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About Me

I find it a bit difficult to talk about myself; I would much rather for my music to do it for me but I will try. First of all, my great passion is the creation of songs. I feel very fortunate and blessed that I was seemingly born knowing what my path in life was. For this, I give thanks to the creator every single day of my life. I will not say that my path has always been a straight one leading through beautiful meadows, wildflowers, sunshine and butterflies. The path my heart follows has sometimes been one with valleys, curves and washed out bridges but it has also been one that has taken me to mountain tops where I have walked among the clouds. But I have stayed upon it taking the good with the bad; the bitter with the sweet and will continue to do so until the circle is complete. I look for the beauty and the goodness in all living things upon this earth. Perhaps, I am somewhat of an idealist and the dreaming child never leaves my heart. I am totally against warfare for I have tasted the horror of it. That is all I have to say about that. I am not a materialistic person. As long as I have my guitar, a song to sing, a good book, good friends, a bit of food to sustain me and I am content. Also to love and be loved. These are simple things. I was fortunate enough to be exposed to all kinds of music while growing up in Georgia and so this is reflected in my songwriting. Some of my songs deal with lost love and new found love. I write from experience and observation. Other songs are just what I call fun songs that seem to come off the top of the head...the kind that seem to just fall out of the sky. Others I labor tediously over. I love playing around with words and melodies. Not everyone will like all my songs, some will like some of them and I would really be idealistic to expect everyone to like all of them.....lol. But I do what I love and love what I do and that is pretty much me....a nut in a shell.....hahaha.a

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/11/2007
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: Ben Kitchens AKA BenJammin All songs written and performed by Ben Kitchens (c)Copyrighted 2008 by Ben M. Kitchens
Influences: THE REVEREND PEARLY BROWN WHO WAS A BLIND STREET SINGER, HANK WILLIAMS, SR, MY UNCLE HANSEL, MY GRANDPARENTS, SONGWRITER JIMMY WEBB, OTIS REDDING, GORDON LIGHTFOOT AND MANY OTHERS TOO NUMEROUS TO NAME.
Sounds Like:

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Record Label: Strawberry Moon Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Desiderata

Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:58:00 GMT

Letting Go

I wrote this song about 3 years ago as a means of closure to a long chapter in my life. There was a time that I was in love and I was loved. This love started in the 20th century and continued br...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 13:22:00 GMT

Pay It Forward

Sunday April 5, 2009 ......Pay It Forward Tag Blog Category: Quiz/Survey ..This is an unusual and bizarre blog from my good friend Caroline. The first five people who respond will receive a gift!!! ...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:48:00 GMT

The Open Road Part 2

It was a beautiful,bluesky day when I left that town in New Mexico and stuck my thumb out in the breeze. Was in the month of July and even though it was very hot, the humidity was low. In my duff...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:14:00 GMT

A New Song

I have added a new song called "Dancing With My Rose". I've been wanting to add it for awhile but had to wait on the copyright to come back. This is not the final mix that will be on my CD but it is f...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:08:00 GMT

The Open Road

I chose this color font because green is the color of new beginnings and also because of the Irish in me. Recently, I had a nice visit with a new found friend. We sat and talk...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:44:00 GMT

Life

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:56:00 GMT

Juke Joints

As a teenager I used to walk down long country roads that led to the " Juke Joints" where people played music just for the pure enjoyment of it......places where the smell of whiskey drifted amidst...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:14:00 GMT

Remembrances

"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or m...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:17:00 GMT

Looking Back

When I look back down that long highway it matters not what I've done; my achievements and my mistakes are in the past and I have made a few bad choices but lessons were learned. I read alot...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:17:00 GMT