Raine Maida

Infobox musical artist
Name = Raine Maida

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Img_capt = Raine Maida at the 2007 CASBY Awards in Toronto, Ontario
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Michael Anthony Maida
Born = birth date and age|1970|2|18|mf=y
Origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Instrument = Vocals, guitar
Genre = Rock, post-grunge, alternative
Occupation = Musician, songwriter, record producer
Years_active = 1992–present
Label = Kingnoise Records, Columbia, Sony BMG
Associated_acts = Our Lady Peace
URL = [http://www.rainemaida.net www.rainemaida.net]

Raine Maida, full name Michael Anthony Maida (born February 181970) is a Canadian singer and songwriter, best known as the front man of the rock band Our Lady Peace. He has always written all of his band's lyrics. His voice has all but lost its paranoid, falsetto style in recent usage. In 2007, Maida released his first solo album, titled "The Hunters Lullaby". As of June 2008, he is working on a new Our Lady Peace album. He married Chantal Kreviazuk in 1999, and they have three sons: Rowan, Lucca and Sal.

Biography

Personal life

Maida's parents split up when he was very young. He has a half brother named Adam, who is eighteen years younger than he is. Prior to pursuing a musical career, Maida studied criminology at the University of Toronto, and prior to that attended Ridley College in St. Catharines. He married Winnipeg, Manitoba singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk in December, 1999. On January 162004 their first son, Rowan Michael Maida, was born. Their second son, Lucca Jon, was born on June 32005. Third son, Salvador 'Sal' Daniel, was born on June 282008.cite web|url=http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/06/cbb-exclusive-c.html|title=CBB Exclusive: Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida welcome third son; Introducing Salvador "Sal" Daniel Maida|work=www.celebrity-babies.com|accessdate=2008-06-30] Raine Maida's mother, Joan Maida, was the longtime executive secretary to Conrad Black.cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com/News/article/220300|title=Black's parties 'useful' to Post: Whyte|accessdate=2007-06-02|last=Westhead|first=Rick|date=2007-06-01|work=TheStar.com|publisher=Toronto Star|quote=The 59-year-old, whose son Raine Maida is in the rock band Our Lady Peace, was openly hostile towards assistant U.S. attorney Jeff Cramer during cross-examination.]

Our Lady Peace

Raine Maida is the vocalist and a founding member of the Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace. Maida started the band with guitarist Mike Turner in 1992. Especially on the albums prior to "Gravity", he often sung in a high, nasal falsetto voice. This trademark singing style, along with Maida's often cryptic lyrics, became one of the distinctive features of Our Lady Peace's music. After working with producer Bob Rock on the album "Gravity", this changed: his voice got less nasal and became deeper, and his lyrics were less cryptic. Maida has released six albums with Our Lady Peace, plus a live album and a greatest hits collection. A new OLP album is expected in early 2009, [ [http://www.ourladypeace.cc/index.htm Our Lady Peace fansite] ] and will feature music akin to OLP's earlier albums such as Naveed. [ [http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=529733b0-3e18-45b7-81ed-6b61bb12a36c Raine Maida interview March 2008] ]

olo work

Maida released a four song EP called "Love Hope Hero" on November 14, 2006. The EP contains the songs "One Second Chance", "Earthless", "Sex Love and Honey", and "Careful What You Wish For". The EP was sold on tours with Chantal Kreviazuk, on his website, and on iTunes.

His full-length solo album, "The Hunters Lullaby", was released on November 13, 2007 by independent label Kingnoise Records. The album was recorded in Maida's own studio using mostly acoustic instruments, and is described by Maida as "a collection of poems put to music". Maida's wife is featured on several tracks, singing and playing piano. [ [http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2007/09/1904.cfm Chartattack.com: Raine Maida delivers the Hunter's Lullaby] - retrieved September 212007.]

Producing and writing

Maida has also been producing music since 1999, when he co-produced Our Lady Peace's albums "Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch" and "Spiritual Machines". He has developed numerous indie bands, including Texas-based [http://sleepwaymusic.com/ Sleepway] , [http://www.lightbreak.net/ Lightbreak] , and LA-based [http://www.neuromancemusic.net/ Neuromance] .

He produced four songs on the dance punk band Men, Women & Children's self-titled debut for Warner Bros. Records. He co-wrote and produced five tracks on Avril Lavigne's second album "Under My Skin", released in 2004.

Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk contributed to Kelly Clarkson's song "Where Is Your Heart?"; Kreviazuk co-wrote it, while Maida played the guitar. [ [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:R4E9gau258oJ:www.kellyclarkson.com/main.php%3Fcontent%3Dbiography+kelly+clarkson+where+is+your+heart+maida&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3 Google cache of Kelly Clarkson's official website] - retrieved June 27, 2007.] Maida and Kreviazuk also helped write the international hit "Walk Away", another song on Clarkson's album, "Breakaway". They also co-wrote "One Minute" for Clarkson's third album, "My December".

Maida and Kreviazuk contributed to the The Veronicas first album "The Secret Life Of..."; they wrote and produced the song "Revolution". Maida and Kreviazuk also co-wrote "Outside of You" for Hilary Duff's 2007 release, "Dignity".

The two wrote and produced both the first single and theme for Cheyenne Kimball's MTV reality show and album "The Day Has Come". They wrote "Meant to Fly" for Eva Avila, the winner of the fourth season of "Canadian Idol", and wrote the first single of Rex Goudie's second album "Look Closer", called "You Got to Me".

Other work

Maida had a small role in a Canadian movie released in 2001, "Century Hotel". He played the character Damon Riley.

In 2005, Maida contributed "Liar" to "" from Neverending White Lights.

Maida and Kreviazuk wrote an original song for the HBO documentary "Ithuteng", and composed music for the restored version of Helen Gardner's 1912 silent film version of Cleopatra.

Both Maida and Kreviazuk are strong advocates of the organization War Child. Maida produced a War Child Canada benefit album entitled "". Maida and Kreviazuk both also co-hosted a 2006 Mothers Against Drunk Driving video. Raine has also expressed support for the Green Party of Canada.

Discography

Singles

* "Lebo's River" (with Chantal Kreviazuk, Lebo Kgasapane, and Archie Khambula) from "".
* "Yellow Brick Road" premiere single from The Hunters Lullaby [ [http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2007/09/1904.cfm Chartattack.com: Raine Maida delivers the Hunter's Lullaby] - retrieved September 212007.]

References and notes

External links

* [http://www.rainemaida.net/ Raine Maida's official website]
*myspace|rainemaida