Here’s a smooth cover of a track I hold very dear to my heart; one that has helped me through some tough times and is a very personal look into Dead Kennedys’ lead singer Jello Biafra’s psyche, truly showing that underneath his punky brash exterior lies a broken man, tormented by the troubles of his past.

Okay, that’s mostly lies. It’s a song about dressing up as police officers and raping a prostitute. Enjoy!

Download [NSFW lyrics/playing] (Right click > Save as)

~ b

Apparently, I can broadcast myself to other people for free. I should probably try and invent this before someone takes my idea!

Details:

Friday 16th April 2010
7:30pm [UK time, use timeanddate.com to work it out in your area]
Free
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ben-forbes

Would be good to see you there, there’s a chat function where you can annoy me and shout “Freebird” all night.

~ b

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This is the first in a series of songs I’m covering, under the collection of The Midnight Sessions, and it’s a personal favourite of mine – Laura Marling’s Ghosts. It is a lovely little country-esque number with some wonderful block harmonies.

Oh, and this song is also an introduction to something I like to call the ‘Mum Is Asleep In The Next Room So I Should Keep My Singing Down’ voice [hence the aforementioned Midnight].

It’s all recorded at the same time, other than backing vocals, so I didn’t put any production into it… I hope you guys don’t mind.

DOWNLOAD

~ b

Thanks for supporting me, guys, you are awesome! Keep an eye out for cool things in the very near future.

~ b

There are still a few hard copies available if you’re that way inclined, and it’s even on Amazon for only £4 – soon to be on iTunes, I’ll keep you posted – but for the grand total of £0.00, you too can be the proud owner of Scene One, Take One.

Enjoy, and keep an eye on benforbes.co.uk for new projects in the pipeline.

DOWNLOAD NOW!

~ b

It’s finally coming, guys. Scene One, Take One, my debut album is almost in our grasp, and you can order one today! Just hit me up at ben[AT]benforbes.co.uk and tell me which number album you would like, and we can get this show on the road. It’ll also soon be available on the iTunes store and from this website, but there are only 50 physical copies! Go forth!

SOLD OUT!

~ b

You can follow my progress here, and I should come out with something pretty cool by the end of the 28 days. That’s over one song every 3 days, for the record. It’s quite a challenge to meet  because you have to force inspiration upon yourself, which I think is pretty cool.

Right! Off to college to plan RP- I mean, work.

~ b

Here are some details for you lovely people:

Scene One, Take One
Ben Forbes’ Debut Album

Tracklist:

1. Scene One, Take One
2. Black Hole
3. Wasting Pixels
4. Butterfly Migrations
5. Twilight Sonata
6. We’re The Smiths
7. Joseph James (Stop The Show!)
8. Please Please Please (Final Fantasy cover)
9. Distant Harmony (Familiar Faces)
10. Capo 6
11. Water

It will be available for purchase from me for a measly £5, and this small £5 will obtain you the disc, real packaging, special artwork from Cedes Chan, and a personalised message/signature/skin sample or whatever along with this. It will also be available for free from my website to download [what a flawed business model].

There will only be 50 copies available, I am afraid, so if you want one, you must act fast! I’ll let you know more as the album hits some undetermined release.

MEANWHILE, here’s a preview!

~ b

The song varies in name, sometimes it’s called A Bitch Called Wanda, sometimes it’s Wanda, Darling of the Jockey Club, but here it is, for your listening pleasure, Ben Forbes’ one-take live cover of Duke Special: click!

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… or if that doesn’t show up, click here to see me do a live cover of Lemon Demon‘s awesome song, Word Disassociation. While you’re at it, why don’t you become a fan of me on Facebook or last.fm too?

Oh, and happy 2010, Disassociation.

b

p.s. my live page is all updated and easy to navigate now :)