craigsmith's profile

Full-time professional musician based in Lancashire, available for work nationwide. Primary instrument is keyboards. Trained musical director, with experience directing bands for R&B and soul artists for label showcases, tours etc as well as in theatres. Recent jobs include support work with Paloma Faith, The Noisettes and Tinchy Stryder and a recording session on a Bryan Adams track.

Years of experience in live bands: originals, covers, functions, weddings etc etc

Top-spec Nord and Roland gear, with some of the very best piano and organ sounds you'll hear, plus orchestral patches for functions. Mac-based Logic Pro setup for running bigger rigs with or without clicks too. Happy with pretty much any genre, but funk, soul, RnB etc are where my passions lie.

A whole host of really top notch contacts that I'm happy to call on. Experienced musical director / arranger with various artists, lineups and genres; originals, covers and functions.

Also available for dep gigs, right up to the last minute. Give me an hour or two listening to your tracks and I'll have them down; rehearsals simply a bonus. Very competent reader of both dots and charts.

-Graduate of the acclaimed Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) with a First Class BA (Hons) degree in music
-An Associate of the Victoria College of Music
-Experienced and multi-skilled musician working freelance in many musical disciplines
-Available for tuition, as a performer, a composer/arranger, a record producer and a musical director
-Check out my website for more info, biog, CV, and demos of most recent funk/soul work (as well as classical performance) via the audio page: craigsmithmusic.co.uk.
-www.facebook.com/CraigSmithMusicUK

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