Artist Profile in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s “The Ticket”

Sarasota’s premier newspaper periodically features locale musicians in their arts publication / website “The Ticket”, and they’ve featured yours-truly this week. Journalist Dawn Scire does a bang-on job describing my sound in all its permutations and combinations, and I might just have to steal some of her phrases when describing my music in the future. Rock on for [...]

Now Hosting the Famous S.K.O.B. Open Mic / Jam

I am super excited to be taking over as host of this awesome Tuesday night event at the Siesta Key Oyster Bar. From 7-11pm, bring your instrument, voice, ears and thirst for beer and good times to come rock with us! I am keeping this a very positive space where people are free to share [...]

“Send me on my way” – Beach Club

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. http://www.benhammondmusic.com  

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

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

New Unofficial Music Video: “Something New”

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 [...]

VIDEO: Select Songs from “The Local Bean”

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 [...]

Beatbox / Dance / Lightshow MAX/MSP Installation – Jason Levine

This is totally rad; my friend and fellow Effusion Alum Jason Levine just posted this on his wall. In a nutshell: he beatboxs / throatsings while a computer offstage (which I am quite sure he would have programmed using MAX/MSP/JITTER) analyzes his vocalizations and projects lights in corresponding colors and intensities. Meanwhile, the system also [...]

Interview and Performance on WMNF 88.5FM “Center Stage”

Host RJ Oreskovich invited me to drop by the studio and chat with him for an hour on his show “Center Stage”, of course bringing along the acoustic guitar and jamming out on a couple of tunes from both “[Reasonably] Honest” and my new disc “Solo at Stone Mt Arts Center”. We discuss the role [...]

Accepted for Noise Ordinance 2 – Sarasota Original Music

Great news! I have been accepted as one out of 119 local Sarasota submissions to be on the second edition of the Noise Ordinance CD. Spanning everything from Folk to Jazz to Indie Art-Noise, this CD catalogs Sarasota’s burgeoning original music scene. I am honored to be chosen, and look forward to playing the festival [...]