Artist of the Day | BENEDICT DRINKS
ARTIST OF THE DAY
15.11.2020
BENEDICT DRINKS
LOCATION
St John's, NL
GENRE
Modern Folk
CURRENT MEMBERS
Ben Chapman-Smith
With the current pandemic, the state of the music and touring industry has dramatically changed. Where were you when everything was brought to a halt?
I was in st John's NL teaching, playing and getting ready to go back to school for recording/production.
How has that affected your plans for the coming months? Did you have a tour planned, upcoming album release?
As an artist it made it a bit harder to land a gig for a few months but we've been privileged in St. John's so it's been pretty good. I've had some time to work on another release for another project.
What have you been doing to fill/make the most of your new-found free time at home?
I don't have much free time. I've been teaching a lot, updating set lists, working on grants and playing plenty.
What was the first thing you did/place you went to now the country is starting to slowly re-open?
Buy some new gear.
Do you have a message for everyone at home reading this?
Thanks for reading! If you want to hear more from me check out my website www.benchapmansmith.com
ALBUM: LOSE YOUR DELUSION
Lose your Delusion is Benedict Drinks' debut release. It is a collection of songs that are rooted in modern folk with the odd twist of Jazz, Pop, and Folk-Punk. Lose your Delusion was recorded entirely in February 2020 as part of the RPM Challenge, and was released February 29th 2020.
CREDITS:
Ben Chapman-Smith: Bass, Drums, Guitar, Percussion, Ukulele, Vocals.
Cameron Legge: Slide Guitar on All Hell
Jack Gruber: Keys on Thin air
Rowan Sherlock: Violin on The Sea
Rosemary Chapman-Smith: Album Art
Produced & Recorded By: Ben Chapman-Smith
‘Riot’ by ‘Adventure Team Assemble!’ Ben featured as the lyricist vocalist and arranger on this modern metal core banger. The collaboration also ended up on Heavy NFLD’s Compilation album ‘Burn the Leeches’
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