Ben Folds

producer, piano, arranger, vocal, drums, mix, performer, synthesizer, bass, percussion, tack piano, organ, electric piano, strings, glockenspiel, acoustic guitar, hammered dulcimer, Wurlitzer electric piano, instrument arranger, mellotron

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Michael H. Brauer (engineer) mix Adelaide, All U Can Eat, Before Cologne, Bitch Went Nuts, Bitches Ain't Shit, Brainwascht, Bruised, Cologne, Dog, Dr. Yang, Effington, Errant Dog, Free Coffee, Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head), In Between Days, Kylie From Connecticut, Learn to Live With What You Are, Rent a Cop, Songs of Love, Still / Bitches Ain't Shit (reprise), The Frown Song, There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
Joe Costa editor, engineer, vocal Before Cologne, Bitch Went Nuts, Brainwascht, Cologne, Dr. Yang, Effington, Errant Dog, Free Coffee, Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head), Kylie From Connecticut, The Frown Song, There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
Will Hensley (Engineer) mix Before Cologne, Bitch Went Nuts, Brainwascht, Cologne, Dr. Yang, Effington, Errant Dog, Free Coffee, Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head), Kylie From Connecticut, The Frown Song
Csaba Petocz engineer Before Cologne, Bitch Went Nuts, Brainwascht, Cologne, Dr. Yang, Effington, Errant Dog, Free Coffee, Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head), Kylie From Connecticut, The Frown Song
Anthony Ruotolo engineer Before Cologne, Bitch Went Nuts, Brainwascht, Cologne, Dr. Yang, Effington, Errant Dog, Free Coffee, Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head), Kylie From Connecticut, The Frown Song

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Michael H. Brauer (engineer) mix Adelaide, All U Can Eat, Before Cologne, Bitch Went Nuts, Bitches Ain't Shit, Brainwascht, Bruised, Cologne, Dog, Dr. Yang, Effington, Errant Dog, Free Coffee, Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head), In Between Days, Kylie From Connecticut, Learn to Live With What You Are, Rent a Cop, Songs of Love, Still / Bitches Ain't Shit (reprise), The Frown Song, There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
Joe Costa editor, engineer, vocal Before Cologne, Bitch Went Nuts, Brainwascht, Cologne, Dr. Yang, Effington, Errant Dog, Free Coffee, Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head), Kylie From Connecticut, The Frown Song, There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
Will Hensley (Engineer) mix Before Cologne, Bitch Went Nuts, Brainwascht, Cologne, Dr. Yang, Effington, Errant Dog, Free Coffee, Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head), Kylie From Connecticut, The Frown Song
Csaba Petocz engineer Before Cologne, Bitch Went Nuts, Brainwascht, Cologne, Dr. Yang, Effington, Errant Dog, Free Coffee, Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head), Kylie From Connecticut, The Frown Song
Anthony Ruotolo engineer Before Cologne, Bitch Went Nuts, Brainwascht, Cologne, Dr. Yang, Effington, Errant Dog, Free Coffee, Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head), Kylie From Connecticut, The Frown Song
Dennis Herring producer Before Cologne, Bitch Went Nuts, Brainwascht, Cologne, Dr. Yang, Effington, Errant Dog, Free Coffee, Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head), Kylie From Connecticut, The Frown Song
Fernando Lodeiro (engineer, Avatar Studios, NY) engineer Before Cologne, Bitch Went Nuts, Brainwascht, Cologne, Dr. Yang, Effington, Errant Dog, Free Coffee, Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head), Kylie From Connecticut, The Frown Song
John Mark Painter instrument arranger, producer, vocal, Dubreq Stylophone, acoustic guitar, bass, saxophone, strings, trombone, trumpet Adelaide, All U Can Eat, Dog, In Between Days, Learn to Live With What You Are, Rent a Cop, Songs of Love, Still / Bitches Ain't Shit (reprise), There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
Frally Hynes misc, vocal Dog, Give Judy My Notice, Gone
Jared Reynolds vocal, bass Bitches Ain't Shit, Learn to Live With What You Are, Still / Bitches Ain't Shit (reprise)
Lindsay Jamieson vocal, drums Bitches Ain't Shit, In Between Days, Still / Bitches Ain't Shit (reprise)
Fleming McWilliams vocal Carrying Cathy, The Luckiest
Paul Buckmaster conductor, instrument arranger Learn to Live With What You Are, Still / Bitches Ain't Shit (reprise)
Richard Fortus guitar Rockin' the Suburbs, Still Fighting It
The Love Sponge Quartet strings Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head), Kylie From Connecticut
DJ Swamp performer Rockin' the Suburbs
Fergal Davis mix, recording Brainwashed
Jim Bogios drums Dog
Ben Kweller vocal, bass, drums Bruised
John McCrea vocal Fred Jones, Part 2
Larry Corbett cello Fred Jones, Part 2
Ben Lee (Australian singer/songwriter) vocal, guitar Bruised
Bucky Baxter guitars, steel guitar Give Judy My Notice
Chris Athens mastering Brainwashed
The Bens performer, producer Bruised
“Weird Al” Yankovic vocal Time

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
William Shatner arranger, mix, producer, vocal, bass, drums, electric piano, organ, piano, synthesizer Common People, Familiar Love, Has Been, I Can’t Get Behind That, Ideal Woman, It Hasn’t Happened Yet, Real, That’s Me Trying, Together, What Have You Done?, You’ll Have Time
Ben Folds Five instrument arranger, producer, piano, strings Away When You Were Here, Do It Anyway, Draw a Crowd, Erase Me, Hold That Thought, Michael Praytor, Five Years Later, On Being Frank, Sky High, Thank You for Breaking My Heart, The Sound of the Life of the Mind
Amanda Palmer performer, producer, drums, percussion, synthesizer Astronaut: A Short History of Nearly Nothing, Blake Says, Guitar Hero, Have to Drive, Machete, Oasis, Runs in the Family, Strength Through Music
8in8 vocal, drums, mellotron, piano Because the Origami, I'll Be My Mirror, Nikola Tesla, One Tiny Thing, The Problem With Saints, Twelve Line Song
Sara Bareilles producer Bright Lights and Cityscapes, Lie to Me, Once Upon Another Time, Stay, Sweet as Whole
Fleming & John vocal, drums Hanging on a Notion, I Fall for You, I'm Not Afraid, Rain All Day
Rickie Lee Jones vocal, piano Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Up a Lazy River
Keith Hollis producer, percussion, synthesizer Runs in the Family
Glen Phillips vocal Courage
アンジェラ・アキ arranger, glockenspiel, hammered dulcimer, piano Black Glasses
William H. Norvas piano Why Does This Always Happen to Me?
Taste Of Blood performer, producer Blake Says
Daniela Neuhäuser producer, vocal, bass, drums, piano Get Your Hands Off My Woman
DIVA Mafia performer, producer Oasis
Sean McBride performer You Don’t Know Me (WKAP mix)
Brutto producer Have to Drive