WEBSITE OPTIMIZED FOR MOBILE DEVICES
Now it's easier to view Lighthouse's website on any mobile device. When you go to the site, the content will be sized to your device in a list format that makes it easy to see. If you'd rather see the site as it appears on your computer, just scroll down to the bottom of the page and select 'Full Site'.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR SKIP
Skip Prokop has been chosen to receive the 2010 ArcelorMittal Dofasco Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Hamilton Music Awards.
The four day event runs between November 18 - 21 and features a Conference, Festival and Awards Show. The Conference begins on November 18 with Graham Rockingham of the Hamilton Spectator interviewing Skip. That evening a performance by Lighthouse at Mohawk College's McIntyre Theatre will kick-off the Music Festival which features over 70 performers. The event culminates with the Awards Show on November 21st. Lighthouse will perform in celebration of Skip's Award. |  |
TWO LIGHTHOUSE HITS IN TOP 100 LIST
One Fine Morning & Sunny Days are two of the 100 hit songs in Bob Mersereau's new book The Top 100 Canadian Singles. Mersereau recruited 800 industry professionals and "just plain music fans" to select their top 10 Canadian hits and compiled his list from their results. To view the complete list click here.
40 Years of Sunny Days
Lighthouse is proud to announce the release of its new DVD/CD, 40 Years of Sunny Days.
It started with a phone call from former Lighthouse keyboardist Donald Quan. He had just installed a new state-of-the-art 5.1 Surround System in his recording studio, Q Music, and he was looking to record a group to show off the new equipment. Donald's concept was to record the band live off the floor with no overdubs. His goal was to let the audience experience as unmediated as possible, the sound that envelopes the members of Lighthouse onstage. It would be as if the listener was sitting on Skip's drum throne.
This was a very exciting and innovative project and it didn't take long before the recording session turned into a video shoot as well. David Hoffert, an award-winning Documentary film-maker, came on board to produce, direct and edit the DVD. Quan produced the sound recording. The DVD features sixteen of the most requested Lighthouse songs over the last forty years and includes anecdotes and song introductions by various band members. The accompanying CD contains a digitally re-mastered collection of the same classic tracks as performed on the DVD.
The DVD/CD set is beautifully packaged. It includes a twenty-four-page booklet with archival and recent photographs and liner notes by Grammy Award® winning musicologist Rob Bowman.
Bowman sums up the DVD as follows: "The result is a lovingly shot and edited film with a surround sound mix that is spectacular, brilliant and luxuriant beyond belief. Those who have kept up with the band will surely agree that the film faithfully captures Lighthouse in its full glory including, in David Hoffert’s words, “the hits, extended jams, intricate arrangements and the intuitive interplay that only comes from playing together for several decades.” For those who just remember the AM hits, 40 Years of Sunny Days should be a revelation."
