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Lisa Smolen
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- North Las Vegas, NV
- United States
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Lisa Smolen
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- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- Choir, Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles, Other, web, multimedia
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- contemporary anything
- Is music your main income source?
- Yes!
- Where do you live?
- Las Vegas, NV
- About Me:
- Lisa began her musical training on the piano at age 4, flute at age 9 and oboe at 14. Classical music was her life's focus beginning at age 16 when she enrolled in the College Preparatory Program at The Eastman School of Music in her hometown of Rochester, NY. She went on to earn her Bachelor of Music (Performance) from Ithaca College in 1996. Now living in Las Vegas, NV, she is a freelance oboist and flutist also teaching private lessons on all woodwinds & piano.
Lisa has been writing 4 minute pop songs since she was 15 years old. Personal gratification had been the only motivating factor for15 years, until she received a few gentle nudges from some good friends. She had been accepted into the composition programs of Butler University and Ithaca College, among others, but decided to pursue performance. These days, she writes & produces with the intent to spread the musical joy to friends.
In 2004, she wrote, performed & produced her first full length CD entitled "Simple Things", and followed it in 2007 with "Complications." Her 3rd CD, "Time Lapse", is currently in production and will hopefully be finished & ready for human consumption in May 2009.
She is eternally grateful to her many friends and family who have always supported her songwriting "hobby". Her hope is that someday one of her songs will hit it big.
Perhaps one day she will be persuaded to get out there & perform with a band, but for now, she's content to just bring a smile to her friends' faces, brighten a few days and hopefully keep your iPods humming.
Keep whispering her name in the dark corners...
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- http://lisasmolen.webs.com
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Adventures in Long-Distance Collaboration
I have been generous in my praise of James for adding guitar to "Fly", but this was not our first collaboration! Through the years, James has asked me to add live woodwind tracks to several of his compositions. Being a woodwind "specialist" here in Vegas, I freelance on oboe, English horn, flute, piccolo, alto saxophone & clarinet. Any time James has had a track that needed that extra 'something' that a live player might bring, he… Continue
Posted on March 5, 2009 at 10:00pm — 5 Comments
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Hey, big shout out to James Semple for all his help.
As work nears a close on Time Lapse, my 3rd CD due out this spring, he has given me immeasurable production advice & assistance. He is also the awesome guitarist on "Fly".
As work nears a close on Time Lapse, my 3rd CD due out this spring, he has given me immeasurable production advice & assistance. He is also the awesome guitarist on "Fly".
Posted on February 28, 2009 at 4:56pm — 2 Comments
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All my comments here refer only to LIVE musicians, not samples.
It is worth noting that doubling the same woodwind at the unison is not a great sound
No, and considering how hard it is for us live musicians to play in tune within the section, i...
ha ha! It has its perks!
I think a little tiny bit of coffee just came out of my nose!!
Darn! Ok, one more guess then... Taurus?
Hmm.... I'm going to take a stab with Virgo, though... maybe Taurus...
Aha! I thought his b'day was June 28. Doesn't matter! Gemini's tend to be high maintenance & obsessive (hm...?) LOL!
With a late June birthday, he'd be a Cancer. But he was rumored to have a split personality... hence... the Gemini joke :)
Being Gemini, I happen to like Schumann.
Chris, I agree with the 'concert' music term - live music by live musicians on a stage or theater.
Just to clarify terms:
'Classical' is hardly ever used, within musicians' circles, except to describe actual classical music (Beethoven, Mozart, et...
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I enjoyed so much listening to your songs, I specially liked Miranda, Hope to hear more of your music soon and hope to keep in touch!
Best
Bon
your music is wonderful!
uhm, i write classical music however... no formal training at all or anything like that so dont expect too much... the people in this place are awesome.. i am but a spec here.
Nice space you have here. Great music. Carry on... Keep up the good work.
Nice to meet you and hope on friendship.
Your stuff is pretty good and with some work will be great so keep it up.
Ray
Welcome to the forum, and looking forward to your participation in it.
Ray