There’s almost nothing better than waking up and finding your album featured prominently on iTunes.  Such was our experience this week as you can see by this screen grab from the “Rock” page in the “New & Noteworthy” section … Look! We’re just 1 slot over from Santana! We can practically smell the patchouli. We’re honored and humbled and totally thrilled by such a feature.  Click on the image to go to our album on iTunes!

For those of you who missed the release show festivities, enjoy this abbreviated video of the shows highlights.

Peter and Kevin drop by the 94.7 FM studios in Portland when Peter’s playlist is selected for The Perfect Playlist segment hosted by Gustav.  Not only did Gustav play a Hello Morning track, but he said some very kind words about the band as well.

Click the “continue reading” link to read about Peter’s Perfect PLaylist

Click here to read the whole story!

We’re excited to get out and celebrate the release of our debut EP!  It’s THE show to be at because we’re making the new EP available for FREE to everyone in attendance.

THE DETAILS:

Friday, Feb 5th at 9pm

Someday Lounge – 125 NW 5th Portland, OR

We’ll be sharing the stage with two other great Portland acts that we know you’ll enjoy.  The night’s opening band, LITTLE BEIRUT, makes powerful & catchy pop/rock songs, while the night’s closer, CHRIS ROBLEY & the Fear of Heights, makes smart indie pop ala Neutral Milk Hotel, Elvis Costello and Elliott Smith.

IF YOU ONLY COME TO ONE SHOW THIS YEAR, COME TO THIS ONE!

On Facebook? You can find the Facebook event page HERE.

Killer clowns, new songs, and an old pirate captain were all spotted at our Jan 12th Doug Fir show where we learned a valuable lesson – Killer clowns are real!

Last night at the Doug Fir Lounge we decided to try something new.

Well, maybe not a miracle, but we’re excited announce that our
Christmas gift to you has finally arrived. We just posted our
rendition of I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day as a free gift for
you (We hope this will be an annual tradition).

JUST RIGHT CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE:

http://hellomorningband.com/free/I_Heard_the_Bells.mp3

You can also get it for free at CD Baby and Bandcamp. 

’Tis the season for sharing, so feel free to share the song and link
with a friend!

A LITTLE HISTORY BEHIND THE SONG: The words were composed by one of America’s best known poets, Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow on December 25th 1864. The carol was originally a
poem, “Christmas Bells,” containing seven stanzas. Two stanzas were
omitted, which contained references to the American Civil War, thus
giving us the words in its present form. The poem gave birth to the
carol, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” and the remaining five
stanzas were slightly rearranged in 1872 by John Baptiste Calkin, who
also gave us the memorable tune. When Longfellow penned the words to
his poem, America was still months away from Lee’s surrender to Grant;
and his poem reflected the prior years of the war’s despair, while
ending with a confident hope of triumphant peace. 

There are also a few Youtube diaries we made during the recording
process which you can watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/hellomorningband. 

We hope this adds to your enjoyment of the Christmas season.

We truly
 do appreciate all of your support! 

Peace, goodwill and fruitcakes be unto all of you!

It’s been a while since our last update, but it’s not due to a lack of activity! A lot of hard work is starting to pay off as we make the final preparations on our debut EP.  In fact, we just finished mixing the album this past week and it’s turning out just as we had hoped.  Sneak peaks will be online as soon as the final masters are complete.

In mixing and producing our EP, we’ve had the pleasure of working with Jeff Stuart Saltzman (whose past credits include Stephen Malkmus, Sleater-Kinney, Death Cab For Cutie, Menomena, and Richmond Fontaine).  When mixing a song, or at least listening to mixes of songs, there are a few factors to consider, such as the mood of the song, lyrics, and what instruments or sounds are most important. However, more basic than that is trying to get each instrument into it’s own sonic space. Next stop is mastering!  Then it’s on to duplication.