What we do

Type A Records is an independent record label based in New York City.

Management and Staff

David Bendeth, President
david@typearecords.com
www.davidbendeth.com

London England-born David Bendeth has been around music and musicians most of his life as a Guitarist, songwriter, producer and A&R executive. Self-taught on guitar before studying at the famed Berklee School of Music in Boston, Bendeth traveled back and forth between London and Toronto in his formative years before going on the road with the likes of Drummers Billy Cobham and Lenny White.

After working as a teenager at a record store and playing in the house band at London’s famed Speakeasy, Bendeth hit the top of the U.K. Charts as a blue-eyed soul crooner with the single “Feel the Real in 1980”. He went on to release three albums, ‘80’s Adrenalin (Epic Canada/EMI U.K.), ‘82’s Just Dessert (Ensign/RCA) and ‘83’s The Bendeth Band (Ensign/RCA) before joining CBS/Sony Canada as Staff producer. From ’87-’90, he was a songwriter with Chrysalis Music, penning songs for Joe Cocker (“Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right”) and Jeff Beck (“Ecstasy”). David also has written soundtracks for Michael J Fox among others.
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Valerie Zyriek, Label Manager/A&R
valerie@typearecords.com

Valerie Zyriek has been with Type A Records since its inception in 2003. She has played a key role in the development and formation of the label along with the president David Bendeth. Valerie Zyriek has an extensive music industry background. She began her career at the legendary alternative rock station WHFS in Baltimore Maryland in promotion. From there, she moved to New York City and completed her Master of Arts degree at New York University in Music Entertainment Professions. She became an A&R assistant at Virgin Records, and completed numerous internships in publishing, marketing, and publicity. You name it and she's done it! Now at Type A Records she runs the day to day operations of the label. She is the point person for all Type A artists and coordinates with RED on all marketing and promotion initiatives.