Benjamin M.
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- Skill Level:
- Semi-Pro
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), voice (baritone), sound effects
- Genres:
- progressive rock, metal, baroque, jazz (all), flamenco, experimental
- Influences:
- Genesis (With Peter Gabriel), Nine Inch Nails, The Mars Volta, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Duran Duran, King Crimson, Miles Davis, Bach, Paco De Lucia, Amon Tobin, Lamb, Muse, Radiohead, Midnight Oil, System Of A Down, Dead Can Dance, Loreena McKennit, Daniel Bélanger, Jean Leloup, Robert Charlebois, Voivod, Massive Attack, Portishead
President and Founder of DoubleV3, Benjamin has been active in media-related Internet initiatives for nearly 15 years. He believes in the potential of innovative web products to create a thriving marketplace for digital entertainment, to leverage the economics of the Long Tail, to preserve cultural diversity, and to provide local spin to a global Internet.
A key player in the Canadian music industry, Benjamin has been the President of the Board of SOPREF, an independent organization promoting emerging artists, an administrator of ADISQ, a board of commerce for independent labels, and a director of Culture Montréal. Benjamin is currently a member of the Board of Directors of SOPROQ, an association responsible for royalty distribution and performance licensing for original rights holders in sound and video recording.
Beyond business and technology, Benjamin is also a talented musician. His musical passions are live guitar performances and studio experimentation.
- How I Work:
Rev-share and/or hourly rate, depending on the projects.
Also open to creative commons endeavors.
- Experience:
Playing guitar (classical, jazz, rock, experimental) for 25 years.
Electronic music (loops, rythms, soundscapes) for 10 years.
- Equipment:
Macbook Pro
Ableton Suite 8.0
Line 6 PODxt and Variax 700
Godin LGXT
Seagull Coastline Cedar 12 String
Mesa Boogie Triaxis and 20/20 Stereo
Mesa Boogie 2x12 Three-Quarter Back and 4x12 Rectifier Standard
Mackie Onyx 1220 Firewire and MCU
M-Audio Oxygen 8 and MIDISPORT 4x4
Sennheiser MD 431
Shure SM57
- Payments:
- This user accepts PayPal for session payment
Hi Ben! We share alot of the same musical tastes, I would like to have you on my contacts list. Your resume is impressive, KUDOS!