BIO
I'm Nathan, I love writing, recording, and playing music. I think music is a language that everyone understands so I try to tell stories the best I can through my songs. I grew up in Nashville, TN, where I learned to play guitar. At the start of the 2020 pandemic, I had to go through cancer treatment. It was the toughest thing I've ever done, but now as a current Composition and Technology student at Auburn University, I am learning more and more everyday about the healing powers of music!
Work with Teen Cancer America
In 2020, I was diagnosed with leukemia. Through hospital connections, I learned about the non-profit, Teen Cancer America. After I learned the founders were none other than Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend from The Who, I immediately decided to reach out to them. I was soon connected with the Play It Back Program, where I met with producers, professional musicians and other cancer survivors on virtual meetings. Through this, I gained valuable songwriting and production experience. I was used this experience to release my first album, Hoop De Hoop. I'm really grateful for this resource as it has been a tremendous help for me during my treatment and for my long-term goals with music.
RESUME HIGHLIGHTS
2021 - present
Music Camp Counselor and Music Instructor
Employed as youth counselor and guitar instructor to regularly scheduled summer music instructional camps, Rock Camp Pro, Rock Camp, Rock Camp Junior, and Camp Kazoo. Student participants ranged in age from 3 to 17. Specific duties included serving as lead songwriter and small-group instructor. Served as group leader and presenter on specific instruments (guitar, ukulele, and percussion); assisted in the set-up and tear-down of all assembled instrumentation and microphone equipment used for week-ending camp wide performance event at Auburn University’s Peet Theater.
2021 - present
Private Guitar Lesson Instructor
Provided private, one-on-one lessons on both the acoustic and electric guitar to Auburn area high school students. Showcased a variety of playing styles based on the student’s musical interests and abilities. Developed lesson-material from both formal instructional material and customized music chart content. Instructions emphasized specific strategies and techniques in music theory.
August 2020 - present
Artist, Play It Back Music Program
Featured music artist with the Los Angeles-based non-profit, Teen Cancer America (see Artist Profile Page). Teen Cancer America’s music program uses music therapy as a principal tool in a highly structured recovery plan. The program provides artists with weekly online creative sessions with an LA-based recording producer. They collaborate to create fully produced songs which are compiled into digital recordings to be distributed online and manufactured into CD and vinyl LP recordings. To-date, Nathan has completed a total of (11) original and fully produced songs.
Awards & Honors
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National Honor Society, 2022
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Mu Alpha Theta, National Mathematics Honor Society, 2020
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Hands for Holly Kids with Cancer Got Talent Contest, 3rd place finalist, Feb. 2022
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Lake Martin Songwriters Festival, Songwriters Under 20 Contest, 4th place. Tallapoosa County, AL, July 2022