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Lloyd Smiley:
Musician, Digital Music Producer, Philosopher.

Welcome to my website.

I was 'gifted' this website with the hope of finding some kind of trajectory with which I might direct my aspirations. So far, I've thought of Music.  In fact, I am still uncomfortable releasing even that to the interwebs, and therefore find myself with a page entirely filled with surprisingly filling filler.

I'm a graduate of Digital Music Production, a program offered at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario.  I've been making music for most of my life (nearly 30 years!), playing guitar since I was 19, and recording on my home computer and laptop for about 5 years now.

Right now, I'm enjoying my work as a self-empLloyd music producer. My rates are comparatively excellent, and my heart is in it for the pure joy of our shared musical experience.  I think it is important to archive the Past so we might, of course, learn from it.  When I record something, to me it's like a photograph for the ears. Music and sound can do much to transport an audience, or to enhance a visual image. In addition, they can serve as a record [as in 'archive'] of the time in which they were produced.

Any artist's career cycles through changes. I feel that recording their work and thoughts during these constant transitions might help one better understand oneself, as I also believe this to be a very important thing to do, in one's lifetime.

I've been recording an album of songs, over the past 5 years, in various countries and other places in my life. It is such a work-in-progress that I haven't yet finished it. Sometimes I wonder if I even will! 

But of course I know one day I'll wake up and have ten or eleven songs in good mix&order and feel comfortable sharing them with all of you internet folks I don't play to in person, or perhaps may never meet. If you're in Ottawa, go check out an Open Mic sometime and you'll probably catch me now and then. If you'd like to book me for a gig, let me know! Until I'm forced to find a 'proper' job, my schedule is lookin' pretty flexible...

In the meantime, take a look around and enjoy the site. If you'd like to contact me about recording your music project*, or whatever else, please use the link in the header above to contact me.

* please be advised that I currently work out of a one bedroom apartment, so I can't record things like drumkits or pipeorgans unless I make a housecall!


January 14th, 2012
Linked my website to Facebook!  Go to FB and 'like' the page "Lloyd Smiley (music/producer)" today!!

November 20th, 2009
Hooray! Just completed my Smart Serve course!
Who wants a (responsible) drink???

October 20th, 2011
Finally got a chance to tidy up the site. Got rid of some fairly useless pages and reorganized the existing ones. If you miss anything, let me know in the Guestbook! (located on 'contact' page)

December 18th, 2011
Gettin' ready to record some more stuff... maybe you'll hear it on my music page soon!







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This site is dedicated, in memory of
John Smiley: 1940-2010

I miss him with all of my heart.

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