Alex Smith

Artists like Alex Smith are living proof of the positive benefits of having technology at our fingertips. Born in a Alexandria, Louisiana in 1993, Smith is is a third generation musician, with both his father and grandfather also being musicians. His father placed him in piano lessons at a young age. An instrument, Alex decided, wasn’t for him at the time. It wasn’t until years later that Alex would pick up a different instrument while playing a popular video game, Guitar Hero. The small taste of playing an instrument sparked a fire that had laid buried inside Smith until that point. It was soon after Alex received his first acoustic guitar as a gift from his father. Many YouTube tutorials later, Alex had taught himself to play songs by artists such as John Mayer who continue to inspire him to this day.

Smith draws inspiration from all genres of music whether it be in the writing style of John Mayer, whom he admires his “ability to convey such complexity with the use of a simple lyric”, or the showmanship of Garth Brooks. If you were to hop in the car with Alex you could hear anyone from Shawn Mendes to Brothers Osborne to Devin Dawson playing through his speakers. This true definition of a modern artist will continue to push the limits of marrying country lyrics with pop production as he continues to climb in his career.