Antoine Smith  

*Update 10-21-2009: My name is Antoine Smith and I started this family music history after listening to some of the cassette tapes of my relatives that passed about their lives and the ones that are still living.  But, since then, I have received calls from others that were in the bands with my parents and relatives that wanted their names expressed even more.  So, I would like to give a special shout-out to the ones that were once in the local music bands and businesses connected to my family as follows: (Just remember that I will always have to update this blog because of my family and relatives that are still living thorough information about each other.)

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My dad, Rob Smith - Played keyboards, composer, drums, trumpet, lead guitar, & bass guitar (Local bands in Cleveland, OH were Smith & Smith Productions (R&B/Funk), Winfree & Smith Project (R&B), Jady Kurrent, Seduction (Jazz/R&B/Pop), a local saxiphonist-Russell Thompson, I'm not sure but a traveling band based out of Kentucky, OH, and more.) Currently, he is playing the keyboards for the International House of Praise and played the bass guitar with with his friend Russell Thompson (Jazz) on other projects.

My mom, Dr. Fuentes (known as Carolyn Miles) - Played keyboards, back-up drummer, dancer, singer, Comp. Ed. Teacher, Comp. Software Teacher, author, web designer, graphics artist, and composer. Local bands in Cleveland, OH were Spellbound had 3 sets of members in this band. My mom lead singer/back-up drummer and Derrick Edmondson played bass guitar formed the original band(8 members) of Funk/R&B members for this band. Later, Spellbound was managed by my uncle Dee. She also sang lead/back-up vocals in Morning Maniac (Bernard Pettus and Tyrome McLemore formed Rock/R&B band, Musician's Union members, recorded “Take It to the Woof”), lead singer/back-up keyboards in Seduction (Mike Adams formed Jazz/R&B, played clubs Vells, The Egora, etc.), lead singer/keyboards in Smith & Smith Productions (Jazz/R&B, BMI members, recorded "In My Arms," etc.), lead singer/back-up keyboards in Winfree & Smith Project (R&B, BMI members), and setup/coordinated other (Rock/R&B/Funk) bands with Farron Roland, bass guitar and David Oates, lead guitar player (Currently on the Norwegian Cruiseline curcuit.) Also, she was in the J.F.K. high school marching band/cadet band/orchestra playing the clarinet and also sang for the choir and stage band of J.F.K. She sang in many local church choirs and was once the first drummer for her church, Zion Chapel Baptist Church. She also took lead guitar lessons at Jimmy Landers Studio, clarinet lessons at the Music Settlement, and singing lessons at the Cleveland Institute of Music was based in Cleveland, OH. Currently, she is my Mgr/PR/Graphics and Web Designer person.