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Jeffrey Ryan Smoots (JRS)

About Me

Jeffrey Ryan Smoots (JRS) has appeared in Guitar for Practicing Musician, and Guitar One Magazine.

He is signed to Fossil Records

JRS music is available from:

CD Baby



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Member Since: 07/08/2005
Band Website: www.jrsmoots.com
Band Members: Why do you want to know about my member?
Influences: Rush, Kings X, Dream Theater, Racer X, Queensryche, Fates Warning, Loudness, Iron Maiden, Triumph, Megadeth, Scorpions, Blue Murder, Metallica, Dio, Alex Lifeson, Eric Johnson, Ty Tabor, Paul Gilbert, John Sykes, Akira Tagasaki, Mathias Jabs, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Phil Keaggy, Vinnie Moore, Rik Emmet, Jake E. Lee, Warrent DeMartini, Geddy Lee, Steve Harris, Doug Pinnick, John Myung, Neil Peart, Mike Portnoy, Thomas Lang.
Sounds Like: Rush, Kings' X, Dream Theater, Queensryche, Racer X, Symphony X, Michael Schenker, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Tony MacAlpine, Fates Warning
Record Label: Fossil Records, www.fossilrecords.net
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Free picks -- the bane of my inbox

Awhile back I was offering a free guitar pick to anyone who joined my mailing list. All went well until I ran out of picks. So, I dutifully updated my website, removing any mention of free guitar pick...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:02:00 GMT

Ach, lyrics

I'm working on lyrics now for 'New Old Stock'. Fourteen songs to do, and I have lyrics completed for seven. So, um, that leaves about seven more. I'm trying to decide whether to start recording (now) ...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:59:00 GMT

Instrumental rough mixes done

I finished the rough instrumental mixes on 13 of 14 songs on the new album today. To my chagrin, or maybe more like unceasing frustration, I'm gonna have to re-record the guitar parts on the choruses ...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:39:00 GMT

Guitars are done; getting ready for vocals

This past week, I finished all the rhythm guitars on the New Old Stock album! This week I'm editing the parts, which consists of cleaning up the beginning and end of each individual audio file. For ex...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:03:00 GMT

Northwest Shred Fest 2008 CD is Available

The Northwest Shred Fest 2008 CD is available now! This instrumental rock CD features the guitar wizardry of: John Jaunese, Ed to Shred, Ed Degenaro, Saed Bawaney, Brian Hunsaker, Wayde Cooper, George...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:06:00 GMT

Back in the Saddle, Again?

After and extended and unremarkable absence, I got back down to the studio this week to continue work on the New Old Stock album. I'm finishing up the acoustic guitar parts. I have exactly four songs ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 May 2008 14:49:00 GMT

Ouch

Acoustic guitar makes my fingers hurt. I need to practice more acoustic guitar. Because I have no wisdom of my own, here is some from Monty Python: "Strange women, lying in ponds, distributing swords ...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:03:00 GMT

Palomino: Done

Tonight I finished the Dean Palomino parts on my never-ending album project, New Old Stock!! Next up is acoustic guitar. At the same time, I will complete the lyric writing. I have a dream that I...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:54:00 GMT

Keep on keeping on

The past few weeks have not been music-friendly. However, I did finish strummy guitar on a bunch more songs. There are only 3 songs left now that need the strummies. Next up will be acoustic guitar pa...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:13:00 GMT

Busy Busy

Last couple of weeks have been busy. I remixed two songs for an upcoming NW Shred 2008 compilation album. Artists slated to appear on the album include, Jeff Gilbert, Wayde Cooper, Saeed Bawaney, Bria...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:57:00 GMT