Brian Smalley entertains live, on-line and on recorded media. The passion is for the guitar. Nothing is off limits. The well is deep. But the time is limited. So much still to do, and so few years yet remaining upon this earth to get it done. If you seek truly original music, then you will find on this website seven discs for purchase that will spark and delight, plus you will find hundreds of videos on fb & yt. If you seek a live performer, and your venue is serious about music quality and the atmosphere conducent to listening, then reach out to Brian Smalley via the email link below.
Bri@GRFF
An entire set with Brian Smalley courtesy of Hugh Malloch
…and Wax Cylinder Recordings for Your 1904 Edison Phonograph Machine…
…okay, that last part is a joke…
…there are no wax cylinder recordings. But it gets you thinking about dead media such as compact discs. Disc players are getting to be as rare as phonographs. Yet, for a musician to sell music on the internet streaming services is ridiculous! The artist gets maybe a penny for every dollar these companies make off our music. My hope is you will buy a CD, and if you’d like, message me for the google-drive-link. I’ll be happy to email this link to you, gratis. This way you can have both the hard copy, and the digital one too. Paying a streaming service for music does practically nothing to help the average musician. Buying a CD goes a long way to support the artist who has been hit so hard by the calamity of the past couple years.
CHOSEN
The newest release from Brian Smalley available now on compact disc. Take a listen to a few of the scenes.
CHOSEN is the only record from Brian Smalley to come out of a professional studio. Six previous projects were homegrown creations born on a digital multi-track dinosaur that has since landed in some landfill due to the fact that the hard drive for that particular machine is a thing of the forgotten past. Still, a lot of “blood, sweat and cursing” went into the work, and the music on these productions shines through. Even the packaging is homespun, each envelope is handmade, hand painted, and the disc too. No two are exactly alike. It’s a personal touch. Certainly not “Industry Standard.” No matter, that’s not Brian’s style. Here’s the rundown on these recordings:
Back in 2014, Brian Smalley made available his second acoustic novel KEY which regales us with the fictional antics and exploits of homeless Key West native, Painter Kellet. Often humorous, sometimes dark, the recording alternates between songs and spoken narrative. It’s all Brian on this one. No one else is involved, which is somewhat apropos, seeing as how the protagonist in this story is on his own too.
CHOSEN
Brian Smalley’s first attempt at writing a novel. CHOSEN, from whence the acoustic novel/compact disc CHOSEN was born. (173 pages. approx 72,000 words. Paperback. 9”X6”)
Click the button for a free downloadable pdf which gives you the first three chapters of CHOSEN