wrote a parody of Coldplay's Viva La Vida in homage to Stephen Fry called "Viva La Fry," and it garnered Fry's attention. Lombardo, along with his band, The Mike Lombardo Trio, opened for pop musician Ryan Cabrera on his US tour in Hamden, Connecticut on December 6, 2010. Lombardo's video "Mike Lombardo Smackdown," about Internet file sharing and piracy was awarded Video of the Year 2010 by the website MusicTechPolicy.com. Lombardo has collaborated with many artists, including Meghan Tonjes, on Sara Bareilles' song "King of Anything," which Bareilles watched and commented on. Another video, titled "Songwriting on the Floor: Rhyme (And Why Eminem Is Awesome)," was featured on CBSnews.com in May 2011. His cover of They Might Be Giants' song "My Man" was included on the "Mink Car Cover" project organized to raise money for the New York Fire Department, in honor of the 10-year anniversary of the release of They Might Be Giants' album Mink Car. This album featured work done by other artists such as Hank Green, Molly Lewis, MC Frontalot, and more. During the late summer of 2011, Lombardo toured with nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot as his keyboardist under the stage-name "56K." This tour saw Lombardo play live in front of the sold-out crowd at Penny Arcade Expo, in Seattle, Washington, sharing the main stage with other artists, such as Paul and Storm and Jonathan Coulton. In the fall of 2011, Lombardo opened a handful of shows for comedy duo, Paul and Storm. In October 2011, Lombardo traveled with MC Frontalot as the band's Front of House sound engineer. Discography The Fordham Sessions (2010) Songs for a New Day (2010) The Alchemist (2011) Alive in Philly (2011) – Live album recorded at Milkboy Coffee in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. See also Austin Jones References External links (Offline) 1988 births Songwriters from New York (state) American rock pianists American male pianists Berklee College of Music alumni American Internet celebrities Video bloggers Living people American people convicted of child pornography offenses 21st-century American pianists Male bloggers 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American criminals Prisoners and detainees of the United States federal government Criminals from New York (state) American male songwriters