{"id":3069,"date":"2014-12-01T03:47:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T03:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/?p=3069"},"modified":"2014-12-01T04:27:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T04:27:14","slug":"blue-light-bandits-fallontonightbandits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/blue-light-bandits-fallontonightbandits\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Light Bandits ~ #FallonTonightBandits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ka3cXPUovFI\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3062\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3062\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3062\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blue-Light-Bandits-BW-225x182.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Light Bandits\" width=\"225\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blue-Light-Bandits-BW-225x182.jpg 225w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blue-Light-Bandits-BW-225x182-222x180.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Light Bandits<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Blue Light Bandits have been making quite the name for themselves in the Boston alternative rock scene. I love all the songs on their self-titled album <em>Blue Light Bandits<\/em>, especially the single <em>Sarah<\/em>. When I recently had the pleasure to interview Dan DeCristofaro and Ethan Bates, I asked them the back story behind the song.<\/p>\n<p>Dan DeCristofaro answered that question: \u201cSarah was the most jaw-dropping woman that a 21-year-old could meet in a bar. She was the bartender at the bar where we played our first local shows. We developed an amicable work relationship.\u201d Then Dan laughed, \u201cThere was an unfortunate cap on that. She became a friend and a fan and inspired the song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ethan and Dan met in high school. Ethan shared that story: \u201cI was in tenth grade; Dan was in eleventh grade. I was playing classical cello and getting burnt out on the classical timeline. Dan had been taking piano lessons for a few years. We ended up in a music theory class together, and we were some of the only guys in the class. Dan had been writing songs and he invited me over one day. I brought my bass, which I\u2019d just started learning how to play. We tried out some things we\u2019d been working on. There was a click right away, a really exciting feeling that came from both having untapped talent and potential for music creation. We haven\u2019t stopped playing or writing together ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What a wonderful story. I love when people meet and there\u2019s immediate chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>Dan then explained how he met drummer Mike Braz: \u201cI was studying molecular biology in college, and our drummer Mike was studying mechanical engineering. At about the same time, I\u2019m sure we had that gasp moment in junior year, \u2018What are we doing with our lives?\u2019 We loved music and we realized that we\u2019d love to have it be our job too.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3067\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3067\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3067\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Dan-DeCristofaro-225x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dan DeCristofaro \" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Dan-DeCristofaro-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Dan-DeCristofaro-225x225-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Dan-DeCristofaro-225x225-38x38.jpg 38w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Dan-DeCristofaro-225x225-186x186.jpg 186w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Dan-DeCristofaro-225x225-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan DeCristofaro<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dan continued: \u201cBoth of us ended up applying to Berklee College of Music in Boston. We knew each other from a mutual friend. We contacted each other, but he was in Rhode Island and I was in Massachusetts, so it didn\u2019t really happen. We both signed up for our Berklee interview on the exact same day, same time. We were in the waiting room, and I turned to my right and saw him. I said, \u2018Nice to finally meet you.\u2019 We both decided not to pursue Berklee, because they decided to not accept us. We contacted each other again and decided that we should play together now. So, he came and jammed with Ethan and I. We became friends, which is awesome, because that\u2019s how Ethan and I started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ethan added: \u201cAnother click of musical chemistry. I felt it right away. We started playing with guitarist Tim Clark back in January of this year. Dan had met him through a show the previous year. We brought him up to Massachusetts from Maryland. He played a couple of shows with us, after learning a majority of our original and cover songs that we play at our gigs. He\u2019s also a really awesome guy to hang out with. We had no problem inviting him to spend the summer and, now, into the fall of this year playing with us. He\u2019s a Berklee guitar player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Dan DeCristofaro and Ethan Bates have quite extensive music backgrounds. Dan\u2019s music history started with drums: \u201cI started playing drums, when I was too young to know what I was doing. I ended up quitting. Everyone is my family is a pianist. I used to listen to them practice, and I used to go up to the piano after they practiced and try to play what I heard them playing. At that point, my parents decided that I should start taking piano lessons too. I started playing piano when I was nine. It just caught fire and I loved it. By the time I hit high school, I\u2019d been studying jazz piano for seven years. In high school, I picked up the guitar, dropped jazz piano studies and immersed myself in songwriting and listening to the best singer-songwriters on the radio. I got obsessed with writing music and lyrics and creating melodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ethan Bates has been playing classical cello since age four: \u201cIn middle school, I started seeing myself less as a cellist and more as a musician. I picked up a bass guitar, took a couple lessons and continued to teach myself how to play. I also started singing. I hadn\u2019t really sung before, but I had enough experience with music that I was quick to figure out how to keep up with the choir and other vocals. When I met Dan, we took our interests and things outside our musical beginnings and ran with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3068\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3068\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3068\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ethan-Bates-225x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ethan Bates\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ethan-Bates-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ethan-Bates-225x225-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ethan-Bates-225x225-38x38.jpg 38w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ethan-Bates-225x225-186x186.jpg 186w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ethan-Bates-225x225-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Bates<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Both Dan and Ethan have parents that like to sing. As Dan explains, \u201cEthan played cello and I played piano. Both are instruments with a lot of expression. We both picked up vocals, just because we are fans of music. We were listening to a lot of really good singers and singing along. We never really received vocal training, but when you are passionate about singing and trying to sing, you just kindda learn.\u201d \u00a0Ethan added, \u201cVocal harmony is at the root of all our songs, from the very first song we wrote together to the songs we\u2019re in the process of writing right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who are Blue Light Bandits music influences? Dan smiled when he told me this story: \u201cIn high school, Ethan told me that you have to check out John Mayer. I rolled my eyes, \u2018John Mayer, that\u2019s who all the girls listen to.\u2019 I ended up being a huge fan. I think we shifted to Coldplay towards the end of high school. We\u2019re huge fans of Coldplay. Then, we got into Kings of Leon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ethan continued, \u201cWe\u2019re really into Young the Giant right now and have been for a couple years. The Robert Glasper Experiment is a really interesting jazz group we discovered in the last few months that we haven\u2019t been able to put down. James Blake, he\u2019s also one of our big favorites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How does Blue Light Bandits use social media to connect with fans and get the word out about their music? Dan told me, \u201cOur three most prominent accounts are Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We have our own website as well. At first, we just followed the bandwagon. We\u2019d go to a band\u2019s Facebook page and do what they did. We\u2019ve been really lucky to have good friends who are into marketing and social media. I want to give a shoutout to our roommate Matt Nollman. He has taken it upon himself to run a lot of our social media pages. It\u2019s nice. We all have day jobs; we try to focus all our free time on music, writing and performing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ethan shared an exciting social media campaign that Blue Light Bandits have going on: \u201cWe have a good friend Sherry Berger, she runs the Red Rock Grill and Bar in Upton, MA. She\u2019s invested so much of her time and money into letting us play there, and she plays our music during the day. Right now, her personal mission is to get us on Jimmy Fallon\u2019s The Tonight Show. She started a social media campaign on Twitter using the hashtag #FallonTonightBandits. She\u2019s trying to blow up Jimmy Fallon\u2019s Twitter feed, so he might take an interest in us, check us out and invite us on the show. It\u2019s a lofty goal, but we\u2019re going to go with it, because it\u2019s the most interesting thing happening in our network right now. We\u2019re joining into some gorilla marketing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3066\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blue-Light-Bandits-recording-225x190.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Light Bandits recording\" width=\"225\" height=\"190\" \/>Dan advises other artists: \u201cThe thing that\u2019s made it for me is that it\u2019s my favorite thing to do, hands down. Somebody could say \u2018Here\u2019s some money to play a show\u2019 and I\u2019d say \u2018Great!\u2019 Next day, somebody could say \u2018Want to come play a show for free?\u2019 and I\u2019d say \u2018Absolutely!\u2019 I\u2019m so passionate about it. Ethan is too.\u00a0We all are. If it\u2019s not your favorite thing to do, it\u2019s going to feel very hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ethan offers a second piece of advice: \u201cLook to friends and colleagues who have spent time in the music business. A lot of people will tell you at a show or after a show or after they hear your album what they think you should be doing. Those people are a dime a dozen. We\u2019ve been lucky to make some connections with real industry professionals. Those are the people that I would recommend to anyone interested trying to make some headway in this business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s up next for Blue Light Bandits? In January, they will be recording with a professional studio for the entire day in Boston. Ethan gave me the scoop: \u201cConverse is doing this awesome project to get independent bands some free studio time with a professional engineer in their Brooklyn and Boston headquarters. We applied for that time and received it. In mid-January, we will go into the studio and record as many songs as we can in one day. Those will be new songs we release in the spring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next year, Blue Light Bandits hopes to get into some local festivals and shows that carry some weight. The goal is to reduce the number of shows and increase the notoriety and attention attached to each one. They also want to expand their tour routes.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Light Bandits have a lot of great things happening. I definitely want to keep in touch.<\/p>\n<p>The Amused Now Featured Artist Series<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3065\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blue-Light-Bandits-on-train-car-225x225.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Light Bandits on train car \" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blue-Light-Bandits-on-train-car-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blue-Light-Bandits-on-train-car-225x225-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blue-Light-Bandits-on-train-car-225x225-38x38.jpg 38w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blue-Light-Bandits-on-train-car-225x225-186x186.jpg 186w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blue-Light-Bandits-on-train-car-225x225-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Blue Light Bandits<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluelightbandits.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">BlueLightBandits.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/blulightbandits\" target=\"_blank\">@BluLightBandits<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bluelightbandits\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/blulightbandits\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/plus.google.com\/108038052596710607377\/posts\" target=\"_blank\">Google+<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Kahn, Founder of Amused Now<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Amused_Now\" target=\"_blank\">@Amused_Now<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmusedNow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/plus.google.com\/106372266016264510992\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Google+<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/amusednow\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/amused-now\/id916561789\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Light Bandits have been making quite the name for themselves in the Boston alternative rock scene. I love all the songs on their self-titled album Blue Light Bandits, especially the single Sarah. When I recently had the pleasure to interview Dan DeCristofaro and Ethan Bates, I asked them the back story behind the song. 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