Chances are, if you hear Rector, your mind may automatically associate it with a few things. Maybe you might think of an erector set, the famous age-old mechanical building toy. Maybe if you know Latin, you know that Rector means Ruler. Or maybe, your mind just thinks of a common word, like Rectified (as in, we rectified the situation).
But my mind goes to none of these things, because I have heard of the amazing-ness that is Ben Rector. Rector is one of the most talented new artists I have come across in a long time. He is one of those multi-talented kids that can play both piano and guitar with excellence. In my opinion, his piano riffs are some of the most creative and just clean sounding I have ever heard. In Disarm, the song starts off with just his beautiful piano playing. The riff progresses and Rector starts to add some resounding chords to the little piano piece. The whole song is one of my favorites on my iTunes. He combines a great sounding piano piece that continues in the background of the whole song. Listening to the song just sometimes gives me chills. To be honest, the best way to describe the song is just plain beautiful. Toward the end Rector begins some Coldplay-esque oh oh oh’s (my own created term) where he just fills in the background with his beautiful singing. He doesn’t even need to sing words; oh is plenty for him.
But his freshman debut is more than just one song. Bright Lights (which was in my top 5 catchiest songs countdown) is an infectious fun song that contains a really cool piano rhythm and some great catchy lyrics. On My Own is probably my favorite behind Disarm (although every song on Twenty Tomorrow is great). More great piano playing and yet another great chorus.
My best way of summing up Ben Rector is this: Take the piano playing of Chris Martin (Coldplay), make it more fun and better, get rid of his british sounding voice and substitute Ben’s beautiful one. When I realized American Idol let you play instruments this season, I automatically thought of Rector. I think he could’ve have been a successful guy on the show. But, thankfully he wasn’t on it. He has too much talent to be pigeon holed into a weak American Idol recording contract and forced to put out music under that umbrella (the only reason I wish David Cook wouldn’t have won).
But anyway, check out Ben Rector! His CD is available to purchase HERE and there is a link to his Myspace below.
Cory, Le Blog
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