Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the official website of musician, producer and general smartarse Jason Smith.



Current musical projects:

Dividing Divinity - Project; Prometheus (E. Quillington & J. Smith) - TBR 2011
Still Waters - Jason Smith/ The Jason Smith Band - TBR 2011
? - ? - TBA/ TBR 2011

Currently streaming: You - The Jason Smith Band

You (3:01) (Art Punk/ Hardcore Punk)

To begin the song, a chunky, menacing riff similar to the early punk days of Mind is present. A second riff on the lead guitar then appears which is rapid and complicated, a bit like Thrash Metal. As well as pretty basic drums and bass being introduced afterwards, the song stays like this for each of the verses, in which the vocals are harshly sung. Not quite screaming, but more a throaty bark like System of a Down or various punk bands that you may find. The chorus is slightly different, with an electronic background being applied alongside djent-y, downtuned guitars and bass, with the drums playing a regular metallic pattern. The vocals are sung in a poppy voice for this part, which results in an effective contrast. The bridge is a whole different kettle of fish altogether though. Firstly, all the instruments disappear, replaced by an accordion. Then, all the vocals are sung in a doo-wop accapella style. For the reprise of the chorus, it then comes crumbling back to earth. The chorus is even heavier this time around and instead of poppy vocals, it goes to a traditional Jason screaming style. On the “you fucking hypocrite!” line, everything speeds back up to how it once was and Jason produces his finest scream on the whole solo album. It then goes into the normal chorus again and the song abruptly stops after it. In general, this song doesn’t have any special effects like usual, just plain balls-out rock.

Fuck off, back off!
There’s nothing I want to talk about...
Changing, raging...
There’s something that I have in store for you.

Leaning against the wall of your sanity,
Flicker in between.
I won’t resign to conformity,
This anger will not be seen.

Fountain of youth!
Corrupted.
Obstructed.

Leaning against the wall...
The wall...
Sanity beneath me.
Satan is all I want to be.
You fucking hypocrite!

Leaning against the wall of your sanity,
Flicker in between.
I won’t resign to conformity,
This anger will not be seen.

(Auto)biography:

Hello my friends. I am Jason Smith. You may or may not know me for my works with a certain metal band, but that's all in the past. It's done. As I write this, I am listening to the final masters of my latest work, Still Waters. It's my masterpiece, no doubt. I was born in 1985, in the, ahem, blistering summer of Cambridge. My mother and her family were originally from Ecuador, thus my slightly hispanic looks. It also means I have a large penis. I've had a good upbringing, very pleasant. I'm not going to lie and say I had a tough time just to get a hug, because I've had a brilliant, normal life. Not too rich, not too poor. Perfectly normal. However, that is also the problem that drove me into music. I've always wanted, needed to be different from everybody else and I would spen a majority of my spare time playing my guitar and writing angsty, fake punk songs. When I joined Mind in my late teens, they were a punk band, certainly not the prog metal they would eventually be known for. We released a couple of demos before we realised that no one wanted to sign us. However, something clicked by the time we released our debut and some people liked it. It was a weird combo, sorta hardcore punk, speed metal and art rock mixed into one. Like a more pretentious System of a Down, only a little heavier. Then we sorta exploded, almost literally, with The Juggernaut and the lead single "Divine Usurper". I was going through a tough patch then and I would write tons of lyrics every day. They were properly emotional, yet subtle because of the concept I made to hide it. Songs like The Wander and My Fall From Grace aren't REALLY story-based, they're personal. We went quite proggy here. We still had our sound from last time, only it was bigger and better. Better produced, better guitar sounds, more complex, subtly beautiful and generally less rough and more shiny. We continued this for The Aeronaut, but with a little more of a pop element to entertain our new gained fans, but without alienating our old. It did pretty well, biggest sales at that point, if a little less heralded as Juggernaut. We only REALLY and truly became the best selling and, if I may say, the biggest metal band of our era with our next album, and final release, Shattered Fairytale. No one expected it to do as well as it did. It spawned a number 1 single (on the POP charts), 3 awards at the @Chaos ceremony and huge critical and commercial success. It was a good swan song and now I will explain why Mind will never get back together.

We're all too happy. I'm happy doing my work with P;P and The Jason Smith Band, Robert's the new drummer in Reported Failure, a great band, and the other two are finishing their Uni studies as far as I know. None of us want, or need to get back together. Plus, there is still too much tension between us because of many things that happened towards the latter stage of the bands career. Drugs, creative differences, commitment issues. Too many for us to function as a proper band. I hope that clears it up for some of you guys.

I know come to the present. I'm doing a lot of producing work and I'm currently working on two albums. One with Eric, Project; Prometheus and of course, my solo one. The future holds a lot of things. I've got tons of stuff planned, don't worry. Musicals, soundtracks loads. Anyway, enjoy the site and see you soon!

Love Jason.

Edited by user 17 September 2011 04:47:25(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

OOC: Nice website! I like the "Currently streaming: You" lol that's unique.

Jason: If I set MY hair on fire, that would cause even more problems Eric... glad you think so highly of it though! And thanks Jon, that does mean a lot, but Mind just isn't relevant to me any more.

OOC: Thanks a lot guys! I'm going try hard with this website, try and get another number 1 etc.

Yeah! We're really happy to be working with you!
- Tom Orgsen

Now Streaming: In the Tundra - The Jason Smith Band


In the Tundra (3:24) (Acoustic Rock/ Ambient)

A repetitive acoustic guitar line slowly starts the song, in an upbeat, but quite haunting and emotional way. This one guitar line practically sets the foundation for the whole song, since it is intended to be a “cool down” after the rockier and bigger songs that precede it. There are drums quietly in the background, audible, but not so that they get in the way of the song, almost like the playing you would get in a jazz club. The song goes like this the whole way through, with the lyrics softly sung in an extremely delicate voice, until the lyrics end and it gets to around the 2:15 mark. From then, it fades into an unusual ambient section with incomprehensible words spoken beneath the layers. As well as the lush, aquatic ambient effects included, some mechanical and industrial noises are occasionally planted on top of it, similar to those used in the song that comes afterwards, Escapegoat. This is to get the listener ready for it. Very distantly in the background, a reprise of Two Trees can be hard, the “bring it down” section, except it is hushed quietly this time as opposed to the emotional screams on the original track. Random clunking pianos that build up suspense then fade into Escapegoat.

In the cold...
In this cold you look at me,
In this cold...
In the cold I will set you free.

Your heart is cold.
Your heart is gold.

Bury my body beneath the snow,
Reap what you will, keep what you sew,
But you look so cold,
I will set you free.

You’ve been a good friend,
But now the time has come,
This time we’ll end.

Dear god...


So yeah, airing a new song from Still Waters, not the best one, but this should give you a basic feel of what the softer stuff will be like...

- Jason

Jason: Good to know, it's one of my most eagerly anticipated albums of the year so far! And thanks for your compliments, I do aim to please.

Going to start updating more regularly... anyway.

BRITTANY KNOX'S ALBUM IS GOING TO BE THE BEES KNEES. Also, I'm producing it.

Ahem. Also, I'm doing a lot of collabs in the near future, look out for all of them!

Long time no post. I don't give a shit, I'm just here to show you some info you probably already know and sell some merch, so here we go :P

Okay, so here's the track listing for my EPs... the guests are currently sending their parts of their respective songs to me. However, I can now announce the times for it as well!

EP number 1 - The Sounds of the Severed (Alternative Rock/ Art Rock)

1. Fame, Fortune, An Ego (4:02)
2. Scared of You [FEATURING MADELEINE RAMEAU] (3:48)
3. Dynamite [FEATURING MICHELLE GREEN] (3:43)
4. Spit of a Sparrow (6:02)

EP number 2 - Star Crossed Lovers (IDM/ Trip-Hop)

1. Milk and Vinegar [FEATURING AMELIA FLORENTINE] (3:45)
2. Lamenting the Living [FEATURING ERIC QUILLINGTON] (5:38)
3. "Haunted" [FEATURING BRITTANY KNOX] (6:23)
4. The Kisses Scar Me (2:19)

EP number 3 - Blackberry Vine (Folk/ Progressive Rock)

1. In Love [FEATURING ANDREA MASON] (4:07)
2. Ignites into Butterflies [FEATURING ERIC QUILLINGTON] (3:28)
3. Hail to the Shadows (13:34)
4. Mood [FEATURING AARON MARKS] (3:00)

EP number 4 - Glory to the Brave! (Jazz Rock/ Math Rock)

1. Glory to the Brave! (3:46)
2. What a Story, Mark [FEATURING FIRECRACKER 47] (4:19)
3. Submerged (2:50)
4. Black Widows and Phantoms of the Sea Incarnate!! [FEATURING RAVEN COMATOSE & CATRIONA COMATOSE] (4:31)

EP number 5 - The Wake (Fuck knows...)

1. Everyone is a Cunt, Go and Die [FEATURING SAM MAINE] (4:20)
2. The Dark Waltz (3:58)
3. On a Different Planet (9:04)
4. Synchronized (8:57)

They are subject to change though, the length times.

The Jason Smith Band is, as follows:

Jason Smith - Guitar/ Vocals/ Production/ Banjo/ Theremin/ other random shit
Matt Roberts - Bass/ Backing Vocals
Laura Paige - Drums/ Backing Vocals





Okay... we also have two different t-shirts in stock for both sexes, although you'd be a bit funny if you want the first one and are female. One is just me and one is Mind.

Cassie: YAY! *applause for the ultra talented future husband*
Also...I'm gonna need that black tshirt in girls skinny fit...with the top line reading "The Cass", thanks :P

FAME, FORTUNE, AN EGO: THE NEW SINGLE FROM THE JASON SMITH BAND

1. Fame, Fortune, an Ego (4:02) (Experimental Rock/ Art Rock)

A building crescendo of guitar feedback starts off the song, before it goes into a pretty, floaty folky riff, except played on the electric, giving it an unusual, proggy, alternative feel. This carries on for about 30 seconds, alongside light drumming and a complicated bassline to settle the listener into the song carefully. After these 30 seconds, it goes into a more subdued riff, which is fairly technical, but very catchy. The vocals then start to pour in singing the first verse. They are fast paced, and on many separate layers, a trademark of the Jason Smith production style. One layer is quite a high pitched, rough hardcore punk vocal mixed way back so you can barely hear it; one is a quiet, low pitched style, which is mixed further in as well as Jason’s normal voice, which has an emphasis on the British accent. The verse continues, with the catchy riff, bassline and soft drumming etching itself in the brain, whilst Jason vocalises in polyrhythms beneath his singing. The second verse continues in a similar way to the first, except with the vocals taking on a slightly different rhythm. It then morphs into the pre-chorus, which consists of a different, but equally catchy riff, and violins are starting to be introduced here, quite near the top of the mix, as well as acoustic guitar hidden beneath the electric. The second electric guitar layer is playing the melody that Jason’s voice is undertaking. After that, it goes into the actual chorus, which consists of a big, alternative rock set up with Jason bellowing his lyrics dramatically over the now subdued orchestral segments. It then goes back into the verse, which is much similar to the others, except with a slight more dramatic tension, with the orchestral segments and background acoustics now in full play. It then goes into another pre-chorus, except with only the acoustic guitar playing the melody of Jason’s voice, before erupting back into two massive, arena rock choruses with many different vocalisations happening in the background. The bridge of the song is a melodic post-hardcore riff with gentle, but high pitched singing accompanied by ethereal, dreamy ambient effects in the background. This part is quite similar to Still Waters. After a brief pause in the music after the bridge, it erupts into many different vocalisations of all pitches and manners alongside a weird, almost alien riff consisting of the “falling icicle” technique used by Claudio Sanchez and Joe Duplantier, and the “scratch” technique used by Tom Morello and Matt Bellamy on certain occasions. This goes on for a good while, before the song returns for one final chorus, as dramatic as ever, now with a full child’s choir in the background, before it all cuts out into a singular laugh. Not a sinister one, just a normal one.

The so-called critics critically change their criticisms to fit the current scene's vision,
You may call me a sell-out from the safety of an internet message board,
But the masochist in me, I embrace the abuse like a fucking broadsword.

And time, all of time's running out,
I'm getting older and I have nothing to show for myself... nothing to show for myself.
But I still want to honour my art... this is just the start of another unrealistic adventure.
Yet I still get a kick out of being possessed inside a song.

But when your heart needs blood,
Is this all we are?
When the ship comes falling down.

Oh, but I think I’m the best, I don’t do requests,
I sing from the bottom of the barrel you know...
I don’t do requests, I think I’m best,
I act like a dickhead with attention undeserved.

It’s just another ill-fated story of boy meets girl, girl likes boy, then it’s all destroyed,
Dies in a tragic blimp accident, floating away,
But I’m gonna stick around just so you can hear me say...

But when your heart needs blood,
Is this all we are?
When the ship comes falling down.

Oh, but I think I’m the best, I don’t do requests,
I sing from the bottom of the barrel you know...
I don’t do requests, I think I’m best,
I act like a dickhead with attention undeserved.

Oh, but I think I’m the best, I don’t do requests,
I sing from the bottom of the barrel you know...
I don’t do requests, I think I’m best,
I act like a dickhead with attention undeserved.

And so she said...
“I’d end this with a bullet to your head”,
And she said...
“Oh you don’t know how I wish you were dead...”

Badadadadum, dyiyadadadadum.
Badadadadum, dadadadadeeda...
Dadadadadum, dadadyidadadeedum.

Badadadadum, dyiyadadadadum.
Badadadadum, dadadadadeeda...
Dadadadadum, dadadyidadadeedum.

Oh, but I think I’m the best, I don’t do requests,
I sing from the bottom of the barrel you know...
I don’t do requests, I think I’m best,
I act like a dickhead with attention undeserved.


What does this song mean to Jason?

I wrote this song almost as a backlash against the people who said I was spending too much time in the public eye and for those who thought that my solo record was just another platform to launch an ego. I mean, as clichéd as it may sound, I honestly could not give a shit what other people think about me. I make music that I like, for no one but myself. It’s also just saying that, if you want, you don’t HAVE to pay attention to me. I didn’t choose for you to pay attention to me. It’s your own doing. Have we really been reduced to looking at other people to make our lives more interesting? Anyway, I really like this song; I think it’s amongst my best singles, definitely. It sounds completely different from anything I’ve ever done before, but I think a majority of people will really like it. I’m not expecting chart success, but that would definitely be nice, especially with a song like this, of which I’m very proud of writing.

So... good? Voice your opinion!