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UPCOMING SHOWS

MAY 4-18 - Bob featuring Benjamin Hauptmann

Deep in the mirky regions of distant history, the musical styles of folk and prog were combined: Frog was born! FrogFest is an amphibious celebration of this progressive folk style. click here for more details

4 May – The White Eagle Club, CANBERRA.

5 May – Katoomba RSL, KATOOMBA.

6 May – Kantara House, CENTRAL COAST.

9 May – Brass Monkey, CRONULLA.

11 May – The Cambridge, NEWCASTLE.

12 May – Red Rattler, SYDNEY.

18 May – Gertrude’s Brown Couch, MELBOURNE.

 

MAY 27 - Bob featuring Benjamin Hauptmann ‘Unplugged & Plugged-in’

City of Stonnington is proud to present the 6th year of Stonnington Jazz – 100% Australian Jazz. Widely regarded as one of Australia’s leading jazz festivals, Stonnington jazz is once again happening for 10 days in May in venues throughout Stonnington, Melbourne, Australia. click here for more details or join us on Facebook here

 

JUNE 2o/27 JULY 4 - Bob featuring Benjamin Hauptmann

Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, dubbed by Lonely Planet as “the world’s best jazz club”, is open every night presenting world-class international and national jazz musicians. The club dedicates itself to promoting and developing live jazz as an art form in its two performance rooms. stay tuned for more details

 

 

 

 

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SYDNEY ALBUM LAUNCH 17/03/12

presented by SIMA & Yum Yum Tree Records

SATURDAY 17th MARCH at THE SOUND LOUNGE – SEYMOUR CENTER
corner of CITY RD & CLEVELAND ST, CHIPPENDALE – NSW 2008

8:30pm tix $25/$15 (non-member/member/student)

more info @ www.sima.org.au/BenHauptman/713/n/3/0/0/

join the event @ http://www.facebook.com/events/244431188973020/

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Freedman Recording

In February this year, I recorded music for my first solo release. This was made possible by winning the 2010 Freedman Jazz Fellowship.

12 musicians from both Sydney and Melbourne are featured on the recording:

Ben Hauptmann
Zoe Hauptmann
James Hauptmann
Gian Slater
Evan Mannell
Chris Hale
Damien Slingsby
Julian Banks
Arne Hanna
Aaron Flower
Lucian McGuiness
Dan Junor

The recording, which is half way to completion has become eligible for 100% tax deductible donations through Australian Business Arts Foundation.

I have an online profile with info about myself and the project. http://www.abaf.org.au/donors/artist-projects/ben-hauptmann.html

If you or any contacts/music lovers are interested in supporting me, these are the expenses I am looking at getting contributions towards through donations:

Mixing – Free Energy Device (Studio) 4 days mixing $3,080

Mastering – (Studio 301) 8 tracks $2,557.50

Printing/Pressing – Vinyl Factory 300×12” records w/ download cards/hosting, 1 colour white labels, poly lined inner sleeves and CMYK printed sleeves $3,350

Attached to this post is a short sample of some of the music recorded. It is at a ‘rough mix’ stage but you can hear the vibe of what was captured during the recording session.

Please feel free to contact me for further info on this project.

Cheers,

Ben

Sample recording


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The Alcohotlicks to open show for Katie Noonan & The Captains!

On the 5th of March get down the The Factory Theatre 105 Victoria Road, Marrickville, Sydney, NSW.

The Alcohotlicks will be warming up the stage for Katie Noonan & The Captains from 8pm.

There might even be some three guitar action going on!
Click on this link for details…