After 330,461 votes and three and a half months, Green Light Morning has been selected by the Cincinnati Music Community to be the winner of the 2013 Battle for Bunbury! The band will perform on the Amphitheater stage on Sunday, July 14 at 4:15. Plus they will receive airplay on The Project 100.7 / 106.3! Thank you to all the artists that participated and all the fans that passionately voted daily for their favorite bands. Our hope is that you not only voted for your favorite band, but took some time to discover new artists. We will see you all at the Bunbury Music Festival July 12-14!
The story of Green Light Morning started back when Aaron Bright (keyboards/backing vox) and Aaron Patrick (lead vox/guitar) met touring in previous bands the big creak and Oval Opus respectfully. They met when both bands had a song placed in the same Universal movie called Winter Break (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261992/) starring Milo Ventimiglia, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Justin Urich. This led to their bands trading shows across the Midwest and up and down the east coast. This has offered Green Light Morning a quick uptake in initial fans despite the bands infancy.
After years of touring with their previous bands, their lives and families brought them to Cincinnati, Ohio. They started reflecting back on the road, touring, their fans and lives while collaborating as songwriters. After spending a year writing songs in their studio and playing open mics, they felt a genuine connection and decided it was time to take a few of their songs and release them to the world.
It was important to the Aaron’s that if they were going to reinvigorate their music career that they carefully craft the best recording they could. This led them to recording their first EP with producer Rich Stine at Fidelitorioum Recording studios in Kernersville, NC where legendary bands like REM, Ben Folds Five and Wilco recorded their initial albums. It was mixed by Micah Wilshire (Mark Ballas, Pat McGee, Honor by August) and mastered by Brad Blackwood (Maroon 5, Alison Kraus, Sister Hazel, the Black Eyed Peas). John Benham aka jb4 (drummer) had been working with the duo and jumped on board with the band at this time.
After hearing the results of their work the trio quickly knew they needed to form a band and the next logical move was to add in Ted Burger (guitarist) and Michael Theobald (bass) to the mix. In November 2011, Green Light Morning was born. A fresh new writing project based on story telling lyrics combined with soul and melodic hooks. Whether Green Light Morning plays as a two/three piece or a full band their shows offer a honest and rememberable experience in which you will find yourself singing along.
In their first year the band has reached several accomplishments:
-Released Self Titled EP
-Released “All I Want” music video with over 18k views
-“All I Want” was used for Lancaster City School commercial
(http://www.schooltube.com/video/8dcbcaa2755f445fa987/Lancaster City Schools 2011-2012)
-Played intermissions of a sold out Nashville Predators Hockey game
-Green Light Mornings Freshman EP listed by CityBeat as one of Cincinnati’s top 100 albums of 2011
-Recorded “O Holy Night” for Rock by the Sea Christmas Compilation CD
-Played Rock by the Sea in Panama City, FL with Needtobreathe, Shawn Mullins, Sister Hazel to name a few
-Featured on “the 513 rocks” which will air on Fox Sports Net Ohio in October 2012
-Played Downtown Dayton Revival with Train, John Legend, Andy Grammer, Rusted Root to name a few
-Played first online show and had viewers from 19 different states