Musician, composer and mutant trumpet inventor Ben Neill [1] has upped the ante in the commercial music biz with a true first. A while back, Volkswagen compiled a various artists CD [2] of tunes from its commercials to appease the VW masses, but Ben has taken it a big step further - He just released an original full length album of expanded versions of ditties he originally wrote soley for Volkswagen ads. [3]
"There is no difference between something that is considered art and something that is a commercial," he says. "My album is a statement of that." - Full story at the Christian Science Monitor [4]
Beep beep indeed. Herbie would be proud.
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