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Artist
Tim Bennett
12+ albums
rockjazzbassfunkSellaBand
about
BMI singer-songwriter-musician Tim Bennett began this project as a sonic mouthpiece in response to an arresting and rhythmical emotional life he had been living in the most vibrant and darkest corners of the planet from Brazil to Southeast Asia to New York and back home in London. Bennett’s emotive use of lyrics metaphorically encapsulates his demons and triumphs set against modern soulful rock melodies. His fans responded in full force with a ground breaking action - they personally funded this thinking-man’s rock and roll band’s first studio album Miseducated, raising over $30,000. The enthusiastic cry of Bennett’s fans waving dollar bills to get this guy into a studio caught the attention of two uber multi-platinum music professionals: Steve Hardy, Master Mixing Engineer, whose Grammy Award winning work includes such artists as Alicia Keys, U2, Jay-Z, Prince, etc and secondly, Master Mixer Ted Jensen, who has worked with everyone from The Police[/artist[, to Madonna, Green Day, Dave Matthews Band[/artist[, etc and won a Grammy for his work on Norah Jones’ Album of the Year “Come Away with Me”. Add Producer Jeff Thall into the mix, this dream team got hooked on Civilized Tears' poetic addictive sound, honest lyrics and began recording Bennett’s “rock collage of everything I've ever loved and probably some things I didn't” in New York City. The first single off the album, Black Rain is an infectious sing-at the-top-of-your lungs-with-the-car-windows-rolled-down anthem. “I
