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Loosely Translated from Dutch:
The result of all that work is a first ep with the title "Being Free". As a singer-songwriter, he adds elements of the soul music to his passionate and lyrically clever songs, which deal with the things in his daily working lifetime, his inner struggle for freedom, the high expectations of his father and his turbulent love life. Musically, Chris Bendt is in the same flow as some legends known as Damien Rice, Jeff Buckley and Ben Harper. He plays all the instruments himself on the five predominantly acoustic songs that put on "Being Free" can be found. The EP title is a bit emotional revealing first, followed by "Rain Me Down", the passionate and sad "Never Said Goodbye" and "Anything Else". In the last song "To Refer We" he tells about a lonely boy who calls to the company and friendship, the same time afvragend whether there is a good god exists that the welfare of the people pursuing. Chris Bendt is clearly still looking for the meaning of life and tries through its songs that are currently available. We wish him every success in this journey.
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Discography
Naked EP - Release Date 11/30
Being Free EP – Self-Produced EP
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Chris Bendt pushes the singer-songwriter envelope by writing about anything and everything occurring in his ever tumultuous life in the City of Broken Dreams, Los Angeles, California. Bendt tries to capture the spirit of his internal struggle for freedom from the politics of the corporate world, his father's expectations, and abandonment by the love of his life, while grappling with loneliness and questioning the presence of a higher being. He beautifully captures the internal and external struggles Bendt encouters with straightforward lyrics and scattered innuendoes expressing universal topics.
In addition to his eclectic lyrics, Bendt's sound combines elements of great singer-songwriters, including Ryan Adams, Jeff Buckley, Ben Harper, Nick Drake and Damien Rice, and the passionately soulful intimacy they brought to every song. Chris Bendt strives to bring new light to new topics and at the same time, showcase a sound that's highly relevant and full of soul.
Chris Bendt was born in St Paul Minnesota, but lived the majority of life in Washington, sharing time with each parent who divorced when he was four. During his childhood Bendt found himself following his mother's life-long passion for music through scummy bars and underground blues clubs, finding a passion to sing and perform along the way. Unfortunately, Bendt suppressed this desire once puberty hit and his voice dropped a few octaves. He quit singing and performing for almost 10 years, until discovering Radiohead's Ok Computer and Ben Harper's Burn to Shine in College, inspiring him to pick up the guitar and begin teaching himself how to play.
Bendt viewed music purely as a hobby and quickly settled into a corporate job and again found himself complacent and suppressing his true love for music. After a 10-day spiritual journey to Peru, he realized his destiny. A month later he quit his corporate job with one of the largest conglomerates in the world and went to work on his debut EP.
Bendt explains, "I just hope that my detailed experiences will help others come to grips and overcome their own circumstances. I just want everyone to be happy about who they truly are."
Deep down Bendt knew that if he really wanted to pursue music, Los Angeles was the place to begin. Bendt is finally ready to share his heartfelt, true-to-life songs with the world.
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