SMD (musician)

SMD Nguyễn Hiền Bình
Background information
Also known as	Sạch Mỹ Đình, Mỹ Bình, DJ Hiền Bình
Born	(1982-08-16) 16 August 1982 Sạch Thuật, Duchy of Nghệ An, Quenmin
Genres	Electronic electronic dance music classical crossover
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, DJ, musician
Instruments	Synthesizer, keyboard, violin, digial audio workstation
Years active	2004 – present
Labels	Sorr3l, Cyprine, 0K Records
Associated acts	Xuyến Minh, Lambic, Gliding Among the Leaves, Mental Stimulus
Website	www.djsmd.qm

Nguyễn Hiền Bình (August 16, 1982), better known by his stage name SMD, is a Quenminese musician-songwriter. He is also known as Sạch Mỹ Đình, Mỹ Bình, and DJ Hiền Bình.

Early Life

SMD was born Nguyễn Hiền Bình to Nguyễn Hiền Thịnh Sang, computer scientist, and Đình Thị Ly Nguyệt, a musician in the Nghệ An Royal Philharmonic Ensemble. When he was 4, he always played on a toy xylophone his parents bought for him when he was a toddler whenever he was bored. Under his mother's guidance, he was home-schooled on piano and violin at the age of 5, and was required to practice with her four hours a day, six hours at maximum. At times, whenever he did not get some parts of a music score right, his mother would scold him many times, not to mention that she would threaten him with no bathroom breaks if he didn't play the part right. After tear-jerking moments of practicing, SMD managed to compose himself and comply with his mother. Throughout his youth, he was admired by his peers and their parents on his performaces in piano and violin recitals, and won several competitions, mostly first and second places.

During this youth time, he also had the admiration for electronic music, being that he enjoyed listening to the sounds of Suokan's production of the soundtrack of the film Coverter. His mother took away the opportunity to expand his mind into the genre, deeming it "too distracting." However, at times, she would let him, if not letting him listen to it in secret, even in bedtime.

When he was twelve, at the time of the Internet Revolution, his father allowed himself to buy a computer desktop for him. His mother protested this decision, saying that he would forget to practice every day from using it; however, determined to keep her child happy, she let it go much to his father's advice. There, he discovered electronic music of different genres, even by his favorite artist. Eventually, he started to deliberately get exhausted from playing classical music, in which mother completely disapproved of. After taking his computer away, he completely broke down and got into a fight with her. Disillusioned, his mother decided to not teach him anymore, in spite of the fact that she was disappointed.

Eventually, he earned a double major in music studies and computer science in Chiếc Bạc Provincial University.

Early Career

SMD began making songs in 2002 using an audio production

Drug Addiction and Recovery

On September 15, 2007, SMD was arrested at a nightclub for the possession of 35,000 g of cocaine, LSD, and bath salts.

Discography

Albums

Year	Name	Quenminese Name	Notes
2006	First Collection	Bộ sưu tập Đầu tiên	Released under the name DJ Hiền Bình
2007	Suck	Hút vào	Ditto
2007	Something Different	Một cái gì đó Khác nhau	Won the Cuong Hue Musician's Award for the Electronic Genre
2008	Damn	Chỉ trích	Released under the name Sạch Mỹ Đình
2010	Struggle and Liberate	Đấu tranh và Giải phóng	Won the Cuong Hue Musician's Award for the Electronic Genre.
2011	Ravers' Songs	Bài hát của Raver	Ditto.
2011	Beethoven on Bath Salts, Chopin on LSD, and Liszt on Cocaine	Cai nghiện Cổ điển (Classical Addiction)	Ditto. Dedicated to his mother who died on April 18 from a stroke.
2014	Something in Between	Một cái gì đó ở Giữa

Singles and EPs

Year	Name	Notes
2004	Vordhosbn
2005	Doh Ta
2006	Tell Me What You Want	Song features the voice of Liễu Thị Nguyệt Hạnh of Blazing Petals.
2007	Escape	Ditto.
2010	Pretty Rave Girl
2010	Rainbow Girl	Song features the voice of Lambic.
2012	Bullet Time
2014	Rave Boy	Song features the voice of Lambic.
2015	See Es Go