Ben Rusch


      AURALLEPSY!

                  au.ral:    of or relating to the ear

                  lep.sy:   to seize, to attack
 
 
 
 
 
 
"One of the most inventive and talented songwriters in the business today"

 
- Isaac Davis Jr. MBA, Editor in Chief of Junior's Cave Online Magazine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

How about now?

An instrumental album

 
 

Track listing

  1. A drop in the ocean
  2. Bolero Horse
  3. Branches waving in the wind
  4. Diving for pearls
  5. Dusty centuries
  6. Eagle Flight
  7. Good morning sunshine
  8. How about now...?
  9. Keeping it in suspense
  10. Love you from head to toe
  11. Piano Army
  12. Proud Repetition
  13. Quiet brilliance
  14. Reassured, epic
  15. Twisting in the waves
  16. Where the creeks flow together  
 
 
 
 
 
Release date:  8 October 2010
Recorded July - October 2010 in Belsize Park, London
 

Some previews

Piano Army
 
Branches waving in the wind
 
Where the creeks flow together

Diving for pearls

Eagle Flight

How about now...?

Twisting in the waves
Bolero Horse

What this is

Privately (well, until I started telling you just now), I take delight in my creative output being so all-over-the-place that it is genuinely helpful for expectation management purposes to have a little bit of info on the latest sonic outpouring of my twisted mind.
 
So to explain myself to you very briefly:  The "4" album had a strong neoclassical bent, and "The Story of What Happened..." had a thematic thread running through it, using soundscapes and piano "songs" at times to tell a coherent story.  Essentially, this one here is a piano solo album from the New Age / Easy Listening neck of the woods.  
 
What I tried to do here (and you are most welcome to let me know how that went) is to write pieces that are full of piano glory, with fast moving themes and pleasant melodies, but which are (very) easy to listen to at the same time.  So it's suitable as background / bath / commute music but will hopefully be refreshing on the ear.
 
If you fancy your own copy, give me a shout.

Ben

*** Nominated for BEST FOREIGN RECORD at the international 2010 Prog Awards *** Runner-Up, 2010 Nashville Tennessee Concerts Song Contest *** FInalist x2, 2010 Great American Song Contest *** Finalist x2, 2010 Show Me The Music international songwriting competition *** Finalist, 2010 Expose Yourself international songwriting contest *** Honorable Mention x2, Nashville songwriting contest SongDoor 2010 *** Honorable Mention x2, Nashville songwriting contest SongDoor 2009 *** Honorable Mention, Great Lakes Songwriting Contest 2010 *** Semi-Finalist, 2010 international songwriting competition Song of the Year *** Semi-Finalist, 2010 UK Songwriting Contest *** Artist Of The Month, Anakina Musica (Italy) ***
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