Editorial Reviews After moving to San Francisco in 1974, Blaise played in a group headed by the great jazz sax player Noel Jewkes. In the late 70’s and early 80’s, Blaise enjoyed making records with a number of punk banks, most notably the post punk industrial group “Minimal Man”. After studying electronic music at Mills College, Oakland and City College, San Francisco with John Bischoff and the League for Automatic Music, Blaise broadened his musical horizon even further by becoming involved in theatrical productions and sound installations. He then started singing classical music and performed with the St. Ignacious Church choir for many years. For the past ten years, Blaise has been supporting himself by writing music for T.V. and radio commercials and features, including the music for the KQED production “Livelihood” hosted by Will Durst. In the last few years, he has performed on and produced records by Jon Tchicai, Kris Force (Amber Asylum), Sleepwalker and Saliva. His first CD self titled “Blaise Smith” features performances by Jon Tchicai (who has accompanied John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Yoko Ono), Susan Maumu (Blue Rubies), and Kris Force (Amber Asylum), with David Phillips on pedal steel guitar (who has accompanied P.J. Harvey, Frank Black), Irish ballad singer Rebecca Marculescue and whistle player Todd Denman. There are also two songs that feature string arrangements with the Paolo String Quartet (one of which is track 13, the title song for the short film “The Hunger Artist”). His second and latest CD titled “Medicate” was produced by Desmond Shea who has recorded and mixed songs for Paula Frazier, Mark Eitzel, Old Joe Clarks and other roots artists. Blaise lives in Oakland and enjoys hanging out at home with his wife and artist Jo Ford and their son, Emmet.
About the Artist
Blaise’s personal musical history can be summarized as eclectic. After growing up in New Jersey listening to groups like Pentangle, Tim Buckley, Leonard Cohen and Frank Zappa, Blaise performed in high school with an experimental band called “wild beef” which was inspired by non other than Captain Beefheart and Wild Man Fisher.
Album Description
"Medicate" is a collection of songs describing primary responses to disfuntionality.
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Medicate
Hospital Food Manufacturer: New School Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  Punk
| Hardcore & Punk
| Alternative Rock
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| Rock
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ASIN: B0000CG8E5 Release Date: 2003-10-07 |
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Medicate Me
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock
| Pop
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ASIN: B000FTW1YY Release Date: 2002-01-29 |
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Tasty Rock Album.......2006-10-16
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Medicate
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
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| Folk
| Styles
| Music
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| Alternative Rock
| Indie Music
| Stores
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| Folk
| Indie Music
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ASIN: B00005PXTY Release Date: 2001-08-01 |
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"Medicate" is a collection of songs describing primary responses to disfuntionality.|
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Satellites
Wellcurbs Manufacturer: Lucy Gray Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MP0VJ8 |
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1.) Medicate 2.) Static 3.) Buffalo Camp 4.) Breathe for Me
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Self Medicate
A New January ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000SOFX8M |
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