Ben Duval

It's the vibration, the resonance, the rhythm...It keeps us going, even if we don't notice.
Music has always been part of my life, for as long as I can remember, and even before, as my dad was surely playing his fiddle when I was in the womb. But it took me a while to start playing; not sure why...I guess I wasn't ready to understand or persistent enough. "Things come to those who wait" as the saying goes...
I remember buying my first real guitar: a 12 string acoustic! How impressive and strange! As soon as I started strumming it, I was hooked. What I felt was like a caress against my chest, and a blow to the stomach. Like falling in love...
This guitar was to become my main creative outlet, a distinct sound in a band and writing adventure that would last five years, and define what I was as a human being. I've gotten a few others guitars since, but I always come back to it...a safe place, a reference.
Through it all, I'm trying to find my rhythm, to plant my roots...
At the moment, most of my musical time is spent working with Subcollisions , and learning to tame the beast that his my latest passion: the banjo. I've also met some inspiring people with which I'm hoping to develop other projects.