davidsmithiii + Musician in San Diego, CA

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Musician, Producer, Engineer. David Smith III is an innovative up and coming artist in the music scene. Born and raised in Atlanta, GA David poses a triple threat. Not only is he an outstanding keyboardist, he is also an extremely gifted producer and engineer. David’s music emcopesses the vibrations of hip-hop, r&b and JAS. David’s music will take the listener on a musical trek that fuses live jazz rhythms with inspired hip hop beats.

In his career David has played for various artist including J Holiday, Pastor Troy, RL of “Next”, Terrell Carter, Bush Wick Bill, Syleena Johnson and Majee. David has also done production for Gucci Mane, Ne-yo and Renegade El Rey. David is the musical director for 3 bands; The Band Nemesis, The III and Exclusive. In 2012, Exclusive won Atl’s Hottest Band at the annual Atl’s Hottest Awards. David was also nominated for Atl’s Hottest Musician. David produced and arranged a holiday album entitled For Christmas for The Band Nemesis in 2012. The album was a fantastic collaboration of old time favorites with David’s fresh new JAS twist. It was creating this masterpiece that has spurred David to pour his musical passion into his first solo project.

Screen name:

davidsmithiii

Member since:

Nov 23 2010

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Touring

Years playing music:

15

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

2-3 nights a week

Influences

Robert Glasper, Art Tatum, Stevie Wonder, Oscar Petterson, Quincy Jones, Pharrell, Timbaland, DR. DRE, James Cockerham, Snarky Puppy,

Instrument experience:

Keyboard:

Expert

Piano:

Expert

EQUIPMENT

PLENTY OF GEAR.

MUSIC