MP3 Richard Smyth - Sleight of Hand
Rock,blues and jazz fused together in this guitar instrumental album featuring great compositions, top notch musicians and stellar guitar playing, all with excellent production. value.
10 MP3 Songs in this album (46:18) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Jazz-Rock, BLUES: Jazzy Blues
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Bio / Mack Amp Endorsement
Richard Smyth is a consummate https://www.tradebit.com definition of consummate is “supremely accomplished or skilled”.In Richard’s case, that is a truly accurate https://www.tradebit.com instrument of choice happens to be the https://www.tradebit.com that, Mack Amps is https://www.tradebit.com have a guitarist of Richard’s caliber graciously agree to create our sound clips is a true stroke of luck and greatly appreciated.
Richard’s natural playing style is reminiscent of the “monster” LA studio guitarist school of https://www.tradebit.com soloing is highly melodic drawing from rock and blues usually interlaced with creative arpeggiated or modal https://www.tradebit.com rhythm chops are possibly more inspiring than his soloing https://www.tradebit.comvy crunch chords to lightning-fast syncopated funk stabs to liquid toned jazz https://www.tradebit.comtever the part calls for Richard can provide the right style: classic rock, traditional blues,jazz, reggae, bebop … you name it.
Richard began playing the guitar some 30 years ago by lifting songs and licks from his favorite albums and playing his gold-top Les Paul in rock and roll cover https://www.tradebit.comerstanding the limited opportunities in his northern Ontario hometown, he moved to Canada’s music capital Toronto to create a career in https://www.tradebit.com’s never looked back.
Humber College, Canada’s premiere music teaching institution, accepted Richard into its degree program for jazz performance, composition and arranging.A few years later, armed with a strong base in music theory and now awesome performance technique, Richard landed on Toronto’s music scene.
Since then Richard has been extremely https://www.tradebit.com studio work includes performing on everything from jingles to commercials to adding his unique style and creativity to various artists’ recordings. He has slugged it out as a pit guitarist for a number of theatrical productions and has led his own bands throughout the years.
A master of virtually any style Richard has been a mainstay of live music in https://www.tradebit.comther he’s performing as a solo acoustic act, backing singers and touring headliners or playing casual social or corporate dates as a band member or leader, Richard always brings taste, passion, monstrous chops and above all professionalism to every gig.
Richard is also a gifted vocalist able to easily handle lead vocals or blend into background https://www.tradebit.com vocal talents along with his abilities on the guitar and his encyclopedic memory of songs in all styles make Richard a huge asset in any musical situation.
However, not only is he a performer. Over the last 15+ years, Richard has supported the music community as a https://www.tradebit.com has created and led improvisation workshops and teaches guitar at The East Alternative School of Toronto. Richard’s Modenomics method for guitar is a clear, easy to learn introduction to adding modal soloing techniques to any guitarist’s bag of https://www.tradebit.com well, Richard has taught for over a decade at Canada’s most respected guitar Pro Shop , The Twelfth Fret.
Today in addition to maintaining a full book of teaching appointments and a constant stream of live gigs, Richard is focusing on song writing and composing.
On a guitar gear-head note, Richard currently favors an Ernie Ball/MUSICMAN Silhouette Special guitar as his gigging https://www.tradebit.com owns a 1972 ES335, a 70’s Stratocaster and various acoustic and bass guitars. And, he still has his 1954 gold-top P90 equipped Les Paul!
Richard, thanks for your help in creating the Mack Amp sound clips.I wish you continued success as you continue to exercise your musical https://www.tradebit.comd luck!
Don Mackrill – Mack Amps