Whiskey In My Veins (unfinished).mp3

Stand Me (official audio)

/ Watch the video: http://bit.ly/ward-youtube

/ Press

"Going off of the beaten path usually falls into a realm of beautiful scenarios, if that happens to be the case, then Ward’s song “Stand Me” would be the accompanying companion. Take a dip in this melodic, emotional endurance of nostalgia and unprecedented songwriting." - Musigator

"The good Ward just hits you...reminiscent of Richard Ashcroft, 'Stand Me' is a classic rock song with an outstanding vocal." - We Love That Sound

"Classic-sounding melancholy" - The Line of Best Fit

© 2018 Elk Road Music
/ Music and Lyrics by Ward - ward.band
/ Audio Produced & Mixed by T.Fasso and Ward
/ Drums & Drum Mix by John O'Reilly Jr. - www.boomcrashdrumtracks.com/
/ Publicity by Rebel Coast Media - rebelcoastmedia.com/

/ About the song and video, from Ward
"No one can tell you how to be an artist, because being an artist is being yourself. Anyone who says it's easy to be yourself is either lying or utterly blessed. It's incredibly hard to stay honest, positive and confident. I work every day, 15 hours a day, to make music my profession. I grasp. I fall. I fail. We all do. It takes a toll. I wrote this song because I am truly sorry for any time this journey has gotten between me an the one I love.

The accompanying video (youtu.be/j-ozE6tBL1U) was one shot and one take (just like life) on the Venice Pier at 5:25 am. If you watch beginning to end, you can actually see the light change as the sun rises throughout the 4 minute video. By the end, warm oranges have overtaken the blue greens. I wanted to shoot the video for this song in an infinite space, like wandering through a canvas. Miriam Wilson came up with the genius idea to film on the pier. It's a perfect visual for a journey, a path, born out of an infinite sea and driven toward an inevitable conclusion that we are sometimes afraid to pursue."

/ Lyrics 
How can you stand me,
When I just toss and turn?
When I stay up every night
just to try and make it work?

I'll break it down
I do it all the time babe
I'll tear it down
I do it all the time babe
So I'm asking

How you stand me,
and all my songs?
About the ways I still regret
all the things I wish I'd done

I'll tear it down, 
I do it all the time babe
I'll break it down,
I do it all the time babe
So I'm asking...

Love I can't save myself 
From drowning under water
And I can't find 
Another way to fill my bones

So how can you stand me?

/ Content 
audio (stand me #11 (john drums sample - 3).mp3)
video (Stand Me - Jun 11 -TT.mp4)

Stand Me

© 2018 Elk Road Music
/ Slowfast Press Release: http://bit.ly/PR-Slowfast

/ Music and Lyrics by Ward - http://ward.band
/ Camera by Warren DiFranco
/ Video Editing by Elk Road Music
/ Music Mixed by Elk Road Music
/ Produced by Geminicurlz
/ Completed on Ward's birthday, Nov 2 2018

/ Band
Bass - Chris Gongora
Guitar - Mauricio Munguia
Drums - Darren Edwards
Vocals, Guitar - Ward

/ Studio drums & drum mix for Slowfast by John O'Reilly Jr. 
http://www.boomcrashdrumtracks.com/

/ Lyrics
Father died now you can paint your face
Mother dies you can keep your place
However you want 

Some day you'll die and I'll die too
And someone else will do whatever they do
Wherever they want, 
Whenever they want

What kind of man agrees to this?
Take all his time and confidence?
Still his time is leaving so 
It's so so so slow but it
Goes so so so fast

Father died now you take his place
Mother dies you can keep your place
However you want 

Some day you'll die and I'll die too
And everyone else will do whatever they do
But everyone lost
Everyone lost

What kind of man agrees to this?
Take all his time and confidence?
Still love you say you’re so,
It feels so so so slow 
But it goes so so so fast

Don’t want you feeling bad
Don’t want you feeling bad

I'll be the way you were before
I'll be the son who wanted more
I don’t think now, I just go go go 
I don’t think now, I just go go go 
What now? If I go go go, would you ask?

What kind of man agrees to this?
Take all his time and confidence?
Still love you say you’re so,
It feels so so so slow 
But it goes so so so fast

Slowfast (Official Version)

© 2019 Elk Road Music
Music and Lyrics by Ward
Available on Spotify, Apple, everywhere March 15, 2019
Press inquiries — manager@ward.band

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/ Band
Chris Gongora - Bass
Ryan Dietzenbach - Drums
Mauricio Munguia - Guitar
Ward - Guitar, Vocals

/ Credits
Camera by David Rivera (drivenfilms.net)
Direction and Editing by Ward
Studio Drums by John O'Reilly
Production by @geminicurlz
Press Support by April McCarver

/Links
Website: http://ward.band 
Instagram: http://instagram.com/ward.band
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WARDmusic?s...
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ward_music/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Iqqy...
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ward.band/

/ Lyrics
I got, I got threaded
I got set in the wrong way
And now I’m light-headed
My god, I got shredded,
I been regretting the long day
Without my unleaded

Put another beat down
Get me lost in this crowd

Never been lower
Since I been sober
Never felt lower
Since I been down

Who’s not empathetic?
We all wanting to drown 
in a brown antiseptic
There I, there I said it
Now let’s get sunk in the junk
Till we're drunk and on credit

Drowning out the beat now
Getting lost in this crowd

Never been lower
Since I been sober
Never felt lower
Since I been down

No one ever breaks without a blurring of the juice
No one ever shakes without a stirring all the screws
No one ever tells what to be without your booze 
Living out all your life with all the things yougot to do

Never been lower
Since I been sober
Never felt lower
Since I been down

Never been lower
Since I been sober
Never felt lower
Since I been down 

Never felt slower
Since I been sober
Square and hungover
Since I been dry

Never been over 
Since I been sober
Never been floating
Since I hit ground 

Never felt older
Since I been sober
Watch it all smolder
Since I burnt down

Never been lower
Since I been sober
Never felt lower
Since I been down

/About
After quitting his executive job in New York City and leaving everything to move to Los Angeles and pursue a music career, Ward still struggles with the ambiguous and heartbreaking learning curve of the entertainment industry. 

“I arrived late to this music game and don’t know the rules”, Ward explains. “I felt an urgency to grow as quickly as possible. Doing what I could to keep my soul and mind healthy has ultimately been a positive, but it’s also been a downright bummer. I am happy about where I am, but never felt lower than I have some of these days.” 

Shot on 90º angles using fabricated sets at his house, studio and on the street in Culver City, CA, the images mirror Ward’s words and the sentiment of losing the ground beneath his feet. For Ward, mental health is a crucially important topic for artists and creators. 10% of all Ward’s net profits are always donated to National Alliance on Mental Illness (https://www.nami.org/) to support millions of Americans who face mental illness every day.

Sober

©2019 Elk Road Music
Out everywhere April 4
Music and Lyrics by Ward
Produced and mixed by The Elk
Drums by John O'Reilly Jr.

/ About
Love ruins what we had planned and makes a beautiful mess. "You’re like a fire to a home. You warm me up then you smoke me out. You dig me right down to the bone and cut out all of the snares I been drumming."

/ Lyrics

It all makes sense up in my head
But then my love I see you coming
You're like a needle to a thread
When I don't know where the blood has gone rushing 

You're like a spotlight to the stage
You stop to show me where I'm tripping up
I try to act like I don’t change
But you’re not buying my lies that sell nothing

You ruin me so good
You ruin me so good
In all the ways you should
In ways I never could
You ruin me so good 

All I draw is monochrome
You color me a thousand brilliant shades
I swore I knew the line to hold
But I can’t stand when your flood comes gushing

You’re like a fire to a home
You warm me up then you smoke me out
You dig me right down to the bone
And cut out all of the snares I been drumming 

You ruin me so good
You ruin me so good
In all the ways you should
In ways I never could
You ruin me so good 

Baby walk lightly
Baby don’t drop
With my lip drawn tightly
Baby don’t stop

You never gonna beg
You never gonna stop
Cuz you never really cared
about what everyone got 

You only want love
So cause and effect
Now I’m wrecked 
beside you

You ruin me so good
You ruin me so good
In all the ways you should
In ways I never could
You ruin me so good

You Ruin Me So Good

©2019 Elk Road Music
Video: https://youtu.be/QpNOz8qolfU 

/ Music and Lyrics by Ward: http://ward.band
/ Recorded Live and Mixed at Rev9 Recording Studios (@rev9recording)
/ Bass & Backup Vocals: Chris Gongora (@gongsgram)
/ Drums & Backup Vocals: Ryan Dietzenbach (@pd_drumming)
/ Guitar, Vocals: Ward
/ Backup vocals: Warren DiFranco (@warrendifranco)
/ Video Filming by Warren DiFranco
/ Video Edited by Chris Gongora

/ About 
This song was written in 2018 and was part of Ward's first live set in Mexico City. The video captured the tour and the band's recording of this track in one take live at the Rev9 Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA, between tour dates this Spring 2019. Ward caught a bit of a cold before the session. Thanks to photographer Warren DiFranco who jumped in on some backup vocals.

/ Links 
Website: http://ward.band 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WARDmusic?sub_confirmation=1
Instagram: http://instagram.com/ward.band
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ward_music/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5IqqyQ4GzDnhT6AUzyKbZy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ward.band/
Bandcamp: https://ward-band.bandcamp.com/
Contact: hi@ward.band

/ Lyrics 
I know you think it’s bold, to play this role
But all the things you run to, they go 
I know you think it’s love, cuz you let it roam
But it never took you home

I don’t think it’s alright to feel this way
No one round here holds you, 
they just know your face
So you only got one way to go

Whatever takes you home, 
Whatever brings you luck
Whatever gives you love, 
Love love love, baby love   

Whatever picks you up,
Whatever builds your soul
Whatever takes you home
Whatever takes you home

Never see from the front what’s right behind us
Hard to see from the left what’s right beside us
I don’t want to make mistakes 
but life is all about that

I don’t care what people say 
right now

Hey, hey love if you got
Love if you got a way,
Hey love, if you got a way
Hey love if you got

A way to be safe
Then you be loved, you be sane
You love, don’t explain
You need love and you get pain
OK, love need it all
Love it baby love it baby

Love it baby 
Don’t get angry 
All the pain you get
Don’t get crazy

Love
Don’t be angry love
But I have to say,
“With all you give
Are you loved?”
I cannot take 
All this bitter stuff

For long
I can’t stand you gone 
Always way too long
I hope you know you always safe with me 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
 
Whatever takes you home, 
Whatever brings you luck
Whatever gives you love, 
Love love love, baby love

Whatever picks you up, 
Whatever builds you soul 
Whatever takes you home

Whatever Takes You Home (Live at Rev9 Studios)

© 2019 Elk Road Music
/ Affordable full-service publicity, PR and marketing by Elk Road/Basecamp. Contact manager@ward.band for services. 

/ Video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0NOLTl5-bo
/ Camera by Warren DiFranco
/ Edited by Elk Road Music

/ Music and Lyrics by Ward - http://ward.band
/ Mixed by Jason Haag and Ward
/ Available on Spotify, Apple, and everywhere Oct 4, 2019

/ Band
Chris Gongora: Bass
Ryan Dietzenbach: Drums
Ward: Guitar, Vocals
Mauricio Munguia: Guitar

/ About
"Swimming" is the first single from Ward's new album, "Bring Me Low", focused on depression, mental health and the struggle that independent musicians face trying to find a meaningful place for their music today. 1 in 5 Americans(a) and 73% of independent musicians(b) worldwide live with mental illness. “Today’s music landscape makes it hard for artists to make ends meet. We struggle to stay healthy and positive,” Ward explains.” Ward explains. “I can’t think of a more important thing to sing about than this struggle I witness every day.” A percentage of all Ward's earnings support NAMI.org, a non-profit focused on providing help to millions of Americans who face mental illness every day.
(a) nami.org
(b) recordunion

/ Video Notes
Filmed by Warren DiFranco. Shot at Playa Del Rey on Friday, September 13, 2019 under the full moon. 

/ Links
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/5nn8IDLJDrawaPGyyjYNbQ
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ward/1367545261

/ Lyrics
I went swimming
In a world inside my mind
I, I went spinning
And I’m swirling out of time

I don’t what to say
Which way is Up? 
I don't know how to make this feeling stop
When you're gone

I don’t know how to really change my luck
Don’t got no key to break the lock 
When the flood rushes on

I don’t know what make of feeling 
stuck — I don’t got no way to toughen up
When you’re gone

I’m swimming
I’m swimming
I’m swimming
Under
Under the breaking waves
They won’t be breaking me

I went swimming
And the shore is out of sight
So why is it beginning
To blur between the lines?

I don’t know what make of feeling stuck
I don’t got no way to toughen up
When you’re gone

I don’t know what will make me feel enough
I don’t got no way to feel at  
All when the flood rushes on

I’m swimming
I’m swimming
I’m swimming
Under
Under the breaking waves
They won’t be 

I’ll get better
Pretty as ever 
Alone I learn to float

It's hard up there
To feel again
When it pours out from my throat 

We all have brittle and bad dreams
But I’m in the middle of stirring things
And I not giving up anything
In all the wars to come

I’m swimming
I’m swimming
I’m swimming
Under
Under the breaking waves
They won’t be breaking me
Under the breaking waves
They won’t be breaking me

I don’t know what make of feeling stuck
I don’t got no way to toughen up
When you’re gone

I don’t know how to say which way is up
I don't know how to make this feeling stop
When you’re gone

Swimming - Ward

Ward's new album, Bring Me Low is available everywhere May 15. 

Your download includes access to a special Instagram channel with ongoing updates to the album, additional video, photos, lyrics, and secret, exclusive, unreleased music.

Bring Me Low was originally released on Jan 1, 2020 at 12:00AM (UTC+14:00), and it is officially the first album released on Earth this decade, and now is released worldwide for streaming during May, which is global Mental Health Awareness Month. 

The music was written by Ward together with Ryan Dietzenbach, Chris Gongora and Mauricio Munguia. The songs in this album concern mental illness, depression and the lives of independent musicians. 73% of independent musicians and 1 in 5 Americans live with some form of mental illness. All proceeds from this album will be donated to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

From Ward: "This is the largest collection of songs we have put together in a long time. I set the release at the absolute beginning of the decade, as this album represents an inflection point for me with my music. First, a way to release a lot of songs and lyrics about my work to overcome my demons while trying to start my music career. As well, the album includes a mix of songs written by me, but also some written by all of us in the band. Now that this album is out, the band now has the blue sky to write our next album together from the start. That's very exciting to me as we enter a new decade."

Bring Me Low is available exclusively on Bandcamp for download with a donation. Your download includes access to a special Instagram channel with ongoing updates to the album, additional video, photos, lyrics, and secret, exclusive, unreleased music.
This album includes the following songs

Further From The Edge
All The Things I Want
Bring Me Low
Swimming
Leave It On
Stand Me 
Dirt
Whatever Takes You Home

The download also includes B-side outtakes from the band's recording sessions and additional singles:

Helter Skelter
I Can't Fake It
Unsettled Souls
Don't Be Scared
Ruin Me So Good
Sober
Wicked Game

credits
released January 1, 2020
All music by the band
Ryan Dietzenbach: Drums
Chris Gongora: Bass
Ward: Vocals, Guitar
Mauricio Munguia: Guitar
Photography by Warren DiFranco

All songs by Ward except Further From The Edge (Ward & Munguia), Leave It On (Ward, Gongora, Dietzenbach) and All The Things I Want (Ward, Gongora, Dietzenbach, Munguia)

All songs mixed by The Elk, except Swimming and Leave It On, mixed by Jason Haag and The Elk, and Whatever Takes You Home, recorded live in one take at the lovely Rev9 studio

Stand Me (Culver City Sessions)

Say hi on http://instagram.com/ward.band
Hear raw, unreleased music: http://bit.ly/get-ward-music
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SXSW and NAMM in 2020. In 2019, Ward has played 30+ shows, including Echo Park Rising (Los Angeles, CA), Mesa Music Festival (Mesa, AZ) and set to headline the LIFA Festival (Mexico City) this October along with a 2nd tour of Mexico. In 2018, Ward sold out a 150-person show in Mexico City and his song "Crush" was recognized as one of the top 100 songs of the year by Buzzbands.la. To date, his releases and videos have been streamed over 200k times, and earned praise from online music blogs such as Groundsounds, Line of Best Fit, Atwood Magazine, Buzzbands, Imperfect Fifth, Northern Transmissions and more.

Watch Ward live: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLYuVEZlEC9J-DapTnjM-P_yPC5wnPcUg

Press Kit: http://ward.band/press

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