Emmy
winning (and five time nominated) composer and songwriter Michal is now on her third record deal. The first was with RPM, a label
owned by Tony
Bennett's son, Danny Bennett, and the second with Columbia. Signed
to
Columbia by famed A&R man Don Devito, Michal shared the roster
with
Springsteen, Billy Joel and Dylan. She has finally found her home
with a
credible independent, Shorebreak.
A classically
trained pianist and self-taught guitar player, Michal writes
all her material and gives a captivating live show. A veteran of
SXSW, CMJ and the New
York Anti-Folk Fest, Michal has also graced the stage
at the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and most of the clubs in lower Manhattan,
since
she first began playing out at the age of 17. A composer for One
Life To
Live on ABC, she has also appeared on the show and been a feature
performer
on the Oxygen Network's morning show and Studio
Y. Her music is
included on
the Dawson's Creek album and on Delia's In Your Head Sampler and
Giorgio
Armani in-store samplers. She was the featured face for Urban
Decay's Face
Case. Her first record, Sky With Stars, was critically acclaimed,
garnering
rave reviews from, Seventeen, Stuff, Cosmogirl, Twist and Rollingstone.com,
among others. Her song "Life Without Me" off her sophomore
release Coma appeared in the HBO movie Kiss
the Bride on Feb 14, 2004 and in
a COACH campaign. Kiss the Bride is currently available on video and DVD.
Her new album "Desireless" is
currently available on I-tunes. She graduated
Yale University Cum Laude, with distinction in her major and was
inducted
into the political science honors society last May. Following graduation
she
toured the world with Yale's all-senior, all-female a cappella
group,
Whim n'
Rhythm. She is currently attending Columbia Law
School, where she
is
studying entertainment law and plans to do pro bono work for up
and coming artists.