Andrew Benzie: Musician/Instructor, Bass/Drums

RHYTHMS Volume 1
(abcd-018)

RHYTHMS Volume 1 features myself and over twenty of my students.

Each of my students was given the opportunity to create a song for this album. Drummers created an original song by arranging their favorite beats into verses and choruses, and bass players recreated a classic rock tune of their choice. Drum students were recorded solo, and bass players were recorded live with myself on drums. I then added bass, guitars, keyboards, horns, percussion and various sound effects to complete each track.

Special thanks to all my students for making this album possible - keep up the good work!

release date:
December 2007

tracks:
Interlude #1 - Strings (benzie)
Drums (benzie)
Already Used (benzie)
The Cheesey Drumsticks (benzie)
Smoke on the Water (blackmore/gilan/ glover/lord/paice)
Interlude #2 - Nature (benzie)
My First Drum Song (benzie)
The Electric Pickle (benzie)
The Rockin’ Rampage (benzie)
Zombiefish (benzie)
Fake Tales of San Francisco (turner)
Interlude #3 - People (benzie)
Or Something (benzie)
I Can’t See The Day (benzie)
Kush’s Song (benzie)
I’ll Take You There (staple singers)
Interlude #4 - Farm (benzie)
Those are the Names? (benzie)
I Can’t Think (benzie)
James Song (benzie)
Don’t Embarrass Myself (benzie)
Another One Bites The Dust (deacon)
Interlude #5 - Future (benzie)
Know (benzie)
I’m Not Sure (benzie)
Under My Feet (benzie)
Sunshine of Your Love (clapton/bruce/brown)
East Portal (benzie)

personnel:
Andrew Benzie (drums, electric bass, guitar, keyboards, horns, strings & sound effects)
Beatrice Lindemuth (drums)
Dylan Hoff (drums)
Ethan Thompson (drums)
Sunil Anbja (bass)
Ari Epshtein (drums)
Micah Spalding (drums)
Will Reuvekamp (drums)
Dylan Anderson (bass)
Zack Miller (drums)
Emily Lescure (drums & vocals)
Kush Subramanian (drums)
Hamed Paya (bass)
Jerry Moore (drums)
Katrina Gilbert (drums)
Kurtis Enloe (drums)
Don Clark (drums)
Terry Whitington (bass)
Jacob Brickman (drums)
Goeffrey Gardiner (drums)
Jim Coon (drums)
Steve Kallick (bass)
Andy Kallick (drums)

equipment used:
Fender, Parker, Epiphone, & Ibanez basses, Carvin amplifiers, Ludwig drums, Zildjian cymbals, Shure microphones, Behringer mixer, M-Audio USB converter & keyboard controller, Olympus digital camera, Apple G3 & iMac G5 computers, Garage Band, Adobe Photoshop & Quark Xpress software

digitaly recorded by:
Andrew Benzie
at The Home Field in Orinda, California
in October & September, 2007

mixed by:
Andrew Benzie
in Orinda, California in December 2007

Produced and arranged by Andrew Benzie
Designed by Andrew Benzie

Copyright © 2007 Andrew Benzie

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