i generally go by ben j but that name is taken, so b3n j it is...

places i've played: the Delancey, Mo Pitkins, Lit, Fat Baby, Sin-e', Fontanas, Crash Mansion, the Hook (all nyc area)

it helps to level the playing field, but such a large industry takes too long to respond to the rapid development of people's ability to record and upload content on their own. i think the music industry will have to do some reinventing of itself, but they'll come around eventually, once they decide to stop losing sales and alienating people.

yes

on off on

Mercury Rev, the Smiths, the Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Galaxie 500, New Order, the Arcade Fire, Cut/Copy, the Pixies, Television, Big Star, Guided By Voices, Stereolab, Pavement, Yo La Tengo, Talking Heads, Ween, Magnetic Fields, the National, Panda Bear, Echo & the Bunnymen, Joan as Policewoman, St. Etienne, Talking Heads, Muse, the Kinks, Guided by Voices, Deerhunter, early Public Image Limited, REM, Julian Cope, Slumber Party, Panda Bear, Wire...

guitar - washburn wi66pro, washburn wi64, gibson blueshawk, danelectro hodad 12 string
amp 1 - ashdown fa60dsp 60 watt tube head
amp 2 - sunn concert lead 210 watt ss head
amp 3 - epiphone valve jr (for practice at home & recording)
cabs - 2x12 earcandy buzzbomb, 2x10 earcandy vagabond, 1x12 earcandy vagabond
effects - guyatone tuner -> modded mxr phase 90 -> digitech ex-7 expression factory -> maxon compressor -> boss od-3 -> zoom hyper lead -> behringer cc-300 space C chorus -> maxon chorus -> marshall vibra-trem -> guyatone flanger -> alesis bitRman -> mxr 6 band eq -> boss giga delay -> bbe sonic stomp
synth - alesis micron


sorry that was all so geeky.

thanks for listening