Ben has been engaged to deliver the keynote address at the 2010 Nashville Recording Workshop + Expo, an important recording and music industry conference in his adopted hometown. The event, to be held March 5 and 6 at Belmont University, is co-sponsored by the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business and the Audio Engineering Society, Nashville Section. The conference will feature sessions on instrument miking, arrangement and recording, producing demos, acoustics, and roundtable discussions, as well as equipment manufacturer and industry exhibits.