KEITH BENSON PERSONAL MESSAGE to CHILDREN
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For me, education brings a balance into my life -- a sense of awareness, accomplishment, and happiness. Outside of music, history is the subject that I am passionate about. That is why I was involved with Standing in the Shadows of Motown - we were story tellers. We wanted to dig out their story, tell it and feel satisfied that we've righted an unintentional wrong. All the positive public reaction is just gravy.”
I have been a studio musician playing with top artists including Teddy Pendergrass and The Four Tops, and have just recieved my Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Thomas Edison State College and I am now 48 years old.
My family has always held education in high regard. My two kids have just finished getting their college degrees and my son will start law school in the fall of 2004. I didn't want to be the only one in the house without my degree.
It has been 30 years since I enrolled in his first college course at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and I have has always stressed my children and to the children in his neighborhood the importance of going to college, until one day, one of the boys asked me if I had my college degree, I had no more excuses.
I was selected to deliver the Response for Graduates speech at Thomas Edison State College Commencement Ceremony where I said . . .
“In my quietude, when I think of the history courses and of the differing requirements and the
personalities
of the professors, most of whom were PhDs; when I think that I earned As with every one of them—it gives me
a
rush that I can't get from a stage. And I love it."
"The stage thrill goes away with the crowd or the post concert party. But the feeling of academic
satisfaction is still with me even now. I don't know why, and I'm not going to try to analyze it.
I'm just enjoying the feeling of accomplishment," he said.
When I think of the formal education I have received and earned in life, I'm not only grateful but also see its use every day.
That's right. Even the calculus class comes in handy in the result of critical-thinking skills. But I've always had a love for learning . . . learning just about anything.
I pride myself on the fact that because of my liberal arts education (both formal and informal), I find pleasure in having a conversation with just about anyone -- whether talking about physics or dolphins.
peace,
Keith Benson
About Keith Benson
Keith Benson began playing drums at 10 years old and did his first "serious gig" as a ninth
grader,
in New York City. He played drums with a dizzying array of talent from Stevie Wonder, and Robert Palmer, to
Grace Jones. Keith was brought to PIR by McFadden and Whitehead in 1976. And for the next seven years
McFadden
and Whitehead rarely used another drummer to make a record.
After 1983, Keith worked with Chaka Khan, the Tempations, Ruben Studdard, Bootsy Collins, and many others.
In
2002 he was named Associate Producer of the Motown film, "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," and
he
also toured with the Funk Brothers, as Drummer and Production Manager. Keith has a Bachelor of Arts Degree
in
history. Keith can most prominently be heard on McFadden and Whitehead's song, "Ain't No
Stopping
Us, Now."
On Linkedin Honors Include: Numerous RIAA Certified Gold and Platinum Record Awards; NAACP Gold Medal Award; Grammy Award; Billboard Magazine's "Dance Music Hall of Fame" Award; Coca Cola Community Service Award; Campbell Soup Foundation Leadership Award; Student Speaker at College Commencement Ceremonies, New York Film Critics Award
P.S.
Please take a look at the links I have recommended to you below, including the link to MY SISTER CARLA BENSON.
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