BenHammondMusic Blog

tUnE-yArDs!!!

benhammondmusic — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:31:49 +0000

AHHH! tUnE-yArDs!!! This album w h o k i l l is SO good. And WTF she has played with ?uestlove and Black Thought?!?! This tune is killer, click to watch her performing “Gangsta” with the Roots live on Jimmy Fallon. She is the lead singer of Sister Suvi as well, whose drummer Nico Dann you just might recognize from my 2008 release “[Reasonably] Honest”. Is it weird that right now I’m more excited to be 2 degrees from Merrill than I am 3 degrees from the Roots?

Jingle Bell Rock

benhammondmusic — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:37:20 +0000

Ukulele and Nose Flute! My friends Kelly and Andy rock this Christmas Classic in the most amazing way possible.

“Send me on my way” – Beach Club

benhammondmusic — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:42:50 +0000

Ben Hammond Band Live at the Beach Club, Siesta Key, FL.

Ben – Guitar, Vocals, Loop Pedal.
Garrett Dawson – Percussion.
Danny Berglund – Drums.
Cort Farris – Synths.
Dan Brock – Bass.
Derek “Diamond D” Decesare on Video.

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Sublime Cover 54-46/Ball and Chain w/ Cort Farris on Steel Pan and Drums

benhammondmusic — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:21:57 +0000

Footage from the Inlet on the Jersey Shore, featuring Cort Farris on steel pan and drumset. This tune is a cover medley put together by Sublime from their album “40 oz to Freedom”. I am using an OC-3 Octave Pedal for the Bass, and also a Boomerang Loop Station to live loop myself (vocal percussion).

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5o

benhammondmusic — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:38:37 +0000

Ben Hammond Band Live at 5 O’Clock Club, 5:30-7:30 Friday Nov 25, 2011

New Unofficial Music Video: “Something New”

benhammondmusic — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:36:27 +0000

In 2010 I got to tour all over the Eastern and Midwestern US, and had my camera rolling for parts of it. I decided to finally cobble together that footage into a quick little time-lapsed music video for my summer rocker from a few years ago, “Something New”, which was recently released on my disc “[Reasonably] Honest Extended Edition”.

If you want to buy/stream this tune you can:

- Check it out on Itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/reasonably-honest-extended/id350749973#

- Check it out on Pandora:http://www.pandora.com/#/music/song/ben+hammond/something+new

- Or buy the CD/MP3 on CDBaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/BenHammond

Stop SOPA – This is out of control

benhammondmusic — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:09:47 +0000

As a copyright holder myself, I fully understand the need and economic necessity of reducing piracy. The bill currently before congress referred to as “SOPA” is absolutely NOT the way to accomplish this, and would in fact charge me and anyone else who has ever posted footage of themselves singing a popular song online with A FELONY. Make no mistake, this bill is not about providing money due to the artists that create. This is about greed, and a fundamental misunderstanding of how the internet and Art has evolved.

http://americancensorship.org/

PS: If you visited my site BENHAMMONDMUSIC.COM you were greeted with a censorship pop-up, as a reminder that this bill would alter the internet in many unforeseen ways. (Screenshot below)

Top-Downloaded Song on MadeLoud.com

benhammondmusic — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:21:22 +0000

Excited to announce that my track “Worst Kind of Perfect” is one of the top downloaded songs on music website madeloud.com

I finished just a few songs below an artist named “Zan-X” performing what I can only imagine is a politically charged commentary on the Nixon administration and the resultant Watergate scandal

VIDEO: Select Songs from “The Local Bean”

benhammondmusic — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:48:34 +0000

Just played a concert of original music last night at the Local Bean, a new coffee shop on Siesta Key here in Sarasota, FL. This is an awesome little spot dedicating itself to promoting local, live, original artists, and I highly recommend you check it out. Below is a video compilation of some of the tunes I did, including a video debut of my new tune: “Friction“.

Let me know what you think, and please “Share” it and “Like” it and whatever other fun verbs you want to do to it

I made it on the Blog of Unnecessary Quotation Marks!

benhammondmusic — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:47:14 +0000

Snapped this photo at one of my gigs, and I am very “honored” to announce that it has been “featured” on this site. “Enjoy!”