Sean O’Bryan Smith is an internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, award winning film composer, record producer and world renowned solo recording artist. Sean has spent the bulk of his career as a professional recording/touring bassist working with over 100 major and independent label recording artists from across the globe including Kenny Rogers, Keith Urban, Vince Gill, George Clinton and Larry Carlton. He has been seen performing live with artists on ABC, CBS, Fox, CMT, GAC and his bass work continues to be heard worldwide on major terrestrial and streaming radio stations including SiriusXM.

In 2007, Sean followed his own artist calling with his freshman solo album “Tapestry”. Featuring multiple talents including Jeff “Skunk” Baxter and Jerry Marotta, “Tapestry” received worldwide recognition and continues to be in regular rotation with radio stations in multiple countries. Similar success was found with Sean’s follow up album entitled “Reflection” featuring jazz greats Chuck Loeb, Randy Brecker and Gerald Albright. Two EPs “Quartet Da Funk” and “For Groove and Mistletoe” soon followed as well as a wealth of singles. In addition to his solo work, Sean served as part of the international jazz ensemble Kazhargan World for three critically acclaimed albums “Wonderful Times”, “Post Fiction” and “Destinations” as well as serving a 16 year/4 album run with chart topping jazz vocalist Anna Wilson.

Beginning in 2012, Sean began to pursue his lifelong love of music for film and television. This soon landed him working on projects for film makers across the US as well as Canada and India. His score for the Canadian film “Serpent’s Lullaby” was recognized at the Cannes Film Festival and he has received awards for his music in the faith based films “Providence”, “94 Feet” and “Saving Faith”.

In 2017, Sean decided to leave Nashville, TN after two decades and relocate to Boca Raton, FL. Immediately after relocating, Sean returned to his solo career and began releasing a series of projects showcasing the range of his talents. The albums to follow were the guitar oriented releases “Departure” and “Solitude” followed by the release of his collection of film works “The Composer Vol 1”.

Recently, Sean returned to collaborating with fellow artists and is currently involved in multiple projects. This includes recently recording guest appearances with chart topping jazz guitarist Frank Piombo, Grammy nominated recording artist Tom Eaton, World music legend Chinmaya Dunster, as well as collaborations with chart topping New Age artists John Gregorius, John Fluker, ELEON, Matzumi, Michael Kollwitz, Juan Sanchez, Keith Medley and five time Grammy Award winning producer/recording artist Emilsam Velazquez.

Recent accomplishments include two of his musical compositions being featured in the 2021 Emmy Award winning documentary film “Songbirds” from Beckett Arts Project. Sean is currently composing the complete score for their follow up film “Beautiful Faces”. 2023 has also seen Smith release his eighth studio album entitled “Musings of an Occasional Somebody” which can be currently heard online and on radio stations worldwide.