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 JEFFREY RYAN SMOOTS  ::  SPANK YOUR INNER CHILD

Band/Artist:
Jeffrey Ryan Smoots
Title:
Spank Your Inner Child
Released
2000


Total Time:
34:04

      Track List
1.   30 Seconds of 32nds
2.   Whirled Peas
3.   Regression
4.   Frantic
5.   A Lost Memory
6.   Lava Lamp
7.   Spank Your Inner Child
8.   Can't You Hear The
      Scary Music
9.   Solitude
10. The Colony
11. Babble On
12. Tin Soldier
13. This Song Has No Name

 Personnel:
Jeffery Ryan Smoots
Guitars & everything else

 Jeffrey Ryan Smoots: Spank Your Inner Child

What is a Smoots? A young guy named Jeffery, who is fairly accomplished on guitar and has a lot of the state-of-the-art MIDI studio equipment. He really knows how to work it! The result? An instrumental CD that would work well as a soundtrack for
a nail-biting skiing documentary.

I caught myself doing 80 MPH on the interstate while listening to this CD because most of the tracks are fast paced and catchy! It's fluid in the electronic/techno style, but not overdone like so much I've heard in the same vein. He slows it down a bit on tracks 6 & 11 in a mellowdramatic soother. Then he toys with a pseudo Ronnie Montrose funk style in tracks 7 & 8. I generally don't like programmed drum tracks, but in this case, I'll make an exception. This kid knows what he's doing, as it shows in his unique guitar licks.

Like a fine wine, he will get better with age and experience. The incorporated keyboards are the gravy for this entree. This guy is better than most I've heard in this genre of progressive music.

Rating: 6 keyboards
Reviewer: Dana Holmes

Review Date 04/25/02

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