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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

"Architects of Time" album nominated for
BEST FOREIGN RECORD at the 2010 Prog Awards 

 "Where The Wild Things Are" from the Architects of Time album wins
Runner-Up prize in the 2010 Tennessee Concerts Song Contest, Nashville

Click here to read Vandala Concepts' March 2012 eZine
2 Finalists in the 2010 Show Me The Music international songwriting contest: "Fissile Isle" from the OH YES!! album + "Where The Wild Things Are" from the Architects of Time album

 

2010 Great Lakes Songwriting Contest: Honorable Mention
for the song "Time To Go" from the Architects of Time album

 

"The Story Of What Happened" album makes Audiosyncracy's Best of 2010 list

2 Honorable Mentions in the Nashville songwriting contest SongDoor 2010
for the songs"Out Of Time" and "Where The Wild Things Are"
2010 Great American Song Contest: "Where The Wild Things Are" (Finalist) and "We Fell Away" (Finalist)
 
"A Definitive Collection of Lucid Dreams" makes Audiosyncracy's Best of 2011 list
"Technically astounding and melodically beautiful - absolute musical genius"
 New Reviews music magazine
 
"One of the most inventive and talented songwriters in the business today"
Isaac Davis Jr. MBA, Editor in Chief of Junior's Cave Magazine  
"Nuanced, balanced, intriguing, highly inventive - the Poet Laureate of Indie Rock.  Humor, intelligence and deviously good song craft inform the process in one of the most original albums I've had the honor to listen to lately".
Wildy Haskell, Wildy's World music blog
"Unique, interesting and intelligent; indescribably good. Comparison is almost impossible"
Expose Yourself international songwriting competition 2010
"Unique, impressive, amazing, absolutely wonderful"
Lipstik Indie Magazine
"Catchy, quirky, very interesting - it's obvious Ben is here to stay"
Vincent Reynolds, IAE Magazine
"Out of the ordinary and completely transportive"
Next Music Blog
"Extraordinary musicians produce extraordinary music. The songs transcend all conceivable stylistic frameworks... the flawless lyrics are full of fantasy, imagination and substance, achieving a near-literary level of sophistication."
Andreas Keller, Rheinpfalz newspaper
"'Music with a lot of creativity and substance and the voice of Rusch is really good.  Varied and beautiful with a fine combination of past and present."
Ulf Backstrøm, jury member of the Prog Awards, creator of Merlin Prog
*** 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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