house concert

this is a recording of the house concert we had at our house last sunday, featuring randy pingrey, joe moffet, james ilgenfritz, luke moldof, kent o'doherty, derek beckvold, bob jordon, and half-life (me and erik):
http://www.mediafire.com/?2mldiq31nxy

II

this is an 18 minute music video i made for the second song from 'reflections' (see the last post)

reflections

aaand just finished another album..

half-life

i'm in a band with my friend erik and we just released our debut self-titled album, which is available as a free download on pure potentiality records:

ppr release 007 - observing EP

just decided to release 3 songs i made in march w/ guitar pedals and laptop:

PPR Release #006

my newest solo album is called sleeping in the forest and is available for free download. i used guitar, pedals, and laptop:

THE IPHONE SESSIONS

click here to download

pure potentiality records release #005.5
free download / limited edition cd-r
recorded to iphone in 2009

1. evidence (A)
2. blue monk (B)
3. bemsha swing (B)
4. ask me now (A)
5. in walked bud (B)

all compositions by thelonious monk [1917-1982]

SESSION A (1.20.09)

alex loRe - alto
sam decker - tenor
ben stepner - piano
dan durham - bass
moses eder - drums

SESSION B (2.5.09)

andrew urbina - alto
derek beckvold - alto
ben stepner - piano
robin betton - bass

memory of breathing

i'm going to put out a tape on my friend luke's label of drones i made with my guitar and laptop. here's a sample. the tape will be called 'memory of breathing.' if anyone wants to order one, email me. peace

drone2

heres my second drone track. by the way, both of these were made from short samples i took from the piece "peace (quiet)" that i posted in august (2 posts ago).

i'm playing at pianofest again this year, but with a bassist and drummer this time. it'll be nov 15 from 3:30-4:30pm at the lily pad and we're going to play my tunes. more info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=47688070714&ref=mf

drone

im taking electro acoustic music so i get 2 hours every week in the electro acoustic lab at NEC, which has the best quality speakers ive ever heard.......heres my first creation: 2 minutes

three improvisations

I. tensionized
II. destruction
III. peace (quiet)

recorded 7.28.08 at brandeis

sonnymoon for two

theres a recording of 'sonnymoon for two' on my friend robin's website, http://www.purevolume.com/robinbetton with me on piano, robin on bass, matt rousseau on drums and eugene lee on alto.

new composition

ivesbot3000

Ode to NEC

I decided to remaster and release my trio album 'Ode to NEC', with Dan Durham on bass and Matt Rousseau on drums, on my label. Here's a track from it:

Andrea @ Johnny's

I'll be selling the album at concerts in the future.

SLEEP

heard this in my head waking up the morning after july 4:
sleep freq

more outness

4 minutes
or
"all dharmas are marked with emptiness"

w/ robin, eugene, and matt r.

introducing.. "the cross-legged duo/trio"

here's an improvisation from a recent session with jesse ward and eugene lee.

wall of sound

new rhodes W/ DELAY

concert for fender rhodes
recorded out on my back porch 2 days ago

school is OVA

ppr release #003

introducing ...



info
myspace

spring break 2k8

DOWNLOAD (24 tracks, 176 MB)

new beats

some new beats (the first two were made for a class called development of personal style)

webern (samples the first movement of webern's five pieces for string quartet)
berlioz (samples berlioz's queen mab scherzo)
stillinlove (samples brian mcknight's 'still in love')

drone for fender rhodes

recorded 1.27.08

ps. i'll be on WMBR 88.1 FM at 10 pm on monday, playing this and some duos with dan karp on bass

some strings inspired by the golden compass

over break im going to make a gospel album, and record some hip hop and free jazz with friends. ill be posting some stuff from that. peace, thanks for listening

heres a 12 minute amalgam i made last july of excerpts of various songs ive recorded. one of the featured underlying things is a solo piano piece called pure potentiality. it also has clips from some of my hip hop beats, metal songs, keyboard improvisations, acoustic guitar improvisations, a recording of a church organ turning on, and some more weird stuff. it took so long to make that by the time i was done recording it i was completely sick of it, but now that some time has passed, im enjoying listening back to it, so i thought id put it up.

new stuff

been amusing myself by making goofy websites for various projects, musical and otherwise..

starchild demonica: my fictional sci-fi progressive metal band
bstep beats: some of my hip hop beats (let me know if you know anyone who needs beats!)
eldar's mac games: computer games for mac classic that i made in middle school

U.N.T.

it is time.



time for untitled new tune!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

(save to disk if clicking on it doesnt work)

thanks eugene

thanks eugene.

Nineteen Pieces for Solo Piano

new album yo
http://www.purepotentialityrecords.com/pages/releases.html

i'm selling it now, via mail order online (send $6 cash), or at my concert this saturday, july 21 at 8 pm at my house (see benstepner.com for more info).

they say it's wonderful, versions 1-5

five versions of they say it's wonderful, recorded on may 28, 2007:

http://www.benstepner.com/mp3s/5.28.07/

my friend asked me why no one ever comments on my blog. anyone care to prove him wrong?

passion dance

been trying to improve passion dance

going dot com

1) www.benstepner.com

2) www.purepotentialityrecords.com

Things of note:

-Eugene's album, Srivbanacore, just got a great review on allaboutjazz.com. The album is still available for free download, so check it out!

-We're gonna do a concert sometime in late June or early July to celebrate the release of Srivbanacore.