Now playing: Smidi Beats
Eric “Smidi†Smith was born January 27 1960 in Covington, Kentucky. Smidi is a self taught musician. His interest in music started in 1968. Smidi plays the Lead, Bass guitar, drums and keyboards. The name “SMIDI†derives from MIDI (musical, instrument, digital, interface) Smidi joined the US Air Force 1981 and retired as an E6 2001. During his military career Smidi auditioned and was selected to tour as lead guitarist with the prestigious Air Force “Tops-N-Blue showcase Entertainment Group. In 1990 Smidi was assigned to Nellis AFB, Nevada where he was introduced to MIDI equipment. He learned that he could sequence all of the musical parts from a common computer source. Smidi’s primary instruments are the Bass and Rhythm Guitar. Since discovering MIDI equipment in 1992 he has sequenced music tracks for well known artist i.e. Leon Haywood, Spice 1, New Birth, Clay Hammond, Charles “Chaz†Spurling and the Mighty Python Band Cincinnati, Ohio and “Keith Wilder†from Heatwave. Smidi produced the theme song music for the “The Venetian Wheel Deal†Game Show that is currently played daily at the Venetian Hotel Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Smidi has approximately 2000 instrumental music tracks in his music catalog. His goal is to produce music to achieve recognition as a “well rounded successful musician†in multiple genres.Currently Smidi is a “Senior Music Producer†for Buffed Beats. He has over 300 Hip Hop, Rap, R&B, Pop, Jazz, and Gospel instrumental tracks on sale at www.buffedbeats.com. Smidi Beats produced the background music for E Channel “The Girls Next Door†and HGTV “FreeStyle TV series. He is and is currently producing music tracks for several up and coming artist projects i.e. Lonnie Gordon (former UK 1 Pop Star), Clay Hammond, Geno “G-Love†Stanley, J.B Evil, 5 Star and ParaGraFFz.Smidi Beats first solo jazz CD entitled “Jazz Foundation†is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/smidi.Contact: Eric “Smidi†Smith AKA Smidi Beats at [email protected] for all of your Music Production needsContact: Smith Star Muzic Business Management – Ronald “Vee†Pratt (Black Eye Entertainment & Graphics ) at [email protected].
