Brent’s first instrument was guitar – starting at age nine and performing in public by eleven. There were piano lessons in elementary school, and middle school band brought trumpet, the discovery of Doc Severensin, Maynard Ferguson, and a love for Jazz and Big Band music that continues to evolve.
Brent attended Western Michigan University, majoring in Music Education with a minor in Composition. He also attended Red Wing Technical Institute for Band Instrument Repair, and has developed an extensive professional and collegiate faculty clientele during more than two decades of dedicated service to the industry. Currently he owns and operates his own band instrument service center (Brent's Bench) in Lafayette, IN. and provides repair services to school bands and individual musicians of all ages.
Brent has always been in some sort of performing group – garage band, concert band, marching band, jazz band, wedding band, brass ensembles, church choir, and even a barbershop quartet.
A former President of the Song Writer’s Association of Mid-North Indiana, Brent has made numerous friends and associates among recording artists, talent agencies, and other industry professionals.
Brent's Previous Works
Twelve years ago, the LNS Blues Band took the area by storm and established Brent’s reputation as a group leader, a fearless front man, and an easy to work with professional for contractors and event coordinators. The trio with drummer Jeff Newman and bassist Craig Schnarr performed with many amazing guest artists and played several venues with audiences from two to five thousand or more…
Some of our special guests included vocalists Ly Tartell, Regina Todd Hicks, former Miss Nebraska Kathy Heise, and Amanda Overmyer of recent American Idol fame.
Like any musician, Brent is on call for various ensembles, including everything from a jazz duet to a big band. Most recently he is serving as front man, music writer arranger and director, chief cook and bottle washer for the Fremont Jackson Ensembles.
Once in a while he even has time to work with his combo group, the Jazz Action Heroes.
Brent has also composed music for marching band, video games and independent films.
Working with TMG/5 Artists and Westlake Signal Group, he now has five film scores to his credit – having been seen and heard on Los Angeles Cable Television, the Pan-African Film Festival, and the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. "Then and Now - Single Engine Stations, Volume II" won a Telly Award in the Documentary Category.
His ongoing relationship with Westlake Signal Group continues with a television pilot, “No Right Turn,” currently under evaluation at ION/CBS.
Brent’s new CD, “Dog Tired,” is a project of original instrumental compositions that feature the solo work of several of the area’s most called professionals. This disk is an exercise in utilizing new and exciting technology and takes advantage of portable recording techniques, the very latest in computer studio software, MIDI and vast library of studio quality sounds and samples. It allows amazing flexibility in editing and producing… Each piece continues to evolve and rewrite itself as its being recorded and processed.
The release date is April 2009.
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