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Ben Leang

About Me

Ben Leang is a Boston-based songwriter, crafting pop-rock songs with distorted guitars, ethereal synths and metaphorical lyrics. Looking to form/join a band!

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Member Since: 16/01/2007
Band Members: Ben Leang: Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion and programming
Influences: U2, The Beatles, Maya Angelou, Tori Amos, Radiohead, St. Vincent, Regina Spektor, Pablo Neruda, Bjork, Ivy, Alicia Keys, The Police, Queen, etc
Sounds Like: one hand clapping
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Hide and Sikh

Amritsar and Attari, Punjab. After a luxury train ride via the Shatabdi Express, Frieda and I made our way into Amritsar  home of the most significant place in all of Sikhdom, the Golden Temple. ...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 19:44:00 GMT

This is India

Expect the unexpected.  That was part of the advice I read about when preparing for the trip, yet I didn't quite fully understand what that meant until Jaipur.  While touring the different c...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 15:38:00 GMT

Rajasthan - Life on Display

The Land of the Kings, Rajasthan has an important place in Indian history and a deeply rich culture.  Maharajas ruled the land for many years, and the vistages of their reign appear in the f...
Posted by on Fri, 23 May 2008 23:54:00 GMT

Delhi (Holy Cow! Part 2)

Holy Cow! For arriving in Delhi. On my own. Prior to arriving, the schedule was completely filled with tasks enough not to even realize the magnitude of such a trip. For Mr. Raj Kumar, a friend of...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 01:51:00 GMT

Holy Cow!

Maybe I’ll see Holy Cows, maybe I won’t&  I’m considering a trip to India, you see.  I’ve got a bit of time on my hands, having recently been laid off my job, so I fi...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:44:00 GMT

Discovering New Music is Better than&

Ice cream?  Chocolate?  Sarah Mclachlan?  I think that I could light up all of Las Vegas right now with the amount of excitement that I feel from this past week.  I really got a ta...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:28:00 GMT

So much for my new Pumas

May 20th, 2007       So much for the new Pumas.  I'm in Southern China, just outside the village where my dad was born, stepping through red mud and walking up a grassy inclin...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:35:00 GMT