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Billy Bennett (Musician) (born 1982) is an American musician and record producer, technologist, and educator. He was born in Athens, Ga. on August 12th, 1982.

Bennett was best known in the early 2000's as the field goal kicker for the University of Georgia where he lettered in football from 2000-2003 and graduated with 7 NCAA, 9 SEC, and 13 school records for kicking, some of which still hold today. As a musician, Bennett is known for his skills as a recording engineer and producer, as well as his baritone singing voice and psychedelic compositions. He is currently living Brooklyn, NY getting his masters degree at New York University at the Tisch School of The Arts in Interactive Telecommunications.

Originally from Athens, Ga., Bennett grew up during the birth of the Athens college rock scene with bands like REM, The B-52's and Pylon. Once his brief career as a professional football player was finished, he began to gravitate towards music. At a Glands show in 2004, Bennett had a chance meeting with local musician and producer David Barbe, who would later become Bennett's mentor at his Chase Park Transduction recording studio. After spending a year under Barbe's tutelage, Bennett began booking his own sessions there and eventually went on to record the debut album by the Athens, Ga., trio The Whigs (Give 'Em All A Big Fat Lip) which got the band signed to ATO records.

Following this success, Bennett would later connect with the band MGMT in 2007, where he would join the band on the road as tour manager and sound engineer. As the band grew, Bennett focused solely on live sound duties where he spent two years touring the world with the band. In 2009, MGMT asked Bennett to record their sophomore effort 'Congratulations' after which, Bennett ceased his touring relationship with the band to focus on record producing.

In 2013, Bennett moved to Nashville where he began working at the house engineer at the famed Bomb Shelter recording studio, home to producer Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Josephine Foster, Langhorne Slim) who taught Bennett the intricacies of analog recording. Bennett also began teaching audio engineering as an adjunct professor at Belmont University from 2016-2018, with classes ranging from recording technology, live sound, and Pro Tools techniques.

in 2019, Bennett released his first full-length album entitled "The Middle Tennessee Post Modern Experimental Pop Band" (which was a riff on the West Coast Experimental Pop Art Band from the 1960's San Francisco psychedelic rock scene). The band is comprised of various members of Nashville's underground psych and indie rock scene - bands like Fly Golden Eagle, Majestico, Thayer Sarrano, Clear Plastic Masks, Promise Land Sound, and Skyway Man. Bennett previously released two singles entitled "Placate Your Illusion" and "Moral Calculus."