Artist description Alan Shoesmith is a guitar player, composer and recording artist who loves to experiment with manydifferent styles of music. Alan composes, produces, engineersand performs all of the musical parts on his pieces.

Music Style Eclectic (ambient, smooth jazz, pop, art rock and classical)

Musical Influences Genesis, Brian Eno, Pat Metheny, John Williams and Todd Rundgren

Similar Artists Okay...here goes (for the sake of search engines) Brian Eno, Steve Hackett, Harold Budd, Pat Metheny, Frank Zappa, Daniel Lanois, Spike Jones, Steve Reich and Marc Jordan.

Group Members Alan Shoesmith

Instruments all guitars, keyboards, sample editing, drum programming and vocals.

Albums Dreams of Fluorescent Underbrush (1988), Angry Shoppers (1992)

Press Reviews LISTEN.COM "Canadian composer samples a variety of music styles, from new age and Smooth Jazz to Lite Rock and neo-classical. Something for the mature listener's every mood." - Melissa P.

Additional Info Photography by Suzanne Blythe

Location Maple, Ontario - Canada

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