Geoff Smith (American musician)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Geoff Smith


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Geoffrey Christopher Smith
Alias = Geoff
Born = birth date|1972|12|18|mf=y
Burlington, North Carolina, USA
Height = Height|feet=6
Genre = Rock and Roll, Blues, Country
Occupation = Singer, Composer
Instrument = vocals, Guitar, Piano, drums, Bass
URL = [http://thegeoffsmith.com theGeoffSmith.com]

Geoff Smith (born December 18, 1972) is an independent artist currently working from Nashville, Tennessee. [ cite web|url=http://thegeoffsmith.com/about-geoff/ |title=Biography / Geoff Smith |accessdate=2008-05-25 |last=Smith |first=Geoff ]

Biography

Geoff began composing jingles and theme songs for podcasters back in 2005 and has written hundreds and the list keeps growing. He is best known from his jingles heard on Adam Curry's Daily Source Code Podcast, GeekBrief.TV, Radio Lingua Network, Tips from The Top Floor, ScreenCasts Online, The Typical Mac User Podcast, the successful iYule project and recently the theme song for TWiT Live hosted by Leo Laporte.

Geoff has been Entertainment Director of the Big Bang Piano Bars for several years and he is performing live several nights every week at The Big Bang Bar in Nashville TN, and has also worked as an engineer and producer at Studio East in Charlotte, NC.

Geoff is also the keyboard player for the Nashville based power pop band, Codaphonic as well as the bassist and lead singer with Chicago based Police Tribute Band, One World. Prior to that Geoff played bass for Schick Weave where he mastered the art of his patented "Back Arc Rock Kick." Check for details about the next performance on the dedicated tribute site. From 1999-2003, Geoff played with the Austin, TX based group, The Wizerds, along with brothers Bill and John Lefler.

Finally, Geoff Smith has been singing with the IMpressions, the old motown group. They have been on the top 10 on the southern soul/beach music charts for the past few years with the song “Rhythm”. They were even up for song of the year at the Beach Music Awards in 2007.

Discography

"Geoff Smith - Ones and 0s"

# Set the music free
# Digg the Code
# Ones and 0s
# Hello, hello
# Talk Like a Man
# Tech Support
# If This Geek Ruled the World
# Quit my Day Job
# Pod Save the Queen
# Save Me
# Love Everybody
# I’m a TWiT

"Christmas Tunes"

# Christmas Time Around the World
# Some Christmas huggin’ and Kissin’
# My Own Merry Christmas
# If Christmas Was Make Believe
# We Could Change the World (This Christmas)

"Geoff Smith and the Tonewheels"

# Not on the Radio
# Stuck in the Middle
# Take Me Back
# Rose
# Slightest Blue
# Here Nowhere
# Don’t Ya
# Loneliness For Two
# February
# Hypocrite
# So I’m Writing

References

External links

* [http://thegeoffsmith.com/ The official Geoff Smith website]
* [http://www.ringtonefeeder.com/ iPhone ringtones] delivered via RSS

Persondata
NAME = Smith, Geoff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Geoff
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Singer, Composer and Podcaster
DATE OF BIRTH = December, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH = Nashville, Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =