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Artist
Aj Smith
12+ albums
indie popindieviolinalternativePop Music
about
Born an hour drive outside of Denver, Colorado, in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, AJ Smith has taken a rather unconventional path for an Indie/Pop singer-songwriter. After all, not many can claim to have served as a Young Associate Violinist to the National Symphony Orchestra while simultaneously serving as an Engineer and Infrared Systems Developer for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory...in high school. But Smith's dual passions for organic music and technology started early and with a reckless abandon that led him to run away from home at the age of 3 for the sole purpose of listening to piano lessons down the street. His parents finally realized that these escapades would only stop once Smith himself, still only 3-years-old at the time, was allowed to learn how to play the piano. And shortly after that, despite having limited music knowledge, Smith was stealing both of his parents' tape players, figuring out how to effectively multitrack & record early compositions (while haphazardly recording over some of his parents' favorite cassette tapes in the process). The trend continued and, never shy about seizing opportunities or facing challenges, Smith’s diverse passions and healthy obsessions led him on a genre-crossing journey. While learning piano and violin in rigorous classical settings, Smith's musical palette continuously sought new sounds, leading him to serve as the drummer/vocalist in his middle school Punk/Screamo band, electric guitarist in a Rock duo, and
