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Ben Markley
For Ben Markley, music is a family matter. Both of his parents taught music for a living. Markley, who hails from Chapman, says he started taking piano lessons at the age of three. He didn't accept music as his calling, though. "I wasn't music full speed ahead in my high school years," he says. Even in college, Markley didn't gravitate toward a music major. He says he received a golf scholarship to Fort Hays State University and focused on sports and other things in his first few years of college.
In his junior year, though, he finally settled on music."I guess I wasn't really finding a lot of fulfillment in the other things that I was doing and music seemed to do that," Markley says.
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Markley and says he likes performing in Kansas because he can get feedback from those people most familiar with his music; his family and friends. "They, more than people I don't know, have seen me evolve," he says. Markley fought against music for a while but now he's in the groove and enjoys his profession. "For
Family matters: Ben Markley enjoys performing in Kansas because his family and friends can give him honest feedback.
me, it's the journey of music," Markley says.
Markley will be performing at the Folk on Mass House Concerts, 1646 Massachusetts Street, on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
— Kelly Breckunitch
Out&About
[ what is the most awkward thing you have ever walked in on? ]
"My roommate doing his thang."
"My roommate doing the dirty with her boy." Hannah Lowry, Wichita freshman
"I opened a door and started talking to someone but it wasn't who I wanted."
Sarah Murphy, Atchison sophomore
Emily Soetaert, Olathe sophomore
"My roommate engaging in, umm, you know, sex." Batya Meyer, Dallas senior
"I walked in on my friend's mom finishing up giving her husband fellatio. They tried to act innocent,but the damage had already been done. Whoops!"
Heidi Schmidt, Prairie Village junior
"At my former job, I walked in on my boss sleeping in the break room." Tyler Janzen, Lindsborg senior
"The worst of the worst ... I saw my parents having sex."
Michael Poe,Wichita freshman
"I walked in on my suitemate pleasuring himself." J.T. Craig, Junction City senior
"My roommate and his girlfriend having sex on the kitchen counter." Branden Tinker, Wichita junior
"I went into a room where they were going to have a wake-I didn't know about it—and started eating the food.I felt really awkward when I realized it was for the wake." James Cook, Lawrence senior
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February 19,2009
Kristopher McDonald