Category: Music of The Static Dive

The Static Dive is the professional name of singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist producer, Bob Smith. From his studio in upstate NY he works remotely with LA-based co-producer Kilo House to create genre-bending indie psychedelic rock, pop and Trip-hop.

An obsessive creator, Bob has spent the last 25 years making music and writing words. In the 90s he toured the Northeastern college circuit with his influential experimental ska/jam/funk band Shu. In the studio, over the years he has written and recorded hundreds of songs as a solo artist and with his americana/alternative rock band The Distractions.

Throughout his tenure in music, Bob has also worked extensively on the business side of the business. He made a big splash as a founding partner and the primary technical architect of the revolutionary HitPredictor.com song testing system. He has worked as a producer and host in both radio and television, and he has written for Billboard magazine, TV, radio, newspapers and now for his own popular music blog.

Since debuting as The Static Dive in 2018, Bob has released nearly two dozen tracks ranging from tripped out downtempo space instrumentals to radio-ready indie-pop bops. He has collaborated with artists from around the world. In 2021 The Static Dive was signed to German record label FBP Music Group.

And the adventure continues.

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New Single Each Month in 2019

I’ve eluded to this idea in recent blog posts, but I want to make it official… For the entirety of 2019, I am going to release at least one new single every month. By ‘release’ I mean that the songs will be published to all major online music distributors (Spotify, iTunes, etc) in the first […]

Low Tide Funk

Here is a little something I am working on. Right now this is only available here, but I will likely release it on Spotify soon. The plan for 2019 is to release (at least) one single of instrumental music every month. This will be February’s installation. There is a drum loop from a Maynard Ferguson […]

Review!

The Brits called me a hippie. I can’t say they’re wrong about that. ? https://www.anrfactory.com/the-static-dive-built-for-better-days-sonically-psychedelic-indie-alt-rock/

On the radio… whoa, oh, oh, oh… on the radio

If you are in the Glens Falls, NY area on Sunday night, tune in!

Working Class Hero – Video!

I made a video mash-up of my version of ‘Working Class Hero’ and the classic sci-fi silent movie ‘Metropolis’ by Fritz Lang. And, It’s pretty cool IMHO.

Working Class Hero

In addition to my the new EP, I recently released this cover of John Lennon’s classic ‘Working Class Hero’ on Spotify. Check it out!

The new EP is here!

Listen to ‘Built for Better Days’ on Spotify!

Buy the record early at Bandcamp!

Bit by Bit (final?)

I’m reposting this one, because it’s finished… I think. Drums, lead guitar, and some background vox were added. This is probably the version that will end up on the record, unless I get sick of the mix and head back to the drawing board. In either case… Enjoy! earlier version has been removed and replaced […]

American Today

I wrote this song in 1993 but never gave it a proper recording until now. I changed the lyric to say ‘DVR’ instead of ‘VCR’, other than that it remains exactly as written. 25 years later it is even more relevant. earlier version has been removed and replaced by the final