Michael "Raine" Maida
(born February 18, 1970) is a Canadian-born singer and songwriter, best known as being the vocalist and co-founder of the rock band Our Lady Peace.
Throughout the band's history, Maida has written most of the band's songs, and in the band's early years often wrote cryptic, poetry-influenced lyrics. He also self-produced the band's seventh studio album, Burn Burn
. [1] In 2007, Maida released his first solo album, titled The Hunters Lullaby
.
He has been married to Canadian singer Chantal Kreviazuk since 1999, and they have three sons: Rowan, Lucca and Sal.
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Early life
Maida's parents split up when he was very young. Prior to pursuing a musical career, Maida studied
criminology at the
University of Toronto, and prior to that attended
Ridley College in
St. Catharines.
Career
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 seven albums with Our Lady Peace, plus a
live album and
a greatest hits collection.
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Solo 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.
[2]
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 , , and .
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 produced and played the guitar.
[3] 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" with Pink but the song ended up on
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".
Most recently, they co-wrote the song "Permanent" for American Idol winner
David Cook. Maida also collaborated with Cook on the songs "Heroes," "Mr. Sensitive," and "I Did It For You," on the self titled album,
David Cook.
He also been co-writing with the
pop punk band
Hawk Nelson for the 2008 released album
Hawk Nelson Is My Friend.
Maida has co-writes on numerous forthcoming releases this year including Alternative rock bands Green River Ordinance,Mariana's Trench and Toronto based
Die Mannequin.
Maida has produced Our Lady Peace's seventh studio album titled Burn Burn that was released on July 21, 2009.
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
Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies
from
Neverending White Lights.
Maida received special thanks on
People in Planes album
Beyond The Horizon
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 having traveled and filmed documentaries in Iraq, Darfur, and Ethiopia. Maida produced a
War Child Canada benefit album entitled
Help: A Day in the Life
. 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.
Personal life
He married
Winnipeg, Manitoba singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk in December, 1999. On
January 16 2004 their first son, Rowan Michael Maida, was born. Their second son, Lucca Jon, was born on
June 3 2005. Third son, Salvador 'Sal' Daniel, was born on
June 28 2008.
[4]
Discography
Solo
- 2006: Love Hope Hero EP
- 2007: The Hunter's Lullaby
Our Lady Peace
- 1995: Naveed
- 1997: Clumsy
- 1999: Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch
- 2001: Spiritual Machines
- 2002: Gravity
- 2003: Live
- 2005: Healthy in Paranoid Times
- 2006: A Decade
- 2009: Burn Burn
Singles
- "Lebo's River" (with Chantal Kreviazuk, Lebo Kgasapane, and Archie Khambula) from Help: A Day in the Life
.
- "Yellow Brick Road" premiere single from The Hunters Lullaby
References and notes