Antoine Smith SongWriter

ntoine mith
15 years old
5'11"
August 1, 1992
High School Sophomore
My name is Antoine, I am somewhat a shy fifteen year old male that plays drums in my high school marching band and orchestra. In the past, I grew up watching my grandfather, dad, and mom playing instruments, performing, singing, dancing, composing, and arranging music in local bands & churches back in their days. Although, they are not deeply involved in music as they were once, I'm picking up where they left off.
I started playing in school the stage snare drums at the age of eleven years old and I learned very fast to play and read the music. At the age of fourteen years old I started playing the piano. For starts, I learned to play a lot of Brian Culbertson's music and fell in love with it. I started learning to play a drumset and the piano at the same age and been hooked ever since!
In my freshman year in the marching band, I started playing tenor drums. Now, as a sophomore, I am playing quads and I am in a drumline that we do a lot of fancy stick styles. It's fun when you get it right!
Now since I started my own music studio, I am always listening to all types of music. Music can be from the past to the present, or from the states to the islands. I like it all. It inspires different flavors that come out in my own music. Keep listening...my music will always be growing.
I hope you noticed that sometimes I like taking the same music and bringing it out even more. You will see that in my songs, "Take Off" from my first album, TWAN and "Take Off (Cont.)" from my second album, 15. It's my way of seeing if I can improve a song that I once had composed before. Please check them out...
My music store on here includes:
My latest album, Don't Mess With My Creativity (released, Dec. 24, 2007):
1. Don't Mess With My Creativity
2. Rain On A Sunny Day
3. In My Arms/That Girl From My Dreams
4. Emotions
5. Mystical War
6. Dwedie (Piano chorus written by, my mom Dr. Fuentes), dedicated to my grandfather, passed in 1998.
7. Mind In The Clouds
8. A Love Song
9. My NBA Dreams
10. The Road That Never Ends (Featuring my brother, Rick)
"In My Arms," I wrote for my girlfriend, Carolynne. "Dwedie" was originally composed by my mom, Dr. Fuentes but needed to be finished and that's where I came in to make it into a song. "My NBA Dream" was composed for my dream besides music was to go to the NBA. I really love to play basketball as much as I love music.
This jazz CD brings my own style of the sweet sounds of love music and grooves into contemporary jazz.
"Feel The Vibe," single off of my upcoming CD, All That Jazz (released, Jan. 5, 2008):
"Feel The Vibe," was taken from my upcoming album, "All That Jazz" is my expression that is dedicated to Roy Ayers.
My 3rd. album, My Little Christmas (released, Dec. 2, 2007):
1. C hristmas Lights
2. H oliday Stories
3. R ed Missletoes
4. I cycle Dreams
5. S acred Snow
6. T rail of Snow Angels
7. M emories of Warm Hot Chocolate
8. A s Christmas Fades
9. S weet Dreams (Featuring my brother, Rick)
"My Little Christmas" is an album that have always wanted to create in my own little way. I hope that you are enjoying the CHRISTMAS surprise code that I created to celebrate the new album!
My second album, 15 (released, Nov. 2, 2007):
1. Fade Away
2. Heart Ache
3. Waiting For Tomorrow
4. Anshin & Enkatsu
5. Take Off (Cont.)
6. Rush Hour
7. Chevelle SS
8. Mysterious Mission
9. Mirror Mirror
10. Back Up (Featuring my brother, Rick)
"Mysterious Mission" is a song that I created by thinking of marching band cadences (drumline) and their music. So, that's why you can hear the explosions in my song.
"Heart Ache," single off of 15:
"Heart Ache" was made when I thought about JENA 6 thinking that could have been me or my brother since we are so close to the age of all of them. So this song is dedicated to JENA 6!

1. Road Trip
2. Lost in Transition
3. Twan
4. Mr. Puin
5. Take Off
6. Cruise
7. To The Edge (Featuring my brother, Rick)
I love jazz, rap, r&b, contemporary rock, gospel, and one of my favorite jazz artist is Brian Culbertson. His music has inspired me to make my own music.
I have created and arranged the songs that are copyrighted on all of my albums. Look out for more!
Contact me at:
[email protected]
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Make an on-line slideshow at www.OneTrueMedia.com
Special thanks goes out to:
Cleo Promotions, Inc., Mr. Crayton for his photography.
My dad, Robert for his love & inherited multi-musical gifts.
My mom, Dr. Fuentes for her love, creativity, & inherited multi-musical gifts.
My brother, Rick for laying out one track with me on every album & unconditional love.
My godmother, Shawn for her love & multi-musical talents.
My beloved grandfather, Rev. B.L. Miles (Dwedie), who passed in 1998 for his greatest love, multi-musical gifts, & support.
My friends & other family members.
Myspace friends also.
God for his love and guidance for doing this on my own.
For those that would like to know...yes, I am really 15 years old. I have other hobbies besides playing instruments which is dancing, play and watch sports (football, basketball, baseball, cross-country, fishing, & shooting pool), play video games, love to laugh and hang out with my friends & family, technology, Mac/WIN (love the Mac), html, repairs, I create graphics (manga) for my own comic books that will be sold soon on lulu.com, cafepress, amazon, etc.), and more. My favorite school subjects are History and Music. I plan to attend college for Music with the hope of making it in the music industry one day or maybe sooner.
Another thing...my family & friends call me by two names, Twan or Tony. Since we are very close, I have learned a lot from them that keeps me never bored and always busy.
Me playing "Thinking About Tomorrow" by Incognito
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Me playing the drums by Antoine Smith
Me playing "Reflections" by Brian Culbertson