Liam is an electric and double bassist, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and composer. As a child he studied multiple instruments including piano, guitar, drums, clarinet, trumpet and french horn. He studied bass guitar and double bass at Humber College in Toronto, Ontario, taking private lessons with Kieran Overs and Paco Luviano. Over the past 25 years he has contributed to countless albums with a wide range of artists including both Mr. Something Something’s 2007 Juno nominated album, The Edge, and their collaboration with Ikwunga the Afrobeat Poet. With a wide range of experience and influences, Liam has played country, pop, rock, Ethio-pop/jazz, sephardic fusion, hip-hop, funk, and afrobeat. A lifetime teacher, student and performer, Smith has toured extensively both domestically and internationally and is currently performing with Idioteque, Charles Tilden, The Ole Fashion, and Jaffa Road among other projects. Liam has also co-composed, with Elizabeth Shepherd and John MacLean, the score for two shows with Kemi Contemporary Dance Projects.