27 years old today.
My debut album “LATE” in the world now.. my last night in Paris. Words escape me- this is the most important day of my life so far. Making this record cleared my channel, allowing blocked source energy to finally express. To have my ideas clearly represented after years of ambiguity. A deadline driven project.. I made this with a family of artists for whom I have the utmost love and respect; without them it does not exist. This is utility music, all over the place on purpose.. scores for life. Enjoy.
I promise to catch up.
OLD NEWS AUDIO
MEMPHIS, TN
BROOKLYN, NY
PARIS, FRANCE
No label, no money, no outsourced algorithm magic .
Eternal gratitude to @calvinlauber , the one who made this record possible in every way, every day.
Earth Day 4/22/26- trying out the chord diagram thing recycling an old video. Play around with it, obviously many variations+bass movement going on!
#guitartutorial #songwriter #bencallicott #martinguitar #earthday
“The Inventor” - wrote over the tape idea, chroma console by @hologram_electronics through the Tascam portastudio, sped up.. experimenting with some drums by @xlnaudio ! Video hi-8 on Sony
handycam.
LYRICS
I’ve got one 2 share
3 lines 4 Claire
She’s the wind in my sails
Tight rope, we’ll get there
My temper, it may flare
I love when you care
Talk backwards, get nowhere
Our best days
In repair
Work Sundays- it’s not fair
I’m an outcast in there
Just a runway
Like daycare
Small takeoff
Get big air
(hit big time, we’ll get there)
My excuses hang like chandeliers
Watching you fight back the tears
Baby this could be our year
Low friction in high gear
(I push back, you pull in)
Watch how the light
Brushes her dark hair
I crush on the details
Even when I’m so sincere
You’re tangled
I’ll be here
(When I’m far out, you stay near) #originalmusic #bencallicott #portastudio #cassette #songwriting
my new idea on tape using chroma console through tascam 414mkii , then pitched up. Video Recorded on Sony Hi-8
#bencallicott #tascamportastudio #originalmusic #chromaconsole #handycam
Photo of a distant cousin of mine- American painter Burton Callicott at his home in Memphis, Shot by Mike Maple. Burton helped found the Memphis College of Art where he served as a Professor. His paintings and work explored the relationship between nature and the human spirit, epitomized in the effects of light.
New song- trying out some gear.. vocoder experiment + Orchid from @telepathic.instruments . Thx to @kyleneblett for some design help! Get into it.
Wait until they see
Us doing what we want
cause you know, we have fun
it’s good to be a real one
God in you, I see
winter into spring
in my room
it’s so dark
Bright enough to still spark
Wait until they see us
doing what we want
cause you know we have fun
It’s good to be a real one
All the joy it brings
when I do my thing
sing a song, play my part
Bright enough to still Spark
#originalmusic #bencallicott #vocoder #oldnewsaudio #synth
Today my wife Bonnie turns 30! 10,957 days the Earth has been blessed by her existence. I believe that we meet certain people in our time here who alter the entire trajectory of our lives.. those miracle-chance encounters that seem to 180 your world as you know it.. somebody whose energy is so infectious, so easy, so “pure” that it almost makes you nauseous to think about a future without them. Going through pictures I ended up speed scrolling thru my entire iphoto back to September 2017, when Bonnie and I met as 21 year old kids in Memphis. And Together ever since- about 9 years, 3000 something days.. almost a THIRD of our lives we have been by each others side! what a mess I would have become without Bonnie Whitehouse. The way she just handles her business.. gangster. Like.. Nothing slips by this girl!! And to be archivist in the NY art world?! She is so rooted and stands tall in herself daily without any “noise”.
I question everyday why she chose my foolish ass 😂 what a gift it is to sit front row to her becoming, year after year.
Try to Find another like her (you won’t.)
Happy 30th Bonnie I love you and can’t believe you’re real
