Craig Smith is a guitarist, composer and songwriter. He has played and studied the guitar for almost his entire life. Whether on acoustic or electric guitar he plays exclusively in the classic/finger style. This gives the player the use of five fingers instead of one pick, usually making it sound like there is more than one guitar playing at a time. In this style the guitar can be more than just a player along with others in a band... it can stand alone, similar to piano. The composer Beethoven after hearing such “solo guitar” playing by one of his contemporaries said, “the guitar is a miniature orchestra in itself”. In his music, Craig likes to present the guitar in this style, either solo... or with little accompaniment.

In his “Guitarworks” recordings, Craig plays original pieces as well as other music in what he calls “spontaneous composition form”. That is, just picking up your guitar and playing what you feel at the time. There are thousands of influences that are part of any musicians pla