benjamindelaunay + Musician in London, EN

SEEKING

ABOUT

I was born in Nantes, France, 1980.

I started to play guitar at 13, listening to pop music standards. Clapton, Lennon, Page, Gilmour were my mentors. I learned by myself this instrument and how it was difficult to master it. Immediately, I knew music will be my way of life.
At 17, I already played in front of thousand people, but it was during my first recording sessions that I realized I had to work very hard to master this environment, everything started from here..

Then I moved to Paris with a backpack and my guitar.
Year after year, I discovered and played new styles, from funk to hip hop and even classical.
I worked in the biggest recording studios, for artists and bands albums, for small labels as well as Major record labels (Universal Music, Sony-BMG, Wagram, Plug & Play Records, etc). I played on the biggest stages and festivals (Olympia, Grand Rex, Couleur Café, Rock en Seine, Les vieilles Charrues, etc). I also composed music for different brands for advertising campaign (Ubisoft, Zapa Paris, Tonic Vibe, etc).

After 15 years of experience, I decided to produce my personal project named The Continuum. 3 years of hard work to compose, record and produce this EP, called "Borderline".
Great musicians, sound engineers and famous author Boris Bergman are part of this adventure. You can listen to my project here : www.the-continuum.

The life challenges I have been through have tested my determination to do my passion. I am grateful to have experienced this because I think, you can feel it in my playing, my sound and in the way I live my music.

My next step was to move to London, incredible city where real Rock was born. Now, I'm here with much humility and desire to find people with who I will live new challenges.

Screen name:

benjamindelaunay

Member since:

Jun 30 2014

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Touring

Years playing music:

15

Gigs played:

Over 100

Available to gig:

6-7 nights a week

Influences

Hendrix, Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Queen, AC/DC, Black Keys, Jamiroquai, Zero 7, Massive Attack, John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr, Jonny Lang, Bruce Springsteen, Buddy Guy, Coldplay, Muse, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Jamie Cullum, Jeff Buckley, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, Red Hot, Rolling Stones etc.

EQUIPMENT

Too much, see my website : www.benjamindelaunay.com

MUSIC