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News:
09-01-2008:
Tony Smotherman at the Freebird Live . end of show shredding finale

Tony Smotherman Live at the Freebird (End of show finale)



07-11-2007:
Tony Smotherman back with a new lesson. Find the tab and more lessons at www.ShredAcademy.com

Tony Smotherman - Diminished Idea


11-09-2007:
Tony Smotherman with some hybrid techniques... mad lesson from ShredAcademy

Chicken Pickin Arps


Tony Smotherman in Guitar Player Magazine Guitar Hero 2007'. He's been chosen along with 9 other guys to showcase his original stuff at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, California October 12th for Guitar Player Magazines, Guitar Hero 2007'.

Confirmed judges are:
Mike Varney (Owner of Shrapnel Records)
Greg Howe
Joe Satriani
Eric Easton

More details: guitarplayer

22-08-2007:
The instrumental.com delivers Tony Smotherman's "InstruMental Case" Lesson. The lessons come with video and tab.

25-07-2007:
Tony Smotherman makes it big in the world of physical media! Yes, a date with Guitar Player Magazine, the September 2007 issue of Guitar Player Magazine...Cool too that top guitar Alex Lifeson is on the cover !!

27-06-2007:
Tony Smotherman and Trey Alexander Live July 5th 2007 in Jax, Florida USA



06-06-2007:
An interview by Guy Daniels on his blog

28-05-2007:
Some highlights from the recent Tony Smotherman band performance live at the French Quarter in Jacksonville Florida. The band features Tony Smotherman, bass phenom Jon Reshard, Bruce Royal Drums, Jim Owens Synth and Keyboards.

intro to voodoo child


visions and dreams solo


Get out of my yard with Jon Reshard


little wing


prospect hill


farewell


The light within


24-05-2007:


A new live gig
The French Quarter, 05/25/2007 09:00 PM
5800 Philips Hwy
Jacksonville, Florida 32216 US
Cost:10.00
Phone: (904) 732-9550
http://www.myspace.com/frenchquarterjax


22-05-2007:
Tony Smotherman gets a quick review from super shredder George Bellas for his latest release, The Light Within.



George Bellas says:
Thanks for sending me those 3 new songs of yours, I really enjoyed listening to them. They all really display a nice variety and showcase your musical versatility.

Lost in Time - I like the odd meter progressive vibe of this one, and nice melody on top. This song also displays a nice contrast of dark and light sections and cool guitar and synth solo trade-offs. The melodic octaves after the solos is beautiful, and also the cool progressions after which incorporate some unexpected harmonic changes. The two string sweeping technique is good to hear!

Space Anthem - FUNK CITY! Nice drum tone and cool bass line. Some really funky stuff going on this song. All the ghost notes in the drum lines and other fills sound really good. The main melody played by the guitar and synth is really lyrical and quite memorable. You still seem to find a way to sneak in some ripping guitar parts too. Very fitting solo in the middle, the modulations keep it interesting as well. This song should make a lot of people want to get up and move!

The Answer - This is the commercial Major key tune, very accessible to the masses I think. It still hits you hard though, with the opening main theme which also keeps recapitulating throughout the song. That opening phrase will probably be in my head all day. It's one of those! Nicely crafted.

Thanks for listening to my opinions. One of the many beauties of music is how it seems to affect everybody uniquely and each of us may have such differing but equally strong views. "One man's poison is another man's protein." But I really liked it. Keep writing and good luck with the release of your new album.


16-04-2007:
Tony Smotherman plays the "Licks of the Absurd" Guitar Clinic this Friday in Orlando
Friday 20-04-2007 08:00 PM. Tony will be playing tracks from his new record as well as discussing topics including, sweeping, tapping, exotic scales, over the top techniques like 8 finger tapping, hybrid scales, crazy intervals and much more!! Also free stuff from Dr strings , Halo Guitars and more. Don't miss it! Seating is limited please call and reserve, there going quick Phone: (407) 654-5277

Licks of the Absurd Guitar Clinic
Garden Music Center
40 South Main Street (Historic Downtown)
Winter Garden, Florida 34787
USA

18-02-2007:
You can now order "The Light Within" from Vision Sound Records online



Special Guests Derek Sherinian and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. "The Light Within" Official Track Listing:
1)The Answer
2)Space Anthem
3)From the Heart
4)Lost But Not Forgotten
5)Lost in Time
6)The Light Within
7)Madisions Lullaby
8)Close for a second
9)Moonlight Romance
10)Visions and Dreams

Acoustic and Electric Guitars: Tony Smotherman
Bass: Jon Reshard
Drums: Bruce Royal
Keys: Derek Sherinian
Mohan Veena (Indian Slide guitar): Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

The French Quarter February, 24 2007
5800 Philips Hwy,
Jacksonville, Florida 32216
admission: $10
phone: (904)732-9550

Cafe Eleven/ W Adrian Legg March, 13 2007 http://www.myspace.com/cafe11
501 A1A Beach Blvd,
St. Augustine, Florida 32080
admission: $12
phone : (904)460-9311

17-02-2007:
ShredAcademy strike back with some absurd licks from Tony Smotherman's lesson library...borrow and spinkle liberally amongst your own licks...

Pentatonic octave ideas


12-01-2007:
Tony Smotherman will be playing Saturday Feb 24, 2007 at 9:00 PM, The French Quarter
5800 Philips Hwy, Jacksonville, FL 32216, United States

30-12-2006:
Tony Smotherman opening for Rick Derringer part 2


29-12-2006:
Tony Smotherman opening for Rick Derringer part 1


02-11-2006:
Tony Smotherman is now signed with Vision Sound Records and Vision Sound is releasing Tony's new debut cd "The light Within."



"The Light Within" will be released in December 2006 and will feature an
array of World-Class musicians including Keyboard Virtuoso Vitalij Kuprij,World reknowned bassist Jon Reshard and World-Class Drummer Bruce Royal. In the meant ime check out:

Just for fun


02-10-2006:
Tony is now taking online guitar students! Visit www.musicvirtuosity.com for details.

shredding


acoustic


28-06-2006:
Some hyper playing from Tony Smotherman

six string halo guitar promotion


seven string halo guitar


six string halo guitar promotion


05-05-2006:
Tony Smotherman has a new web site and web site address http://www.tonysmotherman.com/ a new bio and achance to listen to some live playing clips

two hand spider tap


wild sweeps


hyper alternate arpeggios


The old web site design


28-04-2006:
Tony's Second Instructional Video for ChopsFromHell, entitled "Licks of the Absurd" is released:

licks of the absurd


Topics include: 2,3,4,5,6 string sweeping,Insane Tapping licks , Ultra-Fast alternate picking ideas and loads of dizzying 8 finger tapping licks along with creating other-worldly sounds out of your guitar


halo guitar


jem fest clip 2001


clinic clip


Tony also has a new myspace web site: http://www.myspace.com/tonysmotherman

10-08-2005:
Item first published

Background:
Tony Smotherman was born November 1, 1979 in Athens Greece but did not start playing guitar until he was 15 years old. He was interested in classical music particularly J.S Bach and hs passion for Bach inspired him to take classical guitar lessons. Within four months Tony was practicing at least 6 hours a day practicing Bach lute suites and Paganini caprices.

He was chosen Middleburg High Schools “Most Talented Senior”. As a senior in high school. Tony’s teacher sent some of Tony’s musical work to Queen Elizabeth II ! She not only received his music, but also sent notes of encouragement, describing Tony’s classical guitar skills as “highly sophisticated”.

He then moved to electric guitar and early influences were Jimi Hendrix then soon after,Yngwie Malmsteen . Later he moved to a more fusion orientated approach inspired by Shawn Lane, Ron Thal, Rusty Cooley, Todd Duane and Derek Taylor.

In mid 2000, Tony was inspired began to experiment with Indian classical music. He then began playing sitar and sarod,two important instruments in Northern Indian classical music,learning raags like "Bilawal","Sindhi-Bhairavi, and "Dadra".

You can hear and buy Tony's first solo release Embracing the Spirit from guitar9.

Tony also ahs music and other media on his web site. You can also check out his lessons.

See him play live at the 2003 jemfest show or the 2004 jemfest show.

Chops from hell lessons and DVD:

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