Ben Niven
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Collaboration with my friend JJ Rea; he supplied the vocals, drums and guitar solo.
I played the verse and bridge guitars, and the guitarrón bassline.
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Having fun with crunchy guitars and learning about making a sequenced drum part.
Guitars, bass, “drums,” “singing”: Ben Niven
Lead guitar in intro: Darren Tipper
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Recorded with my friend Darren Tipper, who lives in England and bounced this back and forth with me for awhile last year via the BandLab mobile app.
I did the drum loop, lap steel, bass, banjo and vocal. Darren did the mandolin and organ.
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First completed solo project after a years-long home recording hiatus. Recorded into BandLab running on an old iPhone, which is a surprisingly fun way to work.
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Collaboration with my friend JJ Rea; he supplied the vocals, drums and guitar solo.
I played the verse and bridge guitars, and the guitarrón bassline.
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remix of Coelocanth's "Counterpoint for Robin and 12 string", without the birds
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(Remastered 22/10/2021)
And here we go - Edith FINALLY gets it...
Actually, she's been getting it ever since I wrote it on the 29th May. I thought it would take a week or so, but it proved to be more of a fight than I was expecting.
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I recorded this Fall 2002, by myself, on a really old laptop with really old recording software. It's just me singing over two tracks of my acoustic guitar, in low C tuning. The two tracks were done in one pass, so it doesn't sound doubled...I…
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Nice job Ben! I remember your days with Trailer. Hope you are well. Keep up this great music.
In 2001 my most recent band, Hoss Williams, recorded a four-song demo, and each of the four bandmembers contributed one song to it. This was mine. It's loosely about growing up in the country and being a teenager ripping around in clapped-out…
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Damn good song.
Collaboration with my friend JJ Rea; he supplied the vocals, drums and guitar solo.
I played the verse and bridge guitars, and the guitarrón bassline.
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In 2001 my most recent band, Hoss Williams, recorded a four-song demo, and each of the four bandmembers contributed one song to it. This was mine. It's loosely about growing up in the country and being a teenager ripping around in clapped-out…
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Was just checking some reviews on peavey amps and ended up listening to this great song...could listen to songs like this all weekend long. Great job -
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This is cool with an occasional nod to a reggae beat. Your bass parts are very pronounced and on the spot and the reggae beat has returned.... Police!
I’m a middle-aged guy with dark blue-green skin and I live in rural Missouri outside of St. Louis.
I play guitar, bass, lap steel and am learning guitarrón. Since 2020 I’ve been exploring collaborative long-distance recording with a few online friends.
from Troy, Missouri
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