Monday, February 9, 2009

Benj Gershman will be LIVE on Wednesday with us

---ecoband O.A.R.'s bassist Benj Gershman will be LIVE on my One Greener Radio show Wednesday at 10AM Pacific http://onegreener.com

The topic will be how music can make a difference in sustainability issues.

2/11/09 - Music and Sustainability – Entertained and Changed --- Music moves us and entertains us. It helps us to understand our life and community. This week’s guests will explore how green and music intersect. Our guests will include O.A.R. and other surprise guest musicians. The organizations on the show include the music festival Bumbershoot, Reverb which educates and engages musicians and their fans to promote environmental sustainability, Oniric Records, and other innovators in the new field of helping audience do good while they are entertained. You can call in LIVE on Wednesdays or email us beforehand or during with questions at info@onegreener.com, follow us at Twitter.com/onegreener.

Of a Revolution, better known as O.A.R., American rock band consisting of Marc Roberge (vocals, guitar), Chris Culos (drums, percussion), Richard On (guitar, backing vocals), Benj Gershman (bass guitar), Jerry DePizzo (saxophone, guitar, backing vocals). Due to massive online distribution over campus networks, the band has become a hit among college students, with many songs relating to the band members' personal lives at Ohio State University (Columbus) and growing up in Rockville, Maryland.

  • In the summer of 2008, O.A.R. launched the "All Sides Tour" to promote their new album of the same name, which began June 15 in Manchester, TN at Bonnaroo and concluded August 31 at the Gorge as an opening act for the Dave Matthews Band.
  • The first radio single for All Sides, "Shattered (Turn the Car Around)", was released for download on June 13th. It has been the band's biggest hit to date, surpassing "Love And Memories".
  • In June 2008 the song "This Town", also from All Sides, was used extensively by ESPN during its coverage of the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and College World Series.
  • O.A.R.'s song "Wonderful Day" is currently being used on nationally airing Ford commercials.
  • In December 2008, VH1 named the music video for "Shattered" as number 18 on their Top 40 Videos of 2008, saying that "O.A.R. is no longer this well-kept secret; they finally have broken through to mainstream."
  • O.A.R. performed three songs for Fox News Channel's 2008 New Year's Eve uParty coverage live in Times Square in New York City on December 31, 2008. The filming took place on Sunday December 27, 2008. The three songs played and also aired were: "Shattered", "Living In The End" and "This Town".
  • On January 9, 2009 O.A.R. lead singer, Marc Roberge, did a charity concert to benefit the Connecticut National Guard at Hopkins School in New Haven, CT performing many of the band's hit songs solo (accompanying himself with an acoustic guitar) including Love and Memories, Shattered, and This Town.

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