Chris Smith
Austin, TX
Rock Acoustic
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Austin, Texas based Chris Smith is part of the new wave of "slash" artists: guitarist/singer/songwriter/producer/engineer. A huge fan of The Beatles, Chris followed that musical thread through to Matthew Sweet, Michael Penn, Jellyfish, Owsley, Bleu, Mike Viola, Alex Dezen, and Ryan Adams.

After formally training in guitar, Chris played in bands around the San Francisco Bay Area, while honing his engineering and session instrumentalist chops at local studios in the mid-90's. This was a time of intense change for recording technology, and Chris was fortunate to get involved early enough to spend hundreds of hours in tape based studios prior to the ascension of computer based recording. As current trends in recording harken back to this time as a new golden age of recording, Chris is able to use this experience with analog technologies to blend modern recording techniques with those of the past.

The same can be said for Chris's singing and songwriting, with a look toward the...

Austin, Texas based Chris Smith is part of the new wave of "slash" artists: guitarist/singer/songwriter/producer/engineer. A huge fan of The Beatles, Chris followed that musical thread through to Matthew Sweet, Michael Penn, Jellyfish, Owsley, Bleu, Mike Viola, Alex Dezen, and Ryan Adams.

After formally training in guitar, Chris played in bands around the San Francisco Bay Area, while honing his engineering and session instrumentalist chops at local studios in the...

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