Ben Hammond

Artist Information

Biography

Born in the tiny town of Hiram, Maine and graduated in 2006 with a degree in Music Technology from McGill University in Montreal, Ben Hammond has since been touring (from his home in rural New England to New Zealand) and playing his unique brand of Acoustic Soul-Pop at a variety of festivals (Montreal Jazz Festival, Portland Old Port Fest) and hundreds of venues (Montreal’s Sala Rossa and Metropolis, Town Hall in NYC). In March 2008 Ben completed his full length studio album “[Reasonably] Honest” with a full band and Downbeat Magazine award winning mixer Reuben Ghose, which has garnered him radio interviews and airplay across the Northeast. On June 10th, 2008 Ben played to a sold out crowd (200+ people, 17$ tickets, no opener) for his official hometown album launch at the breathtaking Stone Mountain Arts Center in Maine, which has featured such greats as Bela Fleck and the Indigo Girls.

Schooled in jazz, raised on rock, immersed in soul, and fascinated with music the world over, Ben can just as easily be found strumming and singing a ballad as he can live looping an a cappella improvisation of Tuvan throat singing, beatboxing, and harmonized scatting. When performing his composed material, either as a soloist or with his quartet, the music features Ben’s engaging, soulful vocals weaved within a framework of genre-shifting instrumentation, providing a platform for his subtle, contemplative lyrics.


Review at Indie-Music.com:
- "[This] singer-songwriter does a lot more than just play guitar; he beat boxes, circuit bends and writes damned good songs… his new CD, [Reasonably] Honest, has ten tracks that weave in and out of jazz, rock, reggae, rap and pop while staying true to a sound that is definitely Ben Hammond. [He] sounds, vocally, like Jamie Cullum and John Mayer and has a bouncy guitar style with great backbeats that remind me of Jack Johnson. The thing that sets him apart from those guys is his ability to blur the line between jazz, pop and hip-hop and do it so that it doesn't sound forced."

To view or download my "one-sheet" press release pdf visit http://www.benhammondmusic.com/ben-hammond-music-one-page.pdf

Instrumentation

--solo--
Ben Hammond - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals/Beatboxing, Optional Live Looping.
--when performing with band--
Nico Dann - Drums
Dan Fortin - Bass
Gabe Nespoli - Keys

Discography

- "[Reasonably] Honest" - Brand new album released March 2008, receiving airplay on 89.3FM WHSN, 100.3FM WKIT, 102.9 WERU (Bangor, ME), 91.3FM (WUNH Durham, NH), 91.1FM (WMUA Amherst, MA), 89.5FM (CIUT U of Toronto), 90.3FM (CKUT Montreal) IndieTalent.ca Web Radio, Martha’s Vineyard Web Radio (mvyradio.com), and numerous podcasts.
- "No History Session EP" - 2006, featured on Boston Radio Station 95.9 fm (WATD), played on WMWV 93.5FM in North Conway, NH.
- Guest on Renee Lee “Maple Groove” 2004 – Justin Time Records
- Effusion A Cappella “Unrestrained” 2006
- Effusion A Cappella “Movin’ Away” 2002

Audio

• Worst Kind of Perfect
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• Let's Get Alone feat. Kweku
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• Another Friend
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• Even Though
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• Something New
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• When I'm Supposed To (SAMPLE)
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Lyrics

• Let's Get Alone
• Worst Kind of Perfect
• It's Ok
• Lemme Know
• Touch
• When I'm Supposed To
• No History
• Except For You
• Something New
• Even Though

Video

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Press

• [Reasonably] Honest Review by Darryl Gregory [+ Show ]
  

  So any singer-songwriter that owns, knows how to use, and then puts on their CD the Theremin has got...So any singer-songwriter that owns, knows how to use, and then puts on their CD the Theremin has got my attention. Even if it is for only one track, it piqued my interest, and as I scanned down the page I noticed that this singer-songwriter does a lot more than just play guitar; he beat boxes, circuit bends and writes damned good songs.
  
  The writer in question is Ben Hammond and his new CD, [Reasonably] Honest, has ten tracks that weave in and out of jazz, rock, reggae, rap and pop while staying true to a sound that is definitely Ben Hammond. Hammond sounds, vocally, like Jamie Cullum and John Mayer and has a bouncy guitar style with great backbeats that remind me of Jack Johnson. The thing that sets him apart from those guys is his ability to blur the line between jazz, pop and hip-hop and do it so that it doesn’t sound forced. When I was reading Hammond's press release and got to the part about his beat boxing, I groaned, but when I listened I was truly impressed at how he fits it in and makes it sound like it belongs.
  
  The songs on this CD are of the usual variety relationship-I want you, You Want Me-I’m confused, Please help me- type of songs. That’s OK, and what makes it OK is the music and grooves that keep you listening. The first track, “Let’s Get Alone” starts off with a groovy acoustic guitar riff and has a well placed rap-verse in the middle done up well by Kweku Sam Kwofie. “It’s OK” is a solo track with just voice and guitar that gives the listener an insight to the live sound of Ben Hammond. “Touch” is a track that does not allow you to sit still and uses Hammond’s beat boxing and some beats and sounds that reminded me of Stevie Wonder.
  
  Ben Hammond seems to be on the edge of all the latest musical trends like circuit bending and beat boxing, yet it is all brought back into the traditional forms of jazz and pop and delivered with expertise. Go out and get this disk.
  
  By Darryl Gregory

• The Night Is Young [+ Show ]
  

  Musician Ben Hammond was born in Hiram and ended up in Montreal, where he graduated from McGill Univ...Musician Ben Hammond was born in Hiram and ended up in Montreal, where he graduated from McGill University in 2006. He's calling Maine home again and is celebrating the release of "(Reasonably) Honest" Tuesday night on my favorite stage within several hundred miles of here, the Stone Mountain Arts Center.
  
  Hammond's been performing his tunes from New England to New Zealand, with appearances as the Montreal Jazz Festival and Sarasota Arts Weekend.
  
  Joining him on stage will be two fellow Fryeburg Academy grads, Danny Berglund on drums and Kelly Muse on bass. As for Hammond, he'll be singing, playing his acoustic guitar and will be his own human beatbox.
  
  The 10 songs on "Honest" encompass a spectrum of styles and expression. "Let's Get Alone" is soulful and driven, "It's OK" is a song with a swollen heart. "Don't you ever go and drop me, now that I've got no way of stopping," beseeches Hammond with just enough inflection to leave its mark.
  
  "Touch" is a spring-loaded toe tapper with fantastic female back-up vocals that give it a funky sheen. "Start Breathing" turns in on itself through Hammond's lovelorn lyrics, sung with a controlled fervor that both sooths and burns.
  
  The record's closing track, "Another Friend," is upbeat with salty words: "You used to act so happy and then those gray clouds came up under your eyes. Is there something you've been hiding?"
  
  Congrats, Ben, on the standout record and the show at the House that Noonan Built on Tuesday night. Visit www.benhammondmusic.com for free mp3s and more info.
  
  By Aimsel Ponti, June 5th 2008
  

• Local Beats [+ Show ]
  

  BY DAWN SCIRE Published: Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 1:00 a.m. Artist: Ben Hammond (vocals/...BY DAWN SCIRE
  
  Published: Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 1:00 a.m.
  
  Artist: Ben Hammond (vocals/beatboxing, guitar, bass, theremin, composition)
  
  Base of operation: Sarasota
  
  Style/genre of music: “Acoustic-soul-pop”
  
  Bio: Hammond is only partially settled. The Maine native, a degreed music technologist who studied in Montreal and spent a year immersed in New Zealand’s vast musical culture, calls Sarasota home — at least for “season.” The jazz, soul and pop vocal-beatmaker/singer-songwriter has had a busy year. Hammond won two awards in 2008 — one as a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, another at Vermont’s SolarFest Songwriter Showcase, where he placed second. He also released his first full-length CD, “(Reasonably) Honest,” in March, celebrating it at a sold-out hometown launch party in Maine. Also, giant CD/DVD design, packaging and duplicating company Disc Makers chose his eco-friendly “digipak” (CD case and jacket) to display in their product catalog.
  
  Quote: “The reason I’m in the music thing,” Hammond said, “is not to make money. It’s not to get famous; it’s ’cause I don’t really have any other choice. I mean, I’m gonna be playing the music whether I get paid for it or not, because I love it too much to NOT do it, you know?”
  
  Where playing: Siesta Key Oyster Bar (346-5443), 2 p.m. Friday and alternating Fridays. Free. Siesta Key’s Hub Baja Grill (349-6800), 9 p.m. Friday and every Friday. Free. The Beach Club (349-6311), 10 p.m. Wednes- days, with The Key Rats. $3.
  
  Where to buy CDs: CDBaby, iTunes and Digstation.com; Fogt’s Music and live performances
  
  Web site:
  
  myspace.com/ benhammondmusic
  
  — Dawn Scire

• Ben's Back [+ Show ]
  

  BROWNFIELD, Maine — It can never be said that musician Ben Hammond isn’t loyal to where he grew up...BROWNFIELD, Maine — It can never
  be said that musician Ben Hammond
  isn’t loyal to where he grew up. No matter
  what adventures his life takes him on,
  the 2001 Fryeburg Academy graduate
  from Hiram, Maine always comes home
  to share his new life experiences.
  This time he returns to the Mount
  Washington Valley with his fi rst
  album, “[Reasonably] Honest,” for a
  performance at the Stone Mountain
  Arts Center in Brownfi eld, Maine, on
  June 10 at 8 p.m.
  “A lot of the bigger artists that go
  there talk about how nice it is to go
  back and play a small venue again,
  and for me it is like this huge venue,”
  said Hammond, who has been a staple
  of the valley bar scene on and off for
  the past few years.
  The show is part of an album tour
  that has had Hammond bouncing back
  and forth across the Canadian border.
  Thus far he has had shows in London,
  Ontario, Toronto, Montreal, Burlington,
  Vt., Bangor, Maine, Norwood, Mass.,
  and Boston. The tour will continue with
  another trip to Montreal and appearances
  in Portland, Maine, and New Jersey.
  Hammond’s connection to Canada
  goes back to his years studying music
  technology at McGill University in
  Montreal. It is there that he developed
  his talent as a musician by performing
  in jazz, rock, hip hop and a cappella
  groups and where he established many
  of his musical contacts. When it came
  time to record his first album, it seemed
  natural to head back to the Great
  White North, and so this past November
  Hammond set off to Toronto.
  The final product of his time in Toronto
  reveals an artist who is not your topical
  singer/songwriter. Many of the songs
  on “[Reasonably] Honest” start with a
  simple acoustic base and layer on elements
  of jazz, hip hop and reggae, sometimes
  within the same song.
  
  “Having known Ben since he
  fi rst picked up a bass guitar, I
  can say that he’s always been
  both talented and ambitious,”
  said Kelly Muse who is performing
  with Hammond at
  the Stone Mountain show.
  “His jazz experience gives
  him the skills to write really
  intelligent songs, but Ben
  manages to do so in a way
  that isn’t forced. It’s a rare
  kind of organic smart rock
  that brings elements of folk,
  funk and jazz. His new album
  is a perfect example.”
  Dan Berglund, who has
  known Hammond since nursery
  school and will also be joining
  him Tuesday, agrees that
  Hammond’s diverse musical
  background makes him a
  fresh voice and performer.
  “I think his new album is
  great,” said Berglund. “His
  voicings and harmonies are a
  clear indication of his musical
  intelligence, and the broad
  scope of the styles he writes
  in is a refreshing change from
  the commercial pop scene.”
  “Let’s Get Alone,” the
  fi rst track on “[Reasonably]
  Honest” perfectly encapsulates
  Hammond’s ability to
  blend genres. Starting out
  as a catchy, pop jazz song,
  it seamlessly segues into a
  rap interlude written and
  performed by Kweku, one of
  Hammond’s friends from his
  days at McGill. The track’s
  inventiveness is the ideal
  opener because it lets listeners
  know they are in the
  presence of an artist who is
  willing to take chances.
  “We decided to put it up
  front almost like the way
  an emcee would introduce
  a show,” said Hammond.
  “[Kweku] is introducing a
  lot of the lyrical themes that
  happen on the album. I think
  it worked out really well in
  that way, and I think it gives
  a different texture.”
  The songs on “[Reasonably]
  Honest” may seem like
  a straightforward collection of
  love songs, but there’s more
  going on. Hammond begins
  with the formula of a love ballad
  and gives it a twist. His songs
  feature confl ict and struggle.
  They aren’t all sunshine and
  rainbows. Unlike many of his
  contemporaries, Hammond is
  willing to go beyond the superfi
  cial and brush up against
  darker themes.
  “Instead of writing break-up
  songs, I tend to write almostbroken-
  up songs, and I think
  those are a lot more interesting
  than either straight ‘I love you’
  or straight ‘I hate you’ because
  who really feels one way or
  the other?” said Hammond. “I
  think on the fi rst listen a lot of
  my songs you don’t necessarily
  catch that there are other
  levels happening lyrically
  because they can come across
  as just love songs, which is fi ne,
  I don’t mind that.”
  There is also a craft in
  the production of the songs
  themselves that some listeners
  may not catch on to, but
  indeed the recording process
  for “[Reasonably] Honest”
  was crucial to its success.
  “We did this one a bit different
  than most pop and rock
  albums,” said Hammond of
  the recording process. “We did
  it in more of a jazz way, in that
  everything was recorded at the
  same time and we added to it
  afterwards, but the vocals, the
  drums, the bass, the guitar and
  the piano were all done live in
  the studio and that was sort
  of the vibe we were going for
  with the album — the organic,
  live, jazzy, improvisational feel
  where it is loose.”
  Once the album was done,
  Hammond knew he’d want to
  tour with it, but more importantly
  he knew he wanted to
  have a big show in his hometown
  area.
  “I thought about doing a
  venue in Portland, but then I’d
  lose a lot of the North Conway
  crowd and vice versa I’d lose
  all my Portland people if I did
  a North Conway show,” said
  Hammond. “Something right
  near Hiram would be the best,
  so Stone Mountain is a perfect
  venue, not too huge, but big
  enough to have a big party.”
  Joining Hammond in the
  party is a special guest band
  put together specifi cally for the
  Stone Mountain show featuring
  Hammond on guitar, Muse
  on bass, Berglund on drums
  and Gabe Nespoli on piano.
  “I’m really looking forward
  to this group,” said Hammond.
  “Everyone involved
  is just such a great musician
  and has their own voice
  to give to it. I tend to look
  for that; I really hate playing
  with these sort of robot
  players. There are some guys
  that are fantastic, but they
  only play exactly what you
  tell them to play. For me my
  music is a bit more dynamic
  and improvised than that.”
  It is that willingness and
  openness to explore different
  genres and what other musicians
  have to offer that Nespoli
  — who is coming down from
  Toronto for the show — admires
  most about Hammond.
  “I have always envied not
  only Ben’s incredibly diverse
  musical interests, but also
  the way in which he lets
  them infl uence his music and
  playing, making him quite
  the musical chameleon,” said
  Nespoli, who played on “[Reasonably]
  Honest” and has
  been touring with Hammond.
  “He values the infl uences of
  other musicians with whom
  he is playing, and is eager to
  incorporate what they bring
  to the table. This creates a
  very comfortable, unique and
  unifi ed sound that is hard to
  come by these days.”
  Hammond is hoping to run
  through the whole album at the
  Stone Mountain show following
  a solo acoustic set of older material.
  He also promises a few
  unexpected musical surprises.
  “Touring with Ben has been
  a really enjoyable experience
  for me since we’re not playing
  the songs exactly as they are on
  the album,” said Nespoli. “For
  the live shows we’ve opened the
  songs up a little more, making
  them edgier and livelier.”
  Tickets cost $15 and are
  available at www.stonemountainartscenter.
  com.
  “[Reasonably] Honest” is
  on sale in the valley at White
  Mountain Cider Company, Cafe
  Carleo, White Birch Books and
  Cigar Emporium as well at Bull
  Moose in Portland, Maine and
  online at iTunes and at http://
  cdbaby.com/cd/benhammond.
  
  By Alec Kerr, June 6th 2008

• For The Record!!! [+ Show ]
  

  It is said that "Variety is the spice of life" and that is precisely what is found in Ben Hammond's ...It is said that "Variety is the spice of life" and that is precisely what is found in Ben Hammond's newest cd release "[Reasonably] Honest".
  
  It is filled with musical spices to feed the appetite. His original compositions have something for everyone, with elements from jazz to funk, changing rhythms, styles and arrangements. His beautiful lyrics, ranging from sensual to exuberance and everything in between come together nicely in a great package of vocal performance and instrumental gifts. His stories are filled with the exploration of life and all it's demands. Ben is an inspiration as a gifted young artist with a shining horizon and a style that will make a difference.

• '[Reasonably] Honest,' unreasonably versatile [+ Show ]
  

  By David Harry dharry@keepmecurrent.com BROWNFIELD (May 30, 2008): Ben Hammond will be making a ...By David Harry
  dharry@keepmecurrent.com
  
  BROWNFIELD (May 30, 2008): Ben Hammond will be making a homecoming when he takes the stage at Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield June 10 to celebrate the release of his first CD, “[Reasonably] Honest.”
  
  
  Born in Hiram, Hammond, 25, will be joined on stage by old Fryeburg Academy classmates Kelly Muse and Dan Berglund.
  A guitarist who can cover more than 250 songs from Elvis Presley to Jack Johnson, Hammond mixes elements of jazz, hip hop, reggae and folk into the 10 original tracks on the CD.
  
  “[Reasonably] Honest” is more than a composing and producing effort for Hammond, who has also done the promotional and marketing work for the CD.
  
  
  Hiram native and Fryeburg Academy graduate Ben Hammond's first CD “[Reasonably] Honest” is a melange of jazz, reggae and folk influences. Hammond celebrates the release of the CD with a June 10 show at the Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield. (Photo by courtesy)
  
  He learning the business aspects of his career came from growing up in a family that has owned a Hiram lumber mill for more than 60 years.
  
  The artistic aspects are also rooted in his family, as Ben Hammond recalls joining his parents, Thomas and Debbie, brother Thomas Jr. and sister Greta in singing in the car. But he resisted efforts by his parents to take music lessons as a boy.
  
  “Then I found a guitar in the attic on my own, so it was cool that way,” said Hammond. Home schooled until he entered Molly Ockett Middle School in Fryeburg in sixth-grade, Hammond began private guitar lessons with Fryeburg Academy teacher Brent LaCasce at about the same time.
  
  It was LaCasce who urged Hammond, who was about to enter Fryeburg Academy, to switch to the bass, telling him he had plenty of guitar players looking for spots in school bands but no bass players.
  
  Hammond learned the bass and subsequently played “in pretty much every band I could absorb,” including the award-winning jazz ensemble at Fryeburg Academy. As a senior, he was named best male vocalist at the Maine State Jazz Competition.
  
  During a band competition, Hammond visited McGill University in Montreal. Though he was interested in attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, he chose McGill after he graduated in 2001, because it was less expensive than Berklee and the bilingual atmosphere in Montreal was one he wanted to explore.
  
  At McGill, Hammond pursued a degree in music technology, merging his passions for music and computer technology.
  
  “I was unsure I wanted to be a professional musician,” Hammond said. “Then about halfway through, I realized I was having too much fun not to give performing a try.”
  
  At that point, Hammond was still more a backup singer and bass player, but realized it could be more lucrative to perform as a soloist. After graduating from McGill in 2006, Hammond returned to Maine and began playing a circuit of clubs through Bridgton and North Conway, N.H.
  
  His bachelor's degree in music technology would need to be enhanced by a master’s degree before Hammond might land a job as a studio engineer. The lessons from the classroom and studio had a defining effect on Hammond’s solo career in ways like the incorporation of a looping pedal that allows him to play back a vocal track and harmonize with it onstage.
  
  “The degree has made it easier to think of sound analytically,” Hammond said.
  
  Artistically, his trip to New Zealand from November 2006 through April 2007 provided a boost as he discovered an enthusiasm there for reggae beats tinged with electronic drums and added it to his eclectic repertoire.
  
  “I had to rely on my playing and press packages,” said Hammond about touring in New Zealand, a country he had visited when his brother Tom studied there years before. He earned a working visa there and found more time to write because he did not play as many gigs as he had in New England.
  
  Hammond returned to North America with new material and confidence ready to record his first full-length CD.
  
  “I could have rented some cheap mics and done it in my garage,” Hammond said. Instead, the allure of recording at Phase One Studios in Toronto, where his band, consisting of drummer Nico Dann, Nespoli on keyboards and bassist Dan Fortin, could be ensconced in separate rooms to record and the chance to work with old friend and producer Reuben Ghose was too strong.
  
  Hammond’s experience from McGill again came into play as he recorded his music, but it was the collaborative process with Ghose he said gives the CD its strength.
  
  “He made me focus on what I really needed,” said Hammond. “The songs had an opportunity to breathe.” The CD, mixed at Sterling Studios in New York, took a month to record.
  
  The sounds on “[Reasonably] Honest,” can be simple or cacophonous through the use of distorted trumpets, but what may pique listeners most is the use of the Theremin on “Lemme Know."
  
  The Theremin is unique in that it is an instrument not played by contact. The sound is created by someone waving hands in front of a small box with dual antennae. The hand movements control the pitch and volume of sound.
  
  The sound of a Theremin may be recognizable because of the theme to the original “Star Trek” TV series and the song “Good Vibrations,” by the Beach Boys.
  
  “Most people use of it for sound effects, but it has a really beautiful sound,” he said.
  
  Hammond prefers not to discuss the cost of producing “[Reasonably] Honest” independently, but did say the money was earned “through the generosity and tipping of people in North Conway and Bridgton.”
  
  He also created his own Web site to market his music. Part of marketing means giving away some music, and the song, “Worst Kind Of Perfect,” can be downloaded for free. The remaining nine songs on the album can be downloaded individually for 99 cents by using a link to digstation.com at www.benhammondmusic.com.
  
  By giving away one song, Hammond hopes to create a buzz and sense of discovery for listeners leading to additional downloads or CD sales.
  
  “My computer is on all day long,” said Hammond about the work to market himself.
  
  “You are constantly in a job interview, wondering if the person you are talking to is someone who could buy your album,” Hammond said, adding that he is ready to consider turning over that part of his career to a manager or promoter.
  
  After the release party, Hammond will play in Montreal and Toronto, then work his way down the East Coast to his home in Sarasota, Fla. He expects to return to New Zealand by December, and stay there through April or May.
  
  “I’m trying to avoid Maine winters,” he joked, but expects the return to New Zealand would lead to more inspiration to return to the studio in 2009.

• Voice of the Valley [+ Show ]
  

  BY TOM EASTMAN (June 6th 2008) In other musical highlights, don’t miss valley entertainer and Fr...BY TOM EASTMAN (June 6th 2008)
  
  In other musical highlights, don’t
  miss valley entertainer and Fryeburg
  Academy grad Ben Hammond’s CD
  release concert at Stone Mountain
  Arts Center in bustling Brownfield,
  Maine, Tuesday, June 10, at 8 p.m. Ben,
  a gifted guitarist in the James Taylor
  vein, produced his first CD in Toronto.
  it’s got a very witty title, “[Reasonably]
  Honest.” Call Stone Mountain
  (207-935-7292) for the scoop or go to
  www.benhammondmusic.com.

• Article in the Sun [+ Show ]
  

  "To compare Hammond to artists like John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Jamie Cullum and Ron Sexton would be r..."To compare Hammond to artists like John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Jamie Cullum and Ron Sexton would be reasonable, but hardly does justice to Hammond's own style."

• Aimsel Ponti Portland Gig Roundup [+ Show ]
  

  Ben Hammond's hometown is Hiram, though these days he divides his time among Maine, New Hampshire an...Ben Hammond's hometown is Hiram, though these days he divides his time among Maine, New Hampshire and Montreal. Geography aside, Hammond went from toying with musical experiments in the backyard to high school jazz-band player to the singer-songwriter he is today
  
  His performance experience began while studying music technology at McGill University. These days he works the music circuit all over New England armed with his acoustic guitar, live- looping vocal percussion (meaning this guy's something of a human beat box) and his brand of "jazztastic hip folk."
  
  I've heard his EP and I'll vouch for him. Hammond's got it going on for sure. What do I mean by "it?" Find out Saturday night.
  

• Wil Whalen Quote [+ Show ]
  

  "Seeing a Ben Hammond show right now is what it must have been like to see Dave Matthews and Jack Jo..."Seeing a Ben Hammond show right now is what it must have been like to see Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson when they were coming up through the bars, [a] talent like him is rare and I'm sure some day the world will be privy to what an amazing musical artist he is."

Setlist

2 sets of originals, 45 minutes each.
OR
4 sets of Jazz/Lighter Music (e.g. Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Nat King Cole, Sinatra, etc)
OR
4 sets of Alt, Rock, Pop (e.g. Sublime, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Rolling Stones, U2, etc.)
OR
4 sets, combination of any or all of the above suited to Venue's taste.

ORIGINALS:
Another Friend
Constellations
Doctor Girl
Even Though
Except For You
Home
Start Breathing
Kezar (instrumental)
Lemme Know
No History
Perspective
Something New
Surely (instrumental)
Touch
Umbrella Song
When I'm Supposed To
Worst Kind of Perfect

COVERS:
Wide range from Jazz Standards to Alt. Rock to R+B, see http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pxogwe9Ctv53dlE8ieOZDFw for a partial list

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