LORI NICELY MUSIC

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lori Nicely is a Washington DC area based composer, pianist, arranger, songwriter, and producer whose versatile, smooth, lush, upbeat, and lyrical piano, instrumental, and VOCALS music ("Reach into My Heart" feat. SELINA ALBRIGHT & ABE LAMARCA - now at 14 WEEKS in Top 100) offers a unique experience and escape. Lori's music has been on Top 10 market commercial radio including ADULT CONTEMPORARY / SMOOTH AC / SMOOTH JAZZ, has charted TOP 40/TOP 100 ("Faithfully LaDonna" - original music tribute to DONNA SUMMER ft. Billboard saxophonist Justin Young, with smooth vocals from Rachel Oliver-Cobbin, Hot AC drummer Mike Reid (Beyonce, Rihanna), and Vernon Prout (Lizzo, Tamar Braxton) on bass. Top 100 MEDIABASE Smooth AC, Top 40/Top 100 Smooth Jazz Network, Top 10 Radio Airplay Experts) and "Somebody" (2023 - Top 100 Smooth Jazz Network), has been on TV, and used in TV / media awards shows (The Gracie Awards in New York), and in the Peabody Award winning "American Presidents: Life Portraits" series.  Her “Best Climate Change” music video got the attention of WaterBear Network, the “Netflix” for environmental videos, who have added her as a composer for potential future projects.                                                            

Originally from Virginia, Lori is a natural and developed an ear for quickly recognizing melodies at a very young age (4-5). She combined an innate ability to hone in on melodies with teaching herself piano at age 9, to be able to play completely by ear.  She began composing around age 12.  She was formally trained in trumpet at age 12 and performed jazz, concert, and pop/rock music through high school (Alleghany) and college (Radford), playing in concert, jazz, pep, and symphonic bands, and even played in a backup horn section for a local rock band. Throughout high school and college, she was hired frequently to play piano because she could play the latest hits, not needing sheet music, and did her own arrangements. She also played piano at churches, pageants, weddings, and other local events. Lori also plays guitar.

As Lori started to record her music professionally, she realized her true passion is composing music, songwriting, engaging with and

showcasing other top talent, and recording. 

Lori’s music has been compared to pop icon “Hit Man” David Foster, for her strong melodies, lyrical piano, and smooth instrumentation, but modern - for the 21st century. Like Foster, Lori creates and produces fantastic songs, performs piano/keyboards, and brings in other top performers that she hand picks. She worked directly with Foster’s sax player for movie soundtracks and pop hits, David Boruff, who was a featured soloists on several of her earlier tracks, among them “Our Secret” and “When You Are Here”. Lori’s music crosses several genres, ages, and demographics, appealing to audiences in Smooth jazz, pop, contemporary piano instrumental, and film soundtrack.

ABOUT LATEST SINGLE: Lori’s newest radio single “Reach Into My Heart” (2024), made 6 Top 100 charts, and hit 14 WEEKS on the SmoothJazz Network Top 100, 14 WEEKS on Smoothjazz.com Top 10 Listener & Top 40 Radar chart! For her PREMIERE vocals single, Lori features powerhouse vocalists / Billboard artists, SELINA ALBRIGHT and ABE LAMARCA, with acclaimed saxophonist ERIC KNIGHT. “I could actually hear (in my head) both Selina and Abe singing on the track before they ever recorded it. I knew their voices would go together beautifully and they would make the song what it is”, Lori recalls. “There were even a couple of phrases that Abe LaMarca sang EXACTLY as I had heard it in my head. It’s an amazing ability to be able to ‘hear’ something before it has been spoken, sung, or played. That ability helped me immensely on this project”. 

 Lori's music videos, available on her YouTube Channel "Lori Nicely Official", are "mini movies" about modern life, relationships, and love, supported by her uniquely smooth and moving soundtracks. Her music and videos "tell a story without words" and cross several genres, ages, and demographics, appealing to audiences in pop, Smooth Jazz, contemporary piano instrumental, and film soundtrack. Lori aims to have a broad reach with her music: "No matter who you are, where you are from, there is something for you to enjoy. There is something to capture your emotions, something you can relate to".   

Lori continues to create strong melodies and looks to engage top performers in Smooth Jazz and pop.  

"Reach into My Heart" feat Selina Albright and Abe LaMarca available at online music stores!

Listen for "Reach into My Heart" on Smooth Jazz radio stations throughout the United States and around the world and/or contact your favorite Smooth AC radio station to request it. Music videos on Lori's YouTube channel: 

Lori Nicely Official

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