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, 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.
"There is nothing I like more than an artist who isn’t afraid to experiment with his or her sound. Smart Apple is just that sort of musical experimentation. The lyrics are excellent while the music jumps around from genre to genre. While many would think that this style of diversity lacks direction, it definitely adds a nice variety to the albums. Both albums contain a great collection of intelligent songs. The musicianship is not too bad either. In fact, it gets complex at times. The only other artist that I could compare Smart Apple to would probably be Lenny Kravitz. Like Kravitz, Smart Apple sticks with the rock sound, but moves around very eloquently through the sub-genres. To be completely honest, these two albums gave me far more than I expected from them. I was definitely impressed at the overall musical talent here. This is one band that you should not miss. Smart Apple could definitely give the big guns of rock a run for their money."
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Friendly High School Alumni (Fort Washington, MD ~ Class of 1987), I worked
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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 entitled "Conformity" which should be available by 4th quarter, 2008. 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)
I'll be at JJ this week, of course. FOX is Wednesday.. This week and next week some of my fav bands there, especially Blackjacks (DC101 last band standing). How r u? Been busy? Same o thing here. Missed ya on school of rock, but there's another out this month or next month, i forgot. Months runnin into each other. Hugz. Mei
hey friend :D longtime no talk...i think your in my friendslist u kno i have lotsa new stuff on my page incase u didnt know, visit my blog on how to grab my new cd!!! now on itunes, napster, rhapsody, cd baby, and snail mail!!!! click the pic below for cd info!
yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! its Friday!!!!!!!!! hope u hava gr8 one!
<3 YOUR MUSICAL FRIEND A aka SM & quit being a stranger! your apart of the SexyMexi movement since your in my friendslist, goin to the top, always nonstop! :D tell ur friends, & to add me to!
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I know and heard on tv fox thing. uncertain of the date when that would be. I know that 94.7 i having their summer kickoff thing next month or July. My months are running together
