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Melodic mojo. Ethereal bliss. SWAY is a sophisticated, sonically adventurous modern rock debut that's at once gorgeous, deep and fragile.
Driven by melody, embellished with sumptuous arrangements, and anchored by emotionally acute lyrics, SWAY is the moving solo CD debut by MICHAEL LORD, a remarkable new singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who draws quiet strength and inspiration from volatile relationships, intimate moments, and invisible scars.
Throughout his self-produced CD, Lord paints his delicate, heartfelt songs with lushly textured layers of sound. With soaring melodies always at the core, he creates engulfing soundscapes by recording instrument after instrument, and by dubbing his own three- and four-part harmonies. Most all of what you hear is him: guitars, piano, loops, percussion, and Lord's seductive vocals that rival anything you've heard.
"I'm endlessly inspired by what can be done with the piano," says Lord, a classically- trained pianist and drummer from the age of five until his teenage retro discovery of the British Invasion. Michael has since jammed in garage bands and major label groups, but it wasn't until he worked with producers like T-Bone Burnett and Eric Valentine (Queens Of The Stone Age, Lostprophets, Taking Back Sunday) that he began exploring new writing and performing techniques uncovering his own melodic voice and gift for powerful arrangements. His work has since been widely featured in TV, including MTV's Laguna Beach, NBC's My Name Is Earl and ABC's What About Brian, ALIAS and Brothers and Sisters
SWAY features guest appearances from guitarist Yogi of The Wallflowers, master drummer Matt Laug (Alanis Morissette, Lifehouse, The New Radicals), and The Section Quartet, the premier rock 'n' roll string ensemble (Fiona Apple, Wilco, Christina Aguilera, Jon Brion, David Bowie, A Perfect Circle, Maroon 5, James Blunt).
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Member Since: 9/29/2004
Band Website: michaellord.com
Influences: John Lennon, Coldplay, Pink Floyd
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Record Label: AO Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

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ABCs Brothers and Sisters

Check out Brothers and Sisters this season on ABC. Tonight Sunday September 30th is the premiere episode. Over the summer I was approached by one of the show's Executive Producers to take some class...
Posted by Michael Lord on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:33:00 PST

"Forgiven" on ABC

Tonight Monday, January 29th, "Forgiven" from the SWAY CD will be used in an episode of "What About Brian." The show airs on ABC @ 10/9 Central. Here is a link to the song at iTunes.http://phobos.app...
Posted by Michael Lord on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:20:00 PST

Paulina Gretzky track from LAGUNA BEACH

This hard to find track is one of the most popular songs from this Season 2 of Laguna Beach.The track titlled "Collecting Dust" aka "Fly" was produced by none other than Michael Lord. Check the track...
Posted by Michael Lord on Wed, 28 Dec 2005 01:53:00 PST

Courtney Jaye Track featured on MTV's Laguna Beach

Check out the new track "Are You With Me Now?" by Courtney Jaye when it is featured on MTV's Laguna Beach. Episode 10 debuts Wednesday, October 18th at 10PM.Michael Lord co-wrote and produced the tr...
Posted by Michael Lord on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:45:00 PST

Annmarie Cullen

Annmarie Culllen is one half of the ultra cool indie Lo-Fi Pop band, Saucy Monky. Check out on her latest solo effort "All Of It" produced by Michael Lord. Annmarie's vocal is haunting as his Michae...
Posted by Michael Lord on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:46:00 PST

Roni Meron track from MTV's Laguna Beach, Season 3

Roni Meron's track "Sunken In" was recently featured on MTV's Laguna Beach. Check it out in Episode 8, "Spies, Lies and Goodbyes," from Season 3.Michael Lord produced and co-wrote this track. You can...
Posted by Michael Lord on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:33:00 PST

Michael Lord on ABC's ALIAS

ABC's hit show ALIAS recently featured Michael's song "Bleed" in the episode titled "Detente." The entire ALIAS series is now available on DVD. To hear the song click here. LISTEN ...
Posted by Michael Lord on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST