Eric Smidi Smith, born January 27 1960 in Covington, Kentucky. Smidi is a self taught musician. His interest in music started in 1968. His primary instruments are the Bass and Lead guitars. Smidi was the bass guitarist for The Python Band Cincinnati, Ohio from 1977 to 1980. The name SMIDI derives from MIDI (musical, instrument, digital, interface) Smidi joined the US Air Force in 1981 and he retired as a Technical Sergeant / E6 in 2001. During his military career 1983 Smidi auditioned and was selected to tour as the lead guitarist with the Air Force Tops-In-Blue Entertainment Showcase Group. In 1990 Smidi was assigned to Nellis AFB, Nevada where he was introduced to MIDI instruments and equipment. He quickly learned that he could sequence all of the musical instruments from a common computer source. Since discovering the use of MIDI equipment in 1992 Smidi has sequenced music tracks for artist i.e. Leon Haywood, Keith Wilder (Heatwave) Charles McCormick (Bloodstone) Spice 1, New Birth, Bobby Jones, Clay Hamm