Michelle Lockey

Michelle is a multi-award winning recording artist and performing singer- songwriter/producer from Maryland. She is also a three-time Washington Area Music Award Nominee. Michelle’s CD, More to Life, was released in September 2014. This is her fourth LP release. She also has six single releases including two singles released by Black Toast Records. (All Music available on ITunes) She performs solos as well as with one of her Duo Groups Michelle Michelle (www.michellemichelleband.com), at venues such as Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club, Signature Theatre, wineries, restaurants, and in Concert series such as Focus Music and Stone Room Concerts, Festivals at Leesburg Flower & Garden Show, Main Street Music Fest, First Saturdays and more.

One of her most notable accomplishments is winning the Grand Prize in the Folk category of the 2014 John Lennon Song Contest for her song, “Your Footprints” written with fellow songwriter Paul Otten. Michelle was also a semi-finalist in the 2014 International Song Contest, a Silver Winner in the 2012 Songwriter’s Association of Washington contest and her International duo group, Blu Cedar, was a semi-finalist in the 2015 the Unsigned Only contest.

Michelle is also a prolific songwriter for Film & TV. Michelle has many Film & TV placements and has become well respected and recognized in the industry. Her biggest Film & TV placements to date include the use of her Cloud Anthem Song “A Million Moons” on Amazon Prime Video’s Good Girls Revolt, Her Blu Cedar Track “Open Wide” on Hulu’s “The Path”, “Dogs Bark & Cats Hiss” as the theme song for the MAVTV show Gear Heads, “Devour Me” was used in a prime spot in the show Reign, her song “You’re My Sweet Sweet Home” used for a prime placement in ABC Family’s The Fosters Season II premiere, "You & My Happy Heart" (written with Paul Otten) was used in a song feature in USA's show Benched and “Unburden Me” with Paul Otten was in a featured spot in Longmire. Michelle also owns and operates Licensing Songs Academy to teach others how to write songs and licensing them for Film & TV. She has also been hired as a speaker at Prince George’s Community College Media and Arts Conference & a Songwriting Group in New York. Writing Music for Film & TV is an area that Michelle excels at and she will continue to focus and succeed in this area.

Michelle’s music and Indie/Alternative Folk sound is influenced by Ingrid Michaelson, Sheryl Crow, Tristan Prettyman, Meiko, Birdy, The Lumineers, The Head & The Heart, Warpaint, Florence and the Machine, Hope Sandoval, London Grammar, The XX, Daughter, The Civil Wars, Colbie Caillat, and Oh Honey.