Curt Smith is a musician, singer and songwriter, who provided the lead vocals for some of the biggest hits ("Mad World," "Pale Shelter," "Everybody Wants to Rule The World," "Advice for the Young At Heart") of Tears For Fears, the group he co-founded with Roland Orzabal in 1981. TFF continues to perform worldwide, with Eastern U.S. and Asia/Pacific tours in 2010, in addition to which Smith enjoys a flourishing solo career.

He released his latest single "All Is Love (featuring Zoë Keating)" in January 2010; it's the first song in an album-length project of collaborations with artists Smith discovers via social media. Like "Halfway, pleased," his 2008 solo album, it was released under a Creative Commons license via his own KOOK Media imprint. Smith is a vocal proponent of Creative Commons, the nonprofit organization dedicated to making it easier for people to share their creative endeavors, consistent with the rules of copyright.

Smith, who originally hails from Bath, England, became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2007. After a decade in New York, he moved to Los Angeles in 1998 (where he still lives today with his wife and two daughters). In 2001 he began work on what was to become "Halfway, pleased," but put the project on hold when he and Orzabal reformed Tears For Fears for 2004's "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending."

When not on tour with TFF, Smith works on his solo projects and performs at Los Angeles venues including Hotel Café, McCabe's and Largo at The Coronet. He embraces technology and social media, and has become a sought-after speaker at conferences including 140TC, OpenSource.com's "Open Your World" Forum, and TEDxHollywood. He also enjoys acting, and will be making a guest appearance on the USA Network series "Psych" in 2010.

In addition to studio albums, the prolific Smith has written music for television and is collaborating on a theatrical musical; his next creative goal is to compose for film. "The idea of adding a visual component to the lyrical and musical composition," he says, "appeals to me."

Updated May 2010