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The Light Streams

General Info

  • Genre: Garage / Pop / Psychedelic

    Location Northwest, UK

    Profile Views: 21041

    Last Login: 3/27/2011

    Member Since 3/1/2009

    Website myspace.com/thelightstreams

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    The Light Streams formed late 2008 through a series of late night meetings of minds, each member being invited into the fray well into the night; the band then sought to seek a daytime arrangement that worked as well. Towards the end of the year the band went into the studio with Andy Hawkins (Pigeon Detectives/Cribs) and recorded their debut ep, ‘The Lost EP’. .. What followed was a flurry of invites to play festivals this summer alongside such indie high-fliers as The Zutons, Noah & the Whale, Idlewild, Wild Beasts, and Mumford & Sons after just a handful of gigs and requests from all over the country for early copies as word spread. .. Incorporating a varied range of musical influences, ranging from Irish folk to jaunty Beatles-esque psychedelia, from adrenaline-charged punk to melodic balladry, the end result is unmistakeably playful, poppy and laden with catchy hooks. .. Already back in the studio with some great remixes being done by fellow Leeds luminaries, The Light Streams opening is coming soon. Enjoy. .. ..Press Stream:.. .. .."The Light Streams has every chance of becoming one of those bands that creates a buzz...an excellent debut".. ..Altsounds.. .. ..“The Light Streams have got a hatful of tunes with your name on it.”.. ..Beat Happening Magazine.. .. .."Demo of the Week".. ..London Cafe, cism 89.3FM.. .. .."Their songs from the Lost EP demonstrate a mastery of the art of the intelligent pop song.".. ..Chris Almond, Asylum.. .. .... ....Find The Light Streams At These Sites:-...... ...... ........ ...... ........ ...... ........ .... ..
  • Members

    For more information, email us at:....thelightstreams@yahoo.co.uk.... .. ..Join The Light Streams mailing list for gigs, news & releases:.... .. .. .. ..Email Address: .......... ..First Name: .......... ..Surname Name: .......... ..Location: .......... ..Message: .......... ...... ...... ..
  • Influences

    CSNY-Spiritualized-The Big Pink-Jack Kerouac-The Drums-Andrew Weatherill-The Doors-White Lies-The Open-M.I.A-Neil Young-The Creation-The Beach Boys-Primal Scream-James Lavelle-Stone Roses-Ryan Adams-The Aliens-Mystery Jets-Blur-Vampire Weekend-The Byrds-The Doves-New Order-The Police-BRMC-Incredible String Band-Okerville River-Bob Dylan-Fleetwood Mac-Brendan Benson-Arcade Fire-The Las-The Waterboys-Johnny Cash-The Pixies--
  • Sounds Like

    The sounds we like.

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  • Kliav

     Kliav Thanks for the add! Stay with us...
    and Join the madness!
     
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    6 months ago
  • Nancy M. Johnson


    Hello,How do you do?

    2 years ago
  • Nancy M. Johnson


    Hello,thanks add!

    2 years ago
  • BAND AND ARTIST UNION

    ITS EASIER FOR US TO PUT INFORMATION OUT TO ALL BANDS AND ARTIST'S
    RATHER THAN INDIVIUALS
    WHILE BANDS ARE PLAYING FOR NOTHING OR EVEN PAYING TO PLAY
    NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE, UNLESS BANDS AND ARTISTS WORK TOGETHER
    AND MAKE IT CHANGE, OR ELSE YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN. THE ONLY WAY YOUR
    GOING TO GET PAID FOR YOUR GIGS IS BY SHOWING THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE
    OF PUBS AND VENUES THAT YOU CAN FILL THEM SO THAT THEY MAKE A PROFIT. THAT
    WAY MONEY WILL FALL INTO YOUR HAND'S. THE ONLY WAY TO FILL GIG'S IS BY
    PROMOTING AND SELLING YOUR BAND, ONE THING FOR SURE IT'S NO USE JUST
     SITTING BACK WAITING FOR THE NEXT GIG TO COME ALONG.
    PLEASE LEAVE COMMENT ON OUR SITE WHAT YOU THINK OF OUR ADVICE.

    2 years ago
  • BAND AND ARTIST UNION

    GOOD TIMES AHEAD FOR THE THICK NECKS
    THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR THE BAND THE THICK NECKS THEY HAVE RESENTLY BEEN SIGNED AND GETTING PAID 
    FOR THEIR GIGS. THE LADS GIVE CREDIT TO THE BAND AND ARTIST UNION FOR SUPPLYING THEM WITH FREE VALUBLE ADVICE THAT WITH A LITTLE HARD WORK HAS PUT THEM ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS. THE BAND ARE FEATURED
    ON OUR BAND AND ARTIST MUSIC PLAYER ON OUR WEB SITE . BAND MEMBER ROB WILKES TAKE'S UP THE STORY.

    THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE WERE STRUGGLING HAS A BAND, HAD NO IDEA HOW TO GET MONEY FOR OUR GIGS AND COULD
    NOT  AFFORD TO PLAY FOR FREE ESPECIALLY GIGS OUT OF TOWN, BUT SINCE TAKING ADVICE FROM THE BAND AND ARTIST UNION THING'S HAVE CERTANLY CHANGED FOR US. WE FILL MOST OF OUR GIGS  BY SELLING FLYERS TO COLLEGES UNIVERSITIES AND IN THE TOWN AND CITY CENTRES FOR 20 PENCE A FLYER THIS ENABLES THE PERSON TO GET INTHE GIG FOR £1.50 WHICH THEY PAY ON THE DOOR, WITHOUT THE FLYER WE CHARGE £2.50 FOR ENTRY. IT SEEMS TO BE GOING GREAT, THAT AND OTHER PROMOTIONAL ADVICE FROM THE UNION IS REALLY PAYING OFF FOR US. SO MANY THANKS TO THE UNION
    AND WE HOPE THEY CONTINUE WITH THEIR GOOD WORK.

    PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE BAND AND ARTIST UNION SITE SO WE CAN CONTINUE GIVING ADVICE.  



    Read more: http://www.myspace.com/bandandartistunion/friends?p=6#ixzz0umCUA94d

    2 years ago
  • BAND AND ARTIST UNION

    IMAGE FOR YOUR BAND

    ITS MUCH EASIER FOR US TO PUT INFORMATION OUT TO ALL UNION MEMBERS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS.
    GIVING YOUR BAND OR YOURSELF A IMAGE COULD INCREASE YOUR FANZONE AND MAKE YOU STAND OUT
    FROM OTHER BANDS AND ARTISTS. THROUGH OUT THE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC IMAGERY AS PLAYED 
    A LARGE PART, THROUGH THE 1960S WITH BANDS LIKE THE PIRATES, THE WHO, THE KINKS AND THE STONES
    THROUGH THE 1970S WITH BOWIE, ALICE COOPER AND SO ON THROUGH THE 80S AND 90S. IN MY EXPERIENCE IT WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO MANY BANDS IF THEY TAKE A IMAGE ON BOARD. AS A P.R TRAVELING UP
    AND DOWN THE UK I HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS OF BANDS AND ARTISTS, SOME THAT NEEDED JUST THAT LITTLE
    BIT EXTRA TO GET ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS. A EXAMPLE OF THIS WAS A BAND CALLED" THE KINGS MEN"
    THE MUSIC THEY PLAYED WAS PRETTY GOOD MOSTLY COVERS, BUT BECAUSE THEY LACKED PERSONALITY
    THEY WERE STRUGGLING AND ON THE VERGE OF SPLITTING UP, UNTIL IT WAS SUGGESTED THEY SHOULD
    CHANGE THE NAME OF THE BAND TO "THE CAVALIERS" AND GET SOME OUTFITS MADE UP TO FIT THE NAME,
    THIS THEY DID, WITH THEIR CAVALIER UNIFORMS, BOOTS AND LARGE HATS SOON HAD THEIR GIGS FILLED TO THE RAFTERS AND EVENTUALLY THE BAND BECAME THE RESIDENT BAND IN A VERY POPULAR NIGHT CLUB IN THE
    AREA MAKING GOOD MONEY, WHO WAS THIS GUY WHO RECOMMENDED THIS IMAGE CHANGE FOR THE BAND,
    NONE OTHER THAN MYSELF. SO IF YOU DECIDE TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT THE IMAGE YOU INTEND TO DO, PUT IT INTO PRACTICE AND IT SHOULD BRIGHTEN UP YOUR BAND AND GET YOU NOTICED.
    ITS IMPORTANT FOR US IF YOU AS A UNION MEMBER WOULD TO LEAVE A COMMENT ON OUR SITE WHAT YOU THINK OF OUR INFORMATION SO WE CAN CONTINUE GIVING OUT ADVICE

    2 years ago
  • Let's Rock Cancer

    There are still places in our Battle of the Bands event this October! More info and application forms are available from our website at www.letsrockcancer.co.uk! Big prizes up for grabs including cash prizes! Open to any singer/songwriter or band over the age of 15, anywhere in the UK, and any genre!

    2 years ago
  • BAND AND ARTIST UNION

    2 years ago
  • BAND AND ARTIST UNION

    CONSTANTLY IMPROVING YOUR BAND

    ITS EASIER FOR US TO PUT OUT INFORMATION TO ALL MEMBERS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS.
    A BAND IS LIKE A MACHINE AND NEEDS REGULAR MANTENANCE SO THAT IT CAN GIVE THE
    THE BEST PERFOMANCE.WHETHER YOUR ON VOCALS THE LEAD GUITARIST THE RHYTHM, BASS
    OR THE BACK BEAT THERES ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. TRY TO CREATE YOUR OWN
    INDIVIUAL STYLES SO THAT YOU STAND OUT,FOR INSTANCE IF YOUR THE LEAD GUITARISTS
    ONCE YOU HAVE FOUND A SOUND THAT IS UNIQUE TO YOU KEEP IT AND RELAY IT INTO ANY
    FUTURE MATERIAL YOU PEN, THIS WAY THE AUDIENCE WILL BE ABLE TO INSTANLY RECOGNISE
    THE SOUND OF YOUR BAND FROM ANY OTHER. IF A MEMBER OF THE BAND LEAVES ALWAYS REPLACE
    THEM WITH SOMEONE AS GOOD OR IF NOT BETTER, DO NOT SETTLE FOR SECOND BEST THERE ARE
    LOADS OF MUSCIANS OUT THERE WAITING TO JOIN A BAND WITH AMBITION.A SUCESSFUL BAND
    NEEDS A GOOD VOCALIST TO CARRY OF THE SONGS WHETHER ITS YOUR OWN MATERIAL OR COVERS.
    A GOOD FRONT MAN IS ESSENTIAL FOR BANDS LACKING IN THIS AREA HE CAN NOT ONLY INJECT
    HIS PERSONALITY INTO THE AUDIENCE AND CREATE EXCITEMENT BUT ALSO BRING THE BEST OUT OF
    YOUR MATERIAL. SO IF YOUR A FOUR PIECE BAND AND ARE ONLY JUST GETTING BY ON VOCALS IT WOULD
    BE A GOOD IDEA TO GET A FRONT MAN TO IMPROVE YOUR PERFOMANCE. AGAIN THERE ARE LOADS OF GOOD
    VOCALISTS OUT THERE READY TO JOIN BANDS THAT ARE AMBITIOUS.WHEN RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS TO
    THE BAND BE CHOOSEY REMEMBER THE MUSICIAN OR VOCALIST WILL BE TRYING TO SELL THEMSELVES TO YOU, BUT YOU MUST
    ALSO SELL THE BAND TO THEM OUT LINING THE FUTURE OF THE BAND AND WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
    IT IS IMPORTANT THAT MEMBERS OF THE UNION LEAVE A COMMENT ON OUR SITE WITH REGARDS TO OUR INFORMATION FOR US TO CONTINUE GIVING ADVICE

    2 years ago
  • BAND AND ARTIST UNION


                                                     INTERVIEWS ON TV AND RADIO
           
            BEING INTERVIEWED ON TV OR RADIO IS ONE OF THE TOP WAYS TO PROMOTE YOUR BAND.
            BUT IT COULD ALSO TURN OUT TO BE A DISASTRIUS IF DONE THE WRONG WAY.
            THE BEST WAY IS TO PLAN AHEAD. LISTEN TO OTHER BANDS AND ARTISTS BEING INTERVIEWED
            SO TO GET A ROUGH IDEA WHAT QUESTIONS THE PRESENTER IS LIKELY TO ASK SO YOU CAN HAVE
            MORE OR LESS A ANSWER READY. AS A SOLO ACT OR A BAND REHEARSE A MOCK INTERVIEW, INJECT
            SOME HUMOUR AND BANTER TO KEEP THE AUDIENCE ENTERTAINED RATHER THAN THEM BECOMING BORED
            AND REACHING FOR THE OFF BUTTON. AS A BAND OR A ARTIST ON STAGE YOU ARE FULL OF CONFIDENCE
            THE AUDIENCE EXPECT TO SEE AND HEAR THAT PERSONALITY AND CONFIDENCE WHEN INTERVIEWED.
            ALWAYS BE AMBITIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO THE FUTURE OF YOUR BAND AND THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
            TO CLIMB THE MUSIC LADDER AS FOR AS YOU CAN GO PREFERABLY TO THE TOP.
            FINALY KEEP THE INTERVIEW FLOWING SO NOT TO LEAVE LONG SPELLS OF SILENCE BEFORE GIVING A
            ANSWER. IF YOU HAVE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK EVERYTHING SHOULD WORK OUT FINE AND SET YOU ON THE
            ROAD FOR MORE EXPOSURE. IF THIS IS USEFUL TO YOU PLEASE LEAVE COMMENT ON OUR SITE

    3 years ago
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Bio:

The Light Streams formed late 2008 through a series of late night meetings of minds, each member being invited into the fray well into the night; the band then sought to seek a daytime arrangement that worked as well. Towards the end of the year the band went into the studio with Andy Hawkins (Pigeon Detectives/Cribs) and recorded their debut ep, ‘The Lost EP’.

What followed was a flurry of invites to play festivals this summer alongside such indie high-fliers as The Zutons, Noah & the Whale, Idlewild, Wild Beasts, and Mumford & Sons after just a handful of gigs and requests from all over the country for early copies as word spread.

Incorporating a varied range of musical influences, ranging from Irish folk to jaunty Beatles-esque psychedelia, from adrenaline-charged punk to melodic balladry, the end result is unmistakeably playful, poppy and laden with catchy hooks.

Already back in the studio with some great remixes being done by fellow Leeds luminaries, The Light Streams opening is coming soon. Enjoy.

Press Stream:

"The Light Streams has every chance of becoming one of those bands that creates a buzz...an excellent debut" Altsounds

“The Light Streams have got a hatful of tunes with your name on it.” Beat Happening Magazine

"Demo of the Week" London Cafe, cism 89.3FM

"Their songs from the Lost EP demonstrate a mastery of the art of the intelligent pop song." Chris Almond, Asylum

Find The Light Streams At These Sites:-
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Member Since:

March 01, 2009

Members:

For more information, email us at:
thelightstreams@yahoo.co.uk


Join The Light Streams mailing list for gigs, news & releases:

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Email Address: ..
First Name: ..
Surname Name: ..
Location: ..
Message: ..
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Influences:

CSNY-Spiritualized-The Big Pink-Jack Kerouac-The Drums-Andrew Weatherill-The Doors-White Lies-The Open-M.I.A-Neil Young-The Creation-The Beach Boys-Primal Scream-James Lavelle-Stone Roses-Ryan Adams-The Aliens-Mystery Jets-Blur-Vampire Weekend-The Byrds-The Doves-New Order-The Police-BRMC-Incredible String Band-Okerville River-Bob Dylan-Fleetwood Mac-Brendan Benson-Arcade Fire-The Las-The Waterboys-Johnny Cash-The Pixies--

Sounds Like:

The sounds we like.

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