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About Me

Ben McMaster is a 25 year old singer/songwriter. He moved to Melbourne from Queensland in 2006 and recorded a demo in a backyard studio. With some airplay on community radio, soon Benâ€™s demo was getting noticed. In a case of â€œitâ€™s not what you know but who you knowâ€, Benâ€™s demo came to the attention of Sam Panetta via one of the members of indie rock band Kisschasy. Ben has since recorded five demos with Sam, graduated from FReeZACentralâ€™s Mentoring Program (including their Recording Project and Tour Project), played gigs in a wide variety of venues with members of his band, The Allied Front, and is now ready to record his first EP. MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 3/5/2006
Band Website: numberonemusic.com/benmcmaster
Band Members: Ben McMaster - Lead Vocals, Lead Songwriting, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboard. "The Allied Front" are: Vlad Badov - Lead Guitar (Electric/Acoustic), Background Vocals, Songwriter, Bass, Keyboard. Terrance Tan - Bass, Drums, Guitar.Cheated Hearts (Yeah Yeah Yeahs acoustic cover by Ben McMaster)Turn Into (Yeah Yeah Yeahs acoustic cover by Ben McMaster)Inventing Something (original)On A Train (original)Distant Sun (Crowded House acoustic cover by Ben McMaster)Invincible (Muse acoustic cover by Ben McMaster)Stay, Faraway So Close (U2 acoustic cover by Ben McMaster)"The Other Side Of Life" - LIVE @ The Dancing DogLies In Wait (original)
Influences: Too many to mention.
Sounds Like: Crowded House, U2, John Mayer, Neil Finn, Cat Stevens.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Recording over, Gig ahoy!

..TR> So, guess what? I've finished recording my EP!! Alas, I cannot yet put it on MySpace as I am now undergoing a release stretegy (which involves the film project I mentioned) and I am fishing ou...
Posted by Ben McMaster on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:37:00 PST

EP gets underway TOMORROW!!!

Hello, everyone! Thank you so much to everyone on NumberOneMusic.com who has recently signed up and pushed my mailing list signups to over 700. Over 750, to be precise! Tomorrow is my first day of wor...
Posted by Ben McMaster on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:22:00 PST

EP gets underway TOMORROW!!!

Yay, Radiohead, yay!

Hi, y'all! If you go to www.numberonemusic.com/benmcmaster you can see in the "Today Top 5 In This Genre" on the bottom right hand corner of the screen that I am slowly inching the mighty Radiohead of...
Posted by Ben McMaster on Tue, 13 May 2008 02:43:00 PST

YouTube VLOG 1

Hey! My first video blog is up on YouTube. Here it is: ...
Posted by Ben McMaster on Thu, 08 May 2008 08:05:00 PST

COLDPLAY!!!

I've never done this before, but I've never been so compelled to recommend another artist's single before. Listen to "Violet Hill" by Coldplay, their new single! It is, without a doubt, the most force...
Posted by Ben McMaster on Wed, 07 May 2008 08:52:00 PST

Vlogging.

Hello YouTubers, MySpacers and Facebook...ers. Allow me to elaborate on my somewhat bizarre subject heading: I am going to start doing video blogs again soon, probably not every week as I attempted to...
Posted by Ben McMaster on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:13:00 PST

oh messy life - even artichokes have hearts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzbkVmsWBrM This is a music video from the man who has decided to do my first music video later this year. Enjoy! More news on this little surprise news soon!...
Posted by Ben McMaster on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:33:00 PST

I need your advice...

Hi,I hope that all of you will read this and Please reply if you feel to do so. I am on the verge of recording my first EP. As such, I have been taking somewhat paranoid precautionary measures to make...
Posted by Ben McMaster on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:10:00 PST

Featured song: "All The Good Things"

Hello all! Take a look at these YouTube links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvnVRjXmfxQ http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=NTzt4l_r390 http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_OUtrwiVFuk These are parts 1, 2 and 3...
Posted by Ben McMaster on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:58:00 PST