Kassie and Brennan are rock stars |
My crazytalented friends, Kassie and Brennan, spent the afternoon with me Friday taking pictures on the square in Murfreesboro. The day could not have been more perfect. The pace was leisurely and u...
Posted by Benton Stokes on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:10:00 PST |
Studio fun today |
Spent some time in the studio with the ubertalented Dennis Dearing and Blair Masters today. Blair laid some killer B3 on five (count 'em!) tracks and Dennis threw down some new acoustic guitars on "B...
Posted by Benton Stokes on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:12:00 PST |
Studio time and friends |
I'm in the studio today. Getting closer and closer to getting this record finished up. I'm really thankful to have the chance to do this. My friend, Dennis, is amazingly generous for working with m...
Posted by Benton Stokes on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:13:00 PST |
My friend, Mike |
Had a great time catching up with my friend, Michael, today. You know, sometimes hearing yourself tell somebody something you've been thinking has a way of putting a different spin on it. I don't kn...
Posted by Benton Stokes on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:13:00 PST |
The Tyranny of the Urgent |
They say you make time for the things that are most important to you. I guess I understand why "they" would say that. But in my experience, especially lately, there just isn't enough time for all th...
Posted by Benton Stokes on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:31:00 PST |
New Vocals |
For anyone keeping up...I sang six lead vocals Tuesday night, bringing my total number of tracks to 11. However, I should say that at the request of Brady and John, the profs at MTSU who are orchestr...
Posted by Benton Stokes on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:25:00 PST |
Learning To Live |
Hope you like the new tune. It's a one-take piano-vocal from last week's session. One step closer to having a complete project....Thanks for listening. :)Benton
Posted by Benton Stokes on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:09:00 PST |
Happy |
Do you ever ask yourself, "What do I want?" This is a tough question for me to answer much of the time. As a kid, it was simple to want a badder bike or super powers or a time-travel machine. Now w...
Posted by Benton Stokes on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:18:00 PST |
St. Louis Recap |
Well, I finished three songs while in St. Louis, so I'd have to say it was a productive trip. Of course, there were the gigs too. Crave was a blast and the St. Charles Coffeehouse was nice too. Spe...
Posted by Benton Stokes on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:55:00 PST |
Craving Renaissance |
St. Louis is an old city, but one that seems to be finding some new life. I played tonight at Crave, which happens to be a coffeehouse that's a church...or a church that's a coffeehouse. I haven't r...
Posted by Benton Stokes on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:06:00 PST |
