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My good buddy Matt Gerhardt has just finished up in the studio on his debut album, and I was invited to sing and jam the nylon string on one of the tunes. Our mutual friend slash rockstar Cort Farris also joined us on Steel Pan. Check it out! I’ll post a link once his record is up on Itunes, etc.
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 [...]
YAY! New shirts are in, and awaiting your order. Show off your love of independent music to the world! When people look at it and say “Who?” you tell em! 3 different styles available: Guys/Girls Tees for only 15$, Girls/Hipsters V-Necks for 20$, and Girls Racerback Tanks for 20$. Lots of bright, vibrant colors, these will be [...]
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 [...]
Ben Hammond Band Live at 5 O’Clock Club, 5:30-7:30 Friday Nov 25, 2011
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
1 week from today I will be playing at the first ever MacFest, to be held in beautiful downtown Bradenton, Fl. I will be playing at 3pm; also appearing at this FREE, family friendly event will be “Dangerous” Dan Toler, Pedro Arevalo, Mich Kach, Kettle of Fish, Michael Mac Band, and tons more! For more [...]
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 [...]
