Grant Bentley Music

Grant was recovering from a bout with COVID so his new song “Seeing Signs” was played in front of an appreciative group of fellow songwriters at the home of Cliff and Karin Keller in Cardiff on Saturday, July 15th.  You can hear a rough draft of the song here.

Audacy (formerly Radio.com) has accepted Grant has a participant in a self-promotion program to win a performance spot at the next “We Can Survive” annual concert in New York City. Supporters can vote here (https://theopenact.com/2023/grant-bentley) either for free or by making a partial donation to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

On August 13th, during a songwriters get-together held at the home of Patric Petrie in San Diego, CA, Grant debuted a new song written to the title prompt "Fancy Shoes". Here is his performance of that song. 

The 15-minute documentary film "Sunblock", featuring Grant's solar eclipse-themed song "Moment in Time", won an award at the Oregon Documentary Film Festival held at the Avalon Theater in Portland, Oregon (March 23-24, 2019).  If you want to hear the entire song "Moment in Time" (or watch a music video of the song), then click on the Music tab.

The music video of Grant's COVID-related song "Aisle 23" has been made part of the permanent online collection of the San Diego History Center.  As part of a crowd-sourced project called "History Happening Now - Share Your Story", this 3-minute video, shot on location at Ralph's grocery store in La Jolla, CA, illustrates the original inspiration for the song.  The music video can also be found on Grant's YouTube channel. 

Bill Bentley, my music producer and a budding filmmaker, has released his documentary film "Sunblock" about my family's experience in Madras, Oregon, one year ago (on August 21, 2017).  You can hear Grant's new song "Moment in Time" as the credits roll at the end of the 15 minute film.  The film can be accessed online at the following link: https://vimeo.com/284254079

In honor of "Talk Like a Pirate Day" (September 19, 2017), Grant has written the song "Shiver Me Timbers" based around a nautical theme.  This song should be sung by a certain female country pop artist (who has recently made a comeback with a new album of her original songs called "Now") because it was written for her.

Until we have the opportunity to produce a demo of the song, I will post the lyric sheet for all you pirate fans out there.  Yarr!

For those fans who haven't had the chance to catch one of Grant's live performances, check out this video collage that was shot on the patio of the Hill Street Cafe in Oceanside in May of 2107.

Grant was recently at his brother's recording studio, Bill Bentley Productions, singing final vocals on two new songs, Can't Crush My Soul and In a Flash.  The stories behind these two new songs can be found in the Music section on this website.

A music video of my song "When I Loved Her" is now available on You Tube.  It combines live footage of my performance at Rebecca's Cafe in San Diego with some photographs that complement the music.