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Rob Smith

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I play Bass with Disciples of Groove, Zeroesque, Matt Landis and various jazz trios and quartets. I teach about 50 students a week and currently own 10 basses. Life is good.
www.BassSolo.com
www.DisciplesofGroove.net
www.Zeroesque.com
www.MySpace.com/MatthewLandis

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Music:

Funk, Jazz, Prog Rock! I love great musicianship and hate 99% of what's on the radio. Here's some great bands you might not know about... Disciples of Groove, The Blue Method, Matt Landis, Zeroesque, Blivit, Bo Rains, Seer, Josh Dion Band, Scarecrow Collection, Justin King, Jealousy Curve, Chris Arter, Fat City Reprise, Bohemian Sunrise, Red Tuesday, Amity, Days Awake. Support Local Music!!!More famous artists... Dream Theater, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Infectious Grooves, Rush, Yes, Led Zepplin, The Meters, Primus, King Crimson, Umphrey's Mcgee, Genesis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Funkadelic, Mars Volta, Coheed and Cambria, RadioHead, Pink Floyd, Pantera, Incubus, Peter Gabriel, Planet XJazz cats... Joshua Redman, Dave Holland Quintet, Lafayette Gilchrist, Kenny Garrett, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Brad Mehldau, Herbie Hancock, Miles, Coltrane, Monk, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Steve ColemanGuitar Greats... Steve Morse, Steve Vai, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Tuck Andress, Michael Hedges, Don Ross, Justin King, Kaki King, Peppino D'Aggostino, Preston Reed, Stanley Jordan, Brett Garsed, Guthrie Govan90s Rock... Alice in Chains, SoundGarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Rage against the machineBass Players... Michael Manring, Victor Wooten, James Jamerson, Dave Larue, Matt Garrison, Steve Bailey, Adam Nitti, Marcus Miller, John Patitucci, Stanley Clarke, Jaco, Jeff Berlin, Gerald Veasley, Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Gary Willis, Rob Trujillo, Billy Sheehan, Mike Pope, Oteil Burbridge, Christian McBride, Flea, Les Claypool, Kai Eckhardt, Al Garcia, Matt Williams, Richard Berti, Kevin MannThat covers about 1/10 of what I listen toI am 0% Emo.
.. Okay... so I'm not emo at all.. I am probably not even goth, because goths are just messed up emo kids... I am probably a metal head... or into boy bands... Take the
Emo Test
@ FualiDotCom

Movies:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Office Space, Kung Fu Hustle, Bug, Airplane, PCU, Spaceballs, Naked Gun, Burbs, The Jerk, The Aristocrats, Eternal Sunshine, American Beauty, Death to Smoochy, Fahrenheit 911, Hot Shots, Robin Hood:Men in Tights, Napoleon Dynamite, UHF, Harold and Kumar, Sin City, Scrooged, Old School, Anchorman, Chinatown, Donnie Darko, Something About Mary, The Big Labowski, Snatch, The Usual Suspects, Fight Club, 40 Year Old Virgin, Around the Bend, Kevin Smith movies(Clerks, Dogma), Christopher Guest movies(Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman)Mel Brooks movies (Blazing Saddles , Spaceballs)Cheesy horror flicks... The Last Slumber Party, Flesh Eating Mothers, Jugular Wine, Sorority House Massacre

Television:

Comedy Central is the one true source of light in the desolate wasteland of mediocrity. Adult Swim is the only reason to ever turn off Comedy Central and MTV is Satan in channel form. I hardly ever turn on the TV but if I do I'm watching Family Guy, Simpsons, South Park, The Colbert Report, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Reno 911, Daily Show, Chapelle Show, Drawn Together or Stand Up Comedy.

Books:

Anything by Christopher Moore, Douglas Adams, Chuck Palahniuk, Jonathan Lethem, Robert Heinlein, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, Terry Prachett, Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Tony Robbins, Robert Dilts, Kenny Werner, Robert Monroe, Thoreau, Oscar Wilde, Kurt Vonnegut, George Orwell, Paul Auster, Noam Chomsky, Anything Anti-Bush ;-)

Heroes:

Superman, Cyclops, Wolverine, Iceman... oh wait..... my heroes??? Well... did you ever know that you're my hero?

My Blog

Advice From a Student

Here's a recent message from Kevin Mann... bass player extraordinaire and a certified funny bastard...That video of your solo is sick (yeah yeah, heard it all before).  The only thing I think tha...
Posted by Rob Smith on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:09:00 PST

Bible Quote

This is my new favorite Bible quote:Corinthians 11:14 - Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?Hahaha... thanks bible, good lookin out....
Posted by Rob Smith on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:22:00 PST

5 Worst Songs of '05

5.  "Beverly Hills" By WeezerTerrible Lyrics, terrible chord progression and nominated for a grammy.  The verse has juvenile lyrics with no rhyme scheme and the chorus is incredibly annoying...
Posted by Rob Smith on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:40:00 PST

Top Guitarists

Here's a list of amazing guitar players who were NOT on Rolling Stone's Top 100 guitarists list.  3 truly unworthy guitarists - Kurt Cobain, Johnny Ramone and Jack White were all in the top 20......
Posted by Rob Smith on Wed, 19 Oct 2005 04:36:00 PST

Pat Robertson

I'll try to keep this short but almost definitely fail miserably in that attempt.  Pat Robertson is everything that is wrong with religion balled up into one wrinkly 75 year old bastard.  I ...
Posted by Rob Smith on Sat, 27 Aug 2005 06:17:00 PST

My Very 1st Blog

BLOG!!!
Posted by Rob Smith on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST