About Me
BENNIE SIMS WORLD RENOWNED BASSIST OWNER AND FOUNDER OF "BOOM! CAMP RECORDS" BASSIST, SINGER, COMPOSER, PRODUCER, BANDLEADER COMPOSER OF OVER 300 SONGS RANGING FROM JAZZ TO FUNK, HIP-HOP TO ROCK & ROLL AND BALLADS. BENNIE SIMS STARTED OUT WITH A LINE OF SUCCESSFUL LOCAL BANDS. FROM ROCK BAND SPRINGFIELD, THAT RELEASED BENNIE'S FIRST SINGLE, THROUGH TABU TO MARTY & THE MANGOS, HE WAS GAINING EXPERIENCE TO BUILD HIS MUSICAL CAREER. HIS SKILLS HAVE TAKEN HIM TO 14 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WITH MANY WELL KNOWN ARTISTS INCLUDING: THE THREE DEGREES, PIECES OF A DREAM, AL JARREAU, ANGELA BOFILL, THE TEMPTATIONS, HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES, THE TRAMMPS, DIZZY GILLESPIE, TOOTS THIELMAN, RICK DERRINGER, RITA COOLIDGE, RAY PARKER JR., BEBE WYNANS, FRANK MCCOMBS, TOWER OF POWER, AND TAVARES. 1991-1993 JOINED PIECES OF A DREAM AS A BASSIST, COMPOSER, PRODUCER, MUSIC DIRECTOR. 1992-1999 SIGNED WITH BLUE NOTE CAPITOL RECORDS. HE HAS PERFORMED NUMEROUS TIMES ON NATIONAL TELEVISION INCLUDING: EMERIL "LIVE", GOOD MORNING AMERICA AND A SPECIAL 2002 PBS BROADCAST " LOVE, RHYTHM AND SOUL" WITH LEGENDARIES ARETHA FRANKLIN, LOU RAWLS, THE SPINNERS AND MANY MORE. BENNIE IS CURRENTLY THE MUSIC DIRECTOR AND BASSIST FOR THE THREE DEGREES WORLDWIDE & FOUNDING MEMBER WITH CURTIS HARMON OF NEW JAZZ SENSATION "CORNERSTONE."