- Name: Adam "Clem"
Bennett.
- Location: London,
UK
- I
do front-of-house sound for live acts, and have been doing so
since 1997.
- Having worked across six continents for over ten years, I can work amicably with people in any country.
- I have worked
on some of the worlds biggest festivals, and most prestigious
venues, so I can do the "big shows".
Arch
Enemy: The
Swedish melodic extreme metal band has kept me happily employed since
2006, touring extensively, including the Americas (From Canada to
Chile), Asia/Pacific (from Maldives
to New Zealand), Europe/Russia, the Middle East, and playing main
stages at many festivals including Wacken, Download, Graspop, Loud
Park, Hellfest, Metalfests, Metalcamp and Gigantour in the US and Asia
with Megadeth. Through Arch Enemy I also get to mix the sublime
hard-rockin' Spiritual Beggars.
The Jim Jones Revue: More
than a Rock 'n' Roll revival group, this London band mix Jerry Lee
Lewis with The Clash to make a plate of boogie-woogie punk rock served
up in a sauce of man-sweat. Popular worldwide, and particularly in
France, they are a hard-working band who I am always happy to tour with
when I can.
Funeral
For a Friend: This commercially successful post-hardcore band UK had me mix their
FOH sound from 2005 to 2008, taking in several US tours, including
Taste Of Chaos and Warped tour. They featured on the main stages
of Reading/Leeds and Download during my tenure with them.
Other bands to regularly use my services in recent years are The Treatment, The Horrors, Dragonforce, Bullet
For My Valentine and Fightstar.
I
have also toured with The Meanies, Samael, Romance, Doro Pesch, The Script, Brand New, Kids In
Glass Houses, In Case Of Fire, Just Jack, Boy Kill Boy, Mercenary,
and
the Cancer Bats, amongst others.
When I lived in
Australia, pre-2003, I worked with popular local acts including punk
rock stalwarts Frenzal
Rhomb and The Meanies, Dallas Crane, 28
Days, Unwritten Law (USA), the Dropkick Murphys (USA) and
classic rockers Even.
People
usually ask the same things when they are thinking about employing
a front of house engineer. I'll save you some time and answer them
in advance.
Q: Why
should I employ you?
A: Your band will sound loud, punchy, hi-fi, yet mean and dirty
when required. I know how to make a band kick-ass without actually deafening
people.
I have
done so many shows in dB-limited environments (city festivals, Swiss or Swedish
clubs) that I have the knack of making it sound crushing, without breaking
local government "fun police" laws (much). I love to chase
guitar solos on the desk. The kids never miss a note.
Q: What
venues have you mixed bands in?
A: Where haven't I worked? In hometown London, the Astoria (RIP), Hammersmith Apollo,
Brixton Academy, Shepherd's Bush Empire and most smaller venues have been regular
shows for me. I have worked in many clubs, theatres and arenas throughout the
UK and the USA, almost every recognised venue in Australia, and in theatres,
clubs and other venues throughout Europe, Japan, Russia, Canada, and South
America. The artists I work for are always breaking new markets, so I am continually
being thrown back into small club gigs, saving me from getting too comfortable
on those easy big shows.
Q: Do
you tour manage, drive, do monitors?
A: No.
Q: Can
you help us with our live recording?
A: Of course. I have participated in the recording of many b-sides and other
live material, for Funeral For A Friend, Arch Enemy, Boy Kill Boy, Bullet For
My Valentine, and others. I am well aquainted with ProTools.
Q: Do
you smoke, drink, take drugs, or otherwise cause nonsense at work?
A: I don't smoke, don't do drugs, yet I drink socially, never before a
show. I'm not a straight-edge freak, but I am not a drunk or drug addict.
I behave like a professional when I am representing your artists on the road.
Q: Can
we take you anywhere?
A: Yes. I have both UK and Australian passports (visa-free travel in
the EU, Australia and New Zealand), no criminal record, and have never
been refused entry to any country. I am familiar with customs and
protocol across the world, and relish working within foreign cultures.
My clients have come from the UK, Germany, the USA, Sweden, Denmark,
Canada, Ireland, Australia, Switzerland. I am not afraid of "funny
looking" food. I speak fluent English, American, Canadian and
Australian.
| Festivals
I have worked on |
This is not a complete list, but should give you an
idea....
UK/Europe:
Reading/Leeds, Download, T
In The Park, Wacken,
Pukkelpop, Bospop, Graspop,
Lowlands, Bloodstock, Rock-Am-Ring, Rock-Im-Park, Taste
Of Chaos International, With
Full Force, Gods
Of Metal, Kobetasonic, Brutal
Assault, and Hellfest
Japan:
Summer Sonic, Loudpark, Fuji Rock
USA/Canada:
Warped Tour, Taste Of Chaos tour, Gigantour, SXSW
Australia:
Big Day Out, The Falls, Livid Festival
In
1996 I completed
an Advanced Certificate in Audio Engineering, at the Audio
Technology Training Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
email: 
UK and global mobile: +44
(0)7748 705 067
US only cell: +1 845 309 6412
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