Lisa DeBenedictis is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, who releases her music via a number of outlets including

Magnatune Magnatune is an American independent record label based in Berkeley, California, founded in spring 2003. It only sold music for download through its website but added a print-CD-on-demand service in late 2004 and in October 2007 began selling co ...

and

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. DeBenedictis dropped out of music school, but can play the piano, guitar and

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

. Her music contains mainly guitar and piano, with synth, smart and frequently dark

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Remixes

Since the release of a set of vocal samples on ccMixter under a

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license, her songs have been remixed and sampled extensively by several artists from different countries. The samples were released for a remixing competition
Magnatune Remix Context
' on ccMixter which was an idea for publicity of her work by

John Buckman Magnatune is an American independent record label based in Berkeley, California, founded in spring 2003. It only sold music for download through its website but added a print-CD-on-demand service in late 2004 and in October 2007 began selling co ...

Discography

* ''Fruitless'' (album), 2004 * ''Tigers'' (album), 2005 * ''Mixter One'' (album), 2007 * ''Welcome to Our World'' (remix album), 2012

References

External links

Official website
Living people Magnatune artists American women singers American women songwriters Creative Commons-licensed authors 21st-century American pianists 21st-century American women pianists Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-singer-songwriter-stub