Ben Mink plays several string instruments, notably the guitar, violin, and the mandolin.
16 Facts About Ben Mink
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Ben Mink has been a member of the groups Stringband, Murray McLauchlan's Silver Tractors, and FM.
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Ben Mink has performed on, along with co-writing and producing, several of her albums, which often combine voice with string arrangements.
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Ben Mink subsequently performed as violinist, guitarist, and mandolinist with lang's band, the Reclines.
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Ben Mink was interviewed about his songwriting collaboration with lang on the British television show South Bank Show in 1996.
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Ben Mink was invited to play electric violin on the Rush song "Losing It", from their 1982 album, Signals.
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Ben Mink co-wrote, produced, and played guitar on My Favourite Headache, a solo project of Rush lead singer and bassist, Geddy Lee.
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Ben Mink co-produced Red Velvet Car for Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson, released in the fall of 2010, and appeared onstage in the band's concert video Night at Sky Church.
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Ben Mink was back at the helm as producer of Heart's 2012 album Fanatic, which included the single "Walkin' Good", featuring Sarah McLachlan.
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Ben Mink co-produced and performed on Feist's Grammy-nominated hit single "1234", playing strings and guitars.
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Ben Mink is a member of Black Sea Station, a North American klezmer supergroup.
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Ben Mink has produced other klezmer musical acts in the past, such as Finjan, the Klezmatics, and Chava Alberstein.
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Ben Mink scored the 2007 biopic Confessions of an Innocent Man about British-Canadian engineer William Sampson, which garnered him a Gemini Award.
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Ben Mink has lectured on such topics as "The Music Business vs the Creative Process" at the University of British Columbia, Western Washington University, and Simon Fraser University.
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Ben Mink has contributed to the Library and Archives Canada.
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Ben Mink is one of few people to ever share a songwriting credit with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.