Editing Nick Valensi (section)

===Other projects===
While much of his career has been focused on playing and writing for The Strokes and CRX, Valensi has also contributed as a session musician and songwriter to some of his contemporaries. One of his first notable credits was playing guitar for [[Regina Spektor]]'s song "[[Better (Regina Spektor song)|Better]]," which was released on her 2006 album ''[[Begin to Hope]]'' and also published as a single in a slightly different version on which the guitar parts are rearranged.

He has collaborated with artists [[Devendra Banhart]], The Stroke's Moretti, and [[Sia]] on multiple occasions. Nick Valensi sang backing vocals and played guitar for Devendra Banhart's song "Shabop Shalom" on the 2007 album ''[[Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1049836/banhart-rocks-with-valensi-robinson-on-new-cd|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905185257/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1049836/banhart-rocks-with-valensi-robinson-on-new-cd|url-status=dead|title=Banhart Rocks With Valensi, Robinson On New CD|archivedate=September 5, 2014|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> Furthermore, he contributed backing vocals on the self-titled debut album of his bandmate [[Fab Moretti]]'s band, [[Little Joy]]. He appears in the video for "No One's Better Sake" by Little Joy as drummer. He also appears in the video for "Adam & Steve," a song by [[Devendra Banhart]] and Moretti's side project [[Megapuss]].<ref>{{cite web|date=2008-11-05|title="Adam & Steve" on Youtube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7yERTHz44I |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/v7yERTHz44I |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|access-date=2011-12-08|publisher=Youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

He plays guitar on Sia's album 2010 ''[[We Are Born]]'' and has also written several hooks and melodies on it. Sia has also stated that she and Valensi are planning to write songs together for other artists. He also co-wrote the track "Hostage" on Sia's 2014 album ''[[1000 Forms of Fear]]''. Other credits include co-writing with [[Brody Dalle]] in 2014, [[Kate Pierson]] for her 2015 album ''[[Guitars and Microphones]],''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thestrokesnews.com/nick-valensi-collaborated-with-b-52s-kate-pierson/ |title=Nick Valensi collaborated with B-52's Kate Pierson |access-date=2015-05-31 |archive-date=2015-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316235020/http://thestrokesnews.com/nick-valensi-collaborated-with-b-52s-kate-pierson/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1729628/kate-pierson-bottoms-u-feat-nick-valensi/mp3s/|title = Kate Pierson – "Bottoms Up" (Feat. Nick Valensi)|date = 16 January 2015}}</ref> [[Kesha]], and again with Sia for the 2017 [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] track, "Best Day Ever."