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| {{Infobox musical artist | |||
| | name = Ben Kasica | |||
| | image = Ben_kasica.jpg | |||
| | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | |||
| | caption = Kasica in concert | |||
| | genre = ], ], ], ], ] | |||
| | birth_name = Benjamin Judah Kasica | |||
| | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|15|mf=y}} | |||
| | birth_place = ] | |||
| | instrument = ] | |||
| | occupation = ], ], ], ], ] | |||
| | associated_acts = ] | |||
| | website = | |||
| }} | |||
| '''Benjamin Judah Kasica''' (born April 15, 1984) is a ] best known as a former ] for the ] band ]. Since leaving the band he has engaged in ] and ] recordings and ]. | |||
| ==Career== | |||
| ] | |||
| He began playing guitar at age eleven. He joined Skillet in 2001 at the age of sixteen, and recorded the albums '']'', '']'', '']'' (which went Gold on November 18, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ardentrecords.com/skillets-comatose-goes-gold-awake-passes-200k-in-sales/ |title=Skillet’s “Comatose” Goes Gold, “Awake” Passes 200K In Sales |publisher=Ardent Records |date=2009-11-18 |accessdate=2011-10-04}}</ref>) and '']'' (which went Platinum) with them. | |||
| Kasica is known for his many tricks while playing the ] live on stage. These range from his solos to playing his guitar behind the back of his head.{{Citation needed|date=December 2013}} ] said in the YouTube interview that he enjoyed having Kasica in the band "for his integrity; someone who wants to be honest about things."{{Citation needed|date=December 2013}} Kasica announced he was leaving Skillet to pursue other interests on February 14, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|author=Publicada por Nuno Ribeiro |url=http://www.heavyhardmetalmania.net/2011/02/skillet-ben-kasica-leaves-band.html |title=Skillet - "Ben Kasica" leaves the band |publisher=HeavyHardMetalmania |date=2011-02-14 |accessdate=2011-10-04}}</ref> He was asked to return on a temporary basis on April 11, when Jonathan Salas left.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} On April 14, he played his next final show, as Seth Morrison played the show the following day.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} | |||
| ==Other work== | |||
| Kasica is one of the owners of the clothing brand "LifeLoveMusic," a Christian organization that encourages Christians to "be the light of the world" by "loving the unlovable and sacrificing our lives for others."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lifelovemusic.com/about.html |title=LLM Clothing: Buy a shirt. Change the world |publisher=Lifelovemusic.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-04}}</ref> | |||
| Kasica is also the co-owner of Skies Fall Media Group, which offers artists many services; from their website: "Along with the record company, artist development/management and recording studio, Skies Fall Media Group also contains a full service graphic design and professional photography division, model and actor management, and live music production division with more to come."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skiesfall.com/ |title=Skies Fall Media Group |publisher=Skiesfall.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-04}}</ref>{{Fails verification|date=October 2011}} | |||
| Kasica was the director/producer of ''Cellofourte: A String Tribute to Skillet'' which is an album by Tate Olsen, the cellist for Skillet, doing four-part cello covers of popular Skillet songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skiesfallrecords.com/news?5 |title=Skies Fall Records |date= |accessdate=2012-07-06}}</ref> | |||
| Kasica was the director of Skillet's latest music video, "Not Gonna Die" and he was also the executive producer for the new music video "Back From the Dead", as well as making a brief cameo in the music video.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} | |||
| ==Guitar equipment== | |||
| Kasica played GMP Guitars exclusively when he first joined the band. However, he and his fellow Skillet guitarist ] later switched to ], most notably the PRS SC 250, and the Mira. For "]" Kasica recorded with ], mostly ]s. | |||
| * PRS SC250 | |||
| * Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner | |||
| * Boss DD-7 Digital Delay | |||
| * BOSS FS-5U | |||
| * Ibanez TS9DX | |||
| * Tonebone JX-2 Switchbone | |||
| * Vox Wah | |||
| * Boss OS-2 Overdrive/Distortion | |||
| * Keeley C4 Compressor | |||
| * Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler | |||
| * Vox AC30HH | |||
| * Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I13yBXHDCIQ|title=Backstage with... Skillet (GuitarEdge.com)}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| {{Skillet}} | |||
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