Lisa Nemzo
Marina del Rey, California, United States | SELF
Music
Press
She’s a songwriter of remarkable range, from stunning soul fervor to full-blown rock passion. She conjures up a universe of colors with her orchestral guitar parts, like Joni Mitchell playing with the Byrds. Released both on CD and in a special double-disc vinyl version, it’s an album that makes no promises it can’t keep; boasting a dimensional diversity of styles, it’s united by the singular passion of her singing. The great power pop of “This Time” opens, exploding like an anthemic hit single on a muscular groove and killer chorus. “Blue Around The Edges” is a country-rock bluesy romp that Mick Jagger could sink his teeth into. “Indigo” is a glorious ballad bolstered by painterly lyrics, a folk-jazz melody and a fluid bass-line. In “Hidden Message” comes a poignant earthbound quest to both find and fathom the divine within and without us, while “Bad Seed” flips that coin: it’s a gritty R&B proclamation fueled by commanding Chrissie Hynde-like take-no-prisoners vocals. “When It Comes To Love” is a soul rave-up perfect for Aerosmith, punctuated by stinging Claptonesque guitar lines by Bruce Michael Miller. A masterful work, this long-awaited tour de force was worth the wait. But here’s hoping the next one doesn’t take as long.
- American Songwriter Magazine (the craft of music) by Paul Zollow
Discography
CD’s/ VINYL & CASSETTES
Unlock My Heart Lisa Nemzo, Produced by Lisa Nemzo; Dream Wild Records, September 2009
LAWIM Best Of The Best SOIRÉE 2007-2008Season “Save Me Now”2008
Restless Soul Lisa Nemzo, Produced by Lisa Nemzo; Little Chicken Music, 2000
LAWIM Los Angeles Women in Music Compilation: Vol 1, #19“Restless Soul”, Indie Nation 1999
A Dream Come True Lopez Center Community and the Arts, Produced by Lisa Nemzo; LCM 1999
Captured Strangers in Paradise, Produced by Lisa Nemzo/ Ritambhara Albatross Records, CBS
Angel Lisa Nemzo, Produced by Christian de Walden,Metronome/Polygram Records, Germany
Out of Desire Lisa Nemzo, Produced by Lisa Nemzo,DerekNakamoto,PeterWhite; Met/Polygram
Tough Girls Can Be Pretty Lisa Nemzo, Produced by Henry Lewy -Tony Peluso; Metronome/Polygram Germany
One Lisa Nemzo, Produced by Lisa Nemzo; Little Chicken Music
SINGLES
Reach Lisa Nemzo “Unlock My Heart”, Dream Wild Records, USA 2009
I Don’t Wanna Fool With Love Lisa Nemzo “Angel” Metronome/Polygram, Germany
Sterilized Love Lisa Nemzo “Out of Desire” Metronome/Polygram, Germany
Out of Desire Lisa Nemzo “Out of Desire” Metronome/Polygram, Germany
Walking On Ice Lisa Nemzo “Out of Desire” Metronome/Polygram, Germany
Hard For a Girl Like Me Lisa Nemzo “Tough Girls Can Be Pretty” Metronome/Polygram, Germany
Staying With It Lisa Nemzo duet with Firefall “Clouds Across The Sun” Atlantic Records, NYC, NY
SOUNDTRACKS, VIDEO WEBISODES DVD’s
In Gratitude Composed music for DVD “Gratitude” Val Guin
Bear Down Documentary film featuring “Restless Soul” additional songs from Jewel and Melissa Etheridge, 2003
Karate Kid “Feel the Night” duet; Lisa Nemzo/Baxter Robertson; Brooks Arthur/ Bill Conti, producers
REACH “Reach” Video Produced by Ken Kinnear, 2009
SONGWRITING
Mi Angel Recorded by Marta Sanchez on Mi Mundo; Polygram/Spanish
Short Cut Recorded by Tanya Tucker on Here’s to Love and Greatest Hits
Hot Summer Nights Recorded by Harvey Mason “Stone Mason”, featuring Lisa Nemzo,Harvey Mason/Lee Ritenour; producers Alfa Records, Asia/Australia
AWARDS and RECOGNITION
REACH Video The lead single and video, “Reach,” won Best Environmental Music Video of 2009, from Green Screen Environmental Film Festival & Salon.
Hidden Message Winning song for Vision and Imagination Call to Arts! Creative Line Magazine, 2003
Restless Soul Entered in Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage 2001; Lisa Nemzo, Fast Folk Musical Magazine (Vol. 7, No. 8), Los Angeles, 1993
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Bio
Lisa Nemzo is the real deal. No agendas, rocked right out of the box and into your soul.
Nemzo is in the vanguard of female artists who not only sing and write songs, but are also masters of their instrument. Lisa’s been compared to Paula Cole, Heart, Melissa Etheridge, Sarah McLaughlin and Howie Day. Her clear sultry vocals & driving hypnotic guitar style will leave you mesmerized.
Nemzo's known for her show stopping, over-the-neck harmonic 12-string guitar solos.
Raw emotion drives her guitar grooves, haunting melodies and poignant lyrics. Each song takes you on a journey into the depths and heights of love, life and experiences we’ve all been through but often don’t talk about.
Over four years in the making, “Unlock My Heart” was culled from over 350 songs written by Nemzo. The album is a renaissance of romantic edged tunes with catchy melodies and infectious riffs. It is a 16-course, multi-layered musical journey that lures you in, then captures you and compels you to listen over and over.
Highly regarded by her fellow musicians, Lisa’s been a well-kept secret to many American audiences. Three records released in Germany, on Metronome/Polygram, the Netherlands, Japan, and Australia, kept her on tour, making videos, and thrilling fans all over the world. Her songs have been featured on video and European television. Three independent CD releases demonstrate Lisa’s versatile songwriting in styles of soulful electro-acoustic rock and pop.
Her catalog of charted songs includes: “Walking on Ice,” “Hard For a Girl Like Me,” “I Don’t Wanna’ Fool With Love,” “Hot Summer Nights”—a hit song for Harvey Mason and Lee Ritenour’s “Stone Mason”—and “Short Cut, ” a single on “Here's to Love” and “Greatest Hits” by Tanya Tucker. Lisa Nemzo has also toured with Bonnie Raitt, Heart, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Christopher Cross, Hall and Oates and many other artists.
A consummate professional, Nemzo produced and arranged this body of work, sang and played guitars and keyboards. “Unlock My Heart” demonstrates Lisa’s depth and power and live show energy, with a band of wicked hot musicians from LA and Nashville. Bass: Dave Pomeroy (Elton John, Tricia Yearwood); Electric Guitar: Michael Durham (Dave Matthews) and Bruce Michael Miller; Keyboards: Catherine Styron Marx; Percussion: Debra Dobkin (Shawn Colvin, Richard Thompson); Drums: Billy Thomas (Vince Gill, Little River Band). Final track, #16, “Bad Seed,” a tragic saga of an American family gone wrong, features Karl Werne on lead guitar, lightning out of a bottle, from Big Wide Grin.
Lisa’s lead-off single and video “Reach”won Best Environmental Music Video of 2009, from Green Screen Environmental Film Festival and Salon. Nemzo’s music is making its way to Internet radio and a summer/fall tour. The “Reach“ video, inspires hope, community, and making the world a better place, and was produced by former Heart manager Ken Kinnear.
“Unlock My Heart” is available on CD and a special edition two-record set on vinyl, autographed and numbered; set one in Cherry Red and set two in Popsicle Orange.
For more, please visit: htpp://www.lisanemzo.com
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