Hi, I’m Josh Bennett. I am an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and performer with a passion for global music traditions. I play guitar, sitar, dilruba, fiddle, mandolin, and bouzouki, and I love blending genres to create vibrant, boundary-pushing sounds. I compose, record and mix for albums, film, and theatre, and perform live all over the world.…

Josh Bennett

Hi, I’m Josh Bennett. I am an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and performer with a passion for global music traditions. I play guitar, sitar, dilruba, fiddle, mandolin, and bouzouki, and I love blending genres to create vibrant, boundary-pushing sounds. I compose, record and mix for albums, film, and theatre, and perform live all over the world.…

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Hi, I’m Josh Bennett. I am an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and performer with a passion for global music traditions. I play guitar, sitar, dilruba, fiddle, mandolin, and bouzouki, and I love blending genres to create vibrant, boundary-pushing sounds. I compose, record and mix for albums, film, and theatre, and perform live all over the world.

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Skills

Experience Level

Audio
Expert
C++
Expert
Music Theory
Expert
Pro Tools
Expert
HTML5
Expert
JavaScript
Expert
PHP
Expert
Logic Pro
Expert
DaVinci Resolve Studio
Expert
Blender
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent
Hindi
Intermediate
Panjabi, Punjabi
Intermediate
French
Intermediate

Work Experience

Music Producer at Freelance
January 1, 2002 - Present
Reocrding, editing and mixing session material for albums, film, advertising and theatre
Musician at Freelance
December 8, 1990 - Present
I've been performing on stage since I was fifteen, in Australia, North America, Europe, Asia and Africa
Electronic Engineer at Tenix Defence
February 1, 1999 - October 8, 2008
Senior Electronics Engineer for Defence, specialising in robotics, control, systems engineering and test software
Audio Preamp Designer at Audio Sprockets
March 3, 2021 - Present
Co-designer of the ToneDexter II acoustic preamp, considered the "holy grail of acoustic preamps" currently on the market

Education

Indian Classical Music Training at Saptak School of Music, Ahmedabad
October 30, 2007 - February 13, 2015
My guru was the late Smt Manju Mehta, a disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar
Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Adelaide University
February 20, 1995 - November 13, 1998
First Class Hons, graduated top of my year

Qualifications

Instrumentalist of the Year
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025
Folk Alliance

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services
    paper Twin Flame - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Composed, performed, recorded, edited and mixed the music for short film Twin Flame, working closely with the producer and team to choreograph music to the movement. All instruments other than additonal tabla and vocals were performed by me. The soundtrack is available on all streaming platforms