Mike Daly

Mike Daly
Mike Daly (Songwriter, Producer, Musician).
Background information
Origin	New Jersey U.S.
Genres	Pop, Rock, Indie, singer-songwriter
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, record producer, audio engineer, Musician
Instruments	Guitar
Associated acts	Lana Del Rey, Jason Mraz, Alberta Cross, Grace Potter, Stephen Kellogg

Mike Daly is an American producer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist. Daly attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, graduating in 1994. Daly first came to prominence as the Whiskeytown resident multi-instrumentalist / co-writer. He wrote or co-wrote many of the songs on the Pneumonia album and has contributed to all of Caitlin Cary's solo releases.

Daly has gone on to have a successful career as a studio musician, song-writer, and producer. He's worked with many artists in a range of different genres including Jason Mraz, Lana Del Rey, Imagine Dragons, Young the Giant, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Plain White T's, and Jimmy Barnes.

Daly has spoken as a panelist at the South by Southwest Festival, and appeared on numerous television programs including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Good Morning America, Regis and Kelly. He's also performed live at Austin City Limits.

In 2008 Daly wrote his first book, entitled Time Flies When You're In A Coma: The Wisdom Of The Metal Gods, a book which the publisher describes as a collection of "Zen Questions, Daily Affirmations, Meditations, and Words of Wisdom" based on Heavy metal songs. It was released on October 28, 2008.

Daly is currently Executive Director of A&R and Music Publishing at Disney Music Group (Hollywood Records, Buena Vista Records and Disney Music Publishing).