the bright light motion

With a sad and heavy heart, i regret to tell you that my brother and founding bandmate Alex will be leaving The Bright Light Motion. He’s been in our band since we started 3 1/2 years ago,and he’s stuck with me through the hardest,saddest,greatest,and best of times,and now it’s time for him to move on.The guys and i love him very much and wish him the best of luck with everything he decides to do.


Alex and i began writing songs together in the summer of 2005 while we were both in other bands we hated being in. We would just sit in the basement i used to live in and write acoustic songs all day long.Songs,which we honestly thought would never ever see the light of day..At the time,we were influenced by bands like Dashboard,Straylight Run, Oasis,and Jars of Clay to name a few. 2 years passed until we recorded our first official EP together in 2007 and formed a live band. Throughout 6 lineups in those 3 1/2 years,Alex and i remained the only original band members,continually writing,recording,touring,and sacrificing for the music we believed in. Together,the two of us played nearly 150 shows. In the 10 years that i’ve been a musician in and out of silly local bands, i have never taken myself or my music as serious as i did once i started being in a band with my brother. I will miss sharing the stage with him so much.

Please wish him luck and send him all your blessings and comments as he pursues other musical avenues,and please come out to his last show in the local area to say goodbye. Your last chance to see him play with us will be August 6th,2010 at The Cave @ Adventure Racing in Queensbury. Advance tickets are $8 or $10 at the door. To get tickets,please contact the band members personally through phone texts or our  Facebook Pages, the band’s Myspace Page,Twitters,or our email (thebrightlightmotion@hotmail.com). it would mean the world to him if you said goodbye!

-Joe