Ben CarrollUniversal recording artist, Ben Carroll, releases his first solo effort, A Dream Between Two Fires. Carroll, lead guitarist for the band “Ra” (Universal/SMR) has spent the past three years conceptualizing and recording the album in between tours and recording sessions with “Ra” (Universal/SMR) which has released 4 albums over the past 6 years with a combined sales total of over half a million units. Carroll says, “A Dream Between Two Fires is the record I’ve wanted to make my whole life, I’ve always been driven to do an instrumental record that follows on the footsteps of guys like Joe Satriani & Steve Vai.”
Along with writing, arranging, producing, engineering and mixing A Dream Between Two Fires, Carroll laid down every track. “This record motivated me to keep innovating my guitar playing and overall musical style, as well as motivating me to learn engineering, mixing, editing, programming and all other aspects of studio work. I wanted to have full artistic freedom and be totally in charge of the end result.”