BENJY’S
formative years were spent on the road in the bands of
legendary artists such as RICK DERRINGER, LITTLE STEVEN
(BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN), and SCANDAL with Patty Smyth. For
his recordings with SCANDAL, he earned both gold and platinum
records. He has also toured extensively and has seen the
world with artists such as KOOL & THE GANG front man
J.T. TAYLOR, FIONA FLANNIGAN, MITCH MALLOY and 60s pop
phenomenon, THE TURTLES.
As his
name quickly made its way around the industry, the demand
for his talent, mixed with his insatiable will to learn,
established lifelong connections for BENJY with several
award-winning producers. This is where his path became
apparent. Since then BENJY has produced over 50 full length
albums and countless other recordings for such artists
as LESLEY GORE, the band LIVE (formerly PUBLIC AFFECTION).
TOMMY JAMES, and many more. Most recently BENJY has produced/engineered
records for upcoming artists JIM BOGGIA, RUSS BONAGURA,
REMY TESSER, LAUREN ECHO, SHAUN BARKER, REBECCA HART,
PAUL ALEXANDER, JEFF JACOBSON, FELIX VAN DIJK and did
multi-instrumental session work on THE STARTING LINE ‘Based
On A True Story’, BOYD TINSLEY ‘True Reflections’ and
GREG RAPOSO’s debut release.
One of
his most interesting projects was arranging and conducting
the musical '20th CENTURY POP' starring MARIANNE FAITHFULL,
DARLENE LOVE and MERRY CLAYTON.
With his
main focus deep in record production, Benjy has collected
an amazing array of high end recording equipment, including
vintage microphones and compressors as well as dozens
of guitars and keyboards.
In November
of 2004 ‘VH-1 BANDS REUNITED’ featured SCANDAL. In 2006
the band toured with LOVERBOY & RICK SPRINGFIELD.
In 2007/08 SCANDAL played over 50 shows all around the
U.S.