Benjamin Daydreamer Face CD - Import

Benjamin Daydreamer, whose real name is Harry Benjamin Marinen, grew up in a Christian home in the Swedish countryside. His parents are originally from Finland as well as his grandmother, while his grandfather was from Ukraine. He and his older brother, Leif, were both born in Sweden...His career as a musician began in the early 1980s at the mere age of 10, when he had the opportunity to play the drums in music school. Benjamin got his first drums, a set of red Maxwins, which he enjoyed jamming on while listening with earphones to good Christian artists on old vinyl records...Since graduating from high school he has been working as a caregiver for disabled people, as well as in home healthcare. In the spring of 2007, he completed the registered nursing program and has been working the night shift in a nursing home for patients with dementia since 2005. And now Benjamin has turned his focus to becoming a full-time artist in the music business...Benjamin's mother replaced the old Fazer piano for a KORG poly 800, which became the launching pad for Benjamin´s creative spirit within his genre. This led to his first studio recording at Key Studio in Ulricehamn, in February of 1986. He recorded a song titled "Walk to the Intensity of Light", on which he himself recorded all the tracks manually with the synthesizer, sang and played on Simmons digital drums... It was during this time in his life, his early teenage years, when he decided to accept Jesus and was born again. He was baptized in water and shortly after that he was spiritually confirmed into the body of Christ during a Pentecostal youth camp. The Pentecostal movement was an influence during his growing-up years, and it is through this movement that he has been provided with opportunities for spiritual nourishment, fellowship and growth as a young musician. He was playing drums in the youth choir´s gospel songs, but he preferred to write songs on the synthesizer, piano or guitar. He recorded these songs in a simple home studio, a so called portable studio. Later on in 1988, he invested in a KORG M1 which was a more powerful workstation for songwriters.During his teenage years, he also started a Christian synthpop/rock band named "Heaven Mental", which consisted of four members including his brother Leif. After one performance, Benjamin decided to become a solo artist, working on his own material so that he could develop his own style of music. Benjamin´s first serious record release came in 1989. It was a 13 track instrumental project called "Prince of Peace – Jesus Christ", of which 250 copies were made...Benjamin graduated from high school in 1989, studying two years of economics. He applied to a musical high school, but he was not accepted due to his poor knowledge of music theory. But Benjamin did not give up; instead he managed to get a performance in the high school auditorium on June 6th, 1989, before a capacity crowd...He moved away from home when he was 18 years old, and began working as a night concierge in a hotel. He was living in a studio apartment and he produced music with the help of a M1 keyboard and a personal computer Atari, and he used his first TV as a monitor. He found it more productive to write music than to watch TV. He received inspiration from the Word of God, the Holy Bible, other worthwhile Christian literature as well as life experiences from different situations. When Benjamin was 20, he served as a military chaplain for children and youth. He gathered a group of musically talented youth and he practiced with them and inspired them to continue to develop as musicians, which resulted in the creation of a band named "Frontlight" and the release of an EP-single.In 1991-92 Benjamin studied for a year to become an evangelist in a Baptist missionary school. He had the opportunity to attend a bible school in the mornings and work with street mission planning, cafeteria business and charitable work. This year shaped his life in many ways. God re