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      A few years back an enigma from the Nederland's of the name of LYRICAL SMIRK did a retake on my collaboration with Kirk Kadish: STRANGE DAY... Whenever I return to it ...it makes me smile and so I have to keep on sharing it. Cheers Lyrical Smirk.  https://on.soundcloud.com/iud8ZkeDqccGnZHc8 From LS's original post via Soundcloud The lovely Lady Janice was so kind to send me loads of samples to mess around with. Here's my first take, just messing about! Hope you like ... This is also a lil Tribute to the wonderful Norma Jeane Mortenson aka Marilyn Monroe! Vocals ( Remixed ) Janice Carter Slater @ arterial-flow Also a special thanks to Kirk Kadish for making such wonderful music @ kirkkadish Used bits and pieces from these tracks: April Boucher - Strange Day Arterial Flow - Strange Day Bobbi Marchini - Critical Day Janice Carter Slater - Full of Thrills Also used bits from the movie Gentlemen prefer Blondes with Marilyn Monroe www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R_obqibKLo ...

  Vocals. Vocalatti. (Annette Scott) Music, composition, production, David. k. A. Spencer credits Released March 24, 2024 Original recording: Danse Danse Co-writers: Kadish, Lucas, Scott, Slater. (Apra/Amcos 2022) https://davidkaspencer.bandcamp.com/track/danse-breakdown-vocals-vocalatti-co-writers-kadish-lucas-scott-slater

We'd love you to listen to our latest collaboration with VOCALATTI.  Available to hear and to download via the following links!  Enjoy!  EDGE OF A DIFFERENCE.   http://www.nimbitmusic.com/arterialflow/#e...geofadifference https://soundcloud.com/arterial-flow/edge-of-a-difference-20170111 https://soundcloud.com/janiceslater/edge-of-a-difference  https://soundcloud.com/vocalatti/edge-of-a-difference  EDGE OF A DIFFERENCE. Arterial Flow Edge of a Difference Composed by Janice Slater and Kirk Kadish. Vocals by Vocalatti. Drums by Gerald Myles. All other instruments by Kirk Kadish.

JANICE:  Kirk tell me about your new trio and your first release:  KADISH, GAGAN, BARTLIT - 'STILL HERE'. KIRK:  I have to credit Jon Gagan with getting the ball rolling. He suggested we combine our writing forces and then even offered up the use of his studio to get the work done. A tough offer to refuse! Jon and I have been friends and collaborators since 1980 and have rekindled our relationship since I returned to Santa Fe a few years ago. John Bartlit is a legend in these parts and for very good reason. He's a brilliant musician and artist as well as a joyful and often hilarious human being. We have a delightful chemistry! JANICE:  Are you writing together or are they your comps only? KIRK:  Both Jon and I contributed original compositions to the project. We didn't write anything together this time, but there is a great affinity in our writing styles, and our choices of material makes for what I think is a very unified concept and style. JANICE...

I've also some exciting news to share with you that I'm now a guest Curvie on Curved Radio so do tune in as they stream all over the world! TUNE IN to listen to not only the tracks I love but all of the other WONDERFUL CURVIES from around the globe! Thank you for honouring me, CURVED RADIO with the chance to share my love of music not only with fellow Curvies from around the world but with you the fab listeners! Written by the Curvie Crew. Janice Slater (Australia) :  is one of those giants on whose shoulders the Australian music industry stands.  Her long and distinguished solo career informed and inspired generations of women who followed. Over her glorious career she has also sung with and supported many of the greats including The Four Tops, Billy Preston, Lesley Gore, Lou Rawls, Sammy Davis Jnr, Shirley Bassey … the list goes on and on.  She has been a mentor and teacher in theatre, film and music, was the vocal coach for the Australian movie...

Dear bentenlaughing friends. I hope you enjoy Arterial Flow's new collaboration with gifted Brazilian singer/songwriter ERLER PINHO Some months back I invited Lee to translate our song Strange Day into Portuguese. Arterial Flow's "Strange Day" beautifully reinterpreted & translated by Brazilian singer/songwriter, ERLER PINHO . Arterial Flow members live on distant shores from me so it's an often slow process in developing tracks.  We rely on goodwill and our shared love of experimentation.  After ERLER PINHO translated Strange Day he then added a vocal to our original track. I decided it required a new treatment especially for him.  Kirk Kadish brought it magically to full realization and included my original backing vocals!  Thanks again Kirk & ERLER.  I love the final mix. In the new year I hope to do an interview with Erler so that you can learn more of his own formidable music as he's a great singer/songwriter .  Cheers from the ...

Welcome bentenlaughing readers!  Thank you for arriving here! I live in the Blue Mountains of Australia & we're experiencing unseasonable weather but (currently) I'm not complaining....winter's can be bitter here!  Nonetheless it's a red alert for what may be up ahead. I apologize that I've not posted consistently over the last twelve months but now I'm back on track! Benten is still at the helm of my little boat!  We sail across calm & stormy seas and  along the way; I hope to gather more stories to share with you and any gleanings I discover along the way on the nature of change! I'd also like to continue to share with you my (albeit) brief interviews with artists, singers, writers, musicians, and healer friends. For instance; I've been creating a series of soundscapes with Kirk Kadish, and Jack Clift, my two cherished New Mexico based musician/composer friends and soon we'll have tracks for you to download via Nimbit. Ha...