The X&Y Project - Coldplay Tribute

About Me

The X&Y Project is the brainchild of Nick Swan, a New York City based recording artist. He also happens to be the writer of this bio. A full explanation of the project and all it entails can be found in the Blogs section. A few notes for the record, though...This project is a tribute to Coldplay, though it is my hope that this music will be appreciated by both hardcore fans of the band and non-fans alike. In no way am I making money off of any of these songs. If anything, I have lost money and a considerable amount of time working on this. It was, as the cliche goes, a labor of love, and since I obviously will be unable to sell this material, I thought this would be the best means of getting the music out there to those who would wish to hear it. Any comments, positive or negative, are welcome. If you enjoy my versions of these tunes, please visit my page and have a listen to some of my original material. Other than that, God bless, and enjoy the music...
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"Lovers in Japan" Live at Highline Ballroom, NYC
"Fix You" Live at Highline Ballroom, NYC
"Violet Hill" Live at Highline Ballroom, NYC
"Viva la Vida"/"Lost!"/"Lovers in Japan" Medley
"Violet Hill" cover off Viva La Vida
Watch the "Swallowed in the Sea" video"Speed of Sound" off "The X&Y Project"..
"Fix You" off "The X&Y Project"..
"Talk" off "The X&Y Project"..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/08/2006
Band Website: www.youtube.com/nickswanmusic
Band Members: Just me on all the recordings, in the live clips Dorian Lake plays percussion.
Influences: Well, Coldplay, obviously. Some other artists that I listened to heavily during the recording of this project which may or may not have influenced the recordings are: The Police, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Eisley, Ryan Adams, Can, The Verve, and David Gray.
Sounds Like: Radiohead meets Skynyrd. Or, Coldplay meets Nick Swan.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

B.B. King’s 9/5/08

It was quite an amazing experience to play on a stage where so many legends have stood, in front of a packed house in the middle of the greatest city in the world. In my humble opinion, the show went ...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:12:00 GMT

Setlist for first X&Y show at Highline Ballroom 8/20/08

Well, that went pretty smooth... The first ever show as "The X&Y Project" took place at the Highline Ballroom Wednesday, and I'm pretty pleased with the result. I had Dorian from the band Heavy We...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:31:00 GMT

Two Upcoming Shows

Well, when I finished this project two years ago, a few people suggested that I put together a live gig to showcase the material. For whatever reason, I never got around to doing that. Partly, I felt ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:47:00 GMT

Notes about The X&Y Project

A note on the name... Those who are in the fortunate disposition to know me well have come to learn that I have a particular aversion to the word "project" when it is used to describe music. Its not t...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:05:00 GMT