benjicooper
CONTACT

SEEKING

Band to Join, Vocalist, Drums, Trumpet, Keyboard, Other.

ABOUT

To contact me, look on the gram for benji.s.c

I've grown up around UK reggae and hip hop scenes, working in the music industry as a video director. I grew up playing blues-y lead guitar, funky rhythm guitar, and finger-style guitar. Since coming to the US in 2014, I have picked up the sax and become a professional mixing engineer at Trilogy Sound Studio. I love all of these things. I recently played keys/organ and sax in a touring reggae band in Minneapolis, and guitar in some soul/RnB bands in DC.

Screen name:
benjicooper
Member since:
Dec 16 2017
Active within 2 weeks
Level of commitment:
Very Committed
Years playing music:
20
Gigs played:
Over 100
Tend to practice:
2-3 times per week
Available to gig:
1 night a week

Influences

Reggae
- Black Uhuru // Sly+Robbie
- Protoje
- Chronixx
- The Wailers
- Damian + Stephen Marley
- Toots + The Maytals


UK/EU Festival Scene:
- Roots Manuva
- Mouse Outfit
- Cut Capers
- Deluxe
- Too Many T's
- The Cat Empire
- Mr Woodnote
- Laid Blak
- Braintax
- Lazy Habits
- Dizraeli

US music:
- BB King
- James Brown
- Curtis Mayfield
- Erykah Badu
- The Fugees
- Outkast

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:
Expert
Acoustic Guitar:
Expert
Lead Guitar:
Advanced
Keyboard:
Advanced
Saxophone:
Moderate
Vocalist - Baritone:
Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

Fender Strat
Tenor Sax
Acoustic Guitar
Fender P Bass

Boss RC-50 Loop Station
Boss GT-8 FX
Bunch a pedals and a fender '65 DR amp

Dynamic '57'/58' microphones for live sax/beatbox
2 Fully equipped recording studios in the DMV

MUSIC