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Songwriting awards in the last 12 months alone include a Runner-Up prize in the 2010 Nashville Tennessee Concerts Song Contest with the song \"Where The Wild Things Are\", two Finalist placings in the 2010 Show Me The Music international songwriting competition for the songs \"Where The Wild Things Are\" and \"Fissile Isle\", a Finalist placing in the 2010 international songwriting competition Expose Yourself, with the song \"Your Eyes Are Like Fire\", a Semi-Finalist placing in the 2010 international songwriting competition Song of the Year with the song \"Achitects of Time\", two honorable mentions in the Nashville songwriting contest SongDoor 2009, for the songs \"A Small Selection Of Things\" and \"Your Eyes Are Like Fire\", and a semi-finalist placing in the 2010 UK Songwriting Contest with \"Until the coast is clear\" as well as the Song of the Day accolade on FM 102X Radio (June 2010).\n\nThe list goes on and on, and by now you can tell where this is going: Ben has been referred to as \"one of the most inventive and talented songwriters in the business today\" and he has every intention of continuing to live up to these laurels.\n\nCheck out Ben's website for more sonic delights and musical goodness\n\n\"Unique, interesting and intelligent; indescribably good. Ben's musical education comes through loudly and clearly with complex and interesting arrangements and timing in all his work. Comparison is almost impossible.\"\nExpose Yourself international songwriting competition 2010\n\n\"The Architects of Time\" album manages to go places a conventional folk rock album cannot go. Out of Time is the first track on the album and by far one of the most amazing progressive rock instrumentals I've ever heard.\"\nDerek Leduc, Lipstik Indie magazine\n\n\"Nuanced, balanced, intriguing, highly inventive - the Poet Laureate of Indie Rock. Humor, intelligence and deviously good song craft inform the process in one of most original albums I've had the honor to listen to lately.\"\nWildy Haskell, Wildy's World music blog\n\n\"Extraordinary musicians produce extraordinary music. The songs transcend all conceivable stylistic frameworks. The music is uniquely rewarding and reveals new facets every time you listen to a song and allow yourself to become immersed in its appealing intensity. The flawless lyrics are full of fantasy, imagination and substance, achieving a near-literary level of sophistication.\"\nAndreas Keller, Die Rheinpfalz newspaper", "photo" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/img/ben_rusch1.jpg", "web_url" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/ben_rusch/", "albums" : [{ "sku" : "brusch-architectsnv", "name" : "Architects of Time (vocals removed)", "artist" : { "name" : "Ben Rusch", "page" : "ben_rusch" }, "release_date" : "2026-10-20", "genres" : ["Alt Rock","Folk-Rock"], "vocals" : "vocals removed", "moods" : ["playful","quirky","reflective","elegant","epic","romantic"], "uses" : ["podcast background","vlog","documentary","emotional storytelling","comedy","fantasy or medieval"], "energy" : 3, "instrumentation" : ["acoustic guitar","viola","folk arrangements","rock instrumentation"], "sounds_like" : [], "summary" : "A classy, accessible blend of folk and alt-rock with playful lyrics and intimate to epic arrangements, ideal for creative storytelling in 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commercial or not (videos, films, podcasts, games, apps, websites, adverts), including work for clients, under the Magnatune Project Licence. Projects released while a member stay licensed for good; new projects need an active membership. Credit is required. TV or radio broadcast, cinema, and background music in shops, restaurants or on-hold lines are not included: license those from the musician. Membership: $10/month, $99/year or $299 lifetime; agents can buy one themselves with MPP at /api/member-pass ($10 month, $99 year, $299 lifetime, one-off).", "projects_status" : "available", "projects_signup" : "https://magnatune.com/member/signup", "royalty_free" : "Membership is royalty-free licensing: no per-video, per-download or per-view fees, for every project created and released while a member.", "youtube" : "YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, podcasts: members may use the clean songs in monetized videos. Members register their YouTube channel (the set_youtube_channel MCP tool, or their account page) so YouTube's Content ID doesn't claim their videos. The free versions carry a spoken Magnatune voice and are non-commercial (CC BY-NC-SA), so they're not for monetized channels or client work.", "details" : "https://magnatune.com/info/licensing", "how_to_credit" : "Name the artist and \"Magnatune\", with a link to the album's web_url." } }