and guitar from about five I have continued to be essentially a guitarist concentrating on instrumental music... I also have been known to sing. In fact back many years ago I was usually at the forefront of some band or another, or as a solo act... singing and playing... cover songs as well as original songs of my own. Many of my own vocal pieces have been recorded by other artists... and most are long gone having dropped into obscurity. My recording Loves Song, an original piece... written and recorded in 1981, is a ballad in a retro style, however not retro at the time I created it. Then it was just a song, the nature of which was fitting for the time... the song never was recorded by anyone else and almost forgotten until I recently came across a considerable amount of old recordings... some incomplete some finished on cassette tapes, and Loves Song was one finished project. I transferred the recording to CD a few months back, and after playing for a few people was encouraged to release it... even though its not my thing these days to do vocals or write lyrical songs. Of course it needed a little tweaking, and re-mastering to clean up and improve the quality of its cassette tape origin... but here it is. For what it is worth, this is still the original track, a one shot, single take... just guitar and voice recording... with no corrections or punch ins... just standing there playing and singing. There has been nothing added, no extra tracks on the original or on the remix... so this is how I was basically performing back in the eighties and prior as a solo lounge player, some memories of which Id rather not remember. The whistling... as an instrumental break, was also done on the spot... in the original one take solo recording. So, for whatever its worth... its just a song... Craig Smith Additional information on myself: I am a guitarist and composer. I have played guitar nearly all of my life as a full time profession, not as a hobby... or only as a sideline. I first began playing a ukulele around two years of age and started guitar at about five when my grandfather died and I acquired his guitar. My mother was also playing guitar while she was carrying me for the nine months before my birth, and many people have expressed since that when I entered this life I was most likely subconsciously aware of the guitars sound... and probably on a hunt to discover what was that sound I had heard before entering this world. Today I play all types of guitars acoustic/electric, electric and nylon string classical... for whatever type of music seems to be appropriate at the time. I do however play only in the classical finger style, that is never using a pick... on any type of guitar, even electric. I did begin my guitar playing with a pick, but after almost twenty years decided to try using my fingers and shortly after never went back to a pick again. All of the music I play is based on an impressionistic... improvisational style. Creativity is very important to me and is the essence of composition in music,and although I am thoroughly trained and can read full classical guitar notation, I enjoy reinventing the music and never playing the same piece the same way twice and not following a chart... unless its a requirement by some conductor or outside force. This spontaneous, improvisational style lets me explore new areas of sound as I would discover new ideas in any area of life. I usually perform live as a soloist because I can rely on myself showing up, however there is nothing finer than playing with and exchanging musical ideas with others in a performance. Craig My On Line Music Store: craigsmithmusicstore.blogspot/ Website: indieartistmusic
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 05:50:14 +0000
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