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The GMAN's Electric Bass Guitar Style is a throw-back to Stanley Clarke,Played with the passion of Stevie Ray Vaughan, All intertwined with R&B,Funk,and Rock. Born Gerald L. Smith on September 2,1960 in Newark,New Jersey was given a radio at age 4 from his mom and by age 12, he began playing the electric guitar and jammin with neighborhood friends until the age of 14. At this age, he was given the opportunity to supplement his talent by working as a concert stage hand for groups;Earth,Wi...

The GMAN's Electric Bass Guitar Style is a throw-back to Stanley Clarke,Played with the passion of Stevie Ray Vaughan, All intertwined with R&B,Funk,and Rock. Born Gerald L. Smith on September 2,1960 in Newark,New Jersey was given a radio at age 4 from his mom and by age 12, he began playing the electric guitar and jammin with neighborhood friends until the age of 14. At this age, he was given the opportunity to supplement his talent by working as a concert stage hand for groups;Earth,Wind and Fire,Ramsey Lewis, and The Emotions when touring in the New York,New Jersey area in the summer of 1974. This was the juice that sweetened the taste of music for the GMAN and the electric Bass Guitar that would become his trademark. By age 17,he was introduced to one of his father's best friends William "Earl" Martin and the sounds of Stanley Clarke, thus inspiring his love for Jazz. By age 18, the GMAN turned semi-pro performing and recording with local bands and at age 20, he met Guitarist Richard Miller and his friends Gene "O"Thomas and brother Keith Thomas,whose father Grady "Grade A" Thomas was an original member of the Parlimentary Funkadelic sparking the GMAN Pfunk style of music and groups: The Electric Connection,Shade II. Qaddara,J.A.G.,and Unfinished Business to name a few. Not to be type casted as a musician only,The GMAN began Producing such local Hip-hop Artist BabyGirl,(signed to Perfect Pair Records in 1992)and having a cameo appearnce in the "BabyGirl Stompin" video aired on cable networks by NYC's Ready or Not Productions Inc. as well as recording battle rhymes for Poppa Bear,(1992-93Hip-Hop Seminar World Champion). In 1999. The GMAN appeared at the 20th annual Rap Masters Competitions as a panel Judge held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark New Jersey and returning to NJPAC in 2000 as Bassist for Folk/R&B Artist Chinua Hawk,(Shin-Wah) in the summer Jazz Concert Series...for more info on The GMAN log onto http://www.SoundClick.com/GMANgerald