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 Robert Smith (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2003, Robert Smith worked in collaboration with the band Blink-182 on the track "All of This" off their album Blink-182.
Robert Smith features in the Blink-182 song All Of This on their self titled album
Smith's lyrics are frequently poetic and as frequently inscrutable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smith_(musician)   (1204 words)

  
 In The Court Of King Crimson - A Book By Sid Smith
Smith keeps a close watch, but at a suitable distance; he usually reserves commentary for track-by-track analysis of albums, elsewhere letting band members tell their own story - often with diametrically opposing views, as with Fripp and drummer Bill Bruford, who was equal parts creative foil and nemesis during his long association with the band.
Smith, who became an acquaintance of Fripp's after meeting the guitarist at a listening session for one of his solo albums, spent the better part of two years interviewing nearly every musician involved with King Crimson.
As a fan, Smith knows this band really is all about the music.
http://www.inthecourtofkingcrimson.com/The_Montreal_Gazette.108.0.html   (661 words)

  
 The Cure - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
Robert Smith devoted most of the beginning of 1983 to Siouxsie & the Banshees, recording the Hyaena album with the group and appearing as the band's guitarist on the album's accompanying tour.
The movie and the albums were released in 1993.
Out of all the bands that emerged in the immediate aftermath of punk rock in the late '70s, the Cure was one of the most enduring and popular.
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,419354,00.html   (1421 words)

  
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Smith, 30, listens to music much the way he reads: attentively, voraciously, incessantly.
ROBERT Smith's main guitar is a nation-shaped National.
And yet the melody pops right out from Smith's performances, whether in the quiet cadences of "Lullaby" or the scattershot scat of "Why Can't I Be You." Somehow it works.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ChainofFlowers/musician.htm   (5501 words)

  
 Biography
That fact is obvious in his new recording, released in 2000, titled "Wizard of the Harmonica." Smith admits that the album's 14 songs are autobiographical.
Smith would be absorbed for hours at a time, listening to recordings by Williamson (accompanied by long-term sideman, guitarist Robert Lockwood Jr.).
There is a rough edge to the music that was intentional; as Shake says, "I wanted it to reflect the raw energy of the music that influenced me." The energy certainly shines through.
http://www.shakinsmith.com/history.htm   (1063 words)

  
 Producer and songwriter robert smith
Smith, a record producer, added that he was never romantically in...
Eric Bazilian, John Lilley, Fran Smith Jr., Rob Hyman, David Uosikkinen Wife ofsongwriter Kal Mann, Dave Appell songwriter & producer for Cameo ‚ Parkway...
Blink 182 with vocals by Robert Smith — “All Of This”...
http://www.mandolingreg.com/producer+and+songwriter+robert+smith.html   (957 words)

  
 Noted composer directs original works at 'Bands Showcase'
Smith also is the co-creator of the Expressions music curriculum, a comprehensive pre-K through 12 music program written for school systems.
Besides Smith, who has written music used at the Olympics, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, the Sunday concert features another special performer.
Two Smith works programmed for the Saturday night concert include "Winds of Poseidon," inspired by Homer's "The Odyssey," and "Africa: Ceremony, Song and Ritual." William Kisinger, director of Collegiate Band, says his musicians enjoy "Winds of Poseidon" because of its visual nature.
http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/030421.Matter.Smith.html   (589 words)

  
 The Cure - Artist Profile [KLUDGE SOUND]
It made the point.” Smith would never allow ELEKTRA to remove the song from the album without deleting the album as a whole.
Smith, in his role as The Cure’s figurehead, pressed for contact in the years of separation, and released Japanese Whispers in December of 1983, a collection of b-sides and singles.
With Disintegration, Smith admits, “Originally, I was going to take perverse satisfaction in making a depressing album.” Several suicides had been reported as having been committed by Cure fanatics, one fan even stabbed himself repeatedly after rushing the stage during a show in San Francisco in 1986.
http://www.kludgemagazine.com/profiles.php?id=13   (1562 words)

  
 UNo MAS: Patti Smith, Back From Nowhere
This is no ordinary rock musician, but a woman who burnt a mile wide trail through people's perceptions of how punk rock should be in its formative years, and who continues to produce music of stunning intensity.
We do have a title for it, but you mustn't tell anyone in America; it was Fred's title and he told me to keep it a secret until the album came out because he liked secrets.
She's returned to the studio with a band that includes some impressive guest talent alongside long-time cohorts Lenny Kaye and Jay Dee Daugherty, both of whom sat in on this interview.
http://www.unomas.com/features/pattismith.html   (1746 words)

  
 University of Wollongong - Faculty of Education
Robert is involved in musical education and enjoyment for people of all ages from Kindergarten to Seniors.
In his musical involvement in community activities Robert works closely with David Vance (University Singers) and with Wayne Dixon (City of Wollongong Symphony Orchestra) so that we have a community with increasing consciousness of its capacity to make and enjoy music.
He was Musical Director of the Arcadians production of Les Misérables which achieved such success that the original three-week season was sold out before the first performance and a second (two-week) season was run in February 1994.
http://www.uow.edu.au/educ/about/staff/smithy/1citation.html   (346 words)

  
 Disintegration - Psychology Central
In 2002, the current Cure at the time performed all three albums in their entirety to a Berlin audience, and it was released on DVD as Trilogy in 2003.
The album is considered part two of Robert Smith's "trilogy", also including Pornography and Bloodflowers.
In 1989, Robert Smith and company returned to feelings of angst, depression, and regret to record the album Disintegration.
http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Disintegration   (410 words)

  
 Interview: Disintegration's Saving Grace
He is also currently pondering what to do with the solo LP he has recorded, ready to release.
And the appeal of The Cure is balanced between their musical originality and Smith's mystique.
Initially inspired, according to one old press release, by "punk and the Penguin Modern Classics" Smith created a sort of English Literature for Music Lovers and has never looked back.
http://www.musicfanclubs.org/cure/press/I101.html   (2054 words)

  
 Arts Unlimited Arts features The talking Cure
That a musician would love music, and take it seriously, is predictable enough - but to have been at it this long, and never fallen into the trap of thinking your generation was the best, of listening for plagiarism instead of flair, of defensively finding fault or of simply getting a bit tired.
The example Smith gives is one song that is about bereavement: "I suffered a bereavement recently, and I was trying to put into a song, which I've never done before, the real sense of anger that I felt, rather than just the sadness and nostalgia and all that.
When they really have made their last album (and there's no way of knowing yet whether this is it), I think we'll regret having underrated this band, at least for the past five or so years, maybe the past decade.
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,11710,1236945,00.html   (2709 words)

  
 David Robert Montgomery
David Robert Montgomery - "Hello" CD is now available through me for a short time...Lamon Records does at this time have the CD ready for sale if you want to order from them.
David Robert Montgomery is an up and coming Americana Artist with deep roots in the music business.
The name of the band "Lil Abner" was a band of local musicians and friends who played local clubs and school dances.
http://www.davidrobertmontgomery.com   (885 words)

  
 Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/Jimmy Smith at Small's Paradise, essay on Jerry Jazz Musician
Smith's spraying a frenetic solo, contrasting with the almost tender turn McFadden just took.
You've heard of people doing field recordings in the Deep South, capturing backwoods bluesmen and hillbilly storytellers alike, playing their music, getting their own unique tongue down on tape, the language of their region, their land.
It's so smoky, you can barely see the bandstand, but you know the band is there; there's no mistaking that sound - that presence.
http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/linernotes/smith.html   (874 words)

  
 The Cure: album reviews and ratings
There is a method to Robert Smith's madness, however, and the two albums are different enough to stand on their own and satisfy fans who love the Cure for disparate reasons.
Robert went as far as incorporating mexican music influences on the track 13th...well...as long as it makes him so Happy he could scream!.
Want and This is a Lie are the only two songs worthy of mention on this album.
http://www.musicfolio.com/modernrock/thecure.html   (1431 words)

  
 LONNIE LISTON SMITH DISCOGRAPHY
As Smith is quoted in the liner notes: "When I had that unhappy experience I told you about with the big record company, I decided to get away from the music business for a while and just clear my head.
Capsule Info: Fresh out of a several year stint with Pharoah Sanders and Gato Barbieri, this is Smith's first solo album, and it's his album like his work with Pharoah Sanders.
Features, in fact, a remake of "Astral Traveling" which Smith originally played on one of Pharoah's albums.
http://members.aol.com/ilebaba/adeleke/discsmith.html   (820 words)

  
 BLABBERMOUTH.NET - ROSS ROBINSON To Produce THE CURE Album, VEX RED To Contribute
Robert did say the new CD will be more 'rock' based.
While im one of those who believe Robert Smith is a musical genius; who is unparalelled infront of AND behind the mixing board, ive got to say im suprised at this news..
I think the Robert is in a good mood this year so he wants a producer that will bring out the 'rock' side of the cure - NOT nu-metal or rap.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=7317   (1085 words)

  
 BBC NEWS Entertainment Music The Cure take the icon test
And there were plenty of glowing tributes from musicians and bands who claimed to have been influenced by The Cure's moody tunes.
So, the music is iconic, and Robert Smith is still clad all in black, with trademark eyeliner, red lipstick and wild hair.
It was well past midnight when The Cure themselves finally took to the stage, and from the first riff it was obvious that they have managed to haul their music firmly into the 21st century.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3672350.stm   (620 words)

  
 Robert Smith's Critical Guide to Robert Smith
For me the idea of being a musician has nothing to do with technical ability, but I suppose you have to have a certain amount to be able to put ideas into music.
I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter.
It makes me feel very awkward if you meet fans who expect you to react in a certain way just because you're in a band.
http://imaginaryboys.altervista.org/english/cure/articles/criticalguide.htm   (2037 words)

  
 Welcome to KeyAction Fall 1998: Page 6
With the help of a musician, he pre records his worship music to a disk, pops it into the on-board disk drive, and the Clavinova plays his disk during the service.
Amazed with the Clavinova’s sound quality and capabilities, Rev. Smith sees great potential to bring affordable, high quality music to small, struggling churches.
“Young people are listening to the music more than the ministers,” says Rev. Smith.
http://www.yamaha.com/publications/keyaction/kafall98/06.htm   (379 words)

  
 CLASSIC SOUL: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ROBERT JOHNSON
Since the 1930s, rumors and legends grew, surrounding Robert Johnson and how he'd sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads, at midnight, in exchange for superior musical abilities.
In the mid '70's a man named Steve LaVere had discovered, that Robert Johnson's songs were NOT public domain, and any surviving family members were entitled to royalties.
Ike was an amazing guitar player in southern Mississippi and befriended Robert during his stay there.
http://www.soul-patrol.com/soul/johnson.htm   (2235 words)

  
 Musikexpress/sounds interview with Robert Smith
Contemplated artistically, it is an album full of nostalgia.
During the recordings of the last one, a sanitary shaken Robert Smith
Awards in 1991, "Wish" as the most successful album in their career in 1992, and they played as headliners at the
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ChainofFlowers/mesounds2000.htm   (1830 words)

  
 quotes
From a magazine interview Robert lists his favorite 10 albums as of 1/00, but he emphasized that his favorites constantly change.
According to an interview in Guitar Player Magazine 9/92 Robert's favorite songs are:
Faith: "I don't think I'll ever write a song that'll ever move me as much as Faith, that'll change my life as much as that song did, or encapsulates a period of my life as well as that one does."
http://www.planetdis.com/cure/quotes.html   (1973 words)

  
 Buy Schecter Ultracure Robert Smith Signature Model Electric Guitar online
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The Ultracure Robert Smith Signature Model Electric Guitar was designed by Schecter and The Cure's Robert Smith!
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Guitar/Electric?sku=513096&src=3SOSWXXB   (406 words)

  
 Hexapedia - British songwriters
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http://british_songwriters.en.hexafind.com   (37 words)

  
 UA Fort Smith
Chris Pinkston of Van Buren, an orchestra instructor with the Fort Smith Public Schools and part of the camp faculty, said students were learning a new approach to music while discovering their talents in improvisation, plus having a great time in the process.
“Jazz and improvisation to a classically trained musician can be as intimidating as learning a foreign language without the help of a translation dictionary,” Jeter said.
Lane, who has been a strings teacher and orchestra director in Arkansas since 1980, said the camp had given many strings students the desire to play jazz and create music.
http://www.uafortsmith.edu/News/Index?storyid=690   (686 words)

  
 biography
The band was able to achieve the appropriate sound for the type of music they were playing by constant practice
He now wants to concentrate on his first love of music, singing Sinatra with a big band or smaller jazz combo.
the Tony Lee Trio, Kenny Baker, Don Lusher, Betty Smith, and many other top English musicians.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/julia.woodman/biog.htm   (374 words)

  
 NPR : Summer Street Music Series: New York
NPR reporters from around the country have nominated their favorite street musicians, and every Friday this summer, All Things Considered will pause to listen in.
Lo Dico will soon release his second CD -- a live performance recorded the afternoon of Robert Smith's visit.
Hear excerpts of Alex Lo Dico and his band playing jazz standards:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1319944   (580 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Laurence Tolhurst
Yeah, I gave Robert a copy of the album, last time I saw him; I haven't heard back from him yet, but I'm sure I will soon.
Laurence's plodding, powerful drums on the epic Pornography (1982) take center stage and serve as constant reminder to the sheer power and overwhelming force with which a heavy depression can hit the human mind.
Did you let Robert or Simon (Gallup, The Cure bassist) listen to any of the Levinhurst material you've been working on?
http://www.ink19.com/issues/november2003/interviews/laurenceTolhurst.html   (1722 words)

  
 Bio
Presently, Robbie’s lifelong dream to make his own music CD has finally come to fruition, and would not have been possible without the help of several of his fellow musicians and close personal friends.
Taking a few months off from the daily grind, Robbie focused primarily on writing songs and arranging music, which he recorded in Long Beach and Oceanside earlier this year.
Robbie joined various cover bands such as The Detroit Underground, Tune Smith, and other Big Bands waiting it out.
http://www.dslextreme.com/users/robbietrumpe/bio.htm   (629 words)

  
 Smith, Robert on Encyclopedia.com
This Year's Cure: With a new album and tour on the way, and renewed popularity with young fans, Robert Smith prepares for what might be his best summer ever.(musician)(Interview)
PHOTOGRAPH BY JILLJOHNSON/FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM (DALLAS OUT) (May 3) Maria Lopez,18, listens to her AP statistics teacher Robert Smith lectureduring class at North Side High School in Forth Worth, Texas.(cdm) 2005 (Diversity)Document Name|US NEWS USMEXICO-TE Author: JILL JOHNSON Publication: KRT Photos Source: PICS
Keywords |EMMITT SMITH RUSHING RECORD, KRTNFL FOOTBALL |SPORTS NFL NATIONAL LEAGUE
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/e/e-s1mith-r1o.asp   (1209 words)

  
 deviantART: robertsmithislife
The comics and story are both littered with Cure-isms and lyrics.
Interests: ROBERT SMITH <3333, music, fashion, making stuff!
Favourite band or musician: The Cure, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Nine Inch Nails, New Order, Bright Eyes
http://robertsmithislife.deviantart.com   (724 words)

  
 Hear/Say: America's College Music Magazine - Reviews - Eels: Shootenanny
Formed in 1978, Smith and company was originally a three-piece band playing simple, melodic and angular pop tunes.
Join the Dots seems a bit excessive (four full discs) for a rarities and b-sides collection, but it doesn’t take long to figure out that the quality here is easily every bit as good as what the band put out on its right and proper releases.
As one of post-punk/new wave’s most prolific and astute songwriters, Robert Smith, in retrospect, turns out to have been even better than he seemed at the time.
http://www.hearsay.cc/reviews/albums/07-06-01-04/Thecure.html   (287 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / This Day in History / Today in history - April 21
Rock singer Robert Smith (The Cure) is 45.
In 1977, the musical play "Annie" opened on Broadway.
Rock musician Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) is 45.
http://www.boston.com/news/history/articles/2004/04/20/today_in_history___april_21?mode=PF   (483 words)

  
 Robert Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Weston Smith (1939–1995), disc jockey, better known as Wolfman Jack
Robert Smith (musician) (born 1959), musician in the group The Cure
Robert Smith (Canadian politician, Stormont) (1858–1942), Canadian Member of Parliament for Stormont
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smith   (352 words)

  
 Xtreme Musician: Porl Thompson
In the 90's, he has done a lot of work with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, playing on the Page/Plant album No Quarter, and touring with them in 1995 and 1996.
He has also done some memorable artwork for the Cure's album covers.
He is also married to Robert Smith's sister.
http://www.xtrememusician.com/info/artists/profiles/720.html   (115 words)

  
 Web Music Database · Author: Robert Smith
In 2000, he announced his plans to split The Cure and he is planning his first solo album for 2002.
They evolved into The Cure, one of the most successful and long-lived of British post-punk groups.
Robert has also played with Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Glove.
http://www.webmusicdb.com/disp?82178   (77 words)

  
 About Musica Antigua
Founded by local musician and early music enthusiast, John Truitt, Música Antigua de Albuquerque has been performing medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music since 1978.
In recognition of New Mexico's Hispanic tradition, the ensemble concentrated on the repertoire of Renaissance and medieval Spain in its early performances.
http://www.la.unm.edu/~davies/MAA/aboutmaa.html   (440 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: Smith's genius a cure for malaise
Beginning in 1979, Smith's band released a string of consistently heady albums, many of which can serve as a good jumping-off point for the uninitiated.
That's the night the band plays the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., a four-hour drive from Las Vegas.
Even as he sings melancholy lyrics, Smith's distinctive voice rings out with an underlying sense of optimism, preventing its heavy themes from sinking into despair.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/text/2004/jan/23/516226343.html   (423 words)

  
 The Cure - Boys are Forever Drowning in Pornography
The sound of The Cure is known, monotonous, summery and depressed sound serve like food for the complaining melancholic voice sound of Robert Smith.
Monotonous works adverse to the group in the end, especially the newer songs look too much on eachother so it gets boring.
The fans from The Cure how they were in the past were mostly gone, replaced by new and most younger people (sometimes just 12 year old).
http://www.foreverdrowning.com/presse.php?page=25   (570 words)

  
 NPR : Sampling the Night Life on the NYC Subway
Musician Andrew Katz says he prefers to play guitar in the subway at night, when he's got the stage all to himself.
NPR's Robert Smith spends the night on the subway that never sleeps.
But it's difficult for the people who clean and repair the system between trains.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4121061   (196 words)

  
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The music awards honour songwriters, composers and music publishers with categories including Best Song Lyrically and Musically, Best Contemporary Song, Most Performed Work, International Hit and Best Selling Single.
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LONDON - MAY 26: (UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS OUT) Musician Robert Smith of The Cure accepts the award for International Achievement at the 50th Ivor Novello Awards at Grosvenor House on May 26, 2005 in London.
http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/details_pop.aspx?iid=52983086&cdi=0   (132 words)

  
 Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/Pianist Kenny Barron is interviewed
He has also stepped up his involvement in Joken Records, the label he began in partnership with his former manager, Joanne Klein.
Jerry Jazz Musician interviewed Kenny Barron on November 28, 1999, after a Sphere performance in Harrisburg, PA. Before the gig, Barron had endured a long flight from Italy and the mother of all Thanksgiving weekend traffic jams driving to the show.
JJM: First of all, we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us.
http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/linernotes/barron.html   (1445 words)

  
 Blogger: Email Post to a Friend
During the show Molko also paid tribute to John Peel by dedicating new single "Twenty Years" to the late Radio 1 DJ.
Robert Smith performed two tracks with Placebo during the band's one off date at Wembley Arena on Nov 5th, "Without You I'm Nothing" and "Boys Don't Cry".
At the beginning of the encore the Placebo frontman announced to the audience: "It is a great honour.
http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=7874237&postID=109992448309492321   (307 words)

  
 Jeff Buckley on 43 People
amazing beauty guitarist hot humanity music musician singer songwriter talented
I regret every day of having never met him during this lifetime, though.
http://www.43people.com/profile/view/108099   (174 words)

  
 Snippets: Stars lobby for shorter work days
A petition calling for capping a work day at 14 hours is going throughout the country, and the names of Julia Roberts, Kenneth Branagh, Sally Field, Tom Berenger, Milos Forman, Mike Nichols and Robert Altman are among the 10,000 signatures on it so far.
Some big names in the movie business are supporting a drive to shorten the Hollywood work day for the sake of safety.
Movie work days sometimes last 20 hours, leaving crew members to drive home exhausted.
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/features/97/04/21/4-21snippets.0-1.html   (405 words)

  
 Bennett Harris Blues Home
What Bennett (formerly known as Backdoor Benny) has in store is a diverse repertoire of traditional acoustic blues music, embracing various styles, eras and moods.
Such an eclectic show wouldn't be complete without a handful of Bennett's original tunes as well.
Drawing on many sources, Bennett's inspirations include Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, on up to modern masters such as Muddy Waters, Jorma Kaukonen, Bonnie Raitt, and even Irving Berlin!
http://www.bennettharrisblues.com   (258 words)

  
 Girlposse.com Music Release - DAVID BOWIE, ROBERT SMITH AND JOE ELLIOTT TALK ABOUT WORKING ON EARL SLICK’S NEW ALBUM ...
Girlposse.com Music Release - DAVID BOWIE, ROBERT SMITH AND JOE ELLIOTT TALK ABOUT WORKING ON EARL SLICK’S NEW ALBUM ‘ZIG ZAG’ OUT NOW ON SANCTUARY RECORDS
David Bowie, who worked with SLICK on the song “Isn’t It Evening (The Revolutionary)” declared: “Earl is a legendary guitar star and a musician of great feeling…His playing is earthy, timeless and never less than stellar.”
Me and a couple of friends snuck backstage and knocked on the dressing room door, and who opened it but Slick.
http://www.girlposse.com/reviews/music/earl_slick_release_012004.html   (168 words)

  
 Crazewire: Can Evanescence make Goth-rock work?
Do you have a recent CD or performance review for Crazewire?
But then again, Robert Smith made a 20-year career out of it, so maybe lead singer Amy Lee can lead Evanescence down that same path.
After all, there are only so many ways to say you're lost, alone, and unhappy.
http://www.crazewire.com/features/20030411206.php   (399 words)

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