Songwriter Bennett Brier

I am seeking someone to record my 2nd CD with me. I am a songwriter and not a performing artist. I want to record it live at a local venue with one to three musicians who would like to perform my songs.

My goal is to produce these songs and release them as a CD for digital sales through iTunes and other sites. There'd be no physical CD sales - at least initially. I'd rent the venue and hire the recording engineer with equipment. An admission would be charged and all proceeds would be paid to the recording musicians. This concept is evolving every time I think about it so I am open to other possibilities that are mutually good for everyone involved.

What I want in musicians:

1. You like my songs - released and unreleased

2. You like Bob Dylan - past and current

3. You're flexible and patient

4. You like this concept of collaboration

5. You will help me finish the music on a few songs i'd like to be played at the show

6. I like how you do my songs

I am looking for at least one vocalist and several other musicians proficient with acoustic instruments such as guitar, violin/fiddle, bass, or mandolin. Harmonica would be nice. Surprise me!

If you're interested, please email me @ bbrier@austin.rr.com. Let me know why this interests you, what music you like and have done, how you can contribute to this project, and any ideas about it that come to mind. Feel free to send me an MP3 recording of you performing any type of song. I'll respond to everyone. If I believe we can work together, I will invite you for a visit to talk it out and see if we can be a team. Certainly feel free to share this with anyone you feel might be interested!

I hope you agree this would be an exciting musical project.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Thank you!

October 1, 2009:

Welcome to my redesigned and upgraded bennettsongs Music website! I hope you'll find it interesting and easy to use.

Along with the general redesign, please take note of some new features.

I intend to continuously showcase a Great Song I Like! for your listening pleasure. Please check out the current guest artist's performance; you might like it, too!

Additionally, I want to introduce you to my bennettsongs Music site on Facebook. If you are on Facebook yourself, you can visit it and, if you're so inclined, join my Fan group.   I also have enhanced My Guestbook so that it keeps out the bots and spamming riffraff that plagued it before this upgrade. Drop me a line!

In my last post some time back, I mentioned my intent to put out my next CD of originals. Alas, since then, there's been a lot of life, and life only things going on, and thus this CD has been delayed. I hope to put out new music soon. However, it will be offered the modern way - as a digital download CD only.   Alas, I still would appreciate sponsorships in pursuit of this. If you're interested, please check out My Next CD link for further information and where you can listen to some practice recordings of songs being considered for inclusion on it.

Finally, I now offer an Apple iPhone/iPod Touch app for my music. I am trying to update the app icon to my bennettsongs logo; the icon will automatically change if this occurs.

Anyways, I appreciate you visiting my site and encourage you to look around.

Thank you!

Bennett bbrier@austin.rr.com

February 12 2007:

I intend for 2007 to be an exciting year for my music. My goal is to release my second CD of original songs. I've selected songs that I plan to record and I've worked with other musicians to develop how I wish to record them. I believe you'll like it!

In the meantime, please check out my enhanced website with all its bells and whistles. In particular, I invite you to take a look at my:

"Latest News" page (this page), where I intend to keep you informed of important developments.
"Anthem CD" page, where you can listen to or read the lyrics of songs on this CD or you can purchase the entire CD.
"Downloads" page, which points you to various sources from which you can download my songs including iTunes, Rhapsody, eMusic, Y! Music, and RollingStone.
"My Next CD" page, which allows you to listen to rough versions of some of the songs I intend to record.
"Do My Songs" page, which encourages fellow musicians who like my songs to record or perform them.
"Links" page, which displays recommended links to various music-related pages I've established and additional important music and other sites.
"bennettsongs Radio" page, where you can listen to music I probably like.

In addition, I've joined the MySpace crowd with the creation of www.myspace.com/bennettsongs.

On my ezFolk, MySpace, SongRamp, and CDBaby sites, fans can post reviews of my music. In the hope of helping me generate some buzz for my songs, I ask you to consider writing your own review of what you hear.

Finally, I intend to update about my music on my sites and via a mailing list. Please let me know if I can inform you with bennettsongs news via email.

Thank you!

Bennett bbrier@austin.rr.com

June 21 2006:

Hey, my website is updated! Check it out! A few more modest changes are planned to occur within the next few months. A major one will be to allow people to buy downloads of my songs from one or more non-iTunes sources.

Prep work for my second CD is proceeding. I hope to record some basic voice and geetar tracks in September. Fun! Fun! Fun!

Oh yeah, at the risk of seeming/being somewhat manipulative, I'd truly appreciate for readers of this news - dear fans of mine! LOL - to access my CDBaby website and add comments/reviews regarding my ANTHEM CD. I don't believe you have to be a CDBaby member to do so. If you don't mind thinking about doing this, go to the "My CD Baby Home Page" link in the LINKS page of this website and make me look good! Now, one might also be able to do similar in another site "My SongRamp Home Page" but you might need to be a SongRamp member. Thanx!

June 9 2006:

Big news! You can now buy songs from ANTHEM via iTunes and a lot of other sources! Through my membership in CDBaby (https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bennettbrier), my ANTHEM songs have been sent to many downloading outlets - MusicNet, MusicIsHere, GroupieTunes, Destra, MOD Systems, WrapFactory, Choice Records, Inprodicon, MusicNow, Verizon Wireless, Daiki (Music Online Corp), MP3tunes, Emusic, Chondo, MSN Music, Rhapsody, YooPeDoo, PayPlay, BuyMusic, AudioLunchbox, Napster, Bitmunk, DigitalKiosk, GreatIndieMusic, iSound, Interia, Liquid Digital Media, MP3-Extension, Weed, Intent Media Works, Sony Connect, TastyAudio (1776), PeerImpact, and MPGreek. Please feel free to buy download of my songs! Thanx!

February 6 2006:

This is first news update on my bennettsongs website. Once I know what I am doing, I’ll post more updates.