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Music by Ben

I've been playing guitar since 1995 and teaching since 1999. I started playing in middle school in general music class. I picked things up fast and eventually got a used classical guitar for Christmas. After years of lessons, a BA in Music Education, and years of teaching/band/performance experience, I am a decent guitarist.

I like writing neat chord progressions and improvising. I like spontaneous solos rather than written out ones. This comes from laziness and maybe a little creativity. I love music theory and appreciate music that shows creativity in this way. I'm very good at hearing things by ear and learning them on guitar. I'm not such a good music reader. I also have experience recording and mixing stuff using GarageBand and Logic.

Zelda 2 Castle Theme

Come Heavy Sleep

Study in A

Vivify

Satriani Licks

Before I Could Say

Pavlov

When I Survey

Lost My Thought

Fire

1 Corinthians Love Song

Tune in A


I've been performing recently with Jon Langberg, a great musician. Jon writes his own songs, and we also play covers.

The following are songs I co-wrote (or covered) with Katie Enlow. She has a beautiful voice and writes amazing songs/melodies.


Jill and I were in a band together from 2008-10 called Sugar Road. A couple of our house church/high school friends are really talented: Ryan plays bass and Hannah sings, writes, and plays keys/guitar. We had lots of fun practicing/recording/playing together, and we got to play a few gigs in local coffee shops. We released one album together (100% Juice), which sold out rather quickly (we only made 50 copies). Here are the original tracks from the album plus some other tracks we got recorded.

Sepia

The Orchard

Wish You Well

Right Hand Stars

Forest Hill

Beauty of the Skies

Lovely Fool


"Do or do not, there is no try." -Yoda