Music, drinking tea, meditation, philosophy(East and West), tai ji quan, qi gong, literature, science, impressionist art, poetry, film.
Music
This is changing and expanding on daily basis. Currently: Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Bill Evans(the piano one), Eric Dolphy, Wayne Shorter, Mingus Mingus Mingus, Yusef Lateef, Chris Potter, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Dave Holland Quintet, Every Miles Davis recording from 58 to 67, Tom Harrell, the fabulous Ben Webster, George Russell's Riverside Recordings, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Benny Carter, George Garzone, David Liebman, Bobby Hutcherson, Andrew Hill, Bennie Wallace, Michel Camilo, Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, Chucho Valdez, Allan Holdsworth, Shawn Lane, Joe Pass, Kenny Garrett, Steve Grossman, Django and Grapelli, Guthrie Govan, Brecker(R.I.P.), Herbie Hancock, Mulgrew Miller, Lee Morgan, Ravi Shankar, Paul Desmond, Beethoven, Art Pepper after he cleaned up, Dave Douglas, Danny Gatton, Mccoy Tyner, Duke, Chopin, Gilad Hekselman Trio, Jackie Mclean, Brownie, Olivier Messiaen's Quartet For the End of Time, Ravi Shankar, George Russell, Wayne Krantz and Keith Carlock, Stravinsky, Jaco, Bjork, Tribal Tech, Gary Willis outside of Tribal Tech, Scott Henderson outside of Tribal Tech, Art Tatum, Bach's Cello Suites, Ravel, Jeff Beck, Marc Johnson, Mahalia Jackson, certain Metheny recordings, Donald Byrd, David Fathead Newman, Tomasz Stanko, Ted Greene, Lenny Breau, Scriabin, Keith Jarrett, Keith Jarrett's vocal solos while hes playing, Robin Eubanks, Greg Koch and all of his madness/genius, Sonny Rollins and Stitt, The Solaris soundtrack, Joshua Redman, Brent Mason, Ali Ahkbar Khan, traditional Japanese music, Imogen Heap, Black Sabbath, Kenny Werner, Anton Webern, any Celtic music, Astor Piazzolla, and Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings.
Movies
Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring, Joseph Campbell And The Power Of Myth, The Matrix Trilogy, V For Vendetta, Broken Saints, Ghost In The Shell, Into The Wild, Sideways, Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles, Seven Samurai, Solaris, 2001, Off The Black, American Splendor, Children of Men, Ikiru, Closer, Annie Hall, Easy Rider, Spartacus, Vertigo, Yojimbo, Kurosawa's Dreams, Bird, Rushmore
Television
I don't own one but if I did I would watch Top Chef and the food network obsessively. Also the Ovation channel is most decidely bad ass.
Books
Alan Watts, Ralph Waldo Emerson, D.T. Suzuki, Osho, J. Krishnamurti, Henry David Thoreau, Joseph Campbell, Plato, Manly P. Hall, Terence Mckenna, Ram Dass, Hazrat Inuyat Khan, Herman Hesse, Eiji Yoshikawa, Eugen Herrigal, Walt Whitman, William James, Boethius, Aldous Huxley, C.G. Jung, Erich Fromm, William Blake, Frederick Nietsche, Robert Anton Wilson, Kurt Vonnegut, Chris Moore, Wei Wu Wei, Frijtof Capra, Graham Hancock, Robert Heinlein --- The Diamond Sutra, The Upanishads, The Gospel Of Thomas, Tao Te Ching, Hua Hu Ching, Dhammapada, Tibetan Book of the Dead, The Bhagavad Gita.
Heroes
Siddhartha Guatama, Alan Watts, Chuang Tzu, Ramana Maharshi, Manly P. Hall, Plato, Pythagoras, Ram Dass, Joseph Campbell, Socrates, Boethius, Terence McKenna, Coltrane, Bill Evans, Beethoven, Ted Greene, Yusef Lateef, Lenny Breau, Tom Harrell, Osho, George Garzone, J. Krishnamurti, David Liebman, Shawn Lane, Allan Holdsworth, Miyamoto Musashi, any musician that ever kicked my ass(there are alot of them!), my parents, Bill Hicks, Toshiro Mifune, Monet, Van Gogh.
Centralia High School
Centralia, IL
Graduated: 2003
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Not paying attention
Minor: Not caring about school
Jazz player at heart but has played alot of styles
. Trained and religiously practices. Looking for any and all playing opportunities.
A.C. Benden's Companies
Gabe Nieto and the Jalapeno Express Austin, TX US Guitarist
S.C.E. - Contemporary Acoustic Jazz Austin, TX US Guitarist/Arranger/Composer
Private In-Home Guitar Instructor Austin, TX US Instructor
Amadeus In-Home Music Lessons Austin, TX US Instructor
Landfall Ensemble - Original Contemporary Jazz Austin, TX US Guitarist/Composer/Arranger
ALC Baptist Church Pflugerville, TX US Guitarist/Asst. Music Director
Lian Amber Austin, TX US Guitarist/Arranger
A.C. Benden - "The duty to be alive is the same as the duty to become oneself, to develop into the individual one potentially is." - Erich Fromm Posted at 4:12 PM Feb 8 view more
Born and raised in the little old town of Centralia, IL. Started playing guitar at the age of 14 and thats pretty much all i've done since then. Moved to Boston, MA to attend Berklee College of Music. Stayed for a bit then left for the frozen tundra of Minnesota. Lived in the Twin Cities for the last 3 years playing in various projects that included Sheila Ray Charles(that is his daughter by the way). Also have been a private guitar instructor for the last 3 years. I decided to make my way to Austin to take my playing to the next level and a scenery change.
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Fender Telecaster Guitars ---
Epiphone Masterbuilt Acoustic Guitars ---
Fender Amps ---
Lava Cables ---
Dunlop Picks ---
Vox Pedals ---
MXR Pedals ---
Dunlop Pedals
Who I'd like to meet: All fellow seekers of Truth and self discovery. Any excellent musicians from all backgrounds, styles, race, religion, creed or whatever
Hey A.C. Benden - are you ready for the invasion of Hillgrass Bluebilly in Austin for 2010? Support your local "dirtyfoots" & support Hillgrass Bluebilly LIVE events.
Our 1st event of 2010: If you like earthy, rugged, gritty hillbilly-folk, blues and country...and want to see it all perfectly blended together, then come on out to JOVITA's on Saturday Jan. 23rd
Our 2nd event is THE FIRST HILLBILLY EVENT of 2010. Support the Dirty Foot Family.....and become a dirtyfoot! HILLGRASS BLUEBILLY TAKES OVER BEERLAND FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY - FRIDAY JANUARY 29TH - A NIGHT OF HILLBILLY-COUNTRY MUSIC
Distortion makes you sound awesome not play awesome lmao.. sk8 and destroy... neway's not too long before you come down proly won't wna leave.. lol i'm gonna sing u a fkn ballad.. lmao.. get ahold of me
Just letting you know that I'm playing with Eldridge Goins and Brad Houser at Ming's Cafe on the drag on Monday (9/21) from 8-10pm. Come check us out if you can!
Funny that I could find a soul mate in a stranger.
I knew then I have found the perfect partner Someone I could love and cherish forever Now, my love has only grown deeper And life with you has never been sweeter.
yeah i can understand that lol im thinking of lookin for something like that if i ever make it out of alaska, got a wrx for the time being its a fun car for the winter. How is Austin ive heard it is a really interesting city
Happy birthday brethren, hope all is treating you well. Once i make it out of Alaska I will have to track you down on whatever corner of the world you happen to be on at that moment. I guess I just missed you by a couple days last time, im sure its a stupid question but, do you still have your zx?
it's cool man.. been buisy for me too... had my boys birthday party sat and early sunday and my sisters b-day party yesterday... jst call when you get a chance or e-mail or w e... be good
It was nice running into you at Saxon Friday night. Sorry we couldn't stay and watch your performance. Hopefully I'll get to see you play again sometime soon. Love the music on your page. See ya around Sweets!
Hey, hows it going?! We are rocking a show Wednesday night at RedEyedFly on redriver at about 9 o 'clock. You should come hang out with us, we would love to meet ya and hook you up with a FREE demo cd!!! What ya think?
man, i think i miss you! i might have to come visit your punk ass this summer. peace in the yeast, unleashed from the east. whopper with cheese, oh yeah, tasty lady crotch.
lol.
