Howdy Steemians! My name is Ben Atkins and I am so f-ing excited to be joining your incredible community!! This is my first ever post, so please allow me to introduce myself.
I am a singer/songwriter from Waco, Texas currently living in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I started playing music about 4 years ago after realizing I wasn't that great at writing stories, and I discovered I had real passion for song writing. I've been composing songs ever since. That's why I'm joining steemit: to share my music!
For some reason I had this misconception that to share a song it needed to be recorded in a nice studio with expensive equipment, but screw that. My friend, roommate, and fellow musician and steemian 
My music draws on influences from soul, folk, country, blues, and maybe a little rock and roll 🤘. At this point I do have a few humble live videos posted to my Youtube page, which you can peruse at your leisure. For now, here is a video of my song 'Strawberry Lips' recorded at a Sofar Sounds show I did here in Buenos Aires:
Aside from my solo project I also sing backing vocals and play a little percussion in a rock band called Harm & Ease. You can hear our new album Black Magic Gold here!
Before I started playing music, I studied philosophy at Southwestern University and tried my hand at some fiction and poetry. I have shamelessly recycled a lot of the poems into song lyrics haha, but I figure while I'm here I may as well share some of that stuff too.
I guess that's it for now. Big Ups to my roommates 