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Joel Lightman Band

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Member Since: 9/2/2005
Band Website: joellightmanband.com
Band Members: There's me, and my remarkable band.Piano/Vocals: Joel Lightman. Guitar: Lorne Cooper. Bass: Paul Fabian. Drums: Ryan Sullivan.
Influences: A grand piano thrown out of a ten storey building.
Sounds Like: Ben Folds, Jellyfish, Rufus Wainwright, Billy Joel, Elton John, Squeeze, String Cheese Incident, Barenaked Ladies, Tragically Hip, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, David Grey, McFly, Jesse McCartney, Boo Radleys, Deacon Blue, Fine Young Cannibals, Prefab Sprout, Inspiral Carpets, Robbie Williams, Madness, Queen
Record Label: Boardroom Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Digg us!!

Hello Everyone!The wonderful people at Radio Indy have gone a step further than just doing their amazing job at publicity and promotion - they've reviewed Every Street Corner and put it just about eve...
Posted by Joel Lightman Band on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:04:00 PST

28th in the Myspace Canadian Music Charts

Well, what a surprise! According to the Myspace Music Charts, the JLB is the 44th most popular Indie band in Canada. Clearly, being Myspace, that means nothing at all - but it really could mean someth...
Posted by Joel Lightman Band on Mon, 19 May 2008 09:31:00 PST

Singer Universe top 5 Vocalist!

Hey everyone! Just a quick note to say that my vocals on ¨Believe¨ have been selected as one of the top 5 of the year by Singer Universe magazine. It..s obviously a wonderful honour and something the ...
Posted by Joel Lightman Band on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:03:00 PST

I’m going on an adventure . .

Ah, glorious friends of my band and I, I am off for a month - a month where I will have no internet connection, no cell phone - in fact, I will have thrown off every trapping of the 21st century. Wher...
Posted by Joel Lightman Band on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:27:00 PST

An article about us!


Posted by Joel Lightman Band on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:01:00 PST

Bloggers World Championship of Online Poker!

Not particularly music related, this one! Yes, on October 14th, I'll be playing in the Bloggers World Champinoship! Wish me luck! I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championshi...
Posted by Joel Lightman Band on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:06:00 PST

John Lennon Songwriting Competition!

Hey Everyone! Just a short note to let you all know that the song "Walking Backwards" has been nominated in the pop category for the John Lennon Songwriting Competition. That's obviously quite the hon...
Posted by Joel Lightman Band on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:31:00 PST

WE ARE THE JUDGES PICK!!

Hey everyone! An esteemed panel of industry judges got together yesterday to look through the finalists for the my30seconds.com competition - and two of them selected US as their "Judges Pick" - inclu...
Posted by Joel Lightman Band on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:48:00 PST

We’re in the final round! VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!

Hey boys and girls of MySpace! We've been busy here at JLB HQ, and the video to Walking Backwards has now succeeded in reaching the FINAL ROUND of the Hard Rock Cafe's Great Canadian Band Contest! We ...
Posted by Joel Lightman Band on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 05:26:00 PST

Seven Deadly Sins Survey!

Wrath Who did you last get angry with? I really don't get angry. I think the closest I got recently was frustrated. I know that the sight of me being angry is roughly equivalent to the comedy value of...
Posted by Joel Lightman Band on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:52:00 PST