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* BRUCELETTER / Volume 7 / Issue 17
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News and commentary from Ben Bruce: http://www.benbruce.com
Next Performance: April 20, 2010 9:00 PM
Send me e-mail: bruceletter@benbruce.com | Follow me on Twitter: @benbruce

“Tender, nicely composed songs recalled John Denver and particularly Assembly of Dust’s Reid Genauer, who Bruce strongly resembled in both voice and all-out-there-on-the-stage delivery. Telling stories about faces in the fire with blinding insight and singing simple songs full of tender vibrations, Bruce showed himself a tunesmith to keep an eye on.” — Dennis Cook, Jambase.com

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* LETTER FROM ME / "I don't even know what to call it"
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Hey everybody,

Thanks again to everyone who came to the Lone Microphone! We had — for the first time in history — a tie, which required a “song-off” (of course).

Olivia! De. La. Cruz! and Justin Kausal-Hayes both got to play one more song, and then the winner (JKH) was determined by audience acclaim. Andrew Vait also played an amazing set — he used JKH’s loop/record pedal and within a minute had built a song, layering a drumbeat, rhythm guitar, guitar texture all into the loop, and then playing his guitar lead and singing over it. Incredible.1

The next Lone Microphone is January 19 at Marcus’ Martini Heaven. We will be bringing more amazing performers together for another audio battle over Seattle’s highest honor.

In other news, I found a weird … I don’t even know what to call it. I searched for “Ben Bruce” on Youtube, and there were tons of videos of people yelling “Ben Bruce!” Check out my blog post on the topic (http://www.benbruce.com/scraps/-one-two-three-ben-bruce--) or watch the compilation video here:

http://www.youtube.com/v/CphD6OtEIKs

Finally, it’s amazing to think that this will be the last issue of the Bruceletter for 2009. It’s been a great year in some ways and very difficult in others. But that just sounds like a description of life. :)

As we draw this year to a close I wish you happy holidays and the warmth of friends and family and home and hearth. I will be storing up energy for what I hope to be a seminal year in my life — my 33 on this go-round and looking to be my very best. I hope yours is, too.

– ben

1 Check out all three of these great Seattle artists online:

Olivia De La Cruz | Justin Kausal-Hayes | Andrew Vait


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* NEXT PERFORMANCE / April 20, 2010 9:00 PM
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Lone Microphone: 3 Performers Enter, One Leaves (With the Prize) - Martini Heaven
88 Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98104 (United States)
http://marcusmartiniheaven.com/
Ages: 21+
Price : 0.00
Additional Information: The Lone Microphone is an event series that brings together audiences that appreciate intimate and emotional performances with high-caliber solo performers. Three artists battle to the death, or the prize, whichever comes first. More on the Lone Microphone:http://www.benbruce.com/the-lone-microphone

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