Jeffrey’s major influences include Alex Lifeson, Eric Johnson, Phil Keaggy, Ty Tabor, and Yngwie Malmsteen. Jeffrey is a fan of progressive rock, particularly bands like Rush, Kings X, Dream Theater and Fates Warning.

Jeffrey maintains an active presence on the web, hosting his own site www.jrsmoots.com, as well as artist pages on MP3.COM and IUMA.COM. He’s had a number one MP3.COM instrumental hit with his song “Intro”, and has seen several of his other songs reach the top 10 in their respective genres. Additionally, his MIDI-based compositions appear on websites throughout the Internet.

Jeffrey has been spotlighted in Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine. Jeffrey has written guest columns for several websites, including Guitar 9 Records, Insane Guitar, and Sounduser.com. He writes album reviews for the progressive rock website, Prog4You.Com.

Jeffrey is endorsed by Dean Guitars, Peavey Amplification, Dean Markley Strings, Morley Pedals, Sonic Implants, and ADK Pro Audio Computers. Jeffrey runs his own project studio (Sci-Fi Studio), and has done sound design work for Sonic Implants, including Sonic Implant’s "Rock Webpack" product (a set of guitar-based sounds for use on websites and multimedia projects) and programming for Sonic Implants’ acclaimed Blue Jay Drum Series and Symphonic Strings.

Jeffrey is signed to independent record label Fossil Records. He has worldwide distribution through a variety of sources including: Fossil Records, CD Baby, Amazon.com, CD Now, Musea, Dream Disc, and Tower Records.

www.jrsmoots.com is the central repository for JRS-related musical information, featuring his popular free online guitar lessons, drum sequencing articles, streaming and downloadable audio and midi files, Jeffrey’s bio, discography, news, and much more.

Jeffrey has recently released his first guitar-oriented instrumental album, titled JRS – Loss for Words. This album showcases Jeffrey’s love of progressive, melodic rock. Released through Fossil Records, JRS - Loss for Words is available now!

  I'm endorsed by and proudly use:

Dean Guitars

Sonic Implant Sounds

Peavey Amplification

Dean Markley Strings

Morley Pedals

ADK Pro Audio Computers

Jeffrey Ryan Smoots Progressive Music is located at, www.jrsmoots.com.
Purchase JRS releases from Fossil Records, www.fossilrecords.net.