Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Mel Blanc, Matt Groening, Mark Rothko, Gary Snyder, Elliott Smith, Peter Jacobsen, Rebecca Schaeffer, S. David Griggs, Chet Orloff, Aaron Director, Richard Sanders. Excerpt: Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 - October 21, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity. His primary instrument was the guitar, but he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, bass guitar, drums, and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery" and use of multi-tracking to create vocal layers, textures, and harmonies. After playing in the rock band Heatmiser for several years, Smith began his solo career in 1994 with releases on the independent record labels Cavity Search and Kill Rock Stars. In 1997 he signed a contract with DreamWorks Records, for which he recorded two albums. Smith rose to mainstream prominence when his song "Miss Misery"-included in the soundtrack for the film Good Will Hunting-was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category in 1998. Smith suffered from depression, alcoholism, and drug addiction, and these topics often appeared in his lyrics. At age 34, he died in Los Angeles, California from two stab wounds to the chest. The autopsy evidence was inconclusive as to whether the wounds were self-inflicted. At the time of his death, Smith was working on his sixth studio album, From a Basement on the Hill, which was posthumously released. Steven Paul Smith was born at the Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother Bunny Welch (nee Bunny Kay Berryman) was a music teacher at an elementary school, and his father Gary Smith was then a medical student at the University o...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon) Alumni: Mel Blanc, Matt Groening, Mark Rothko, Gary Snyder, Elliott Smith, Peter Jacobsen. To get started finding Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon) Alumni: Mel Blanc, Matt Groening, Mark Rothko, Gary Snyder, Elliott Smith, Peter Jacobsen, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon) Alumni: Mel Blanc, Matt Groening, Mark Rothko, Gary Snyder, Elliott Smith, Peter Jacobsen
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Mel Blanc, Matt Groening, Mark Rothko, Gary Snyder, Elliott Smith, Peter Jacobsen, Rebecca Schaeffer, S. David Griggs, Chet Orloff, Aaron Director, Richard Sanders. Excerpt: Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 - October 21, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity. His primary instrument was the guitar, but he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, bass guitar, drums, and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery" and use of multi-tracking to create vocal layers, textures, and harmonies. After playing in the rock band Heatmiser for several years, Smith began his solo career in 1994 with releases on the independent record labels Cavity Search and Kill Rock Stars. In 1997 he signed a contract with DreamWorks Records, for which he recorded two albums. Smith rose to mainstream prominence when his song "Miss Misery"-included in the soundtrack for the film Good Will Hunting-was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category in 1998. Smith suffered from depression, alcoholism, and drug addiction, and these topics often appeared in his lyrics. At age 34, he died in Los Angeles, California from two stab wounds to the chest. The autopsy evidence was inconclusive as to whether the wounds were self-inflicted. At the time of his death, Smith was working on his sixth studio album, From a Basement on the Hill, which was posthumously released. Steven Paul Smith was born at the Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother Bunny Welch (nee Bunny Kay Berryman) was a music teacher at an elementary school, and his father Gary Smith was then a medical student at the University o...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon) Alumni: Mel Blanc, Matt Groening, Mark Rothko, Gary Snyder, Elliott Smith, Peter Jacobsen. To get started finding Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon) Alumni: Mel Blanc, Matt Groening, Mark Rothko, Gary Snyder, Elliott Smith, Peter Jacobsen, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.