Bean - Lead Vocals/Bass/Founder/Music & Song Writer, able to play several different instruments. Wicked, strong, hard hitting vocals that are in your face and a great rock style. Music is her passion and drive. Performing since she was a small child Bean is completely comfortable rockin' your world. This multi-talented musician is not just another pretty face that spits out other people's pop music. Bean prides herself on being original with lyrics that are dark and heavy, as well as being able to play eight different instruments. She is hands on and always pays proper respect to her band's following. Part punk... Part rocker... all good hearted, unless you piss her off, this girl is sure to send you home sweatin'.
Dave Buck - Lead Guitar/Music Writer, able to play several different instruments, he is most notably known as the original bass player for the BC band "Bend Sinister." Having over 15 years of experience on the guitar, he is a master of metal, with a biting metal sound to him, that adds more grit, and grime. Being the best friend of Bean, makes the addition of this member a perfect fit.
"Master" Ken Li - Second Guitar - Our resident kung fu master, Ken also has all the experience on the guitar needed to keep up with Dave, while adding his own flavour, adding his own lines to the music. He has a background in metal and punk, and brings his own great punk style to the band.
Shay - Drummer - This small girl has all the energy of an atom bomb. Steady as a heart beat on drums, and able to conform to many different styles, she is a little powerhouse that fits perfectly into the band. Helps that she's also so easy on the eyes! *wink, wink*
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Oral Compensation was founded by and is operated by Bean, who began her soul exposing song writing at a very young age. Performing on stages since she was a small child, music has been her life and greatest passion.
After struggling along for several years in various cover bands through the inherent biased and somewhat sexist beliefs held by some in the music industry, Bean found her home in 1998, in a genre mixed with punk, hard rock, progressive rock, flavours of goth at times, and definite flavours of metal. Her style is a mix of angry, biting lyrics, hard hitting vocals, and menacing guitar riffs. Her style is creative and unlike any other females fronted band on the market right now.
In 2006, she began working with her first producer, recording her own originals, and writing new materials, and began her own project, which was the birth of Oral Compensation.
"My husband is the one that came up with the name for the band," says Bean with a smile. "The minute I heard it, I knew it was the perfect name for my band. He had one definition, and I had an entirely different meaning to the name, and of course I am just enough of a bad girl, to not really give a damn what definition you think I mean."
She means it too. Seldom will you meet a more hard core rocker chic then Bean, from her constantly changing hair colours and styles, to her tattoos and piercings, to her quirky way of dressing, to just the way she carries herself.
Bean began recording with her first producer, October of 2006, and without the luxury of having a full band at the time.
After recording three songs together, along with writing "Givers & Takers" together, her first band full band was formed in early November of 2006.
Bean played with this group, and used her first producer, until July of 2007, when differences in the band members’ and her producer's goals forced them to part ways.
Instead of Bean allowing the band's momentum to slow down, Bean performed as a solo artist for a year, hiring professional musicians to play with her during performances, and continued to develop and write new music.
Every song is written by Bean lyrically, and most were written by her musically as well, she is always hands on during the musical arrangements of songs, lending chordal structures, melodies, etc. "I've always taken pride in the fact that I wrote all my own music. The lead guitarist would always have free rein on his input, but I was the one that came up with the lyrics, the melody, sometimes the chord structures. Sometimes I would sing my idea to my guitarist. I'd tell him the sound we needed and we worked on it until that sound is achieved. Or at least that's how it first started. Now I can play guitar efficiently enough to come up with a lot more."
In July of 2008, Bean rebuilt another band, with the same lead guitarist she had worked with the first time, and began writing music and recording with them, only to have the same opposition of goals and direction force Bean to have to change the whole line up in the band again. Refusing to be held down, she worked hard to put together a new line up of members, consisting of Bean still on lead vocals, and now on bass as well, Dave Buck on lead guitar, "Master" Ken Li on second guitar, and Shay on drums.
Bean's song writing abilities make her a strong contender in the world of female rock and even steps it up a notch. Her sound follows no one and is quite unique unto her own. If asked who Oral Compensation sounds like you would have to judge it on a song by song basis; sometimes having a Bif Naked feel, other times Garbage, and still other times Hole. None of her songs sound the same giving Oral Compensation a diverse sound of a little punk, a lotta hard rock, and definite flavours of metal.
When asked what her plans are for Oral Compensation in the future she smiles and replies "To take the world by storm."
They've shared the stage with bands such as Versus the Nothing, Lillix, Yeah Whatever, October Sky, Wreckin' Crew, Cold Driven, Helcion, Ninja Spy, and many more. Their new producer is Doug Fury, of Fortissimo Studios, in Vancouver, BC, who has produced and was lead guitarist for Bif Naked. In studio no working on their full length album, they hope to release it by the fall of 2009.
They receive regular airplay on PHC Radio, which is a web station based out of Edmonton, Alberta, and CBC Radio 3.
They'll be rockin' your city real soon!
Their six song disc "Breakin' Through" is available now for $5.00 plus shipping and handling. For purchasing details, send a message to the band. Don't miss your chance to own this CD
Want Oral Compensation to rock your pub or function? For booking information, send an e-mail to: oralcompensation@yahoo.ca
This site is officially owned and operated by Oral Compensation. All music, lyrics, and logos contained on this site are copywritten by Oral Compensation.
Oral Compensation would like to thanks each and every person for their comments and kind words, and especially for all of your continued suport! we love you!!
Logo art work is thanks to the beautiful work done by Riki Kay Middleton of Riki Kay Illustrations.
This site is more popular then we ever imagined it would be. Bean will always continue to administer this site, and will always answer everyone back that leaves comments or sends messages. From time to time there are so many replies to send out though that it takes a bit to get back to people. Please don't be offended. Just be patient. We love you all and of course would be nowhere without you!! Thanks for being our friend!!!
"You're all welcome to rate the songs! There's a rate option in the music player box and also a comment option for each song. We always check these. You're also welcome to leave comments about the pics. BASICALLY I WANNA HERE FROM YOU ALL!!!!! Feel free to add our banner to your site! I'd love ya for it!!" *smooch* - Bean
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This song is from a jam session, taken by our good friend Jeannine who kicks ass! This is our newest song (s)...It's "Invisible Part 1 and 2" Hope it rocks your face off!
This is from a practice session. It's "Bleed"
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