Michael Lord (music)
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Michael Lord is a songwriter, composer, producer and Indie recording artist. His 2004 release SWAY found an audience when his song Smile was chosen by the Apple iTunes Music Store as their Single of The Week. Other songs from SWAY including Bleed and Forgiven soon found their way into hit television shows such as ALIAS
Alias (TV series)
Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...

 and What About Brian
What About Brian
What About Brian is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on April 16, 2006, on ABC, as a midseason replacement and concluded on March 26, 2007...

. He followed SWAY with a mini EP titled THE STRING SESSIONS reinterpreting the songs from SWAY acoustically with a string quartet. Michael wrote all string arrangements which were then performed by The Section Quartet
The Section Quartet
The Section Quartet is a string quartet that is based in Los Angeles, California. Emerging in 1998, Section features Eric Gorfain and Daphne Chen on violin, Lauren Chipman on viola, and Richard Dodd on cello. It specializes in turning popular rock songs into classical quartet pieces...

.

In 2005 Michael was hired by producer Desmond Child
Desmond Child
Desmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...

 to arrange and record two songs for American Idol's Season 4 Showstoppers Album resulting in an RIAA Certified Gold Record.

Following the American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...

 success he has turned his attention to music production producing tracks for Quincy Coleman
Quincy Coleman (singer)
-External links:...

, Graham Colton
Graham Colton
Graham Colton is an American singer-songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma most widely known for his hit song "Best Days", featured on the television series American Idol and Kyle XY...

, Courtney Jaye
Courtney Jaye
- Biography :Courtney Jaye was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved to Alpharetta, Georgia, when she was a freshman in high school. It was at this time she discovered The Grateful Dead and Neil Young, and also began to play the guitar. After becoming immersed in the bohemian culture, she...

, Dilana, Paulina Gretzky
Paulina Gretzky
Paulina Mary Jean Gretzky is an American model and pop singer. She is the eldest of Wayne Gretzky and Janet Jones's five children, the niece of Keith Gretzky and Brent Gretzky, and the granddaughter of Walter Gretzky.-Biography:...

 and Stella Wake Up as well as writing songs included in NBC's hit comedy My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...

.

Currently Michael is composing, producing and arranging music for television. Recent shows featuring Michael's efforts are FOX's Fringe
Fringe (TV series)
Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...

, ABC's highly touted drama series Brothers & Sisters , as well as "Doing DaVinci," "Moments of Terror," "Worldwide Tribe" (Discovery Network) and Expedition Africa
Expedition Africa
Expedition Africa is an eight-part reality television miniseries that originally aired form to on History. Produced by Mark Burnett, the program follows four modern day explorers—a navigator, a wildlife expert, a survivalist, and a journalist—as they substantially retrace H.M. Stanley's famed...

(The History Channel).

Biography

Michael Lord was born in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. He attended the Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...

 in Boston, MA as a recipient of the Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...

 Jazz Masters Scholarship Award. Upon returning to Los Angeles, Michael signed his first recording deal with Atlantic Records as a member of the band Tattoo Rodeo. The band was signed by industry veterans Jason Flom
Jason Flom
Jason Flom is an American music industry executive. He has served as the Chairman and CEO of music labels including Atlantic Records, Virgin Records, and the Capitol Music Group. In 1995, he founded Lava Records...

 and Nick Ferrara. In support of the album, the band toured with Bad Company
Bad Company
Bad Company were an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of...

, Damn Yankees
Damn Yankees
Damn Yankees is a musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League...

 and Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...

. Tattoo Rodeo recorded a second album for BMG
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...

 titled SKIN. The band then went their separate ways. Michael continued on to become a member of the band Royal Slone. The band signed a production deal with Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin
Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin is an American record producer and the co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin was the co-founder of Def Jam Records and also established American Recordings...

 and American Recordings. After too many delays Royal Slone accepted a deal from legendary A&R Veteran, Tom Zutant and made an album for Island/Def Jam with producer Eric Valentine
Eric Valentine
Eric Valentine is an American record producer, who began his career as drummer and producer in the heavy metal band T-Ride and has subsequently produced albums for artists such as Good Charlotte, Lostprophets, Taking Back Sunday, Nickel Creek, Queens of the Stone Age, Third Eye Blind, Smash Mouth,...

. During the mix stage Michael left the band to pursue a solo career. Royal Slone changed their name to California. After Tom Zutant was fired the band was dropped but the album eventually came out on Rob Kahane's Trauma Records
Trauma Records
Trauma Records is a Los Angeles independent record label created in 1993 by Paul Palmer and Rob Kahane. Trauma Records had a Joint Venture Agreement with Interscope Records that included financing and distribution through Interscope Records....

. To support the album California toured with Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums...

. Currently Michael composes and produces music for television and film.

Discography

  • Hear Me Out from the EP, Somewhere In Between - Graham Colton
    Graham Colton
    Graham Colton is an American singer-songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma most widely known for his hit song "Best Days", featured on the television series American Idol and Kyle XY...

     (2010) - producer/composer
  • Behind Blue Eyes
    Behind Blue Eyes
    "Behind Blue Eyes" is the title of a song by English rock band The Who. It was released in November 1971 as the second single from their fifth album Who's Next and was written by Pete Townshend originally for his Lifehouse project...

    - Rob Giles (AO Recordings
    AO Recordings
    AO Recordings is a Los Angeles based independent record label. It releases its content solely in the digital download format exclusively via the Apple iTunes Music Store, with a focus on film and television placements. The company has released recordings from Michael Lord, Quincy Coleman, Courtney...

    , 2010) - producer
  • You Better Go Now - Emily Friendship
    Emily Friendship
    Emily Friendship is an English singer, songwriter and composer. Friendship is the daughter of John and Wendy Friendship...

     (AO Recordings
    AO Recordings
    AO Recordings is a Los Angeles based independent record label. It releases its content solely in the digital download format exclusively via the Apple iTunes Music Store, with a focus on film and television placements. The company has released recordings from Michael Lord, Quincy Coleman, Courtney...

    , 2010) - producer
  • Love The One You're With
    Love the One You're With
    "Love the One You're With" is a 1970 single by folk rocker Stephen Stills. The first release off his first solo album Stephen Stills, it rose to the top twenty of the pop singles chart, peaking at No. 14....

    - Jen Stills
    Jen Stills
    Jen Stills is a singer and songwriter who was raised in Arizona and later moved to Los Angeles where she lives today.Stills has appeared on Ray LaMontagne's album Trouble on the track “Narrow Escape,” and on the title track of Crosby Stills and Nash's After the Storm...

     (AO Recordings
    AO Recordings
    AO Recordings is a Los Angeles based independent record label. It releases its content solely in the digital download format exclusively via the Apple iTunes Music Store, with a focus on film and television placements. The company has released recordings from Michael Lord, Quincy Coleman, Courtney...

    , 2009) - producer
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water
    Bridge over Troubled Water (song)
    "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's album of the same name. The single was released on January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live album Live 1969, released in 2008. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at...

    - Quincy Coleman
    Quincy Coleman (singer)
    -External links:...

     (AO Recordings
    AO Recordings
    AO Recordings is a Los Angeles based independent record label. It releases its content solely in the digital download format exclusively via the Apple iTunes Music Store, with a focus on film and television placements. The company has released recordings from Michael Lord, Quincy Coleman, Courtney...

    , 2009) - producer
  • Hangover - Dilana (AO Recordings
    AO Recordings
    AO Recordings is a Los Angeles based independent record label. It releases its content solely in the digital download format exclusively via the Apple iTunes Music Store, with a focus on film and television placements. The company has released recordings from Michael Lord, Quincy Coleman, Courtney...

    , 2009) – producer/composer
  • Running On Faith - Quincy Coleman
    Quincy Coleman (singer)
    -External links:...

     (AO Recordings
    AO Recordings
    AO Recordings is a Los Angeles based independent record label. It releases its content solely in the digital download format exclusively via the Apple iTunes Music Store, with a focus on film and television placements. The company has released recordings from Michael Lord, Quincy Coleman, Courtney...

    , 2009) - producer
  • These Days
    These Days (Jackson Browne song)
    "These Days" is a song written by Jackson Browne and principally recorded by Nico, Gregg Allman, and Browne himself in three distinctly different musical styles...

    - Jen Stills
    Jen Stills
    Jen Stills is a singer and songwriter who was raised in Arizona and later moved to Los Angeles where she lives today.Stills has appeared on Ray LaMontagne's album Trouble on the track “Narrow Escape,” and on the title track of Crosby Stills and Nash's After the Storm...

     (AO Recordings
    AO Recordings
    AO Recordings is a Los Angeles based independent record label. It releases its content solely in the digital download format exclusively via the Apple iTunes Music Store, with a focus on film and television placements. The company has released recordings from Michael Lord, Quincy Coleman, Courtney...

    , 2009) – producer
  • Feel The Steel - Steel Panther
    Steel Panther
    Steel Panther is a glam metal band from Los Angeles, California mostly known for their profane and humorous lyrics as well as their exaggerated on-stage personas...

     (Universal Republic, 2009) – orchestration/musician
  • Are You With Me - Courtney Jaye
    Courtney Jaye
    - Biography :Courtney Jaye was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved to Alpharetta, Georgia, when she was a freshman in high school. It was at this time she discovered The Grateful Dead and Neil Young, and also began to play the guitar. After becoming immersed in the bohemian culture, she...

     (AO Recordings
    AO Recordings
    AO Recordings is a Los Angeles based independent record label. It releases its content solely in the digital download format exclusively via the Apple iTunes Music Store, with a focus on film and television placements. The company has released recordings from Michael Lord, Quincy Coleman, Courtney...

    , 2007) – producer/composer
  • Who'll Stop the Rain
    Who'll Stop the Rain (song)
    "Who'll Stop the Rain" is a song written by John Fogerty and originally recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival for their 1970 album Cosmo's Factory...

    - Courtney Jaye
    Courtney Jaye
    - Biography :Courtney Jaye was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved to Alpharetta, Georgia, when she was a freshman in high school. It was at this time she discovered The Grateful Dead and Neil Young, and also began to play the guitar. After becoming immersed in the bohemian culture, she...

     (AO Recordings
    AO Recordings
    AO Recordings is a Los Angeles based independent record label. It releases its content solely in the digital download format exclusively via the Apple iTunes Music Store, with a focus on film and television placements. The company has released recordings from Michael Lord, Quincy Coleman, Courtney...

    , 2007) - producer
  • Collecting Dust - Paulina Gretzky
    Paulina Gretzky
    Paulina Mary Jean Gretzky is an American model and pop singer. She is the eldest of Wayne Gretzky and Janet Jones's five children, the niece of Keith Gretzky and Brent Gretzky, and the granddaughter of Walter Gretzky.-Biography:...

     (AO Recordings
    AO Recordings
    AO Recordings is a Los Angeles based independent record label. It releases its content solely in the digital download format exclusively via the Apple iTunes Music Store, with a focus on film and television placements. The company has released recordings from Michael Lord, Quincy Coleman, Courtney...

    , 2006) - producer
  • American Idol Season 4: The Showstoppers
    American Idol Season 4: The Showstoppers
    Season 4: The Showstoppers contains one cover song from each of the top 12 finalists during season 4 of the television show American Idol, along with a song that features all 12 of them together.The CD was certified gold on July 26, 2005....

    (19 Recordings Limited/RCA
    RCA
    RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...

    , 2005) – production/orchestration/musician/programming
  • SWAY- Michael Lord - (AO Recordings
    AO Recordings
    AO Recordings is a Los Angeles based independent record label. It releases its content solely in the digital download format exclusively via the Apple iTunes Music Store, with a focus on film and television placements. The company has released recordings from Michael Lord, Quincy Coleman, Courtney...

    , 2004) – producer/composer/performer

  • The String Sessions - Michael Lord - (AO Recordings
    AO Recordings
    AO Recordings is a Los Angeles based independent record label. It releases its content solely in the digital download format exclusively via the Apple iTunes Music Store, with a focus on film and television placements. The company has released recordings from Michael Lord, Quincy Coleman, Courtney...

    , 2004) – producer/composer/performer
  • It's About Time - Marc Ford
    Marc Ford
    Marc Ford , is an American blues-rock guitarist. He's a former lead guitarist of the rock and roll jam band The Black Crowes and the leader of his own bands .-Burning Tree:Ford began his career with the blues-rock outfit Burning...

      (Anko Records 2002) - Hammond B3
  • California - California (Trauma Records
    Trauma Records
    Trauma Records is a Los Angeles independent record label created in 1993 by Paul Palmer and Rob Kahane. Trauma Records had a Joint Venture Agreement with Interscope Records that included financing and distribution through Interscope Records....

    , 2000) – band member/composer
  • Skin - Tattoo Rodeo (BMG
    BMG
    Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...

    , 1995) – band member/composer
  • Road Hard Put Away Wet - Tattoo Rodeo (Atlantic
    Atlantic Records
    Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

    , 1991) - band member/composer

Soundtracks - Film/Television

  • Brothers & Sisters episode "Time After Time" (2010) - with "Behind Blue Eyes" as producer
  • Brothers & Sisters episode "A Valued Family" (2010) - with "Love The One You're With" as producer
  • Brothers & Sisters episode "Nearlyweds" (2009) - with "These Days" as producer
  • Brothers & Sisters episode "Troubled Waters" (2009) - with "Bridge Over Troubled Water" as producer
  • Brothers & Sisters episode "The Road Ahead" (2009) - with "Running On Faith" as producer
  • South Of Nowhere
    South of Nowhere
    South of Nowhere is an American teen drama television series created by Thomas W. Lynch. Aimed primarily at teenagers, it first aired on November 4, 2005 and was one of six original series on The N. The second half of the third and final season aired October 10, 2008 and the final episode aired on...

    episode "Better Late Than Never" (2008) - with "Smile" as producer/composer/performer
  • Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh
    Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh
    Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh is a television movie, and the first new program that came out of the Drake & Josh franchise in over a year...

    (2008) - with "This Christmas" as producer/composer
  • The Circuit (2008) - with "Nothing's Left to Lose" as producer/composer
  • Stiletto (2008) - with "Broken" as producer
  • My Name Is Earl
    My Name Is Earl
    My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...

    episode "Two Balls, Two Strikes" (2007) - with "SRV Jam" as producer/songwriter/performer
  • What About Brian
    What About Brian
    What About Brian is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on April 16, 2006, on ABC, as a midseason replacement and concluded on March 26, 2007...

    episode "What About The Lake House" (2007) - with "Forgiven" as producer/composer/performer
  • Paradise City
    Paradise City
    -Personnel:* Axl Rose - lead vocals, synthesizer, whistle* Izzy Stradlin - rhythm guitar, backing vocals, percussion* Slash - lead guitar, backing vocals* Duff McKagan - bass, backing vocals* Steven Adler - drums-Live:...

    episode "Lions and Cheetahs" (2007) - with "Are You With Me" as producer/composer
  • Brothers & Sisters Season Two, Premiere "Home Front" (2007) - with "Who'll Stop The Rain" as producer
  • Viva Laughlin
    Viva Laughlin
    Viva Laughlin is an American musical–dramedy series adapted by Bob Lowry and Peter Bowker from the popular BBC British serial, Blackpool. They also served as executive producers alongside Hugh Jackman, John Palermo, Paul Telegdy and Gabriele Muccino. The latter also directed the pilot...

    Pilot Episode (2007) - with "Easy Crime" as producer/composer
  • My Name Is Earl
    My Name Is Earl
    My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...

    episode "Our Other Cops Is On" (2007) - with "Something To Say" as producer/composer/performer
  • Laguna Beach: The Real OC episode "Spies, Lies and Alibis" (2006) - with "Sunken In" as producer/composer
  • Laguna Beach: The Real OC episode "Who Wants To Date A Rock Star" (2006) - with "Later" as producer/composer
  • Laguna Beach: The Real OC episode "It's Like Break Up Season" (2006) - with "Are You With Me" as producer/composer
  • Zoey 101
    Zoey 101
    Zoey 101 is an American television series that ran from January 9, 2005 to May 2, 2008 starring Jamie Lynn Spears as teenager Zoey Brooks, produced for Nickelodeon and syndicated worldwide. The show was initially filmed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, then at stages in Valencia,...

    episode "Spring Break Up" (2006) - with "Bleed" as producer/composer/performer
  • My Name Is Earl
    My Name Is Earl
    My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...

    episode "Jump For Joy" (2006) - with "GT Girl" as producer/composer/performer
  • My Name Is Earl
    My Name Is Earl
    My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...

    episode "Stole P's Hot Dog Cart" (2006) - with "Parade" as producer/composer/performer
  • ALIAS
    Alias (TV series)
    Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...

    episode "Detente" (2005) - with "Holding My Breath" as producer/composer/performer
  • Laguna Beach: The Real OC episode "Lies and Goodbyes" (2005) - with "Fly" aka "Collecting Dust" as producer
  • Zoey 101
    Zoey 101
    Zoey 101 is an American television series that ran from January 9, 2005 to May 2, 2008 starring Jamie Lynn Spears as teenager Zoey Brooks, produced for Nickelodeon and syndicated worldwide. The show was initially filmed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, then at stages in Valencia,...

    episode "Election" (2005) - with "Smile" as producer/composer/performer
  • Zoey 101
    Zoey 101
    Zoey 101 is an American television series that ran from January 9, 2005 to May 2, 2008 starring Jamie Lynn Spears as teenager Zoey Brooks, produced for Nickelodeon and syndicated worldwide. The show was initially filmed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, then at stages in Valencia,...

    episode "Time Capsule" (2005) - with "Spin" as producer/composer/performer
  • My Name Is Earl
    My Name Is Earl
    My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...

    episode "Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine" (2005) - with "Comes Around" as producer/composer/performer
  • My Name Is Earl
    My Name Is Earl
    My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...

    episode "Faked My Own Death" (2005) - with "Girls Guns" as producer/composer/performer
  • The Sterling Chase
    The Sterling Chase
    The Sterling Chase, also known as Graduation Week, is a drama film starring Nicholle Tom, Jack Noseworthy, Devon Odessa, Sean Patrick Thomas, Alanna Ubach and John Livingston. The independent film was written and directed by Tanya Fenmore, and was screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival on...

    aka Graduation Week (1999) - with "Bleed" as producer/composer/performer
  • Kate's Addiction (1999) - with "Into the Mystic
    Into the Mystic
    "Into the Mystic" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and featured on his 1970 album Moondance. It was also included on Morrison's 1974 live album, It's Too Late To Stop Now....

    " as producer/performer; "Stronger" as producer/composer; additional music/end titles theme
  • Gone Fishin'
    Gone Fishin' (film)
    Gone Fishin' is a 1997 American comedy film starring Joe Pesci and Danny Glover as two bumbling fishing enthusiasts. Nick Brimble, Rosanna Arquette, Lynn Whitfield, and Willie Nelson costar.-Plot synopsis:...

    (1997) - with "Best Friend" and "What Went Wrong" as composer/performer
  • Kid (1990) - with "Restless Heart" as composer

External links

IMDb http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2836844

Artist Site http://www.michaellord.com

Composer Site http://www.michaellord.net

Label Site http://www.aorecordings.com

MySpace Site http://www.myspace.com/michaellord
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