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Ben Pierson

About Me

My newest record is called Sidewalk Autumn Nights. The title comes from a book by Ray Bradbury. I am very proud of it and relieved that it is finally done. I have really enjoyed making the record for the past 3 years. I was lucky to have some fantastic people lend their talents to the project. I hope you take the opportunity to listen and let me know what you think.{} ..

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"Pierson’s full-length debut, Sidewalk Autumn Nights, is a straightforward singer-songwriter record with all the flexibility that genre affords."-Keith Wilson, Fly Magazine, June 2009

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Member Since: 29/05/2005
Band Website: thesixtyone.com/BenPierson29/
Band Members: Me and occasionally some friends and family
Influences: Friends-family-my imperfections-movies-music-people I don't like-relationships-life-books-other bands and artists like...The Weakerthans, Onelinedrawing, Bruce Springsteen, John Hiatt, Matt Nathanson, Bob Mould, Death Cab for Cutie, The Marvelous 3, Finger Eleven, Copeland, Foo Fighters, The Badlees, Thrice, A Perfect Circle, Ryan Adams, Far, Deftones, The Working Title, TV on the Radio, Circa Survive, Ours, As Tall As Lions, Mineral, Radiohead, Our Lady Peace, AFI, Darcie Miner, Brian K. Vaughan, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Scott Smith, Allan Moore, Mark Millar, Bryan Talbot...
Sounds Like: "To see and hear Pierson perform, it’s clear that he hasn’t left his inner rock and roll guitar player behind. He plays hard and sings confessional heart-on-sleeve songs with passion."-Keith Wilson, Fly Magazine, June 2009
Record Label: None

My Blog

Show at The Dome w/ The Pledge & Hello Hawk!

Friends and neighbors,I'm really excited about my show next Saturday, June 27, at Laserdome with The Pledge and Hello Hawk.  I get to play with two great bands and there will be sharks with frickin' l...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:16:00 GMT

Ben Pierson - A Band of One (Fly Magazine article, June 2009)

Ben PiersonA Band of OneBy Keith WilsonFly Photo by Emily AlbertIm amazed by the bands from this area, says singer-songwriter Ben Pierson. I listen to them and I think, Why arent they huge? If t...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:01:00 GMT

What now?

So I finished my album, had the official release and feel very proud of the songs.  What do I do now?  I want to get my songs heard by people I don't know.  I know I won't be signing to a label and to...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:22:00 GMT

The Good

Thursday night was a smashing success.  Phil was amazing in spite of having blown out his voice, the stage looked beautiful, the guest musicians played and sang superbly and a fine group of friends ca...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:59:00 GMT

Waiting for Thursday.

I am really looking forward to this Thursday.  My CD is completely done.  I received the first 100 copies of it today courtesy of Alex & Amanda Gann.  It is a handsome disc, I have to say.  I'm very p...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:28:00 GMT

My space, it is a-changin'

I am making some long-needed changes to my page.  I am about to release a record called Sidewalk Autumn Nights.  It will be out on March 19th.  The changes to my page reflect the design of the new alb...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:19:00 GMT

A new chapter...

Wow.  I haven't written anything on here in over a year.  Sorry about that.  I realize it probably goes unnoticed, but I need to think at least one person will read this shit, so it's w...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:47:00 GMT

A snow day and some redecorating

Well, today is the first snow day of the year for me.  Yay!  When school is cancelled, I always get all these ideas of cool shit to do.  Recording pops up a lot.  What usually happ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:50:00 GMT

everything & nothing CREDITS

This disc is the follow-up to Chaos Made Whole By Sound.  I have been planning on releasing these songs for about 2 years now.  I recorded them in my messy little apartment on my computer.&n...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:24:00 GMT

Songs up, an album and some shows

I recently posted some new songs.  "Goodnight Song" was recorded by Alex Gann from Kimon Records.  It was originally intended as a Secrecy demo, but it never (or hasn't yet) become a band so...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:59:00 GMT