tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187026392009-06-04T16:40:10.523-07:00ben blackmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14551316786744117471noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18702639.post-48676293937457696162007-08-22T09:41:00.000-07:002009-06-04T16:40:10.535-07:00<a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2048/2038280380_ae79ac8c2c.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px;" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2048/2038280380_ae79ac8c2c.jpg?v=0" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Very interesting music on both sides. Always good to discover new labels making adventurous music." - Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 1, on Forsaken feat. Ben Blackmore, "Sagrada"</span><br /></span><br />Hello, thanks for visiting my site! I'm a guitar and bass player living in Bristol UK, playing a variety of musical styles including jazz, bossa nova, classical, dub/dubstep/electronic and rock.<br /><br />Contact details for sessions and gigs: </div><div><br /><br /></div><div>email<br /><br /></div><div><a href="mailto:benjblackmore@gmail.com">benjblackmore@gmail.com</a> </div><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div><br />There is a weekly jazz jam session run by myself and <a href="http://music.guardian.co.uk/live/story/0,,2100742,00.html">James Morton</a>. It's on Monday nights, 8 - 10pm at <a href="http://www.fmbristol.co.uk/">The Full Moon</a> on Stokes Croft, Bristol. </div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><br /><div>Recent projects include recording sessions with <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/43834-the-month-in-grime-dubstep">"head turning producer"</a> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/forsakendubstep">Forsaken</a>: Our tune "Sagrada" has been played twice on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/gillespeterson/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20070322">Gilles Peterson's Worldwide BBC Radio 1 show</a>. We also had other material played on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs/">Mary Anne Hobbs</a>' show on Dec 2nd 2008. Three of our tunes were recently used on the ITV/Skyarts TV programme <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xGcPcytLgr4">"Graffiti - from tags to riches."</a></div><div><br />The rock band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/youarenotus">YANU</a> is on hiatus til spring. Sorry!</div><div></div><div><br />I study the classical guitar with Roger Winfield at Bristol's <a href="http://www.spanish-guitar-bristol.co.uk/">Spanish Guitar Centre</a>, which is the place to go for all nylon string action!<br /><br />Vids:<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2679695&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2679695&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/2679695">Wednesday's Improvisation</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1096839">ben blackmore</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2933967&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2933967&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/">Friday's Improvisation</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1096839">ben blackmore</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18702639-4867629393745769616?l=benblackmore.blogspot.com'/></div>ben blackmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14551316786744117471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18702639.post-1138537960858380852006-01-29T04:31:00.001-08:002007-10-12T10:24:38.722-07:00Please feel free to add your own favourite quotes using the comment box.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18702639-113853796085838085?l=benblackmore.blogspot.com'/></div>ben blackmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14551316786744117471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18702639.post-1135962454330392202005-12-30T09:01:00.000-08:002008-12-17T12:04:17.190-08:00<a href="http://www.myspace.com/benjblackmore"><strong style="font-weight: normal;">See Myspace for all gig listings.</strong></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18702639-113596245433039220?l=benblackmore.blogspot.com'/></div>ben blackmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14551316786744117471noreply@blogger.com0