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 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. 

 

 Where's Your Alaska- Bennet Henry: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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.

Click here to check out Bennet Henry’s site.

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Matt Ryd, a Chicago based singer-songwriterjust recently finished up a 3 song EP with Studio Pros and took a few minutes to let us know the artist behind the song.

 

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 All Would Change [3:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Check out more of Matt’s music at: http://mattryd.com

How did you discover Studio Pros?
I actually saw a small advertisement and was immediately intrigued. I’m a multi-instrumentalist, so I’ve previously recorded all of the different parts on my songs. But I’m also a huge perfectionist, and the “one-man-band” approach led mostly to a lot of stress and unfinished projects that were never deemed “good enough.” The funny thing is that it’s a lot easier for me to be satisfied with recordings of my songs when there are other people playing the backing parts. And the Studio Pros musicians are extremely talented, so I can feel very confident about handing the reins over to them. It’s nice, because it lets me focus on my singing, my guitar part, and especially the overall feel of the song.

Tell us a little bit about yourself:
I was born and raised in the Chicago-land area (first in the suburbs, then finally moved to the city), and I’m really just a midwestern boy at heart – I can’t walk through a door without holding it for someone else, and I’ve got a total Chicago accent. My two favorite things in life are music and books, so it’s only fitting that I’m finishing a degree in English while continuing to write and record music. I absolutely love this city and got a street performer license just for the fun of busking among the amazing architecture.

How long have you been writing songs?
There’s definitely some home videos of me singing made-up songs at the tender young age of “4-ish.” The first song I remember writing happened when I was 9 or 10, and was called “Riding in the Car with the Ryds” — a first-person narration from the point-of-view of two Beanie Babies that my sister had just purchased.

I first started seriously writing songs in high school. At the time, I only played piano, so I wrote a series of pretty sappy and unfortunate piano ballads. Eventually, though, I picked up an acoustic guitar, and that’s been my primary instrument ever since.

What inspires you to write music?
Everything. My life. Other people’s lives. Stories I read. Cheesy reruns of “Gilmore Girls.” Old movies. Just…everything. I write because I can’t not write.

More than anything else, though, other music inspires me to keep creating. I’ll sit and listen to “The Joshua Tree” or “Revolver” or any great album, and as soon as it’s over, I need to pick up a guitar and start playing. Part of it’s competitive: like an “I want to try to make something like that” attitude. But I think that, really, it’s just that listening to music inspires something in all of us – when you hear a song that really touches you, it connects on a deeper level than almost anything else possibly can. And when that happens to me, I want to turn around and put something else out there to do that to others.

Do you perform your music live?
Absolutely! I can be seen all over the Chicago area, playing anywhere from bars to coffee shops to living rooms to street corners. I love all aspects of being a singer/songwriter, but the live performances are what keep me convinced that this is what I was born to do.

Matt’s MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/mattryd

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