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"Surviving The Pandemic" Conversations Ep. 4
For the fourth episode of my show Conversations I decided to focus on a topic that affects literally all of us on earth: survival....
bigbenhillman
Mar 22, 20212 min read
Conversations Ep. 3 is LIVE NOW
Hello friends. You can catch my latest episode of Conversations right now on YouTube and IGTV. In this episode I sit down with my long...
bigbenhillman
Mar 1, 20212 min read
Epidode 2 of Conversations Streaming Now
My second episode of my new video series is available to view now. This time around I'm talking with one of my oldest friends, author,...
bigbenhillman
Feb 9, 20211 min read
The New Show is Live
I just uploaded the premiere episode of my new show to YouTube this morning. The show is called "Conversations with Big Ben Hillman," and...
bigbenhillman
Jan 25, 20211 min read
New Video and Podcast Series Coming Soon!
I wanted to announce that I have a new series of videos and corresponding audio podcasts coming very soon. The series is called...
bigbenhillman
Jan 21, 20211 min read
History and Accountability
Today was a great day indeed. We watched Joe Biden get sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. We saw Kamala Harris get...
bigbenhillman
Jan 21, 20214 min read
Spontaneous Art and Chill Piano
In the last several months I have started making a concerted effort to begin churning out a lot more online content. I've been writing...
bigbenhillman
Dec 21, 20201 min read
Soft Release This Friday
Back in 2018 I wrote a big batch of new tunes, about 30 within a month's time. These tunes were unlike most of the material I had...
bigbenhillman
Dec 15, 20202 min read
New Art Gallery
I have created a gallery page to showcase some of my artwork that I've done recently. You can visit it right here:...
bigbenhillman
Oct 19, 20201 min read
New Mood Music
I haven't really gone out of my way to showcase the fact that for the last two years I have been working on building up a catalogue of...
bigbenhillman
Oct 3, 20202 min read
My Take On Last Night's Debate (just kidding, it wasn't a debate it was a farce)
It is important to understand that the history of presidential debates in this country really doesn’t go back all that far. As a student...
bigbenhillman
Sep 30, 20207 min read
Keeping the Faith
It's hard to believe that it's been over six month since Covid-19 touched down on the shores of the United States. Six months of death...
bigbenhillman
Sep 28, 20204 min read
Regarding Hope
“Hope is a good thing,” says Andy Dufresne, the main protagonist in Stephen King’s The Shawshank Redemption, “maybe the best thing.” In...
bigbenhillman
Sep 27, 202010 min read
Political Awareness: Wake Up and Pay Attention
I hate politics. I think most normal, sane people really do. Following the daily grind of the tit-for-tat, back-and-forth bickering and...
bigbenhillman
Sep 11, 20205 min read
Do You See What I See: One Song, Two Videos
There comes a point whenever I am working on a project, whether it's something that I am writing or composing, a mix that I am recording...
bigbenhillman
Jul 22, 20203 min read
Still Editing....
For anyone keeping track or paying attention, I am still making edits to my video project. It's so time consuming, I don't know where...
bigbenhillman
Jul 13, 20201 min read
New Video Coming Soon
For anyone who might be curious to know what I've been working on lately, among other things I have been toiling over a video that I am...
bigbenhillman
Jul 4, 20204 min read
Inspiration and Motivation
In my last post I wrote about overcoming the emotional blocks that keep us from being creative, finding ways to work through these blocks...
bigbenhillman
Jul 1, 20206 min read
Writers Block is a Lie
We are all familiar with the trope: the image of the tormented writer sitting at his desk, staring at a blank page, agonizing over what...
bigbenhillman
Jun 29, 20206 min read
Another Shot In the Dark
Back in 2011 I started a music web site for myself and my band that included a blog, and for a good long while I was pretty good about...
bigbenhillman
Jun 27, 20205 min read
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