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Thomas Michael Henry "Tom" Smith (born 29 April 1981) is an English musician. He is the lead singer, lyricist, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist for the Birmingham-based indie rock band Editors. Smith's vocal style has been compared to that of post-punk singers such as Ian Curtis of Joy Division, Paul Banks of Interpol, Robert Smith of The Cure and Michael Stipe of R.E.M.. Smith's vocal range is baritone, but he uses falsetto to reach higher notes. His use of falsetto has been noted on their third album, ''In This Light and on This Evening''. His main guitar is a Gibson ES-335,〔Vaziri, Aidin (''Gibson Recommends Editors An End Has a Start'' ) 11 October 2007. Accessed 24 October 2007〕 and he also plays a Fender Telecaster Custom. When Smith lost his voice during the 2006 SXSW concert, the band had to cancel the last song of their first gig.〔Stellastarr (''Upcoming Concert Reviews of the Editors, Metric and More...'' ) Cincinnati CityBeat, 12 April 2007. Accessed 24 October 2007〕 In July 2008, he contributed a cover of "Bonny" (by Prefab Sprout) for the UK edition of the ''Independents Day'' charity album. Smith performed a solo show in February 2012 in Brussels, Belgium where he sang old and new Editors songs. In 2014, the ''Daily Mirror'' published a list of singers with largest vocal ranges in the UK. Statistics were based on sheet music data from musicnotes.com, a website with over 260,000 sheet music arrangements. With his vocal range of 4.75 octaves, Smith topped the list, beating singers like Elton John, Robert Plant or Freddie Mercury. ==Background== Born in Northampton, Smith grew up in Stroud, Gloucestershire and attended Woodchester Endowed Primary School, where he learned to play the guitar under the guidance of the headteacher. He later attended Archway School, where his mother and his father, John Smith and Sylvia Smith now work as physics and chemistry teachers. As a teenager Smith listened to Britpop band albums and songs that included Oasis' ''Definitely Maybe'' and Blur's ''Parklife'' albums. "Suddenly, all I wanted to do was to be in a band," Smith has said. "I learned to play the guitar by playing those records."〔 He later studied music technology at Staffordshire University where he met fellow Editors band members. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Smith (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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