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Tobias Smith

About Me

I play drums with NYC band Atomic Tom and Toronto band the Framework.
Before moving to New York, I spent 4 years touring with multi-platinum country singer Charlie Major. I also played with platinum rock singer Sass Jordan. Other artists I have played/recorded with include Moe Berg, Brock Zeman, Shannon Lee Briggs, Sara Dell, Dylan Murray, Mandippal Jandu, The Holyfields, Ian Tamblyn, Lynn Miles, Trevor Howard, Joshua Bartholomew, Keith Glass, Rita Chiarelli, Alana Kurtis, Christine Graves, Melwood Cutlery, Johanna Dinardo, Jeremy Parnell, Splash 'n Boots, Allen Dobb, Run With the Kittens.
I am a citizen of Canada, U.S.A and U.K
During Univeristy, I was a roadie for Prairie Oyster. However, I couldn't hack it as a roadie so I became a musician.
I have a BFA (Jazz Performance) from York University.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 08/11/2005
Band Members: Tobias Smith, Herbie Hind, Beatrice (Bea) Yatch.
Influences: The drumming of: Matt Chamberlain, Josh Freese, and who the hell grooves harder than John Bonham? Please tell me. The songwriting of: Pete Yorn, John Mayer, Steely Dan, the Wallflowers, Weezer, Switchfoot. My earliest favorite bands were the Pogues, Neil Young, CSNY and a band called the Beatles.
Sounds Like: Harold Taco.
Record Label: NUN

My Blog

New Songs. Listen.

Big news: I had 3 Blog views today alone. With all this traffic, I might have start hiring someone to manage my site.I posted 3 new songs:1) No More Normal Weather - A new demo by the Framework2) Road...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:57:00 GMT

A quick blog!!!

"Cheers." No, but seriously. I've been as busy this fall as I've been during the summer months. Two years ago, I started touring with Charlie Major and all my summer earnings were stretched out until ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:20:00 GMT

Top 10 in the CCMA Drummer Noms.

I just voted for myself in the CCMA Drummer of the Year nominations. There were ten choices in the 2nd round (I actually made it through the first round, even though I didn't vote). To vote, you have ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:33:00 GMT

Absence

Hey, sorry I haven't been around. A friend of mine loaned me a password to an adult oriented website. He got it from a friend who got it from a friend. Don't have a clue whose username and password I'...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:01:00 GMT

broken foot in the off-season.

hi, i broke my bass drum foot and won't be walking for a month. and i know what you're thinking. "poor tobias, there's no way he can play drums now. he's got a broken bass drum foot." but here's what ...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:17:00 GMT

John Mayer and Jessica Simpson and Nancy Grace?

I'm not usually the type to get knocked around by celeb gossip, but I am deeply troubled (aside from being a consciencious objector). Usually, within the yellow journalism media types such as National...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:58:00 GMT

Schmooze.

Hello No OneNo one reads these. Or at least no one leaves comments or kudos. And this proves my point:I have never been a fan of schmoozing, whereas many of the people I know are big time subscribers ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:11:00 GMT

i would like to 'quone' something

"My grade 8 principal told me I'd amount to nothing. I was gonna shoot his head off but figured that that would prove him right" - bf'efn'lf -
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:42:00 GMT

"Percussion" players

K, I'm all about percussive instruments (djembes, congas, indian and cuban drums, tamborines, shakers, blah blah blah), but a drum set is a fucking drum-set is a drumset is a set of tubs, if you ...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:33:00 GMT

Regarding Canadian politics....

In a conversation via the internet with my friend Scott Lynch, from my political riding...."as for the marijuana party, i think maybe i should switch my vote to them.  i'm not so sure i agree wit...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:27:00 GMT