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Richard Smith
Highfields
Bownham Park
Rodborough Common, Stroud,
Gloucestershire
GL5 5BY

 

Tel: 01453 873641
richard@thecompletemusician.co.uk

 

Songwriter

I write songs and music on commission for particular occasions.

 

These have included parodies and comedy songs for special events, birthdays and anniversaries.

 

My song-writing career began at College when 'The Biggest Balalaika in the World' was recorded and issued on 'Clinton the Clown' LP.

 

EMI Records

As a Staff Producer with EMI Records in Germany I learnt to write music and lyrics to order, arrange, conduct, play on sessions and produce recordings.

 

Best selling albums & singles include a rock opera 'Power & The Passion' and several top ten hits in Europe. Over forty of my compositions have been released commercially, generating world-wide sales of more than 1.5 million copies; many are still on catalogue.

 

TV, Radio and Theatre

In 2005 I wrote some of the music and songs for the Channel 4 TV series 'Wakey Wakey Campers', set in a 1960s Holiday Camp, in which I was the Pianist / Pinkcoat.

 

I have written the music for two touring plays, one of which was the subject of an HTV documentary. I devised and for several years toured two shows which included songs that I wrote, as does my one man show ‘Music Halls to Musicals’.