Biography

Mikey Wax is a singer/songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 from Long Island

Long Island

Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...

, NY, who started playing piano at the age of 8. He tends to also write and perform on acoustic guitar. At the age of 16, Mikey had an instrumental

Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....

 track of his featured in the independent film Magic Rock. Upon graduating from high school, Mikey attended Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...

 in Nashville, TN.

His debut album "Change Again" was released on November 1, 2008, and ranked on the iTunes top 100 pop albums in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. The album includes the song "In Case I Go Again" which was selected as the winner of The Unsigned Artist radio contest held by WRMF / 97.9 FM, a top 40 radio station in South Florida. The single was later featured on the CBS hit series Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...

 in April 2010. Most recently, The music video for "In Case I Go Again" was featured on the homepage of YouTube

YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

 as part of their "Music Tuesday" spotlight. It now holds over 500,000 views. On November 16, 2008, Mikey made his first TV appearance performing live on the CBS Morning Show in West Palm Beach, Florida. His songs "Yes" "Last Great Song" "Nice To Meet You" "Taxi Driver" "Cedars Bay" and "In Case I Go Again" have appeared on MTV's The Real World

The Real World

The Real World is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family, is the longest-running program in MTV history and one of the...

, True Life

True Life

True Life is a documentary series running on MTV since 1998. Each episode follows a particular topic, such as heroin addiction as in the first episode, "Fatal Dose." The show is created by following a series of subjects by a camera crew through a certain part of their lives.-Topics covered:True...

, & Teen Mom

Teen Mom

Teen Mom is an American reality television series that premiered on MTV on December 8, 2009. A spin-off of 16 and Pregnant, the series chronicles the lives of four of the teenagers from the original series as they navigate their first few years of motherhood...

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In June 2009, Wax supported singer Josh Hoge on his U.S tour. Wax completed his second U.S tour supporting artists Howie Day

Howie Day

Howard Kern "Howie" Day is an American singer-songwriter. Beginning his career as a solo artist in the late 1990s, Day became known for his extensive touring and in-concert use of samplers and effects pedals in order to accompany himself...

 and Serena Ryder

Serena Ryder

Serena Ryder is a Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter raised in Millbrook, Ontario.Ranging musically between folk, roots, country, and adult contemporary music, Ryder possesses a five-octave range...

 in February 2010. Mikey has also toured with Landon Pigg

Landon Pigg

Landon Pigg is a singer-songwriter, musician, and actor from Nashville, Tennessee.- Early years :Pigg was born in Nashville, Tennessee. When Pigg was a child, his family moved to Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and he and two of his siblings, Cari-Ann and Gabriel, sang commercial jingles...

, Diane Birch

Diane Birch

Diane Birch is an American singer-songwriter.-Early life:Birch was born in Michigan and her father was a Seventh-day Adventist preacher whose work took him to several countries. As a child Birch lived with her family in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Sydney, Australia...

, Tyler Hilton

Tyler Hilton

Tyler James Hilton is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Hilton began his professional career in music in 2000. Rolling Stone Magazine compared him to his contemporary, Howie Day, while others have compared Hilton to Elton John, both vocally and instrumentally...

, Rusted Root

Rusted Root

Rusted Root is a band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania known for their unique fusion of acoustic, rock, world and other styles of music, with a strong percussion section that draws from African, Latin American, Native American, and Indian influences...

, 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...

 and Ryan Cabrera

Ryan Cabrera

Ryan Frank Cabrera is an American pop rock musician. In 2004, Cabrera debuted with his single "On the Way Down", a top ten hit in the U.S., and album Take It All Away...

. Wax also performed in the 5th annual Great South Bay Music Festival at Shorefront Park

Shorefront Park

Shorefront Park and the Patchogue Village Band Shell are located on Smith Street at the south end of Rider Aveue, Patchogue, New York.The Shorefront Park was designed that it may facilitate and play host to a variety of Outdoor events...

 in the summer of 2011. Other performing acts included umphrey's mcgee

Umphrey's McGee

Umphrey's McGee is an American progressive rock jam band based in Chicago whose music is often referred to as "progressive improvisation", or "improg" ....

 and 38 Special.

On April 29, 2010, Mikey released "The Traveler" EP for free download through his website http://www.mikeywax.com. Integrating social networking to download the EP, The Traveler received 15,000 downloads and contributed to Mikey hosting over 250,000 fans via social networking sites. "Birmingham", the single off the EP, was later featured on the homepage of American Songwriter.

In the summer of 2010, Wax headlined his own house concert

House concert

A house concert or home concert is a musical concert or performance art that is presented in someone's home or apartment, or a nearby small private space such as a barn, apartment rec room, lawn, or back yard....

 tour, playing at 40 homes across the country. He just completed his second annual summer house tour, this time performing at over 60 homes nation wide. Prior to the summer 2011 house tour, Wax recorded his second full-length album with producer Warren Huart

Warren Huart

Warren Huart is an English record producer/musician/composer and recording engineer based in Los Angeles, California. He currently lives in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California with his wife and son.- Biography :...

 (The Fray

The Fray

-Literature:*Fray, a phenomenon in Terry Pratchett's The Carpet People*Fray , a comic book series by Joss Whedon**Melaka Fray, titular character of the comic book series-Music:*"Fray", a song from the album 14 Shades of Grey by Staind...

, Augustana

Augustana (band)

Augustana is an American rock band from San Diego, California who are signed to the Epic Records record label. They are best known for their singles, "Boston" and "Sweet and Low."-Beginning years:...

, Kris Allen

Kris Allen

Kristopher Neil "Kris" Allen is an American musician and singer-songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol...

, James Blunt

James Blunt

James Hillier Blount , better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter and musician, and former army officer, whose debut album, Back to Bedlam and single releases, including "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover", brought him to fame in 2005...

). The album titled "Constant Motion" released digitally on Tuesday, September 20, ranking at #6 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart, and #47 on Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Heatseekers chart. The album was promoted by a tour supporting 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...

finalist Elliott Yamin

Elliott Yamin

Elliott Yamin , born Efraym Elliott Yamin, is an American singer known for his hit single "Wait for You" and placing third on the fifth season of American Idol....

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Studio albums

Year	Album	Track List	Peak Chart Positions
2011	Constant Motion	Counting On You How It Feels Marion No Regrets Fighting For Keep Dreaming Ghost In Love Fall For You Long Lost Dream On The Boulevard You Tell Me When	#47 Billboard Heatseekers #2 Billboard Heatseekers Mid-Atlantic #6 iTunes Singer/Songwriter

Year	Album	Track List
2008	Change Again	Slow Motion In Case I Go Again Hourglass (Time Will Find A Way) Twisted Fate Yes Love Light (Triad) Change Your Mind With You Goes Last Great Song Cedars Bay Nice To Meet You Taxi Driver Wait By The Door

Year	Album	Track List
2010	For Better Or Worse - EP	Remember So Crazy Back And Forth For Better Or Worse Halfway Gone Open Eyes

Year	Album	Track List
2010	The Traveler - EP	California Skies Traveler On Faith Birmingham Broken The Spell Past Life Goodbye Too Soon

External links

• Mikey Wax Official Website

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