Howard Benson

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Howard Benson (* 1956 in Havertown, Pennsylvania ) is an American music producer and multi-instrumentalist . Benson was nominated for the Producer of the Year Grammy Award in 2007 and 2008 .

education

Benson started playing the keyboard at the age of 13 . He attended Drexel University , where he studied aerospace engineering . During his time at Drexel, he took a year off and studied composition at the Philadelphia College for Performing Arts. After graduation, Benson moved to Los Angeles and worked for Garret AiResearch .

Career

Benson's first work as a producer was two albums for the American punk punk TSOL ( Revenge (1986) and Hit and Run (1987)). In 1989 he produced Bang Tango's Psycho Café, the first album for a major label . In 1999 he produced the album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown by the band Payable on Death (POD), which went platinum . In the years that followed, Benson worked for artists such as Crazy Town , My Chemical Romance , The All-American Rejects , Hoobastank , Flyleaf , Daughtry , Theory of a Deadman , Skillet , Santana , Adam Lambert , Kelly Clarkson and Caleb Johnson .

Benson now works exclusively for West Valley Recording Studios in Woodland Hills .

Awards

Grammy Awards

year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 Howard Benson Grammy Award Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Nominated
2008 Howard Benson Grammy Award Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Nominated
2013 Stronger [album | Kelly Clarkson Grammy Award Best Pop Vocal Album Won
Love Bites (So Do I) [Single | Halestorm Grammy Award Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance Won

GMA Dove Awards

year Nominee / work Award Result
2009 Revelation [album | Third day Pop / Contemporary Album of the Year Won
2010 Awake [album | Skillet Rock Album of the Year Nominated
2011 Memento Mori [album | Flyleaf Rock Album of the Year Nominated
2013 New Horizons [album | Flyleaf Rock Album of the Year Nominated
Release the Panic [album | Red Rock Album of the Year Won

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview: How Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson went from hitmaker to entrepreneur . In: AXS . ( axs.com [accessed August 23, 2019]).
  2. ^ A Conversation With Hitmaker Howard Benson. October 17, 2018, accessed on August 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Howard Benson. January 29, 2007, accessed August 23, 2019 .
  4. ^ Howard Benson | Credits. Retrieved August 23, 2019 (American English).
  5. ^ West Valley Recording Studios. Retrieved August 23, 2019 (American English).
  6. ↑ Howard Benson. June 4, 2019, accessed on August 23, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Benson, Howard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American music producer and multi-instrumentalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Havertown, Pennsylvania