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T.C. Smith

KRAKATOA guitarist, btw shred never fuckin' died and never will; play them Em13(b9) arpeggios

About Me

I have been playing guitar for over 20 years. I love most styles of music. Over the years I have played shows at just about all the major venues in Toronto, places like the Molson Amphitheater, Ontario Place, and the Masonic Temple (Concert Hall) and many clubs past and present. I have also done various radio and television shows in the past. I have appeared on various TV shows on Omni 1,Much Music, MTV, TV Polonia and City TV. I have played on the Hungamafest @Dundas Square in front of thousands of people in 2006. The fist radio experience I have had was on a call-in radio show on CFRB radio when I was 15.With Shangrila, I have had material played on Edge 102.1; we also played live to air in their studio(3/4 of the line-up is in Krakatoa). I have recorded cd's with Shangrila (Balance the Darkside), and Trechcoat Yuppies (Follow Along-*only guitar solos), Dementia, Fleshless, Choasmongers + a demo with Dragonslayer/Valkyries Cry(unreleased). I have been playing in clubs since I was 14 years old. I have also played drums in a few bands too (Impaled Hitler, Valkyries Cry);I am not that great, but what the fuck. I have played all sorts of styles ranging from jazz to rock to death metal to experimental weird shit, plus on an old buddy's techno stuff(didn't really like the music, but it was kinda fun). I am the lead guitarist in the "Skorched" with Fernando Villalobos(drums), Darryl Cowgill(bass),and Devin Legge(guitar). We play techical thrash/power/death/classic metal.

My Interests

Guitar, Horror movies, Beer, cycling, cheesey TV sitcoms, home recording, sex, and did I mention SEXXX

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who's not an asshole and racist fucks in a dark alley

Music:

Dream Theater, Symphony X, Lullacry,Slipknot,Augery, Alice Cooper, Rush, Derek Sherinian, Mr.Bungle, Ring Of Fire, Rusty Cooley, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Al DiMeola, Jaco Pastorious, Coheed and Cambria, Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Metallica, Jimi Hendrix, Racer X, Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal, Shadows Fall, Black Flag, Cryptopsy, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Return To Forever, John Coltrane, Michael Angelo Batio, Judas Priest, System Of A Down, Joe Stump,Morbid Angel, Brutal Truth, Yes, Trivium

Movies:

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original and remake), Star Wars (all), Dawn Of The Dead, Zombie (awesomely gruesom), Midnight Cowboy, Soylent Green, any Chucky flick, Friday the 13th (all), Freddy vs Jason, Deliverance, Freaks (brilliant, a must see), This Is Spinal Tap (the funniest shit ever), The Forty Year Old Virgin, Land Of the Dead and porn..........Music Vidz- Iron Maiden(the Early Years), Iron Maiden-Rock in Rio, Rush In Rio, Rusty Cooley-Performance Clinics 1&2, G3 Live in Denver, G3 Live in Tokyo, Frank Zappa-Baby Snakes, Frank Zappa-You Can't Do That On stage Anymore, Six Feet Under-Double Dead, Slayer-War At the Warfield, Draem Theater-Live at Budokan, Dream Theater-5 Years in a Livetime, Paul Gilbert-Terrifying Guitar Trip

Television:

Breakfast Television and also crappy sitcoms-that way I don't really have to pay attention and can do other things in the meantime; like do some shredding!!!!!!!

Books:

Hal leonard - Jazz Guitar, Berkley Guitar method vol3, Incredible Chord Finder (Hal Leonard), (magazines)- Guitar World, Guitar One, Guitar Player, Playboy

Heroes:

Frank Zappa, Yngwie Malmsteen, and the guy who invented beer

My Blog

Krakatoa demo

  Krakatoa has just finished tracking music for a three song demo. Recording and engineering was done by Tim Bones from the UFCB's. He is doing a killer job on this project. The tracklist is...
Posted by T.C. Smith on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:02:00 PST

Ziggy and the Funtime Boys

  I was just in Lockport this past weekend to visit Ziggy Sweet(ex-Shangrila). Nathan(ex-Shangrila) also came down and we went into a local studio to record some shit. We had no idea what we were...
Posted by T.C. Smith on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:50:00 PST

my rig

 Here is what I am using at this point in time.  Peavey XXX Triple X head  Peavey 5150 4x12 cab  Doyle 4x12 cab  Boss NS2 noise gate  Xotic Effects A C Booster  Pla...
Posted by T.C. Smith on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:43:00 PST