User:ReeceASmith

Reece Andrew Smith (born 15 March 2004) is a Scottish composer. He started learning piano at the age of 5 under multiple teachers over the course of a 7 year period. Though, we was never extensively taught music theory or composition techniques. It wasn't until 2016 when he composed his first piece - which stayed untitled and unreleased - to experiment with composition. Then, in 2017, Reece composed another piece with a variation, which also stayed unreleased. These pieces were under the genre of contemporary classical music, though he never officially identified them as such.

In November of 2018, Smith composed yet another piece, and used "November" as a temporary name while he was still deciding its official name. After performing it to friends and family, they suggested he keep the name, and "November" became the official name of the piece. Another suggestion from his family was to compose a piece of music for each month of the year (continuing on from November). Reece decided to take on this idea and composed December through March. On the 1st of February, he released "November" as a single, and continued to release December through March.

Early Life
Reece Smith was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and lived in Westhill for 7 years before moving to Dundee. Neither his mother or his father are musical, and his brother and sister are not musical with contemporary classical music. Reece had little to no exposure to classical music throughout his life until late primary school, when he came across Ludovico Einaudi, an Italian composer. Since then, his musical taste leaned towards modern piano music (often with strings).

Reece was taught under 3 different piano teachers over a 6 year period, and during this time earned 4 ABRSM piano grades, though he maintained the idea that grades do not effectively define a musician and did not complete a grade 5 exam.

Smith started composing after 7 years of piano playing, with no guidance on how to create music, he created pieces that had a musical appeal to himself. Though his early pieces were often discarded or forgotten, he eventually became more serious with composition, and created pieces with the intentions to satisfy his friends' and family's demand for his music (including his own demand). Reece's music is mainly contemporary classical music, or can be described as minimalist.

Official Release
Before releasing his music, Reece's main fans were friends and family, and rarely friends of friends. And his music was created for those he knew.

Those that Reece knew (who had also listened to his music), often suggested he upload his music to YouTube, to which he was reluctant to do, though he still considered the idea.

Reece Smith released his first solo piano single November on the 1st of February, 2019, to music stores and streaming platforms worldwide and gained a very small following. He went on to release December on the 24th of January, January on the 4th of February, and February on the 27th of February.

March (with Elanor Leydecker)
Reece then composed his next piece, March, as a piano-violin duet, with neither the piano nor the violin being the main instrument. He composed March for piano and violin, with Smith on piano, and his friend Elanor Leydecker on violin. The piece came with a short video to tease and advertise the piece. The video featured short clips of fields and sky on a hot spring day, with a moving green, blue and purple coloured blurred overlay. Due to recording issues and missed deadlines, March was eventually released on April 16th, 2019.

Reece Smith released November through March as singles, but under the unconfirmed and unofficial name of "Through The Months".

Lament for R
On March 15th, 2019, Reece released Lament for R, a piece seemingly made for a specific person. However, it has not been officially confirmed who "R" is, and no suggestions as to who it may be have emerged.

Through The Months

 * November (piano) (2019)
 * December (piano) (2019)
 * January (piano) (2019)
 * February (piano) (2019)
 * March (feat. Elanor Leydecker) (piano, violin) (2019)


 * Lament for R (piano) (2019)

Infinity+1

 * Infinity+1 (piano) (23rd January 2020)
 * Infinity+1 (Serene) (piano) (23rd January 2020)

Through The Months (Revised)

 * Overture (piano) (2020)
 * November (Revised) (piano) (1st February 2020)
 * December (piano) (1st February 2020)
 * January (piano) (1st February 2020)
 * February (piano) (1st February 2020)
 * March (Solo) (piano) (1st February 2020)
 * Lament for R (piano) (1st February 2020)

Through The Months (Serene)

 * Overture (Serene) (piano) (1st February 2020)
 * November (Serene) (piano) (1st February 2020)
 * December (Serene) (piano) (1st February 2020)
 * January (Serene) (piano) (1st February 2020)
 * February (Serene) (piano) (1st February 2020)
 * March (Serene Solo) (piano) (1st February 2020)
 * Lament for R (Serene) (piano) (1st February 2020)