Turns out, when he's not running MTV News, Benjamin Wagner writes and performs music. In fact, he's already got a few indie albums out. Benjamin took a break from breaking news and whatnot, and he came over for a visit just now. My meeting was ending, so Ben picked up a guitar and jammed for us. Check out Ben... Here's an original...

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Notice the sky in his guitar. We stole the guitar from Robin Katz, in our music department, who was working from home today.

Untitled from Ross Martin on Vimeo.

Download Benjamin's music here Check out Benjamin's website here Catch Benjamin live at the following upcoming shows: Rockwood Music Hall (New York, New York) August 13th, 2009 - 9:00 pm Iowa State Fair (Des Moines, Iowa) August 16th, 2009 - 12:00 pm Rockwood Music Hall (New York, New York) October 17th, 2009 - 5:00 pm