Ben Folds

Ben Folds
Folds noong 2007
Kabatiran
Pangalan noong ipinanganak	Benjamin Scott Folds
Kapanganakan	(1966-09-12) 12 Setyembre 1966 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Genre	Alternative rock power pop jazz fusion classical chamber pop cabaret
Trabaho	Musician composer arranger record producer author
Instrumento	Vocals piano keyboards guitar drums bass keytar
Taong aktibo	1988–kasalukuyan
Label	Attacked By Plastic Epic
Website	benfolds.com

Si Benjamin Scott Folds (ipinanganak 12 Setyembre 1966) ay isang Amerikanong mang-aawit-songwriter, musikero, kompositor at tagagawa ng record. Ang Folds ang nangunguna sa harap at pianista ng alternative rock bandang na Ben Folds Five 1993 hanggang 2000, at muli noong unang bahagi ng 2010 noong kanilang pagsasama. Bukod sa banda, ang Folds ay nakapagtala ng maraming mga album at gumanap nang live bilang isang solo artist. Nakipagtulungan din siya sa mga musikero tulad nina William Shatner, Regina Spektor, "Weird Al" Yankovic, at yMusic at nagsagawa ng mga pang-eksperimentong proyekto sa pagsulat sa mga may-akda tulad nina Nick Hornby at Neil Gaiman. Madalas siyang nagsagawa ng mga pag-aayos ng kanyang musika na may hindi pangkaraniwang instrumento, kabilang ang mga symphony orchestras at isang pangkat ng capella. Bilang karagdagan sa pagbibigay ng musika sa mga soundtrack ng mga animated na pelikula na Hoodwinked!, at Over the Hedge, Folds ay gumawa ng maraming mga album, kasama ang unang solo album ni Amanda Palmer.

Si Folds ay isang hukom sa NBC isang paligsahan sa cappella singing The Sing-Off mula 2009 hanggang 2013. Mula noong Mayo 2017, siya ay nagsilbi bilang unang tagapayo sa masining sa National Symphony Orchestra sa Kennedy Center sa Washington, D.C. Noong Hulyo 2019, inilathala ni Folds ang kanyang unang libro, isang memoir, na may pamagat na A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons.

Discography

Mga solo album

• Rockin' the Suburbs (2001)
• Songs for Silverman (2005)
• Way to Normal (2008)

Mga Solo EPs

• Speed Graphic (2003)
• Sunny 16 (2003)
• Super D (2004)

With Ben Folds Five

• Ben Folds Five (1995)
• Whatever and Ever Amen (1997)
• The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (1999)
• The Sound of the Life of the Mind (2012)

Other collaborations

• Fear of Pop: Volume 1 (1998) (with Fear of Pop)
• The Bens (EP) (2003) (with The Bens)
• Has Been (2004 (with William Shatner)
• Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella! (2009) (with various artists)
• Lonely Avenue (2010) (with Nick Hornby)
• Nighty Night (2011) (with Amanda Palmer, Damian Kulash and Neil Gaiman as 8in8)
• So There (2015) (with yMusic)

Compilations/live albums

• Naked Baby Photos (1998)
• Ben Folds Live (2002)
• iTunes Originals – Ben Folds (2005)
• Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP (2006)
• The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective (2011)
• Fifty-Five Vault (2011)
• Ben Folds Five: Live (2013)

DVDs

• Ben Folds Five – The Complete Sessions at West 54th
• Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth
• Ben Folds Live at MySpace DVD

Mga panlabas na link

• Opisyal na website
• Ben Folds sa Curlie