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LADD SMITH's Profile
Town & Country Available NOW on iTunes!
Location:	Nashville, Tennessee
Country:	United States
Last Login:	Jun 28, 2008 (72 days back)

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About Me
CLICK HERE TO VISIT MICROSOFT'S CROSSFADER.COM WHERE YOU CAN VIEW LADD'S GUITAR HERO PERFORMANCE AND HEAR THE JUDGES COMMENTS LEADING UP TO LADD'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH!!! Ladd Smith Crowned Guitar Player Magazine's GUITAR HERO 07! - Read Full Story Here! VOTE LADD SMITH FOR VIEWER'S CHOICE GUITAR HERO 07!!! VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE NEW! VIEW THE VIDEO OF LADD'S GUITAR HERO PERFORMANCE!!! VOTE FOR LADD SMITH FOR THE VIEWER'S CHOICE GUITAR HERO 07!!! REMEMBER TO SEND YOUR FRIENDS - YOU CAN VOTE ONCE A DAY AND YOU CAN WIN PRIZES!!! On October 12, 2007, Joe Satriani, Steve Lukather, Nuno Bettencourt, Elliot Easton, Greg Howe, and Shrapnel Records honcho Mike Varney named Ladd Smith as the victor of Guitar Player’s Guitar Hero 2007 competition. Now it’s your turn to vote! Ten finalists of all different styles stepped onstage at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall to battle for the title, and today you are the judge. You are the one each contestant must impress with his technique, creativity, stage moves, musicality, and super-badness. You will help select the reader’s choice champion of GH07. And not only do you get to watch some amazing live performances—you also get a chance to win some great prizes. All you have to do is exercise your right to vote! VOTE LADD SMITH FOR VIEWER'S CHOICE GUITAR HERO 07!!! VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE Guitar Player's Guitar Hero 07 is Presented by Microsoft, Activision, Digidesign with additional sponsorship from Epiphone Guitars, Mesa/Boogie Amplification, Jodavi ZZYZX Snapjack Cables, Dunlop Manufacturing, Moody Leather, D'Addario/Planet Waves, X2 Wireless Technologies and Sonicbids. The Celebrity Judges of Guitar Hero 07 Had This to Say: "For the First time tonight the song and instrumentation was one. That was Amazing. I could never play like that in a million years. That was very entertaining. Thank you."-Joe Satriani "ASTOUNDING! I've had the honor of working with Albert Lee and many other Nashville guitarists and you can hang with the any of them. You have a wonderful touch, all of that inside-suspended open string stuff, it's just incredible and funky as a mofo!"-Steve Lukather "I'm going to bestow on you the greatest compliment I could ever give any guitar player and that is that I hate your @?&!% guts!"-Elliot Easton of The Cars "Excellent Job! I Was Totally Impressed!"-Greg Howe "You didn't play this like a competition, I felt that. My God, how much of that was improvisation anyway?"-Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme "You're a one man Hellecasters!"-Mike Varney of Shrapnel Records
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Music: Member Since: 5/10/2005 Band Website: laddsmith.com Band Members: FULL BIRTH NAME: Ladd Raycene Smith BIRTH DATE: Sep. 21/22 (Midnight), 1982 PLACE OF BIRTH: Stillwater, OK HEIGHT/WEIGHT/EYE COLOR: 6.3ft / 200lbs. / Blue WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE YOUR HOMETOWN: Stillwater, OK WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY LIVE: Nashville/Hendersonville, TN BAND NAME: The Ladd Smith Band Formerly AKA The Smithsonians INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY: I use to like to tell people "I play 142 Instruments - And that's Just the Percussion Stuff!" But Seriously, My Main Instrument is Guitar, I play nearly all commercial styles except shred metal or neo-classical metal. I play Electric and Acoustic, I'm reasonably well versed on Bass Guitar, I also play Piano/Organ/Synth, Banjo, Mandolin, Well Nearly Anything With Frets and I'm Finally Getting Back to the Drums - The Trapset and All Those Percussion Instruments! PETS: D'jango Hendrix (Miniature AKC Silver Poodle) HOBBIES: I love to read, mostly non-fiction, quote collections, how things work, 'Bathroom Readers', biographies, music industry stuff, I'm a Christian but I enjoy studying the history and theology of all religions, some astrology, personology, Chinese astrology and numerology to an extent. I don't have the time to design much anymore but I still enjoy the graphic arts, Photography, designing CD Packaging and Posters for other Artists and Bands. Because of being on the road & having eaten in nearly every restuarant on the planet at this point, I'm starting to really enjoy Cooking also-It's the perfect analogy for songwriting... FAVORITE FOODS: South Eastern U.S. Mexican Variety FAVORITE MOVIES: "The Jerk", "The Blues Brothers", "Office Space", "Shawshank Redemption", "Braveheart", "The Matrix", "Napoleon Dynamite", "The Usual Suspects", "Forrest Gump", "Saving Private Ryan", "The Legend of 1900", "Seven", "The Sixth Sense", "Star Wars", "The Green Mile", "Crossroads", etc. FAVORITE TV PROGRAMMING: Survivor Man, Dirty Jobs, Fallguy, MacGyver, The History Channel, Discovery, Mythbusters, ReZoned, Extreme Homes, Animal Planet, VH1, GAC, CMT, Spongebob Squarepants, The Simpsons, Futurama (bring it back!!!), Family Guy, some Adult Swim, In The Actors Studio, A&E Biography, Tales From The Crypt, Ducktales, Quantum Leap, etc. FAVORITE ACTORS: Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, Kevin Spacey, Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, Penelope Cruz, Jim Carrey, Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Owen Wilson, Angelina Jolie, etc. FAVORITE FEMALE SINGER: My Mother Lynetta Kay Smith(Formerly with Dominion Records), Nicolette Fontaine (My Beautiful Classically Trained Operatic Vocalist WHAT I'M LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW: Yael Naim, Leona Williams, Allen Reynolds/Crystal Gale, Rilo Kiley, Don Schlitz, Dallas Frazier, Brice Henderson, Lee Brice, etc. WHAT I'M READING RIGHT NOW: Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Institute Plunges Into MUSIC, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, The Interlinear Bible, How Nashville Became Music City FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Tennessee Titans FAVORITE SPORTS TO PLAY: Off Road Unicycling (no it's not a joke and it's really fun!), Raquet Ball, Tennis, Fishing, Trail Biking, Camping FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH: Pro football, Ping Pong ;-) FAVORITE QUOTE: God gave us two ears and one mouth.-David Foster NAME YOUR 3 DESERT ISLAND CDS: John Fogerty/CCR--Centerfield/Chronicles(I&II) Merle Haggard--"Down Every Road" Boxset The Beatles--"Magical Mystery Tour" FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE: In My Papa's Music Store in 1983... Later; A Play at Hendersonville Elementary (now Gene Brown Elementary) in First Grade with Rachel Warren White & Molly Skaggs... THE BAND: My Band is a revolving door of handpicked fellow musicians from Ladd's years on the road and in the studio backing other artists. This peerless band of gypsies are some of the finest and most diverse studio musicians and stage performers in the Country/Rock/Pop Genres... Influences: Muriel Anderson’s All Star Guitar Night: Ladd Smith - Read More Here! RECORDING ARTIST INFLUENCES: My Parents, Harold Morrison, The Beatles, The Eagles, Vince Gill, John Fogerty, Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Rodney Crowell, Marty Robbins, Billy Joel, Jim Croce, Merle Haggard, Buddy Holly, Tom Petty, Sheryl Crow, Buck Owens, Neil Diamond, Leona Williams, George Jones, Patty Loveless, Tom T. Hall, Aretha Franklin, Garth Brooks, James Taylor, Buck Owens, Alan Jackson, Loretta Lynn, Rod Stewart, Carol King, Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, Leon Russell, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (The Hollies-The Byrds-Buffalo Springfield), Neil Young, Carl Jackson, Elton John, Chuck Berry, Brian Wilson-The Beach Boys, Conway Twitty, George Strait, Dan Fogelberg, Dan Seals, Shendendoah, Ricky Skaggs, Sam Cooke, Bill Monroe, Bill Anderson, Waylon Jennings, John Hartford, Glen Campbell, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sun Records, Motown Records, Jerry Reed, LeeAnn Womack, Martina McBride, The Band, Marty Stuart, Mac Wiseman, Fleetwood Mac, Allison Krauss & Union Station, etc. SONGWRITER INFLUENCES: My Papa, ALL ARTIST/WRITERS LISTED ABOVE, Dennis Linde, Duane Hitchings, Will Jennings, Leiber & Stoller, Irving Berlin, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George & Ira Gershwin, Carl Jackson, Dallas Frazier, Doodle Owens, Dennis Knutson, Kostas, Craig Wiseman, Skip Ewing, Tony Mullins, Paul Overstreet, Dan Seals, Leona Williams, Gary Burr, Thom Schuyler, J. Fred Knobloch, Don Schlitz, Jelly Roll Johnson, Bob DiPiero, Tony Arata, Chris Wallin, John Hobbs, Jeffrey Steele, Kevin Savigar, Carmine Appice, Rodney Crowell, John Prine, David Chamberlain, Steve Earle, Bill Shore, Victoria Shaw, Larry Cordle, David Chapell, Dave Kirby, Hank Cochran, Red Lane, Erin Enderlin, Stephen Foster, All Motown Writers, etc. GUITAR INFLUENCES: My Brother Larran, Brent Mason, Vince Gill, John Fogerty, Danny Gatton, David Johnson, Harold Bradley, Don Rich, Gregg Galbraith, Billy Gibbons, Chuck Berry, Redd Volkhaert, Charlie Vaughn, Buddy Holly, Steve Ripley, Chris Leuzinger, Cliff Parker, Bill "Bear" Middleton, Jimmy "Duke" Dumas, Grady Martin, Dave Kirby, Harold Morrison, Danny Gatton, Merle Haggard, Roy Nichols, Lori McKenna, Stephanie Davis, Jimmy Page, Albert Lee, Ricky Skaggs, Ray Flack, Dan Tymenski, Jerry Reed, Billy Byrd, Jimmy Bryant, Lester Flatt, Marty Stuart, Chet Atkins, Steve Wariner, Carl Jackson, Boomer Castleman, Percy Hallock, Eddie Van Halen, Bob Saxton, Reggie Young, Eric Clapton, Scotty Moore, Jimi Hendrix, Django Reinhardt, Fred Newell, Rev. David Smith, Chuck Hale, George Harrison, Lee Roy Parnell, Scotty Anderson, Penn Pennington, Jimmy Capps, Dan Drilling, The Hellecasters, Biff Watson, Johnny Hiland, Steve Wilkerson, Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Duane Allman, Alan Collins, Gary Rossington, Steve Gaines, Doyle Dykes, Thom Bresh, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Neil Schon, Mike Baker, Andrés Segovia, Jeff Beck, Les Paul, Dicky Betts, Keith Richards, Charlie Christian, Merle Travis, Joe Maphis, Glen Campbell, Luther Perkins, Kieth Urban, Brad Paisley, B.B. King, Albert Collins, Lloyd Green, Buddy Emmons, Bobbie Seymour, Paul Franklin, Speedy West, Stu Basor, Weldon Myrick, John Hughey, Michael Johnson, Tommy Hannum, Tommy White, etc. PRODUCER INFLUENCES: Tom Dowd, Geoff Emerick, David Foster, Jerry Kennedy, Owen Bradley, Ray Baker, Don Law, Rick Rubin, Arif Mardin, George Martin, Phil Spector, Leiber & Stoller, Dann Huff, Clive Davis, Jerry Wexler, Tony Brown, Paul Worley, Glen Pace, Jeff Lynn, James Stroud, Kieth Stegall, Quincy Jones, etc. Sounds Like: Ladd Smith Record Label: Broken World Records Type of Label: Indie
My Background and Lifestyle
Occupation:	Music Artist (Country / Acoustic / Pop)
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Guitar Player Magazine's Guitar Hero 07 Champion Ladd Smith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqXQNn1D_8c ... Posted by LADD SMITH on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:33:00 PST
Guitar Player Magazine
I can't tell you what a shock it was to recieve the phonecall from Guitar Player Magazine's Mike Molenda, asking me if I was busy- I thought he wanted to sell me some magazines! S... Posted by LADD SMITH on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:52:00 PST
15,000 Friends & Fans!
WOW! Fifteen Thousand People!I feel so blessed!I just want to say thank you to everyone for all the add requests and accepting my add requests. Thanks to all my friends and fans for all of t... Posted by LADD SMITH on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:05:00 PST
Check out this video: Ladd Smith - Beautiful Thing
Ladd Smith - Beautiful Thing Add to My Profile \| More Videos... Posted by LADD SMITH on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:43:00 PST
NEW PICTURES!
Hey Check out all the new (and old) pictures I posted... Leave Some Comments! :-) Ladd Posted by LADD SMITH on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:45:00 PST
Ladd Smith - Town & Country NOW AVAILABLE ON iTUNES!
We're SO Excited to tell everyone that the new acoustic EP "Ladd Smith - Town & Country" is now available on iTunes (Internationally), Rhapsody, Musicnet, Napster, eMusic & Sony Con... Posted by LADD SMITH on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:26:00 PST
Finally Uploaded My Video!
Well I finally got around to uploading last years live acoustic performance from McBurney's Coffee House in Vancouver, BC. Check it out! Posted by LADD SMITH on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:15:00 PST
My Space Up & Running!
Hi. Thanks To all my Friends, New and Updated! I admire you all very much and am honored to have your support in my life. More coming soon! I will be adding more songs soon! Posted by LADD SMITH on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:55:00 PST
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