Featured Artist: Bennet Henry
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Are you a songwriter that has been writing for years and have no recordings to show for it? You are not alone. We have worked with many artists in the past that are “closet songwriters” looking to get their material out, but unsure of what the next step is.
Bennet Henry is the classic example of a talented songwriter who was keeping his songs to himself. This Pacific Northwest business man is not a musician by profession, but loves music just as much as any other songwriting enthusiast. He started out working with the Pros last fall by sending us his traditional country melodies a cappella without any instruments. He had a slew of old crooner sounding songs he’d written on long plane rides, and compiled from various experiences in his daily life.
Studio Pros’ production manager Kati O’Toole heard promise in his melodies, even though his recordings were very rough and encouraged him to move forward with his music and get some guitar tracks to accompany his vocals. Our talented guitarist Adam Rodeh took Henry’s melodies and created the backing guitar parts to transform his swooning melodies into full sounding songs.
Having fun getting his ideas transformed into songs, Henry ordered layers of guitars for all of his melodies and eventually posted up his own music website where others could hear his work. Now Henry shares his music with people across the country, not just his wife! He’s even completed a full production of his song “Where’s Your Alaska” based off of the Jon Krakauer novel ‘Into The Wild’.
You can be like Bennet and get your songs recorded. Remember, you don’t have to be a professional musician to get professional quality sounds. At Studio Pros, we can help meet your goal of getting your songs produced. Did you ever think you could have professional session players from Los Angeles play on your tracks? Now you can. No matter where you live, we can help you.
Send us what you’ve got, and we can help you transform your ideas into fully produced songs. You may be the next closet songwriter brought into the public eye.



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