#3 One Minute Pop Song with Ben Kweller | Musicianship Rating System

Episode 3 of 9, in which Ben rates his proficiency on various musical instruments, then delves into his philosophy of what makes a good musician.

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[shlosky08]

ben kweller is pretty much sex wrapped up in a yellow sweater.

[youngmetalattack]

ben is awesome, but he isn't an 8 on guitar, or a 7 on piano.

[airsoftobsessive]

I love his music, but he's more like a 5-6 on guitar and a 4-5 on piano.

[gingerobsessed]

its not 1min its 2:52

[terriblecrashh]

look at that fricken' sweater. i am in love!

[Erk1982]

That theme song is catchy!

[pricelessposition]

he wasn't like trying to be self absorbed or whatnot he was trying to answer a question without sounding like he thinks he's a kick ass musician. which he is and if i was to rate what he was on all of those instruments i'd say a ten to all. but he was trying to be technical and go down to like a scale of eight, seven, and six. if you can't catch that drift then maybe in fact you shouldn't try to understand his view of perspective placed in this video.

[niceparabola]

Yeah this video always irked me because Ben always strikes me as a really down to earth guy, so for him to be saying how talented he is is just kinda... ugh. But this is the only time I've ever thought his ego needed to be checked.

[philphie]

it takes a lot of guts to rate yourself while not looking self absorbed, too bad he didn't pull it off. great musician nonetheless and lol at the flushes

[waakkeuppp]

I am so glad there are people like him in the music world.

[allth3s4me]

but he's right about it

[allth3s4me]

on piano he's like 2