Robin Smith

Education

About me

Pretty Smooth, born in Alabama and raised in Spain, Libya, Germany, and Italy, is a vocalist, musician, and song-writer who has been involved with music as long as she can remember. She is also a graduate of Howard University in Washington D.C.. Growing up in church, and a multi-talented family has exposed her to a vast assortment of artists, genres, and styles. However, her favorite styles of music are Reggae and Smooth Jazz, and she curremtly working on her self-titled album "Pretty Smooth". Which brings us to her name, born Robin Smith, affectionately known as Pretty by friends and family, her Producer, Phil came up with Pretty Smooth because of the smooth sound of her voice. Because of her ability to sing anything, she not only sings with a local San Diego band called Nu-Soull, but is also sought-after by rap artists, recording studios, other bands, and record labels for her vocal contribution to their projects. Pretty Smooth(Robin) has toured with Don Carlos, world renown reggae star and a founding member of Black Uhuru, countless Jazz Musicians and is currently touring with new reggae rising star Governor Tiggy from Kingston Jamaica and also backed up reggae star Mykal Rose. On the local scene you can catch her anywhere from Casino Pauma, Humphreys By The Bay, The Stage, Rileys, Lydias, Jimmy Loves, The Belly Up, South Bay Lounge, Winston's, or Pachanga Casino just to name a few places. Pretty Smooth has also performed with Levi Wise Band, Bredren, and Confrontation , The Owens Singers, a gospel group out of Virginia, The Alabama Mass Choir, and is former Praise and Worship Leader for Lighthouse Church in Thorsby , Alabama. Pretty Smooth attributes her vocal abilities not only as a God Given talent, but to her friend and vocal coach, David Sandford, She always thought he was being strict and hard on her but now knows he was only looking at the bigger picture. David Sandford convinced her to enter beauty pageants and sing, where she discovered she was very comfortable on stage performing and loved touching the depth of a persons soul with her voice
Additional skills:
I sing lead and background vocals. It's easy for me to sing harmony and I can sing anything.

Skills

Languages Spoken	Italian
Dance Styles	Ballet, Jazz, Swing Dance
Vocal Types	Alto, Soprano