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"If you listen more,you hear more" |
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| Location: | Hertfordshire, London and South East |
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| Last Login: | Jul 5, 2008 (511 days back) |
About Me |
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| I edited my profile with Thomas’ Myspace Editor V4.4 Currently working on - New Tricks Series 5 (BBC),The Music Of John Barry CD,’I Love The Eighties’ CD for RSM Music Library,solo projects for my own ’Waffles Music’ label. Feature credits include: Chaos & Cadavers, the black comedy for Matador Pictures starring Keeley Hawes, Rik Mayall and Nick Moran (theatrically released Summer 2004), Wuthering Heights (starring Robert Cavanah and Sarah Smart), Dear Roy Love Gillian and Access Hollywood (USTV Film).Also composed and performed the titles songs for The American Way (starring Dennis Hopper), The Harpist (Schlemmer Films), Ruth Rendell’s classic drama Some Lie And Some Die and Decadence (starring Steven Berkoff and Joan Collins). Television credits include: New Tricks (BBC 8 x 60 mins drama series), Can’t Buy Me Love (ITV drama), The Knock (LWT 12 x 60mins drama series and 4 x 90min specials), Staying Alive (LWT 12 x 60mins drama series), Dirty Work (BBC drama series), The Ambassador (BBC 6 x 60mins drama series), London’s Burning (LWT 48 x 60mins drama series), Birds of a Feather (BBC Christmas specials), and Close To Home (LWT series).Recently arranged, produced and performed the music for the stunning Moonpower (BBC). Recently completed the production & arrangement for the latest Walkers Crisps advertising campaign featuring the classic 60’s hit ’Summer Holiday’. Warren also performed on the new recording which will be featured extensively on TV & Radio in the coming months. Also written over 60 library music albums,used on such TV programmes as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ER, The Osbournes, Murder One, Friends, America’s Most Wanted ,The Chris Isaak Show ,The Fast Show , Baywatch, Ellen, The Cosby Show, Bergerac, Taggart, Spitting Image, Oprah Winfrey and Beavis & Butthead! Warren has also released two critically acclaimed new age albums of which ‘Pathways to Love’ topped the new age charts.Both ’Pathways To Love’ and it’s follow-up,’Secrets Of The Heart’,can be found on i-tunes. As a performer, Warren’s career began in 1980 when his group ’Glass Ties’ were signed to EMI Records. During this period they released two singles and toured extensively.As a solo artist,Warren had a year-long stint as support act for Alan Price’s 1984 UK tour.This then led to his first association with The Shadows when he co-wrote ‘You Rescue Me’ for their ‘Life in the Jungle’ album. From 1991-2000, Warren worked as arranger/performer on Hank Marvin’s solo albums and also wrote the title track from Hank’s first album of this period ‘Into the Light’. He was a member of Hank’s touring band on each of his six solo tours between 1994 and 2002. In 2004, Warren arranged and produced the first new Shadows recording for fourteen years; the Jerry Lordan penned ‘Life Story’ which reached number 7 in the UK charts. Following on from this success Warren toured as keyboard player with The Shadows on their 2005 tour of Europe. In 1995, he arranged and performed with ‘Mirage’ and scored a top ten album hit in the UK with ‘Classic Guitar Moods’. Warren’s arrangements can also be heard on the 2001 top ten Englebert Humperdinck album ‘I Want To Wake Up With You’ and Darren Day’s album from the musical ‘Summer Holiday.’ From 1999-2004, Warren recorded and performed with The Vibratos,a guitar-based instrumental band who released three full length CD’s (The Ghost Of Old Compton Street,The Cappuccino Kid & Tornado Alley) on Warren’s own label Waffles Music.They also released five CDEP’s to tie-in with various live appearances. Also released on Waffles Music were ’Close To The Hedge’,Warren’s collaboration with Mark Griffiths,and ’Zookeeper’,which Warren wrote and performed with Ben Marvin. Warren primarily works from his studios in Hertfordshire. |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 2/10/2007Band Website: not yet............. Influences: The Beatles (together & apart) John Barry Bob Dylan Ennio Morricone Jeff Lynne George Gershwin Paddy McAloon Angelo Badalamenti Brian Wilson Bill Hicks Woody Allen Dennis Wilson Harry Nilsson Lindsey Buckingham Matthew Sweet Pat Metheny Seinfeld Thomas Newman Joseph Connolly NYPD Blue Green & Blacks Coffee & Ciggies! George Best Tintin Ryan Adams Lloyd Cole Roger Waters Bernard Herrmann Julie Christie Sounds Like: Whatever works at the time................ Record Label: Waffles Music Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist |
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My Blog |
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say goodbye......... |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO9e_HiVB34
just beautiful........... Posted by Warren Bennett on Wed, 14 May 2008 02:35:00 PST |
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stop this train |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BTzNX5OMN4
Every once in a while I hear a song for the first time and immediately know that I will return to it and listen to it for the rest of my life.I hear... Posted by Warren Bennett on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:15:00 PST |
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More Recently |
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| Been a couple of months since i posted a blog,lots of things happening and a few things have already happened.
I'm nearly finished with my solo project 'Left To My Own Devices'.Problem is,i keep chang... Posted by Warren Bennett on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:37:00 PST |
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Recently |
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| Spent a couple of weeks in Portugal recently which was great.Got home and a few days later i went off on my annual golf trip to France with the boys! Took all their money and got back very relaxed.
Wo... Posted by Warren Bennett on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:52:00 PST |
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Turned Out Nice Again |
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| It's been a couple of weeks now since 'New Tricks' was wrapped up,and i'm ready to go again.Still not sure what to start first - might just juggle a few things and flit back and forth between a couple... Posted by Warren Bennett on Thu, 03 May 2007 08:50:00 PST |
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The Finishing Line |
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| On Thursday,April 5th we had the last sessions for the new series of 'New Tricks',and so it's all finished now.We'd started back in December,and so it's been a long,but enjoyable haul.The first progra... Posted by Warren Bennett on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:02:00 PST |
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Penguin! |
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| Just added two new pieces of music - Penguin is from a CD called 'Zookeeper' that i made with Ben Marvin,and Adventures in Wonderland is from the 'Close to the Hedge' CD that i made with Mark Gri... Posted by Warren Bennett on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:15:00 PST |
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There's always a first time........... |
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| My first Blog and I'm lost for words.................
Basically,i'm just trying all the bits and bobs out,trial and error etc..... I've just changed a couple of the music tracks.I'm going to try and u... Posted by Warren Bennett on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:42:00 PST |
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