Thrilled to announce that The Bentley Project will be featured on the upcoming FYC album “The 68th FYC Album by Various Artists”. Their original composition “Distant Thunder” will represent their album “Kind As The Shade” that was accepted on the 1st Voting Ballot as “Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album”.
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“Distant Thunder” encompasses the feeling of their whole album which was inspired by the poem “The Sound My Spirit Calls You” by John Neihardt.
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Their New Age album is an Ambient Tone Poem that musically expresses different events on the earth. The track “Distant Thunder” musically creates the wonderful and etherial feeling you have when waking up in the middle of the night, warm, safe, cozy and hearing soft thunder in the distance with rain. It is dreamy, sleepy, and comforting. As the first track, “Distant Thunder” sets the peaceful, nature filled tone we would like to give to listeners within the new age genre. Bongo Boy Records and FYC by MoPromo are very excited about this addition to The 68th FYC Album.
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ABOUT THE BENTLEY PROJECT:
The Bentley Project is an innovative harp and guitar duo that seamlessly blends the sounds of new age, classical, and folk music. Formed in 2018 and based in Parkville, Missouri, the group features the combined talents of Theresa and Mark Bentley. Together, they compose, record, and perform throughout the Midwest, bringing a distinctive fusion of traditional and contemporary sounds to venues large and small.
A classically trained musician, Theresa Bentley performs on Celtic Lever Harp, Pedal Harp, Italian Baroque triple harp, synthesizers, piano, voice and french horn. Holding a Bachelor of Music from the University of Missouri-Columbia and an MBA in Finance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, her experience includes membership in The Kansas City Symphony Chorus, The Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, and The St. Joseph Symphony, as well as engagements with The Kansas City Symphony, Roger Daltrey, Ray Charles, and John Tesh’s Olympic Orchestra. She currently serves as a driving force behind The Bentley Project’s creative output.
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Mark Bentley, owner of Bentley Guitar Studios, is accomplished on classical and acoustic guitars, mandolin, Baroque guitar, and ukulele. With a Bachelor of Music from the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory of Music, he has served as a Professor of Guitar at Missouri Western State College and Park University. His professional history includes roles as the Kansas City Hyatt Regency’s staff guitarist and as a touring artist for the Missouri Arts Council, performing throughout the United States and Europe.
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Official website: https://www.thebentleyprojectmusic.com/
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More info about this album: https://bongoboyrecords.com/the68thfyc/— at Bongo Boy Records.
