Brian Eric Smith (born February 20, 1990) is an American musician and poet best known for his work as a solo performer.

Life and career

Smith was born in

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and moved to Canby, Oregon when he was three. According to his website, "Brian was inspired by his older brother to begin playing guitar at the age of fourteen and start recording one year later. Since then, he has written and recorded over 450 songs, toured the US west coast five times, toured South America twice, performed in over thirty European countries, created an album containing more than forty personalized songs for each of his closest friends, served as president of the Oregon State University Musicians Guild for two years, and founded his own music festival as well as DIY music collective in

Corvallis, Oregon Corvallis ( ) is a city and the county seat of Benton County in central western Oregon, United States. It is the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2020 United ...

, which he operated for four years." Brian, a vegetarian, has been on an endless tour since August 1, 2012.

Discography

Albums * 2005 ''Early Home Recordings'' * 2005–2012 ''Outtakes and Outdated Tracks'' * 2006 ''Album 1'' * 2006 ''Album 2'' * 2007 ''Album 3'' * 2007 ''Elephants Remember Bones of the Dead'' * 2007 ''From The Thoughts In My Mind To The Computer In My Kitchen'' * 2008 ''And We Packed Up Our Bags To Discover New Lands Under New Identities After Leaving Our Past Behind'' * 2008 ''New Sounds From A New Home'' * 2008 ''A Song For All My Friends'' * 2009 ''A Venture Was Sought And Discoveries Were Made In Realms Of Love Among Other Good/Bad Things * 2010 ''The Nights Grew Longer And The Rain Poured In'' * 2011 ''Bloody Twins: Songs for the Separation of the Soul Longing for Life After Death'' * 2012 ''WIZARD ISLAND (with Wizard Island)'' * 2012 ''Serenity Infinity!'' * 2012 ''Holding Hands (with Biological Lovers)'' * 2013 ''Conscious Conscience Volume One: Voluntary Exile'' * 2015 ''Searching For Sound'' (release date TBA) * 2015 ''Magnum Opus I'' (release date TBA) EPs * 2008 ''Fully Fledged And Ready To Leave The Nest'' * 2008 ''Songs From The Heart Of My Heart In The Heart Of Texas'' * 2009 ''One Country At A Time: Tales Of Longing From The Adventurous Depths Of Peru'' * 2012 ''Songs For Paul'' * 2012 ''Miscellaneous Objects (with Collectanea)'' * 2012 ''Farewell Home'' * 2012 ''Old Flames Collected'' * 2013 ''Sharing Secrets (with Biological Lovers)'' * 2013 ''For Old Age'' * 2013 "Feeling Freaky (with Biological Lovers)"

External links

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Official Facebook pageOfficial Bandcamp page

Reviews

Couchsurfing article on Brian Smith’s endless tour, 12 December, 2012

* ttp://www.gazettetimes.com/entertainment/article_6dfb20da-f853-11df-b59c-001cc4c002e0.html Gazette Times Review of ''The Nights Grew Longer And The Rain Poured In'', 25 November, 2010br>Le Blog des critiques de concerts, 9 August 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Brian American folk singers Songwriters from Oregon 1990 births Living people People from Canby, Oregon Musicians from Corvallis, Oregon Singers from Oregon 21st-century American singers