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About Me

Hello, My name is Benjamin Bartosh. You can call me Ben. I started my music career in the fourth grade (Around the time I was big into Country Music, and Alan Jackson), with school chorus followed by the Alto Saxophone. I quit chorus soon after as i thought it was lame. Singing isn't something that can be taught; it's something you feel in your soul. If you sing well but have no emotion, what the hell are you doin? Feel that shit. I became a decent musician as a sax player, however I started to lose interest. So, because of this, my middle school instructor allowed me to play the Baritone Sax. That was the coolest instrument ever. Bassy, and sexy, I just couldn't get enough. After Middle school though, I was unable to continue playing due to a lack of my own BariSax, and the High School instructor being a huge toolbag. Instead, I went out and bought a bass guitar after hearing the driving bass parts on "Around the World," by the Chili Peppers. After playing for a year I joined up into a few bands that weren't very serious. None of them were my style, and I just didn't feel it. It wasn't until I found a band that played pop-punk music that I found a band worth playing in. Little did I know that my part in that band was playing the bass. This is when I decided to take up the guitar. Instead of being able to transition a second guitar into my then band, My Better Half, we split leaving me as a solo project. Since then I have been playing small shows, usually Open Mics. I have written a few songs that I am proud of, and will soon have enough for a full album. I cannot wait to get all of these tracks recorded. Keep an eye out for a bulletin stating that A new song is on my page, or check back every now and then to see if you've missed something.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/17/2007
Band Website: You are lookin’ at it, lady
Band Members: Benjamin Bartosh-Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards/Piano(Drums will be fulfilled by a guest musician on albums)
Influences: Maroon 5, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder, Defunkt, Ryan Cabrera, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Killers, Simple Plan, Blink 182, Taking Back Sunday, Alan Jackson, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Bomb’s Away, Tiger Army, Les Claypool, Primus, Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, Rick James, Michael Jackson, The Jackson 5, James Taylor, John Mayer, The Wallflowers, Poison, The Clash, The O.C. Supertones, Elliott Yamin, Stephen Lynch, Backstreet Boys, Bootsy Collin’s Rubber Band, The Meters, Flight of the Conchords, Jonah Smith, Multiple Countless others. If I have heard a song, chances are that I was influenced by that band in some way.
Sounds Like: Something you'd listen to when doing it to your lady.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Goodbye.

She's laying silentlyStaring at the silhouettes of the treesAs the moon shines through, and hits her faceThe branches scraping on her window panewell, it's keeping her awakeThe clone of a man that she...
Posted by Benjamin Bartosh on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:37:00 PST

Funk song bout cheatin’ bitches

She locks the door on her way out, as she quietly shuffles her feetTrippin' down the steps, swayin' back and forth into the streetsAnd she suspects he'll never figure out the reason why her kisses nev...
Posted by Benjamin Bartosh on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:30:00 PST

Fade Away

I never wanted you to leave, even if we just laid together til' we both fell asleepI'll take my chances with lust, even if it means I'll never find another one like youNothing makes me go insane like ...
Posted by Benjamin Bartosh on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:21:00 PST

Not Getting Through (Updated with 2nd Verse)

This song is featured on my page, and my youtube page. Pleas let me know what you think about this song, be it comments or private messages. Thank you all! How can you feel when your skin's been ...
Posted by Benjamin Bartosh on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:44:00 PST

Bittersweet

Extinguish connections that are falsely made, the flames grow weak as their validity fades Outline of a body unfamiliar in shape, I lie awake and contemplate a way to escape My back's tight up ...
Posted by Benjamin Bartosh on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:37:00 PST

In Her Arms

Slowly weaving in between a twilight state of mind As a screen of fog surrounds my face, my vision's still blurred as I awake It's so hard to fill the void of the dimpled bed you once belonged ...
Posted by Benjamin Bartosh on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:31:00 PST

Not Your Shade of Red

The raindrops fall so hard, slide down the bridge of my noseA shiver runs through my spine, as anticipation for you growsTried to break free from the mold she had me stuck withinMaybe next time she'll...
Posted by Benjamin Bartosh on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:23:00 PST