Behind the Music: I’m a Benchwarmer
I can still remember the sound of my wrist snapping as it hit the hardwood floor. My uncoordinated mass of a body couldn’t handle the coaches orders to run backwards across the basketball court. Freshmen basketball tryouts may have landed me with a cast, six weeks of benchwarming, and a funny story, but it didn’t end there.
I wrote the hook to “I’m a Benchwarmer” during my junior year of high school (which seems like eons ago). I picked it up again a few years later and finished the rap for my first EP titled “Poligamize Me.”
Filming the music video had to be the highlight of this song. Calling it controlled chaos doesn’t do it service. We filmed the video in a short few hours one Saturday morning with over 30 friends, 2 cameras, and a dance troupe of friends who learned the dance the night before. We had the two cameras rolling simultaneously while the crowd roared and the basketball game was being played.
I had my fair share of the ole’ splinter butt in my day. But I wouldn’t trade my high school b-ball playing years for anything. I made the Freshmen basketball team that year, sat on the bench for most of the beginning of the season, and a few months later was actually (and surprisingly) awarded the Most Improved Player award.
Good times. Good memories. Sore butt.
EP 1 – Poligamize Me: I’m a Benchwarmer
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My name's Jonathan Lewis and I write and record music. Sometimes it's funny. Sometimes it's really funny. Please email me for all music collaboration inquiries.
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