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Ben Hardt And His Symphony

WYEP’s Pittsburgh Artist of the Year

About Me

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Ben Hardt is in the middle of creating an epic multi-album project called Ben Hardt And His Symphony, which chronicles the story of two lovers in WWII London, complete with a string section and band. The first six songs released are an overview of what promises to be a much larger and more comprehensive album detailing the introduction, separation, and reunion of the lovers, displaying a hopeful story against the backdrop of one of the darkest times in the 20th century.

Ben Hardt performs live with a full band and string quartet

All songs written, arranged, recorded and engineered by Ben Hardt
String arrangements by Ben Hardt and Chris Massa

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Music:

Member Since: 3/9/2005
Band Website: ben-hardt.com
Band Members: Ben Hardt with violins, violas, cellos, a double bass and a rock band.

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Come On, Come On 3-14-08

Ben Hardt CD Release - "Waltz No. 1"

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Influences:
I was listening to these people while writing this album:

The Police
Eurythmics
Nat King Cole
Ryan Adams
Blonde Redhead
The Arcade Fire
Matt Pond PA
The Violet Burning
Bjork
The Clash
Radiohead
Elliott Smith
early U2
Nick Drake
The Beatles
Other local musicians
Anything else that happens upon my ears.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Video! New shows!

I have all kinds of exciting news.  First, there is a new live video on YouTube for you to enjoy.  It’s of us playing Come On, Come On at the Rex two weeks ago.  Second, we’...
Posted by Ben Hardt And His Symphony on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:56:00 PST

Ben Hardts Thoughts On The Greatest Love Song Ever Written

I was asked by the Tribune Review for my thoughts on the greatest love song ever written and they used it in an article for Valentines Day.This was my contribution: Ben Hardt Ben Hardt, of Ben H...
Posted by Ben Hardt And His Symphony on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:47:00 PST

1-17 WYEP Show and a movie shoot!

Hi all, a quick update! I've been busy the past few days. Between the great show on Thursday night and the 12 hours on the movie set on Friday, I haven't had much time to update you all. We're curr...
Posted by Ben Hardt And His Symphony on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:49:00 PST

LOCAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR!

Thank you WYEP!
Posted by Ben Hardt And His Symphony on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:08:00 PST

Rock, birthdays and musings on colloquilisms Part II

Ok, so where were we? Right, chickens everywhere but Anarctica. Well, it turns out they weren't too far off. According to the Global Livestock Production and Health Atlas, chickens are abundant eve...
Posted by Ben Hardt And His Symphony on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:46:00 PST

Rock, birthdays and musings on colloquilisms Part I

Wow, last night was great! If you missed the show at the Brillobox it was because 1. you didn't make it or 2. you were turned away at the door. That's right, we had a capacity crowd. Sorry to all o...
Posted by Ben Hardt And His Symphony on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:04:00 PST

iTunes Update and First Dances

So I check iTunes every week or so to see what Ben Hardt songs people are downloading and what else they're listening to. Here's what I've found out:This week 'Runaway' beat out 'Avalanche', the curr...
Posted by Ben Hardt And His Symphony on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:31:00 PST

The other night at the Brillobox...

...we had a great time! The place was packed to the seams and the Symphony and I brought the rock.I changed up the set list just for kicks. Usually we do the set in the same order as the CD with per...
Posted by Ben Hardt And His Symphony on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:05:00 PST

WYEP. That was fun.

Really quickly. I had an enjoyable time on the air this morning with Ashley (violin), Lisa (cello) and of course, Cindy Howes (DJ/host).If you missed it, we played "Looking Up While The Bombs Fall Do...
Posted by Ben Hardt And His Symphony on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:42:00 PST

The rock at GCC

The symphony and I trucked it up to Grove City last night to play for hundreds of students jammed into a hot, sweaty room. Really though, is there any other way to play a rock show? The Beatles had ...
Posted by Ben Hardt And His Symphony on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:49:00 PST