An original cover of Will Smith's "Men in Black" rap, done as a senior send off by Naturally Sharp. Original lyrics by Donald Brooks. Performed by Donald Brooks and Gus Newman. Video by Zander Merle-Smith. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Bennett Layman. 

Accompanying music video can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lcoifDTuYRI

MIT Master

An original arrangement of Avicii's hit "Wake Me Up", arranged for Naturally Sharp at Virginia Tech. 

Performed and recorded by Bennett Layman.

Wake Me Up - Arrangement Guide

This is an original arrangement of Edwin McCain's "I'll Be." I originally arranged it for the graduating seniors of Sensations, a female a cappella group at Virginia Tech, but they were unfortunately unable to record it with me. 

This arrangement was done in 5 parts for 5 singers, originally about a 5th higher than this.

This recording has been transposed back down to the original key of the song, and performed/recorded by me.

I'll Be - Arrangement Guide

OPB A Silent Film/Arr. Bennett Layman

I got a new mic the other day and decided to test it out on a song I've been thinking about doing for a while now! Because I don't normally use effects, I figured this was as good a time as any to experiment with them a little bit.

Harbour Lights

My friend Donnie and I arranged/tracked/edited/mixed/mastered this arrangement of "Story Of My Life" by One Direction in a single weekend a few weeks ago. Let us know what you think!

Story Of My Life

This is an overall Guide Track/Demo MIX for an arrangement I did for Passing Notes, an all female group at William and Mary. This track was put together in roughly 45 minutes in order to provide a clearer idea of the final track than a MIDI file would have given.

All singing/VP by me, though VP was only put in to illustrate when to beat box and when not to.

Ain't It Fun - Arrangement Guide

Layman Family 2015, reuploading and hopefully this version avoids a copyright strike

Mary Did You Know - Layman Family

Short piece exploring a more organic piano/string style.

Written and produced by Bennett Layman, 2009

On a Train - Instrumental

Rather than sending out the typical "Picture of your family" Christmas card with a brief description of the year, our family will occasionally take some time out of our schedules to get together and record a few songs that have had a special meaning for us over the past year (or songs that we just like to sing). 

This year, we put together 2 songs - the first, "Longtime Traveler", is a three part treble arrangement made popular by the Wailin' Jennys. As this song was one of the ones our family sang at our grandfather's funeral earlier this year, it seemed fitting to include it. 

The second is a song that we just like to sing - a slight re-arrangement of the Pentatonix version of "Mary, Did You Know?" (We've got five people, but only 2 guys and 3 girls, so a few things had to change to make this work). 

Both songs were recorded and produced by Bennett Layman/Vocal Impact.

Longtime Traveler

Acoustic Arrangement of Sweet Child of Mine for a wedding in 2014, obp Guns n' Roses

Sweet Child Of Mine

Acoustic Arrangement for a wedding in 2014, opb Elton John

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