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"Andrew Benon has crafted a pitch perfect recreation of great 80's pop with this track (Rock and Roll Moves). From the Bowie-esque vocals to the screaming saxophone to the sparkling synths, Rock And Roll Moves deserves to be the summer anthem of convertible drivers everywhere. It almost sounds like it was written by Prince back in his eighties hey day, especially the flawless chorus. Best of all, Andrew Benon's debut effort is full of this kind of stuff. Many artists (especially on this blog) draw from the eighties for their sound, but few have been as believable as Benon is. Lyrically, Moves is very clever as well, which is always a pleasant surprise in pop music. Finally, on a related note: I need those sunglasses."
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"Andrew Benon attributes his career choice to one particular evening as a youth, sitting in the backseat of his parent's car in a Pizza Hut parking lot. Suffering from stomach problems, little Andrew Benon was in pain until Hall & Oates "Kiss On My List" started playing on the car radio. That's when he realized that he wanted to be a rock star.
Many years later, Benon, a Minnesota native, has released his debut, a compact 7-song CD titled Rock and Roll Moves. Before pontificating on the actual music, let me just say that for a debut by an artist not known out of his own zip code, 7 songs is the PERFECT length. Bravo on that alone, Mr. Benon. Bravo.
The music on the CD is an homage to mid-80s FM pop radio. Benon's vocals sound like Bowie's from the "Let's Dance"/"Blue Jean" period of Ziggy Stardust's career while the music falls somewhere between the new wave Brit-pop synth keyboard sounds of Duran Duran and the booty-shaking funk of the almighty Purple One, Prince. In other words, this is the ideal soundtrack to an afternoon at the roller rink. Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that members of Tapes N' Tapes, Mike Doughty's band, N.E.R.D. and Prince's band lay down the smooth funk sound on the CD? Dig it my brothers and sisters, dig it in all of it's 1985 glory."
I am a pop musician based in Minneapolis, MN. I have a CD called Rock and Roll Moves. Leave a comment - send a message - enjoy the music. Thank you for visiting.
Andrew
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Hi Andrew & Fans.. Please continue to vote for Andrew.
Please Repost As A Bulletin.
Here are the top 16 Musicians with the highest votes this week...out of over 1200 Musicians & Singers in the contest..
Here is a update on my music contest for March 15th. 2008
Thank you so much for being our friends and helping us to Raise Awareness for Mastocytosis & Ehlers Danlos Syndrome..
Music Contest.. Prize Ten Thousand Dollars. If you are famous and you win I will donate the money to a charity of your choice... If you are not famous I will give you the Ten Thousand Dollars for your music career.
Here are the 16 singers that are leading .. This is out of over 1200 hundred Musicians & Singers that are in the contest. .If you are on my music page you are automatically entered in the contest if you are a Musician or Singer.
Remember you can vote for yourself once each day, your friends can vote for you and you can post a bulletin... Just send me a message with the name of the person you are voting for...at my address, myspace. com/patriciamastoandeds
You can learn a lot about these conditions by visiting my music page and going to the links I have there.
The contest rules are on my music page.
1.Colbie Calliet 2.Miley Cyrus 3.John Anthony 4.Giovanni Lamanna 5.Michala Todd 6.Emma Mae 7.CheckmateJax 8.Melissa Tarter 9.Maristella 10.Julian Sage 11.The Rolling Stones 12.Trace Adkins 13. Erica-Marie 14.Reba McEntire 15.Victoria Hamilton 16.Connie Talbot
This contest is very exciting.. and we still have until August to see who wins, The Singer or Musician with the most votes wins....The scores change daily so,,, remember to vote... I will post the Top16 Musicians & Singers with the highest scores every month.
Thank you for being our friends and helping us to Raise Awareness for Mastocytosis & Ehlers Danlos Syndrome...
You know what's really cool? Working out on the treadmill while listenting to your i-Pod and hearing "Rock and Roll Moves" come up right between "Comfortably Numb" and "Spirits in the Material World." It's hard to beat that.
Yeah I love interpol, it was amazing. Thats awesome, besides the people I went with your the first person I've "met" that went to 'em. ps thank you for the add
Hey Andrew Benon, I wanted to thank you for being my friend and all your support. I want to invite you to download “Suicide Girls,” the first song of our digital tour. Take a listen to some of our songs and tell me what you think - one of the best things about be a musician is getting feedback from music lovers like you.
Thanks and always feel free to message us, The Love Kills Theory
Congrats on your article in the City Pages. I would like to get one of your CD's for play down at the club. This coming Wed. 5/23 should be right up your alley as it's nothing but 80's pop all night.
HEY Andrew that was a REALLY kick ass show! you guys were spot on. Paula said she was focusing so hard that she wouldn't even look at Bill and I out in the audience singing along. she was totally on point. you guys did a great job rocking the house and you totally looked the part. Well done! Hope to see you again! take care
Killer show last night, Andrew. It's great to see you on stage again after so long. We all had a blast. I hope I wasn't too stalker-like up at the front, but I had to be front and center. See you in June. Cheers.
