August 7th, 2009 • Ross Martin
VP of MTV News Benjamin Wagner Just Performed In My Office
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…
Untitled from Ross Martin on Vimeo.
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
11 Comments
August 7th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
wow he is good, talent at MTV!!!
August 7th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
great songs, sound good even in your office ross
August 7th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
i've seen him on itunes and wondered if it's the same guy — i guess it is. never seen him perform liv but its the kind of music i would take my girlfriend too.
August 7th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
i'm sad i missed this today!
August 7th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
nice job! did he only do 2 songs??
August 7th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
he is fairly hot, hotter than i thought from someone in news, and almost as hot as sway lol lol TGIF
August 8th, 2009 at 4:45 am
*tight*! Ben is a true, midwestern, salt-of-the-earth Johnson. I wish I would have known about this party, I could have warmed up the crowd:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonrzepka/26335278…
August 8th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Bring her to next week's show!
August 8th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
[...] uploaded the uncut videos to his website shortly thereafter. Within a few hours, comments on the post exceeding the number I [...]
August 8th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
I think Benjamin totally rocks too both with and without a guitar… in addition to being a fine musician, he's just a really good person right down to his core.
August 10th, 2009 at 4:46 am
That was way cool. Great job Ben!