Kell (The Bright)

THOUGH WE'VE ALREADY BEEN FEATURED ON THE HILLS, IT DOES NOT HURT TO VOTE FOR OUR MTV SOUNDTRACK PROFILE:
Songs from The Bright's "In Lucid Dreams" album is featured in 3 Episodes of Season 4 of "The Hills" on MTV!
December 22 - Season 4, Episode 20:: ALMOST MAYBE (16:45 minute mark)
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December 8th - Season 4, Episode 18:: I'VE GOT A FEELING (9:45 minute mark)
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November 24th - Season 4, Episode 16:: CEMETERY STREET (17:00 minute mark)
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LATEST NEWS AND UPCOMING SHOWS:
April 3 - Opening Bell @ Mosaic Lofts, Downtown Dallas - 8pm - Acoustic show and it's Julie's B'Day Show!
April 17 - International Guitar Festival @ Dallas Market Hall - 1pm
I'm a musical schizophrenic, probably the reason for so many playlists on my MP3 player. I'm into 80's punk and new wave, surf, progressive/experimental, chill/downtempo, hardcore, metal, alt. country, blues, jazz, classical, 70's AM radio pop, Motown, comedic music and I love the orchestral NFL Films music from the 60's and 70's.
As a guitarist, I like anything interesting and tasteful and though I am influenced by your top of mind guitarists such as Hendrix, Page and Van Halen.....I tend to gravitate towards more eclectic guitarists, that are also great texture players, like: Andy Summers, Johnny Marr, Billy Duffy, The Edge, Alex Lifeson, Michael Hedges, Gerry Leonard, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Josh Homme, Jerry Cantrell, Brian May, Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, Billy Gibbons, Eric Johnson and David Gilmour.
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BIO:
The female fronted pop/rock band - The Bright - officially formed in 2005 (formerly known as Superstring) in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX by vocalist Julie Lange, bassist Miguel Fair and guitarist Kell Curtis. After releasing a full-length album in late 2005 (By All Means) they were joined by guitarist Taylor Tatsch, drummer Cooper Heffley, who was later replaced by Robert Yahne and producer/keyboardist Eric Jenkins. With an award winning HD music video (“If You Want It”), a debut album, extensive shows under their belt and even a tour of the west coast in late 2007, the band went to work on another full-length release entitled “In Lucid Dreams”. After pre-releasing several songs from the album as an EP (“Pull Me Apart”) for the 2007 summer tour, the band felt the new name was more reflective of the new music.
Described as “that strange collective with a penchant for writing the most radio-friendly songs this side of LA – we mean that in a good way,” by the Dallas Observer, The Bright’s sound is influenced by 80’s new wave and synth pop, 90’s Brit and dream pop, yet always guitar driven with even a dash of 70’s British rock. To be referred to as a “collective” is a fitting description. It has a feel of being more than just a band with a couple of key songwriters and the rest merely performers. Each member of The Bright brings accomplished songwriting skills adding individual thumbprints to every song.
The singles “Cemetery Street”, “I’ve Got a Feeling” and “Almost Maybe”, from their full-length album “In Lucid Dreams”, has been prominently featured in season 4 (episodes 16, 18 and 20) of MTV’s wildly popular reality show “The Hills”. Additionally, the song “Severity” is set to be the title track for an upcoming video game produced by the Cyberathlete Professional League and Escalation Studios. “In Lucid Dreams” was recorded at Bass Propulsion Labs in Dallas, TX and was produced by Eric Jenkins, engineered by Eric Jenkins and Taylor Tatsch and is available for download on iTunes.
Big D NYE 2009
House of Blues CD Release Show (photos by Andy Keye and Whitney Photography)
House of Blues Dallas CD Release Show (photos by Kevin Haggard)
BIG D NYE - New Year's Eve Event @ American Airlines Center, Dallas (photos by Kevin Haggard)
WFAA TX/OU Event @ American Airlines Center, Dallas (photos by Kevin Haggard)
The Bright on the road - West Coast Tour Summer 2007
The Bright performing "Kashmir" @ Big D NYE @ the AAC, Dallas, TX (video "audience subjective point of view" courtesy of Kevin Haggard)
PRESS AND QUOTES:
“This Dallas-based band is making waves with dynamic vocalist Julie Lange singing out over a modern-rock sound that combines an alternative edge with a power-pop sensibility. The boys in the Bright serve up a diverse array of guitar-driven sonic landscapes for Lange to work with, making for an album that is uniformly strong throughout.” - - "In Lucid Dreams" CD Review from Greg M. Schwartz of the San Antonio Current
“Beautiful, stylish stuff that just might infiltrate your daydreams” - - Preston Jones, Fort Worth Star Telegram
“One of the truly dynamic local bands with a shot at crossover popularity without giving any quarter.” - - Justin Press, Dallas Observer
“The Bright is on the edge of something fantastic and people are taking notice and showing support. With no weak spots on this CD, The Bright has earned a rare 10". - - “In Lucid Dreams” CD Review from Iceberg of Renegaderadio.net
“That strange collective with a penchant for writing the most radio-friendly songs this side of LA, we mean that in a good way” - - Dallas Observer
“An estrogen and testosterone musical smoothie” - - Gordon Keith, WFAA Ch. 8’s The Gordon Keith Show
“When something seems meant-to-be, things just sort of fall into place and happen when needed. This is the case for the Dallas-based pop rock band, The Bright.” - - Kaiya Morrison, LSU Tiger Weekly
THE BRIGHT - RECENT PRESS:
FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM JANUARY 2, 2009 :: Feature story on The Bright and the Music Industry "Today's performers make music, and their own buzz" CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY
Dallas Observer - January 1, 2009
Dallas Observer: December 2008
San Antonio Current: November 2008
Envy Magazine: April 2008
Dallas Observer: March 20, 2008
The Bright Performs Live on WFAA Ch. 8’s “The Gordon Keith Show”
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Fort Worth Star Telegram: March 2008
The Bright Performs Live on KDFW Fox 4’s “Good Day Dallas”, oddly enough KDFW Fox 4 is owned by one Newscorp, the same owner as Myspace but this is the only link that will not allow a direct link from Myspace, so cut and paste the following url to see video - nice cross pollination ability there Newscorp:
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/ContentDetail?contentId= 6072410
The Bright in The Dallas Morning News/Quick – podcast interview by the great Paul Salfen
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RenegadeRadio.net Review of “In Lucid Dreams” by the lovely and talented Iceberg
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Louisiana State University – Tiger Weekly: March 2008
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