Geoff Smith (American musician)

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Geoff Smith
Birth name Geoffrey Christopher Smith
Also known as Geoff
Born December 18, 1972(1972-12-18)
Burlington, North Carolina, USA
Genre(s) Rock and Roll, Blues, Country
Occupation(s) Singer, Composer
Instrument(s) Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Drums, Bass
Website theGeoffSmith.com

Geoff Smith (born December 18, 1972) is an independent artist currently working from Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

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[edit] 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.

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.

[edit] Discography

Geoff Smith - Ones and 0s

  1. Set the music free
  2. Digg the Code
  3. Ones and 0s
  4. Hello, hello
  5. Talk Like a Man
  6. Tech Support
  7. If This Geek Ruled the World
  8. Quit my Day Job
  9. Pod Save the Queen
  10. Save Me
  11. Love Everybody
  12. I’m a TWiT

Christmas Tunes

  1. Christmas Time Around the World
  2. Some Christmas huggin’ and Kissin’
  3. My Own Merry Christmas
  4. If Christmas Was Make Believe
  5. We Could Change the World (This Christmas)

Geoff Smith and the Tonewheels

  1. Not on the Radio
  2. Stuck in the Middle
  3. Take Me Back
  4. Rose
  5. Slightest Blue
  6. Here Nowhere
  7. Don’t Ya
  8. Loneliness For Two
  9. February
  10. Hypocrite
  11. So I’m Writing

[edit] References

  1. ^ Smith, Geoff. Biography / Geoff Smith. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.

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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