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Nell Smith is a 13-year-old from British Columbia who became friends with Wayne Coyne, the lead singer of famous rock band the Flaming Lips. (Image submitted by Jude Smith)
B.C. teen lives out dream recording with famous rock band CBC Kids News • Published 2021-01-26 07:00 A musical friendship blossomed into a future album Lots of kids dream of recording music with their favourite rock stars. One 13-year-old wouldn’t let the pandemic stop her from making her dream come true. Nell Smith, from Fernie, British Columbia, recorded nine cover songs with famous rock band the Flaming Lips during the pandemic.
Here s How a BC Teenager Got to Record with the Flaming Lips
Nell Smith, 13, tracked nine songs with Wayne Coyne and co. remotely in the pandemic
Published Dec 21, 2020
Time without touring left artists of all stripes to create in quarantine this year, and a 13-year-old in British Columbia can count the Flaming Lips and frontman Wayne Coyne among her collaborators.
As CBC News reports, Nell Smith of Fernie, BC, got up to some remote recording with the group during the pandemic. Of course, travel restrictions due to COVID-19 prevented Smith and her family from traveling to the Lips native Oklahoma for in-person sessions.
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B.C. teen embarks on unlikely pandemic collaboration with The Flaming Lips
Nell Smith of Fernie, B.C., struck up an unlikely friendship with the famously flamboyant singer of the Grammy-award-winning band before the pandemic. Then, in the spring, she found herself recording with the band.
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