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Interview: Kevin A. Smith (guitar9.com)
Kevin A. Smith of The Seven recently released “Crux” a progressive, open-format, instrumental musical landscape. He worked on song ideas for years before coming out with this debut album, in which he wrote, arranged, and performed all of the instrumentation (aside from drums on two tracks) on the thirteen song recording. Dan McAvinchey posed a [...]
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Interview: Kevin A. Smith (anusaya.com)
Finding time to compose the score for Cornerboys, an 11-minute film journey through a dark fairy tale written by Jamieson Ridenhour and illustrated by artist Ali LaRock, all while writing and recording The Seven’s newest album, CRUX. This musician, songwriter, composer, engineer, producer and sole member of the band The Seven, Kevin A. Smith is [...]
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Dedicated To Great Progressive Instrumental Music (guitar9 review)
The Seven is an eclectic, ever-changing, genre-jumping sonic collage that is the personal musical vision of Kevin A. Smith. Dedicated to the creation of great progressive instrumental music, Smith submitted a three song CD-R of his work containing excerpts from his upcoming CD entitled Meaning Of Is… The three tracks draw on influences such as [...]
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Interview: The Seven (anusaya.com)
The Seven is the brainchild of musician, songwriter and producer Kevin A. Smith. The Seven’s eclectic sound takes inspiration from many artists who step outside of the box. Like them, Kevin Smith takes delight in all music, pushing at the boundaries of what is perceived to be possible. Breaking away from the expected, The Seven [...]
