Super excited to announce new guests, Bones Culture, to The Story!
Ben Oaks was born & raised in Chicago in a house much like the show "Shameless". In middle school, he moved to PA; to where Delaware, Maryland & PA meet. It was then a tiny, one light farm town - West Grove. Then Ben bounced back & forth until high school where he was classmates with Bam in West Chester. After going to an art school outside of Boston, Ben spent most of his adult life in Philly.
Instead of buying a guitar amp to join a punk band, Ben left the music store with a drum machine. An Alesis HR16b. The first rapper Ben produced is now his brother-in-law. In his 30's, Ben posted Craigslists ads for rappers & singers & crossed the country producing indie, mostly beginner artists.
Ben moved to Lancaster directly from LA, where he was producing pop acts, 5 years ago and shortly after, quit drinking. When the pandemic hit, Ben produced a compilation album of mostly local artists and some from his international musical collaboration collective - Bones Culture.
Every 2 or 3 years Ben releases a Bones Culture compilation. This is one of those years!
Ben just released his first spoken word album. The debut of Circumstantial Saint. Local artivist Sir Dominique Jordan inspired and was heavily involved and features on 4 songs!
For the rest of 2022, Ben plan on releasing a solo reggae album and finishing this year's Bones Culture compilation.
Check out Ben and his projects here:
BenOaks Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/01nmrigNdKgTfkPZleIryE
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7VAh9NwLys
Bones Culture: http://BonesCulture.com
Linksome: https://linksome.me/benoaks/
