Hollywood, CA – A&R Select, Hollywood’s hottest indie A&R firm, has announced its latest acquisition, Marc “Smithers” Smitham, whose stylish amalgam of world, roots rock and chillout is charting new paths with genre-bending aplomb.
“My music is an eclectic stew of ambient world electronica and roots rock, simmered in a spicy blues sauce and sprinkled with countrified funk and reggae spices,” says Smithers. He crafts his distinct tunes under the moniker Project Smithers.
“Smithers’ self-analysis of his music is spot-on,” according to a spokesman for A&R Select. “His music is mouthwatering and soul satisfying.”
Smithers says that his weaving together of different genre elements is designed to create a unique experience, a special sort of connection between artist and listener. He desires creativity on both ends of the line rather than just a one-way street of the artist offering his input to complacent listeners.
“I perform, write, record and produce music in the hopes that the listener experiences it in her or his own unique way,” Smithers says. “It’s not about me, it’s about you and your own feelings while listening.”
His genre-fusing is fueled by his own eclectic tastes as a listener, he says, since he enjoys and draws inspiration from a wide field of musical ideas.
“I am influenced by all the great music that I’ve listened to,” he asserts, citing everything from classical to the cutting-edge artists of today.
Smithers is currently writing and recording a new album.
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MARC “ SMITHERS” SMITHAM SIGNS TO A&R SELECT 
4/6/2014 7:09:34 PM