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The Story Of "Good Day Better" - 3/19/10 Brooklyn Based Acoustic Roots/soul Band Benyaro Follows Up Its Self-Released Self-Titled Nationally Charting CMJ Debut Album With “Good Day Better”. The Album Dropped March 24 In New York City. Recorded In Charlottesville Virginia And New York New York In The Brutal Winter Of 2010 “Good Day Better” Features Ben Musser’s Strongest Offering Of Original Material To Date And Classic Songs Penned By Scott Claassen Malcolm Holcombe And Diana Jones. “Good Day Better” Unpredictably Explores And Expands The Boundaries Of Acoustic Music Offering 12 Tracks Ranging From Gospel Folk Country Rock Blues And Soul To Beatboxing/house. The Songs Are Inspired By Family Places Pets Lovers And Draw On The Emotions That Exist From Engaging In Such Relationships. Such Sentiments Are Unequivocally Reflected In Musser’s Vocal Performances Which Overflow With Feeling While The Beautiful Vulnerable Yet Occasionally Stern Vocals Of Meg Chamberlin Perfectly Offset The Masculinity Of Musser’s And Bobby McCullough’s Voices. In A Time When Name Dropping Who Worked On Your Record Seems More Important Than The Sounds And Songs On It “Good Day Better” Was Produced By Ben Musser Benyaro Founder Instrumentalist And Primary Writer In A Way That Utilized The Uniqueness Of The Group. For The First Time The Sounds And Influences Of Upright Bassist And Back Up Vocalist Bobby McCullough Can Be Heard Adding To The Sound That Is Benyaro. The New Collaboration Between Musser And McCullough Produced Extraordinary Arrangements And A Multi-Dimensional Album With The Potential Of Appealing To Millions Of Listeners Hungry For New Music. The Engineering Of Jamal Millner Charlottesville Area Musician/producer And Gar Ragland New York City Area Producer/musician Helped To Further Create An Environment Of Independence From Formulaic Approaches To Making Music. Tony Shimkin Noble Music And Musser Mixed The Album With The Same Principles In Mind. In The End We Are Left With “Good Day Better” A Truly Independent Album That Makes A Strong Case For Acoustic Music In A Period Dominated By Electric Sounds Imitation And One-Dimensional Ideas. “Good Day Better” Attempts To Create Music For Today Contrary To Numerous Brooklyn-Based Acts Who Are Hoping To Re-Create Music Of The Past. Genuine Artists Have A Responsibility To Move Art In This Case Music Forward… And Not Backward To An Era That Is Gone. Respecting Listeners By Offering Them Something New And Unique While Simultaneously Treating Them To Touches Of Familiarity Along The Way Was A Constant Concern And Goal Of Musser’s. One Can Hear Such Ideals When Listening Through “Good Day Better.” Team Clermont Hears This. The Selective Independent Radio Promoters From Athens Georgia Who Work With The Avett Brothers Jenny Lewis REM David Byrne Low Lows Magnetic Fields Rachel Yamagata Punch Brothers Tobias Froberg And Many Others Chose To Work With Benyaro And Help Get “Good Day Better” To More Listeners Via Radio. Relix Magazine Is Also On Board With Benyaro's Unique Indie-Acoustic Soul Sound And Will Feature Them As An "On The Verge" Artist In Their December 2010 Holiday Issue. In The Spring And Summer Of 2010 Benyaro Performed To Hundreds Of Eager Newly Inspired Fans Across The Country From New York To Seattle San Francisco To New Orleans And Everywhere In Between. They Continue To Tour In Support Of “Good Day Better” Performing At Prep-Schools And Universities In The East. 2011 Will Bring An Even Heavier Year Of Touring. Their Live Show Is Filled With Singing And The Same Chances They Take In The Recording Studio Though They Replace The Drummer Musser By Assigning Their Limbs Responsibilities Of Hihat McCullough Shaker And Kick Drum Musser And Sometimes Tambourine Chamberlin . Musser And McCullough Will Tour Mostly As A Duo As They Did In 2009 Closing For The Avett Brothers Sharing The Stage With Samantha Crain And The Midnight Shivers And Opening For Jill Andrews Of The Everybodyfields Gregory Alan Isakov And Dangermuffin. It Has Been Said You’ll Never Hear As Much Sound Come From 2 People As You Will When You Hear Them Perform Together. Head Out To One Of Benyaro’s Many Shows This Fall And Listen To What People Are Talking About.
------------ The Story Of "Benyaro" It Was 2004 And Ben Musser Had Just Moved From Austin TX To New York City Looking To Put Together An Act That Had Been Ringing In His Ears His Whole Life. Leaving Behind Projects As The Drummer For Ross Flournoy The Broken West And Scott Claassen Scott Claassen The Broken West Ben Headed East Where He Knew Only An Artist Manager And His Sister An Accomplished Singer. Musser Took A Job With The Artist Manager And Promptly Discovered That Working For Their Client North Carolina Troubadour Malcolm Holcombe Would Change His Musical World Forever. He Jammed With Holcombe Whenever He Could And Began Studying His Voice His Guitar Playing And His Songs. Along With These New Influences Working For Holcombe Armed Musser With Connections In And A Deep Knowledge Of The “roots” Music Business. After Meeting Holcombe Musser Began Studying The Voices Of Wilson Pickett And Ray Charles And Intensely Working On His Own. He Was Soon Loaded With A Strong Voice A New Guitar-Playing Technique And Songs By Claassen Flournoy Holcombe As Well As Some Of His Own. Now A Frontman Musser Needed A Bandmate. His Sister Was A New Mom So Musser Found Upright Bassist Tucker Yaro On Craigslist In The Spring Of 2005. They Called Themselves Benyaro. Ben Looked To His Boss The Artist Manager For Help. She Believed He Had A Gift And Told Him They Should Hone Their Skills On The Subway Platforms. If They Drew Crowds Consistently They Knew They Had Something. Drawing Crowds Came Easier Than Ben Thought Possible. Benyaro Quickly Became A Favorite Of The Cops On The Station Beat. Musser Finally Saw It Was Time To Have His Sister Meg Chamberlin Step In With Her Sweet And Powerful Voice. The Trio Began Booking In Austin Nashville Atlanta Chicago DC Charlotte Philly Richmond Charlottesville Etc. Via Word Of Mouth With No Demo To Hand To Bookers Or Promoters. They Became At Once A Critic’s Pick And A Crowd Pleaser. Benyaro Supported The Legendary Malcolm Holcombe In Boston NYC And In Johnson City TN. A Year And A Half Later Benyaro Saved Enough Money To Record A Self-Released Self-Titled Debut Album Which Is Now Available At Shows On ITunes CD Baby And Across The Internet. The Project Is Produced By Ben Musser And Features The Trio Performing Material Written By Musser Claassen Holcombe And Flournoy. Team Clermont White Stripes Flaming Lips Death Cab Avett Brothers Jose Gonzalez Etc. Helped Promote The Album On Radio And On February 23 2009 “Benyaro” Reached 161 On The CMJ Top 200 Chart Several Spots Above Ray LaMontagne M. Ward Medeski Martin And Wood And Many Other Great “signed” Acts. The Album Continues To Receive Great Press And Airplay At Stations Across The Country. To Promote The Debut Album Musser Spent 17 Weeks On The Road Solo In 2008. Ben Needed Support On The Road And Upright Bassist Bobby McCullough Answered The Call. He Is Now The Upright Bassist Of Benyaro. Benyaro Just Completed Their Most Fruitful Tour To Date 38 Shows Including 12 Radio Appearances Across The SE USA In About 6 Weeks…with Bobby And Meg Joined For 10 Shows. Ben Continues To Tour Solo Until May/June 2009 When The Band Will Perform Dates In NYC And CA Then Hit The Road Together Again For A Western Tour. -------------------------- read less