OWUM : One Way Urban Media here with..
Lights: LIGHTS!
OWUM: What do toi do in the band?
Lights: Well my first name is Lights, and I play keyboards, and I sing in the band.
OWUM: Where are toi from?
Lights : I currently live in Toronto Canada but I consider myself Canadian but I have been moving a lot
OWUM: Growing up, who did toi listen to? And who are toi musical influences?
Lights: Growing up I listened to a lot of what my dad listened to like Phil Collins and The Beatles and I still do listen to those bands now
OWUM: toi Just released your new album The Listening, how are people reacting?
Lights: It seems to be pretty good! I didn’t know what to expect. I created this album that I am so proud of, and I had no expectations of how it would be. I come here and people are montrer up at the shows so I must be making some kind of impact and it is really cool to see people chant back
OWUM: So far what has been the most memorable tour experience?
Lights: There has definitely been a few! I remember this one time we had to annuler a montrer in Denver Colorado for a snowstorm that was very untimely in the middle of October and all the highways were closed and everything. We went on this long detour that was SO dangerous and scary and we were all stressed out. We got to this small town called Fort Collins, kind of in the middle of nowhere, so I thought I needed a reminder of the jour so I went in and got a tattoo and it was just a really cool experience.
OWUM: Where is the best place to perform other than your hometown?
Lights: I enjoy playing in a lot of different places. I really like Texas, anywhere in Texas is usually really fun! I l’amour Seattle , Portland, all up the west coast, and L.A is really fun. I l’amour Chicago, Chicago is so fun to play in, and I am excited to play here tonight. It seems like a really cool vibe and I have never played here before
OWUM: Who do toi think is the most underrated band out there?
Lights: Underrated band, that’s a good question. For some reason I feel like M83 because in my opinion they have some really good pop songs. There is a lot of talent out there that does go relatively under-looked ou in this case over-looked. I think for the most part if toi are something that is meant to be out there, toi will be out there and something that is meant to be a little plus secret, then toi are just meant to be secretive. At this point I think that Phoenix, they have a lot of exposure now but, they have some great songs! They should be big as Kings of Leon.
OWUM: What is one thing toi can not live without tour and one thing toi miss the most when toi are away?
Lights: On tour, I can’t do much without my laptop. It keeps me in communication with the world, it keeps me entertained, and I can write musique and record musique on it. I am pretty much useless without it! But I do miss sleeping in my own lit and that feeling of not having to be somewhere, toi know? That is not the feeling toi have when being on the road.
OWUM: If toi could have a super power, what would it be and why?
Lights: I would l’amour to have, what I call, Hypersonic-Manipulation powers! So toi can use audio to control people’s minds
OWUM: Subliminal messaging? Haha
Lights: Sorta toi know? Because Wonder Women one of her foes was the Silver cygne and she emitted this really high power screech that could control people a little bit, but I would use them for good!
OWUM: That is the most original answer we have ever got. Everyone is always like “Oh toi know Invisibility..”
Lights: AND FLYING!
OWUM: CLICHÉ!
OWUM: If toi were to have theme song play every time toi entered a room, what would it be and why?
Lights: Haha! I would pick the Spongebob theme song because it would just really fit
OWUM: What is your guilty pleasure song?
Lights: All the things she a dit – T.A.T.U
OWUM: Who would be on your dream tour?
Lights: My dream tour at this point would be MuteMath. I think idealistically that would be a fun tour. But if toi know, I were to dream big I would say lets go out with Abba, Phil Collins, and call it a tour!
OWUM: Every guy wants know, what do toi look for in a boyfriend?
Lights: Hahaha! Definitely sharing the same interests as me! A guy that doesn’t think it’s stupid that I waste all my time on World of Warcraft, toi know? Someone who can come over and hangout while I play it haha. Hmm…someone who does not take themselves seriously. And preferably someone who doesn’t write songs and sing because then we would be clashing of minds!
Lights: LIGHTS!
OWUM: What do toi do in the band?
Lights: Well my first name is Lights, and I play keyboards, and I sing in the band.
OWUM: Where are toi from?
Lights : I currently live in Toronto Canada but I consider myself Canadian but I have been moving a lot
OWUM: Growing up, who did toi listen to? And who are toi musical influences?
Lights: Growing up I listened to a lot of what my dad listened to like Phil Collins and The Beatles and I still do listen to those bands now
OWUM: toi Just released your new album The Listening, how are people reacting?
Lights: It seems to be pretty good! I didn’t know what to expect. I created this album that I am so proud of, and I had no expectations of how it would be. I come here and people are montrer up at the shows so I must be making some kind of impact and it is really cool to see people chant back
OWUM: So far what has been the most memorable tour experience?
Lights: There has definitely been a few! I remember this one time we had to annuler a montrer in Denver Colorado for a snowstorm that was very untimely in the middle of October and all the highways were closed and everything. We went on this long detour that was SO dangerous and scary and we were all stressed out. We got to this small town called Fort Collins, kind of in the middle of nowhere, so I thought I needed a reminder of the jour so I went in and got a tattoo and it was just a really cool experience.
OWUM: Where is the best place to perform other than your hometown?
Lights: I enjoy playing in a lot of different places. I really like Texas, anywhere in Texas is usually really fun! I l’amour Seattle , Portland, all up the west coast, and L.A is really fun. I l’amour Chicago, Chicago is so fun to play in, and I am excited to play here tonight. It seems like a really cool vibe and I have never played here before
OWUM: Who do toi think is the most underrated band out there?
Lights: Underrated band, that’s a good question. For some reason I feel like M83 because in my opinion they have some really good pop songs. There is a lot of talent out there that does go relatively under-looked ou in this case over-looked. I think for the most part if toi are something that is meant to be out there, toi will be out there and something that is meant to be a little plus secret, then toi are just meant to be secretive. At this point I think that Phoenix, they have a lot of exposure now but, they have some great songs! They should be big as Kings of Leon.
OWUM: What is one thing toi can not live without tour and one thing toi miss the most when toi are away?
Lights: On tour, I can’t do much without my laptop. It keeps me in communication with the world, it keeps me entertained, and I can write musique and record musique on it. I am pretty much useless without it! But I do miss sleeping in my own lit and that feeling of not having to be somewhere, toi know? That is not the feeling toi have when being on the road.
OWUM: If toi could have a super power, what would it be and why?
Lights: I would l’amour to have, what I call, Hypersonic-Manipulation powers! So toi can use audio to control people’s minds
OWUM: Subliminal messaging? Haha
Lights: Sorta toi know? Because Wonder Women one of her foes was the Silver cygne and she emitted this really high power screech that could control people a little bit, but I would use them for good!
OWUM: That is the most original answer we have ever got. Everyone is always like “Oh toi know Invisibility..”
Lights: AND FLYING!
OWUM: CLICHÉ!
OWUM: If toi were to have theme song play every time toi entered a room, what would it be and why?
Lights: Haha! I would pick the Spongebob theme song because it would just really fit
OWUM: What is your guilty pleasure song?
Lights: All the things she a dit – T.A.T.U
OWUM: Who would be on your dream tour?
Lights: My dream tour at this point would be MuteMath. I think idealistically that would be a fun tour. But if toi know, I were to dream big I would say lets go out with Abba, Phil Collins, and call it a tour!
OWUM: Every guy wants know, what do toi look for in a boyfriend?
Lights: Hahaha! Definitely sharing the same interests as me! A guy that doesn’t think it’s stupid that I waste all my time on World of Warcraft, toi know? Someone who can come over and hangout while I play it haha. Hmm…someone who does not take themselves seriously. And preferably someone who doesn’t write songs and sing because then we would be clashing of minds!
"What was the last thing you....?"
Googled: a video for Protest the Hero (I was in one of their vidéos as a vampire dentist, and I heard that they cut my part out and they totally did!)
heard on your iPod: Kanye West
saw on YouTube: someone beatboxing my song “February Air.” It was wicked!
had to eat: yoghurt
dreamt about: getting in a fight
with my band members
laughed out loud about: I laugh all the time; it’s always gutwrenching!
forgot: the plug-in for my computer; I left it at the hotel!
a dit to your parents: I l’amour you
added to your MySpace: a video blog
thought about as a goal for the future: making an animated cartoon