Linkin Park, Soundgarden, NIN, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Fall Out Boy, Green Day, My Chemical Romance, SR71, Kanye West, Nickelback, Korn, Usher, AC/DC, Bob Marley, Metallica, Black Sabbath, System of a Down, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, Maroon 5, Black Eyed Peas, Kansas, Three Days Grace, Black Sheep, 2Pac, Kix, The Sugar Hill Gang, Rough Cutt, Dangerous Toys, Guns N' Roses, Onyx, ZZ Top, Earth Wind & Fire, John Mayer, Andrea Bocelli, Boston, Pink Floyd, U2, Marilyn Manson, Saigon Kick, Loudness (awesome Japanese metal band from way back), Armored Saint, Gorilla Monsoon, Foo Fighters, Evanescence, Prince, Blink-182, (hed) PE, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, A Tribe Called Quest, The Smashing Pumpkins, Cypress Hill, Everlast, Ice Cube, The Reverend Al Greene, Bare Naked Ladies, Zapp & Roger, The Dazz Band, Dean Martin, Eric Clapton, Fuel, Living Colour, Grand Funk Railroad, Heatwave, Wild Cherry, The Gap Band, The Scorpions, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Trouble Funk, Rare Essence, Incubus, The Isley Brothers, JT Money & Sole, Lenny Kravitz, Sevendust, Rob Zombie, Staind, The Toadies, War, Xzibit, Yngwie Malmsteen, George Clinton, and Bootsy Collins, The Outfield, Nitrix, Stryper, Flotsem and Jetsum, Mötley Crüe, Pantera, Ratt, Space Hog, Pink, David Bowie, Cameo, W.A.S.P., L.A. Guns, Hoobastank, The Doobie Brothers, Anthrax, Nirvana, Sum 41, Van Halen, Boyz II Men, Tesla, 30 Seconds to Mars, Butthole Surfers, Primus, Buckethead, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Limp Bizkit, Candlebox, Radiohead, Puddle of Mudd, Everclear, Pearl Jam, Johnny Cash, The Cure, Aerosmith, Megadeth, Dave Matthews, Heart, The Who, Queen, Eminem, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Nelly, Spin Doctors, Rush, Theory of a Deadman, Public Enemy, Chris Daughtry, Digital Underground, Gorillaz, Dokken, Span, Goo Goo Dolls, Jimi Hendrix, Hole, Alanis Morissette, Rage Against the Machine, Busta Rhymes, Papa Roach, Tom Jones, Stevie Wonder, Blondie, Nazereth, Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, Ronnie James Dio (Dio), Twisted Sister, Ozzy, Judas Priest, Lita Ford, Sammy Hagar, Queensryche, Whitesnake, Styx, Missy Elliott, Justin Timberlake, Velvet Underground, Beyonce Knowles, Sly and the Family Stone, Erykah Badu, No Doubt, Pharrell, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Cure, Counting Crows, The Doors, The Eagles, Experience Unlimited (EU), Coolio, Hinder, Diggable Planets, Steve Vai, Collective Soul, Seven Mary Three, Damn Yankess, Ted Nugent, Joe Satriani, Rollins Band, All-American Rejects, Chingy, The Killers, Lakeside, Arrested Development, Big Punisher, Blur, Bowling for Soup, Chevelle, Dr. Dre, Drowning Pool, Godsmack, Hootie & the Blowfish, Lifehouse, EPMD, Rick James, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Naughty by Nature, Ray Charles, Slipknot, Temple of the Dog, Van Halen, Lil Kim with Lil Ceaz, Spinal Tap, Kiss, Poison, Iron Maiden, Billy Joel, House of Pain, Matchbox 20, Tool, 311, Guy (with Teddy Riley), Stevie Wonder, The Offspring, Live, Alkaline Trio, Frankie Beverly & Maze, L.L. Cool J, The Whispers, Jamie Foxx, Rufus with Chaka Khan, The Kinks, The Prodigy, The Brothers Johnson, Wrexx In Effect, Gavin DeGraw, Creed, Sublime, The Steve Miller Band, Saliva, Audioslave, Beastie Boys, A Perfect Circle, 3 Doors Down, Outkast, Cake, Smash Mouth, Disturbed, Powerman 5000, Blues Traveler, Jason Mraz, Alice In Chains, Faith No More, Stone Temple Pilots, Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, Suicidal Tendencies, Thin Lizzy, Fort Minor. Along with my long list of influences above, there are two bands that I truly enjoyed the most while growing up (from the young age of about 5 or 6 years old). Those two bands are Parliament and Funkadelic.
"Smart Apple is amazing! Well, it might sound like it's just a great band which plays music like Stone Temple Pilots or Faith No More. But Smart Apple is just one guy which I refused to believe. The material is great musically and the lyrics just add to Teddie Tapawan's talented music. The description says that it's just one man jamming in a studio, well if this is "just" jamming I would love to hear what this guy can really do. I suppose he is one of those guys who owns a studio and works as a mixer for other bands… You know they are always just amazing with instruments. This kind of music is very popular in the alternative genre, kind of "hard" rock, which is played by Live, Creed, etc. I think that Smart Apple almost exceeds to the same level adding the knowledge that it's just a one man band!"
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Friendly High School Alumni (Fort Washington, MD ~ Class of 1987), I worked
in the computer game industry for a bit (e.g., Unreal Tournament 2004) Click
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design portfolio. Did a few custom things for a racing simulation called GTR2. Click
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I'm an independent (unsigned) artist. My name is Teddie Tapawan of the band, or rather, "one-man-project" called "Smart Apple". "Smart Apple" is
the pseudo-name that I use to make my music more marketable. The name's origin comes from the fact that I have kids and I don't like to curse around them, so if the kids are around and I feel like calling my sister-in-law a smart ass, I just call her a "smart apple". Ground-breaking artist name? No. Interesting? Sure!
I've lived on the East Coast (USA) all my life. Since the conception of "Smart Apple", I've been living happy with my beautiful wife and my four cool kids, all of whom support me and my music - 110%. My style or genre of music is Alternative Rock, although there is an intense blend of Funk, Blues, Grunge, Metal, Techno, and Rapcore mixed within. I'm not necessarily trying to make "something for everyone", it's mostly because I just really dig all types of music and I've always enjoyed anything that got my groove-on. An open mind has made my taste in music as broad as the eye can see.
A review written by Chris "Big Daddy" Hunter (Operations Manager Radio.BeOnAir.com Internet Radio Clevelend/Cincinnati/Chicago): "As Operations Manager for four Internet Radio Station (Radio.BeOnAir.com Internet Radio - Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Chicago) I encourage new and/or unsigned artists to send me their stuff and, if it fits our formats (Alternative, Country, Hip Hop, or Classic Rock) we'll play it! Smart Apple sent me his stuff and the response from our listeners was phenominal!!! People all over the world (yes ... the WORLD!) continually ask us to play his music. It's well put together ... it rocks ... and the artist is just one fine dude!!! I have his "Adventures of One" CD in heavy rotation with no plans to take it out!!! I also received cuts from Smart Apple's soon-to-be-released CD "Valley of the Dogz" which is also getting lots of play. It's hard to believe all this great music is coming from just one man!!! Smart Apple is a hit ... most people just don't know it ... YET!!!"
I'm currently working on my latest project, a Full-Release CD (untitled at this time) which should be available by 2th quarter, 2009. I've learned a lot from the last three CD's I've put together ("The Adventures of One...", "Project 0110 X-Spirit-Mental", "Valley of the DogZ"). "Conformity" will definitely be my best work yet... at least that's the kind of effort I'm putting behind this project. I'm taking everything that I've learned up to this point and focusing it like a red-hot laser beam.
I'm also currently implementing my latest Smart Apple promotional plan for 2008, including distribution of thousands of promotional CD's, national radio airplay, music videos, etc. My mission is to get my music out to as many folks who are willing to listen. I hope you enjoy my music. ~ Teddie Tapawan (Smart Apple)
Aloha from Hawaii and I. Remember this saying, A good exercise for the Heart, is to bend down and help another up. I for one know you are good at doing this kind of work-out.
How you doing? I like your profile pic...keepin it classy...nice! your thoughts on DR PHIL... Hit us back. check out our new song "RABBIT PROOF FENCE" Love AK
Hey Whats up? Its been awhile so Im coming by to let you know about the NEW with me...The DreamScape Sessions has moved to pressureradio.co.uk on Tuesdays...I have also put up a podomatic page and soundcloud swing by my page for more info on free mixes and whats happening!!
Wassup, appreciate you for being my friend & thanks for the love. Make sure to listen to the music. If ya feeling it, put me on ya top friends & add the song you like to ya page. If you want us in ya city, demand us & we will be there
Hey, we just wanted to make sure you knew about the new hoodie. Come check it out, let us know what you think! We're planning our summer tour so please stop by the page and click the demand it box, show us where the love is!!
My new CD is one more track closer to being completed! This new track just finished is called "The Job" referring to a job I had during my college days at a local factory in central Pennsylvania. This factory is the largest Christmas bow manufacturer in the world. During my time there, I had a little incident and it is quite funny to look back on. Anyway, please give a listen to my new song and see if you can figure out what happened in the end. Please leave feedback if possible, this is the only way I know how to make my music more appealing to the masses. Thanks again for the friendship and support.
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<br />Ken :)
Hi T! Wassap? Sorry I have been out of touch for a while..been pretty swamped.. How ya been?? My sweet little Lizzie has been sick for a while so have been homebound for over a week now..they put her on amox for conjestion :( I can't wait til she feels better ...write when u can..HUGS!
Teddie, You do not have to be old anymore. Ted. It could hit anytime. Yes I did and I am taking care of my heart. Did not smoke, did not drink much but still it happened. Just thankful to be alive.
Definitely, will get together when I am in the area. I know where you are and still got your number. Thanks for all the support. Nate
Ted, Just visiting friends. I had a heart attack in Seattle about 4 moths ago today. After that I decided to see as much of the world as I can. Germany was one of the places I've wanted to see since I was a child. My godmother lived here since the late 60's. Take care of yourself my friend. Nate
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