Mikeschair

MIKESCHAIR
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee
Genres	Christian rock, CCM
Years active	2004-Present
Labels	Curb Records
Website	http://www.MIKESCHAIR.com
Members
Mike Grayson Sam Tinnesz Jesse Hale Nate Onstott
Past members
Seth Jones Jon Haire

Mikeschair (stylized as MIKESCHAIR) is an American contemporary Christian band signed to Curb Records. The group has charted on the American Contemporary Christian music charts with the song "Can't Take Away", which was the seventh most played Contemporary Christian music song in the United States for the week of June 13, 2009 as reported on the R&R magazine chart.^[1] Their single "Let The Waters Rise" was number 8 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart for the week of January 23, 2010.

History

The band originated in Mike Grayson's dormitory room at Belmont University, within the first two weeks of their freshman year at the college.^[2] The band was named after Mike Grayson's chair in the frustration of deciding on a band name. The name stuck and the band still has the original Mike's Chair.

In 2007, MIKESCHAIR recorded the song "Spirit in the Sky" with Plumb for the Evan Almighty soundtrack.^[3][4]

In 2010, MIKESCHAIR was nominated for four awards at the 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards: Song of the Year (Let the Waters Rise), Pop Contemporary Recorded Song (Let the Waters Rise), Rock Contemporary Recorded Song (Can't Take Away), and Pop Contemporary Album of the year for their self-titled debut.

In 2011, MIKESCHAIR received 4 nods again at the 42nd Annuel GMA Dove Awards, including nominations for Group of the Year, Song of the Year (Let The Waters Rise), Pop Contemporary Song (Keep Changing the World), and Rock Contemporary Song (Straight To Your Heart).

Members

• Mike Grayson, lead singer, guitar
• Sam Tinnesz, lead guitar
• Jesse Hale, violin, keyboards
• Nate Onstott, drums

Discography

Albums

• Otherside EP - (2006) independent
• Can't Take Away EP - (2009) Curb Records
• Mikeschair - (2009) Curb Records
• Let the Waters Rise EP - (2010) Curb Records
• A Beautiful Life - (2011) Curb Records

Singles

• "Otherside" (2007) Curb Records
• "Can't Take Away" (2009) Curb Records
• "Let the Waters Rise" (2009) Curb Records - peaked at #9 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs
• "Keep Changing The World" (2010) Curb Records
• "Straight To Your Heart" (2010) Curb Records
• "Someone Worth Dying For" (2011) Curb Records

Music Videos

• "Let the Waters Rise" (2010)
• "Keep Changing the World" (2010)
• "Straight To Your Heart" (2011)
• "Someone Worth Dying For" (2011)

Mikestable

The band formed a food collection charity called "mikestable" along with Food for the Hungry.^[5] They noticed hungry people gathering at a food pantry at a church near their apartment.^[5] The band was inspired to form the charity after realizing that there was hunger in their own neighborhood.^[5] Mikeschair invites fans attending their concerts to bring non-perishable food.^[5]

References

1. ^ "June 13, 2009 R&R Christian CHR chart". R&R magazine. 2009-06-13. http://www.radioandrecords.com/rrwebsite20/Members/Charts.aspx?ChartId=25/. Retrieved 2009-05-22. 
2. ^ "New Artist Spotlight: Mikeschair". Crosswalk.com. http://www.crosswalk.com/music/11599724/. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 
3. ^ "Plumb discography". Jesus Freak Hideout. http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/artists/Plumb.asp. Retrieved 2009-05-13. 
4. ^ http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/artists/Mikeschair.asp
5. ^ ^{a b c d} "Mikeschair Invites Fans to mikestable". Yahoo! Finance. 2009-02-17. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/MIKESCHAIR-Invites-Fans-to-prnews-14383223.html?.v=1. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 

External links

• Mikeschair on Myspace
• Mikeschair at PureVolume