Play & Shine: The Intuitive Entrepreneur Soundtrack
is a powerful and eclectic blend of music to support the success
of your heart-based ventures.
This collection serves as an ANTIDOTE to
struggle, resistance, fear and confusion. Within these carefully chosen
songs, you will find ease, momentum with the flow, love and the
power of clarity.
These inspired artists will undoubtedly inspire YOU
to do and be your best, to keep the faith and follow your truth,
and most importantly, encourage you to Play & Shine!
PLAY ENHANCER
01 Virgin Aire | Glen Helgeson 5:11
02 Fertile Crescent | Suzanne Teng 5:07
03 The Dance of Life | Steve Yeager 2:42
04 A Weding On Venus | Glen Helgeson 3:05
05 Espiritus | SoulFood & RaMusic 6:12
TRANSITION & CENTERING
06 Trust Me | Holly Long 3:15
07 Grace | Steven C. Anderson 3:22
08 Far North | Glen Helgeson 4:21
09 She Will Carry You | Emma Ninel 3:37
10 Katyia’s Dance | Suzanne Teng 7:05
REVVED FOR SUCCESS
11 Love is Alive | The Hitmaker featuring Stacy K. & Georger Faber 3:06
12 Groovy Kinda Wonderful | Indiana Gregg 3:35
13 Gimme All You Got (Instrumental )| Nicholas Markos 3:28
14 Express Yourself | The Hitmaker featuring Stacy. K 4:01
15 Do Your Thing | Steve Yeager featuring Bruce Henry 3:34
16 Three Little Birds | Steve Yeager featuring Bruce Henry 3:09
"It has not been the norm in my experience with the music biz to encounter a soul as deeply rooted in the "big picture," as nurturing to the artist, as patient with the universal flow as is the soul of Anthony Benson. Whatever Anthony does, he brings full devotion, love, expertise, and immense joy. (Maybe it's all the soy chai lattes...) He has been very instrumental in helping to bring my career and entire artistic process to the next level. I consider myself lucky to call him a friend and colleague for life."
Holly Long
Singer/Songwriter/Recording Artist - Leaving Kansas, Five for the Road, City Girl,
Every Little Seam
Los Angeles, California
"Anthony is an absolute pleasure to work with—professional, personable, supportive, perceptive, fair, and kind. From our first conversation, he built trust and made me feel comfortable and confident. He is open to suggestions and ideas, in addition to bringing his own; I respect his balance of openness and decisiveness, and he has shown good intuition about when to apply each.
His encouragement, insight, humor, and breadth as a person and in terms of music-business experience all feed his ability to get people working in harmony. He knows how to pick the right people and get the best out of them. He's generous and positive, and all of his qualities really come into play during long stretches of rehearsals, recording, etc. I've had great experiences working with him, and I look forward to a much longer journey together."
Nicholas Markos - Musician
www.tierecords.com
Chicago, Illinois
"As a producer, Anthony is great to work with—calm and relaxed with clear goals and requests. He has great respect for all the people that he works with and thereby gets superb musical performance and respect back from them. I will work with him again, anytime, anywhere."
Ian Terry - Engineer (Celine Dion, David Bowie, Peter Frampton, Diana Krall)
Toronto, Canada
"Anthony creates an environment of spontaneous creativity. He knows how to let musicians do what they do best by inspiring them to take chances. He has an ability to put the right musicians together— from different backgrounds and genres—and turn it into the perfect mix."
George Faber - Musician
Minneapolis, Minnesota
"Anthony is very clear and concise, without being impatient, when it comes to dealing with all aspects of the production process. He is very focused on making sure that the overall scope of a project does not get hijacked by the inherent details involved in accomplishing the ultimate goal at hand. He is interested in finding creative ways to work around obstacles that often present themselves in this kind of creative work. I do think Anthony is interested in creating a win-win scenario for everyone involved... all in a spirit of fun."
Peter Schimke - Musician
Minneapolis, Minnesota
"Anthony Benson is passionate about making sure that good music has a chance to be heard. He has the vision to see opportunities and the focus to make them happen. He's dedicated, conscientious, and creative. Truly a gem in this business!"
Connie Evingson/Jazz singer and recording artist
Minnehaha Music
Minneapolis, Minnesota
"Anthony knows how to go to the root of a dream and help you choose which seeds will take and in which environment the prettiest flowers will bloom. He has a real green-thumb in the garden of soul. He is someone I trust and respect and besides that he has so much integrity that it is impossible not to feel completely confident and excited about the journey ahead. I truly believe that Anthony is the key I was missing and look forward to a great new adventure working together!"
Pamela McNeill
Singer/Songwriter/Recording Artist
Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Anthony Benson exudes warmth and positivity. He inspires people to work together as a team and his leadership qualities ensure that each member of that team feels respected and valued. Thus whatever needs to be done gets done without conflict or stress. Anthony is creative and business like at the same time, he knows how to work with artists but can
also "close the deal" when needs be. This is a rare quality and ensures his success in whatever he puts his hand to... he's also great fun to have around and attracts wonderful people to him like a magnet.
Lucinda Drayton and Andrew Blissett of "Bliss"/Singer/Songwriters/Recording Artists
Blissful Records
Oxford, England
“Anthony Benson is a Master at connecting people in the new consciousness. He has created amazing events that attract people from around the world to come and exchange ideas and that can create a new paradigm in a practical way and bring about change. He is a major key figure in the transformation of humanity and I feel fortunate to have worked with him. He has produced some of my music CDs with me as well as my autobiographical book and the feedback I always get is the best! I wish him only the very best and celebrate his unique creativity and his innovative Spirit! Thank you Anthony!!!
Bettine Clemen
Internationally renowned Flautist/recording artist, Beautiful Bouquet - The Best of Bettine and author of Open Your Ears to Love,
Seymour, Missouri
“Anthony takes care of business, and is absolutely serious about what he does. His input has always been insightful, progressive, aggressive, thoughtful and artistic. A perfect blend for what the creative soul needs!
St. Paul a.ka. Paul Peterson
Singer/songwriter/recording artist/producer (solo artist and former member of the R&B group The Time)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Anthony Benson is an unusual combination of things. He’s extremely creative in everything he does, but, intuitively knows how to put a budget, timeline & action plan to that creativity. Anthony looks for a way to make a difference with every project he takes on but never loses sight that the “business end of making a difference” has to be successful or nobody wins.
Anthony has a natural talent & feel for music. He intuitively knows what people want. He compiled music from all over the world for National Geographic’s first CD line. The compilation is, Beautiful! Creative! Accessible! In addition to producing the CD’s, he licensed, negotiated & budgeted the project with ease.
Anthony is also a beautiful and gifted writer! Whether he’s writing for a book, magazine, music review or copy for a laundry detergent ad, his prose is insightful, poignant & impactful. Most important of all to me, Anthony has a kind, caring heart. He sincerely wants to “serve" any client he works with. It’s not “what can I get”? It’s “what can I give”? He’s wise enough to know that this philosophy will leave him peaceful & fulfilled, and besides that…”It’s just good business”.
Jimmy Brandmeier
President, 180 Music, LLC.
Los Angeles, CA/Madison, Wisconsin
CURRENT CLIENTS
MANAGEMENT
Holly Long
PRODUCTION
Holly Long (Leaving Kansas - CD
Five for the Road - EP
CONSULTING -A&R/Song Placement/Licensing
Holly Long
180 Music
SHOUT Media
Jenny Bruce
Marcome'
Patty Peterson
Christie McCarthy
Ricky Peterson
Amy Fairchild
Kyler England
Janet Robin
Connie Evingson
Rebecca Martin
T. Mychael Rambo
Soulfood
Jenny Bruce
Darren Curtis Skanson
Illiad Recordings
Peter Fields
Steven "C" Anderson
Mary Lousie Knutson
Steve Yeager
Bettine Clemen
Tammy Raybould
Pamela McNeill
Linda Peterson
St. Paul Peterson
Jeanne Arland Peterson
October Project
Sylvia Tosun
The Blenders
George Faber
Faith Rivera
Micheal Brandmeier
Mick Sterling
Beth Yeshaya
"Anthony Benson has what is, in my estimation, the rarest of combinations: He blends artistry and creativity
with tenacity and professionalism. His enthusiasm for the projects he works on knows no boundaries, but he has
a discerning eye for quality, as well. I've worked the music business for close to twenty years, and this guy stands
apart from the crowd. Believe me."
Scott Kellner
Chief Executive Officer
Tambourine, Inc., home of Sugo Music, Soundecor & Monarch Records
Anthony J.W. Benson brings creative personal management to his company injoi Music and his clients with his extensive production and project development background. Born in London, England, his nearly thirty year career in the field of communications and the entertainment industry has encompassed varied horizons, from conceptual development to public relations, marketing and promotion to music and video production, including involvement with numerous international media events.
Considered by his peers and colleagues as an expert-networker and communications specialist, Anthony incorporates his finely honed skills and serves as a conduit—connecting people, places, products and ideas—ultimately bridging new possibilities and opportunities for his diverse and ever-growing client base.
Well-respected in the music industry as a Consultant, Producer, Speaker and A&R Director, Anthony’s partial list of current and former music clients includes select corporations and record labels such as New World Music, Soulfood Music, Colorado Creative Music, Minnehaha Music, Peter B. Allen Publishing, Monarch Records, Genius Products and Sugo Music; Corporations: Target, Wal-Mart, Shopko, Genius Products, The Family Catalog; Recording and performing artists and producers: St. Paul (The Time, The Family, Donny Osmond), Tom Tucker (Oleta Adams, Chaka Kahn, George Benson) Doug Lebow (The Sharon Osborne Show, Extra, The Wayne Brady Show), Pamela McNeill (Yanni, Rick Astly), Bliss, Steven "C" Anderson (Mannheim Steamroller), Meredith Brooks (“Bitch”, “Shine”, The Graces), Ricky Peterson (John Mayer, Oleta Adams, Prince, David Sanborn), Connie Evingson, Bettine Clemen, Jenny Bruce, and Holly Long to name but a few.
Prior to his move to the southwest, where he currently resides, Anthony served as the Director of A&R, and acted as the Minister of Excitement for the respected music label Tambourine Inc. (SUGO Music, Monarch Records, Unison Music), spearheading the music for the first ever National Geographic World Music CD line. The top selling National Geographic titles include Destination: Africa, Destination: Ireland and Destination: Appalachia.
In 2006, Anthony‘s most current project had him joining creative forces with renowned recording engineer Ian Terry (Diana Krall, David Bowie, Celine Dion) to produce LA based singer/songwriter Holly Long’s third CD entitled Leaving Kansas. Tracked in Minneapolis, MN and mixed in Boulder, Co, this new CD is one of Anthony’s proudest musical accomplishments.
Anthony recently complied a best-selling series entitled Girls Night Out, a six CD series produced exclusively for Target stores nationwide. He also had the great pleasure of creating and producing a benefit compilation CD entitledLIVE ON: Songs of Love, Hope and Inspiration. This CD features various talented artists (October Project, Sylvia Tosun, Mick Sterling and more) from across the country to help Hurricane relief efforts, with its proceeds helping the American Red Cross.
A popular guest on many radio and television shows throughout the United States, Anthony has appeared on WCCO, KSTP, KFAI, The Paul Gonzales Show, The Wisdom Channel and FOX TV. He has also been featured as an authority in his field in Essence Magazine, Black Enterprise Magazine, The Minneapolis Star and Tribune, The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota Law & Politics, The Twin Cities Reader, City Pages, Sweet Potato, The EDGE Newspaper and Healthfile.
As an esteemed writer, he’s penned inspiring stories for the best selling books Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Teenage Soul, and More Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Soul, as well as serve as a regular contributor and columnist to Miracle Journeys and The EDGE.
Additionally, Anthony’s popular music review column inTune with Anthony J.W. Benson, which recently completed a popular 5-year run, was published by the respected Minnesota-based Edge Life as well as internationally via the Internet. In addition to his insightful reviews, he wrote revealing feature stories and conducted interviews with various music artists such as Vonda Shepard, Tuck and Patti, Sandra Bernhardt, Willy Porter and Jeanne Peterson among others. His music column now entitled Aural Language is slated to be seen again on his soon to be re-launched music related website, injoi Music.
Anthony also travels the country extensively as a guest lecturer, most notably for the respected music SchoolI.P.R. (Institute for Producing and Recording) founded by internationally renowned recording engineer and producerTom Tucker (Prince, Lucinda Williams, Jonny Lang), located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. His presentation Music Matters: How to Turn Your Passion Into Success through Creativity, Tenacity and Diversity is a popular program that offers students an insider perspective on how to overcome adversity and to succeed in the music business.
He currently acts as founder of injoi Productions and injoi Music, unique forums for artistic, client, project, and product development. Always seeking new and challenging business opportunities he serves as Manager, Music Advisor, Marketing and Communications Consultant and Producer for a few select clients.
Anthony lives in New Mexico, and when not blinded by the stunning sunsets, he is found gasping for air at 10,000 feet, high atop the craggy peaks of the breathtaking Sandia Mountains.
Anthony is available for speaking engagements and workshops and consults to individuals and businesses at all levels of personal, business and music career development.
My new album is featured under “New and Noteworthy” on the itunes homepage and under “What’s New” on the itunes jazz page. CLICK ON MY ALBUM COVER (directly above) AND GO TO itunes NOW.
HELLO INJOI! THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO YOUR SITE. I ENJOY SINGING STEVIE NICKS, JANIS JOPLIN, JOSH STONE, BONNIE RAIT, ETTA JAMES, ANYTHING LOW AND RASPY AND SEXY. SO THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING TO BE INVITED TO HEAR THIS NEW SINGER. VERY GOOD. ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. I HAVE RECORDED A FEW SONGS BUT LOOKING FOR MORE THAT I CAN WORK ON IN A BLUESY STYLE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME ENJOY THE MUSIC THIS MORNING! SHAGGY MAE
