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Ryan Smith has been playing music in the Tucson music scene for 20 years, covering guitar, keyboards, and bass. He began his music career studying cello with Nancy Green and Professor Emeritas Gordon Epperson at the University of Arizona.
In 2004 he composed the sound track for the movie "Sweet Misery, a Poisoned World." He's currently associated with ThunderQuest Records recording studio in Tucson, with bass credits on the album "Big 14 and More" by the band Cutting Edge, with whom he will be touring this year. Mr. Smith can be contacted through his MySpace website.
Ryan says, "I've now had a chance to jam with the Eclipse with two of my bands, mostly doing simple bass and rhythm things like the two songs below. It gets a lot of "What the hell is that?" and "Damn, dude, twelve strings?" It's amazing. There has been, like, no press on touch-style instruments, and when you show up, folks seem shocked. I'm psyched to take it on tour with me. I can't wait for my bass solo --"
We here at Mobius Megatar personally think these songs may be simple to Ryan, but they cook so hard that it's unreasonable and cruel to people who need to sit still at a desk.
Here's what Ryan said about the songs -- "Herding Cats' is a type of jazz tune, using the Eclipse in more of an ambient texture, with both hands operating the melody strings. 'Reasonably Distinct' is a John Scofield-like jazz tune using the Megatar as a rhythm and bass instrument.
Give a listen. What do you think?
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