LIVE TV interview with Channel 58

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WAMI nominated teen band performs at Summerfest

Posted: Jul 07, 2015 12:53 PM CDTUpdated: Jul 07, 2015 12:55 PM CDT

By Christie Green

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Life In A Tree spoke to CBS 58 about performing at Summerfest on July 3. 

The band was recently nominated as the 2015 WAMI ‘Rising Stars’ after releasing their second album with high acclaim. 

The group has been playing live inspired performances around the Midwest since 8th grade. 

The band performed on July 3 on the Johnson Controls World Stage. 

Article in the News Graphic

Aiming for the Tree Tops

By Colleen Jurkiewicz
News Graphic Correspondent

Local rock band, Life in a Tree, is working on their third album

It's going to be a busy summer for Molly Lutz, Tyler Miller, DJ Underwood, Jimmy Cooper and Andrew Conley. While most of their peers will be focusing on part-time jobs and catching up on sleep, the five incoming high school seniors – who together comprise local alternative band Life in a Tree – will be juggling a packed performance schedule that includes gigs at some of the state’s most prestigious music festivals.
Though their summer will be plenty busy, their off-season has been rather remarkable, too. Life in a Tree has been riding a high since their recent Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) nomination as Rising Stars in April, and the group – whose members are all Grafton High School students except for Conley, the newest addition, who attends Homestead – recently released a lyric video for their song “Circles.” This video, like many of their seven previous ones, was directed by 2013 GHS graduate and current cinematic arts student Brady Palubiski.

And though they relish performing, the teens are also looking forward to getting back into the studio for the recording of their third – yes, their third – album.

“Any time we can get back in the studio, it’s exciting,” said Cooper, who plays drums. “It seems like it’s going to be a very fun process.”

Songwriting is an intensely collaborative process for the band, who have penned 15 all-new tracks for their upcoming album. The band’s diverse musical interests contribute to the eclectic vibe of their music. Cooper cites Glenn Miller and the big band music of the 1940s as a major influence, while Lutz enjoys listening to alternative rock and indie pop. Conley is a Pink Floyd fan, Miller favors punk bands and hardcore, and Underwood is a devotee of classic rock.

“We all kind of have our own thing to bring, depending on what influenced us,” said Underwood, who plays guitar. “It kind of actually falls together really nicely.”

The band has been such a positive experience for all five members that they say they hope to keep the group together during college. It would be a natural extension for the young musicians, who will celebrate their fourth anniversary as a band in December. Ideally, said Miller, they would love to find a college to attend together.

“DJ and I have played guitar together since second grade ... we’ve been together for so long, I think we could definitely all go to a music school individually, but I don’t think it would ever be the same,” said Miller, guitarist and vocalist for the band. “We know each other so well.”

Including their fourth appearance at Summerfest on the Briggs and Stratton Stage July 4, Life in a Tree can also be seen performing at Strawberry Fest, Family Fun Before the Fourth, the Giro d’ Grafton, Bastille Days, Steel Bridge Songfest and the Wisconsin State Fair.

But the kids are enthusiastic about their busy summer – they have to make hay while the sun shines.

“It’s hard for every band our age – it’s kind of the off-season during the winter because we’re not old enough to play in bars!” said Lutz.

Live Radio Interview with 620 WTMJ on the Gene Mueller show today.

Local Teen Band Making it Big at Summerfest

How do you know you've made it as a musician?  Get asked to play at one of the world's biggest music festivals...two years in a row.  Anyone in the industry would be over the moon to play at the big gig and Life in a Tree is no different, but making it to the Big Gig before graduating high school makes it that much sweeter.  The alternative rock band is made up of five teenagers from Grafton and Homestead High Schools and they tell Gene Mueller they're not going to stop at Summerfest.

 

Radio Interview and news article spot with Life In A Tree

Wisconsin bands take the stage at Summerfest

By Erin Dismeier. CREATED 10:33 AM

 

Keith Urban, Stevie Wonder, Zac Brown Band. The Big Gig may see a lot of big names this summer but some of Wisconsin's own will take the stage too.

 

"It's like playing in your own backyard. We grew up going there and now we're performing where we watched everyone else play"

 

Life in a Tree is made up of five 17-year-olds from Grafton who have been making a name for themselves around the state. Lead singer and bass player, Molly Lutz says this is the band's second time at Summerfest

 

"Last year we had Briggs and Stratton Stage and we technically opened for Pentatonix so that was a big deal."

 

Drummer Jimmy Cooper says they got to spend some time with one of Milwaukee's favorite sons backstage last year.

 

"Danny Gokey was in the green room hanging out with us so that was cool," Jimmy says. "Danny Gokey was talking ot my dad and he said how old are these guys. He said 17 and Danny said when I was that age I was still playing with GI Joes"

 

They'll be back at the Briggs and Stratton Big Backyard stage this summer on July 4th at 4:00 pm.

 

The band is playing some other big Milwaukee festivals this summer like the State Fair and Bastille Days, but band members DJ Underwood and Tyler Miller say nothing compares to Summerfest.

 

http://www.scrippsmedia.com/wtmj/on-air/segments/the-fun-blog/Wisconsin-bands-take-the-stage-at-Summerfest-303898761.html

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Premier of our latest lyric video for our song 'Circles'

Life In A Tree - Official Lyric Video from our latest single 'Circles' off our new album 'For All You Listeners Out There' available on iTunes at http://smarturl.it/iTunesyoulisteners and Amazon at http://smarturl.it/amazonyoulisteners.

Directed by: Zdravkovski Productions
Song Written & Performed by Life In A Tree
Song Co-Produced with Paul Kneevers at Kneeverland Recording Studios

 

'Life In A Tree' opens for the WAMI "Folk Artist of the Year" 'Blessed Feathers' at the Cedarburg Cultural Center on May 31st

Jacquelyn Beaupre (left) and Donovin Berube of Blessed Feathers. Photo provided.

Jacquelyn Beaupre (left) and Donovin Berube of Blessed Feathers. Photo provided.

 

Blessed Feathers, a critically acclaimed indie band which won the WAMI award for Folk/Celtic Artist of the Year on Sunday, plays May 31 at the Cedarburg Cultural Center.

Blessed Feathers features folk rock singer/songwriters Donivan Berube and Jacquelyn Beaupre, formerly of West Bend. Donivan plays drums and guitar, while Jacquelyn plays flute, accordion and banjo, and together they provide strong vocals and harmonies. They will be joined on stage by a full band.

Their unique story began in the winter of 2008, according to their agency, when 17-year-old Berube packed his car in Florida and drove north into a Wisconsin blizzard. He settled in West Bend, took ajob at a pizzeria and there met Beaupre. They forged a musical bond, and then an romantic one, asBerube proposed onstage to Beaupre in December 2012 during a show in Milwaukee.

As a duo, they've released two albums, with 2013s “Order of the Arrow” nominated for the WAMI Album of the Year and just re-released on pink and white swirl vinyl. The group also has gained notoriety for its nomadic lifestyle, living on the road without a permanent home base.

Opening for Blessed Feathers will be Life in a Tree, comprised of five Grafton High School students. They played last year at Summer Sounds and won the BMO Harris “Battle of the Bands” competition last fall.

Tickets are $8 in advance for Cedarburg Cultural Center members and $10 for the general public. They go up to 12 on the day of the show.

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