nico_collard Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 (edited) Welcome to the Ben Parker Thread! For those of you who don't know, Ben is an insanely talented musician from London, and also happens to be best mates with Jimmy, Mika's lovely bassist. During the late 1990's/early 2000's, Ben recorded 4 albums as part of the duo Ben&Jason. Here's a list of their albums: Hello - Released April 19, 1999 (Go Beat/Universal) Emoticons - Released August 30, 1999 (Go Beat/Universal) 10 Songs About You - Released October 1, 2001 (Go Beat/Universal) Goodbye - Released October 13, 2003 (Setanta) When they were dropped from their major label deal the band released their final album, Goodbye, on the independent label Setanta in 2003. The pair no longer write music together. Ben went on to form the band Lux Luther but split from the band to go solo in April 2006. Ben has released one solo album, titled Live Session #1. He also plays in the band Braxton Hix with Kate Aumonier (vocals). Jimmy Sims (backing vocals, bass) and Damon Wilson (drums) also play with them. besides writing, composing and producing he also is a vocal coach/instrumental tutor to the film & TV industry and is currently working on the film Bel Ami ft Robert Pattinson (I stole that text from Ben's Facebook page ). Here's some of the sites you can listen to his music and watch videos: Ben's MySpace Ben's Facebook fan page Ben's Youtube Ben's Twitter Braxton Hix MySpace CaroMagic on Youtube, also has quite a few Ben and Braxton Hix videos, and I discovered today there are a few Ben&Jason videos there. *wipes brow* I think that covers it! Edited February 13, 2010 by nico_collard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Mmmmmmmmm.... cake.... it's very... erm... bright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickadee Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 OK, so here we have it!!! Thanks for all that Teegs. Lots of lovely links to go check out, and history to explore. Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Yep! It's all here! Figured I best post some pics of Ben.. these are kinda old ones, will find some from the gigs this year: *hangs pics on the wall* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Here's some more... Recording the soundtrack for Nowhere Boy: Hello boys: Hello girls: (No, I'm not clever enough to come up with the captions for the pics... that was all Ben!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suisuimeko Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 yay! the thread's finally out! XD & now i'm sho i'll hv to take some time for his vids & music haha XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 (edited) BUMP! Okies, I'm gonna start posting vids and stuff, seeing as Ben is psoting stuff to Youtube... Acoustic Grease: Just listen to that accent!!! EDIT: Oh, and Ben (@BenParkerMusic) is in the running to be Musician of the month.. if you can, please vote for him! (Oh, @mikasounds and @jimmyplaysbass are in there too!) http://tweeter.faxo.com/Musician_of_the_Month Edited February 19, 2010 by nico_collard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 (edited) BUMP! Braxton Hix: http://twitpic.com/13y20k I'm very disappointed at his choice of drink http://twitpic.com/13zha6 Oh, and Gonna Be Fine from last week's solo gig: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=105937916092822&ref=nf Edited February 20, 2010 by nico_collard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherisse Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Why did this thread die?? I love his music esspecialy Dream Painted Gold and It's Not What You Are He's so talented! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CazGirl Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Oh okay, here are some of my videos: Ben gives Jimmy a message: Ben writes a message for me whilst talking about random things: GIG PART 1: GIG PART 2: GIG PART 3: GIG PART 4: Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Why did this thread die?? I love his music esspecialy Dream Painted Gold and It's Not What You Are He's so talented! I dunno... I really like Dream Painted Gold, and I love Gonna Be Fine... There is a thread for Braxton Hix though, it seems to go okay at first... Oh okay, here are some of my videos: Ben gives Jimmy a message: Ben writes a message for me whilst talking about random things: GIG PART 1: GIG PART 2: GIG PART 3: GIG PART 4: Enjoy. Thanks Caroline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Clay Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) London · http://tinyurl.com/TheChainFacebook @BenParkerMusic on Twitter “Just found some wifi and thought I'd show my view” 'INFINITY' 'New Hat' '. . . Now off to here - ' https://twitter.com/BenParkerMusic/status/210462985439821825/photo/1 Edited June 10, 2012 by A. Clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I didn't even know we had a Ben Parker thread! Is there a separate The Chain thread or is this the only one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 I didn't even know we had a Ben Parker thread! Is there a separate The Chain thread or is this the only one? No, just this one. We could change the name of the thread and add some of the Chain stuff to here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAK1 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Going to see The Chain for the first time on Saturday. Looking forward to it:blush-anim-cl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Clay Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 (edited) [YouTube]2xWCtEc0ArA&list=UUmxikRNiePncRJhK0Pl9gZQ&index=0&feature=plcp[/YouTube] MY MAJOR COMPANY PROJECTS http://www.mymajorcompany.com/projects/the-chain THE CHAIN on YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/user/TheChainMusic LIKE The Chain on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheChainofficial FOLLOW The Chain on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TheChainMusic UK #1 COVERS -- ENIRE LIST Exanple: #5 COVER -- [YouTube]2Oyu5Hd3rH8&list=PL94E5FD60F52B864D&index=5&feature=plpp_video[/YouTube] OWN MATERIAL -- ENTIRE LIST Edited June 13, 2012 by A. Clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Going to see The Chain for the first time on Saturday. Looking forward to it:blush-anim-cl: I'm officially jealous now. I asked Ben if he was doing a gig while I was in London and he wasn't doing any cause Kate was O/S at that time... I was so bummed. Oh well, I'll eventually go to a gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Clay Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 NICE NEW TWITTER PROFILE PIC OF BEN @BenParkerMusic on TWITTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 NICE NEW TWITTER PROFILE PIC OF BEN @BenParkerMusic on TWITTER Nice pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Clay Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) FROM: Ben Parker @BenParkerMusic 'It's here! Available to buy in a month or so on Amazon .co & .com' Edited July 5, 2012 by A. Clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico_collard Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 I kind of want to play the ukelele now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Clay Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 (edited) NEW ALBUM SOON : http://www.facebook.com/TheChainofficial/app_80877307761'>http://www.facebook.com/TheChainofficial/app_80877307761 & http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/thechain NICE INSTAGRAM PIC : [YouTube]2g4G_FNWDcI&feature[/YouTube] FaceBook : http://www.facebook.com/TheChainofficial TWITTER : https://twitter.com/BenParkerMusic & https://twitter.com/TheChainMusic YOUTUBE CHANNEL : http://www.youtube.com/user/TheChainMusic Edited November 28, 2012 by A. Clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Clay Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 MY FAV of The Chain's MANY #1 COVERS ~ [YOUTUBE]fDHPhc3mn8A&feature=plcp[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Clay Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 (edited) BEN posted this on Twitter TODAY ~ Ben Parker @BenParkerMusic @Vingoodwin and I have just finished this. It's out on 1st Dec. British Christmas [YouTube]hZBT7XYYEJs&feature[/YouTube] @Vingoodwin says "British Christmas Song" 2012 version will be released on iTunes on 1st Dec :-) Edited November 28, 2012 by A. Clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Clay Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) Ben Parker is an established professional musician, songwriter & producer and has been teaching Ukulele, Guitar & Piano for over 10 years. He also tutors actors for film & television - in this capacity his credits include The John Lennon biopic 'Nowhere Boy' and Robert Pattinson drama 'Bel Ami'. He also fronts his own band The Chain, and develops young artists for major record labels. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ben-Parker/e/B001KJ0JIS Edited December 18, 2012 by A. Clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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