Bio

Santana Blues lives in a small town in Indiana and has been creating an eccentric collection of music, it's in the genre of Hip Hop but has a very soulful, progressive, jazz sound. Santana (Joshua Wayne Smith) grew up in a very artistic family, his grandfather Frank Scarbrough was an established Jazz musician and ran a local music repair shop in their hometown of Huntington, Indiana; his uncle Jim Scarbrough is also an established Jazz musician and plays electric guitar for several Jazz & Blues bands in eastern Indiana. Santana released his first mixtape at the age of fourteen and gave them away free at his high school after which he built a small fan base and continued to release mix CDs of freestyles, and mixtape tracks. Santana Blues continued his work to becoming a producer also, he has released two instrumental albums entitled "Right off The Frying Pan" & "Beatafaction." Santana recently released his second mixtape "Words of Wisdom Mixtape" with features such as "Reach" winner of the Scion Up Next contest, "Styxxoplix" formally from the German Hip Hop group "Prophets of Rage," and several other local artists. Santana touches on so many subject in his music from spirituality, politics, social issues & everywhere in between. His vision is of those who are oppressed, he speaks with unity in his lyrics, bringing to light issues of modern America. Santana had this to say "I'm not trying to single handily change the world, just trying to bring the corruption and lies to the surface and make my people aware of these situations; also when I speak of God in my music, I speak it with respect for all peoples religions all though I my self am a Jehovah Witness, I respect other peoples beliefs." Santana is recently working on "Think Big: Brain Power Mixtape" that will be followed by "Think Big: Brain Power" Santana's first full-length solo album. myspace.com/djsantana