Well, I began writing music in Holsby Brunn, Sweden in May of 2006. I could play acoustic, bass, and drums, but I could never play piano. Both my brothers were very good at piano, but my coordination wasn't very good. After being there for a month I sat down at the piano in the chapel and learned how to play "Boston" by Augustana by ear. After that I wrote "Amy Said No", "Dream Tonight" and "I Choose You" all within a month. I had no idea what chords I was playing; I just thought it sounded good. I could hear a scale, but couldn't tell you what it was that I was playing. Writing continued once I came back home, but not nearly as fast as in Sweden. In January of 2007 Eric Thielen of Simple Studios (Number One Fan "Compromises", Silent Point "We Were Lions"...) called me up and wanted to get dinner to talk about some things he'd been feeling. I had worked a little bit with Eric in September of '06 with Life! Promotions. Through an amazing opportunity brought by Eric, we decided to begin working on recording some of my songs. I was honored to bring friends into the studio to record the songs, including Dan Beck (formerly of Ivory), Jon Fries (Number One Fan, The Wildbirds), Mike Zieman (Number One Fan, The Wildbirds), and Jairo Mazariegos to name a few. Everything was very chill with scheduling getting up to the studio. So it took a long time, but it was worth it. We finished "The Allison EP" in July of 2007.
One belief I always had was that I never wanted to play a show until there was a solid sound that we could bring to the people who came. So we didn't play a show till the end of September. Soon after the first show several of the guys playing with me decided that playing this music wasn't the best place for them at this time. Since then it's been Mike Zieman on bass and me ..s and vocals. We've found that we do the best with a much mellower, low key sound. It works for what I want this music to be. To sum up exactly what I would want this music to be is simply something that allows people to open up and feel things that they usually wouldn’t. To simply open up a heart to feel pain or hurt that we usually numb out. When we sit and feel the pain, we grow like crazy into the people we were created to be. I want people to ask themselves questions that are hard to answer, because when we do, we grow. Mike and I will continue to play any venue that invites us, we wont constrain ourselves to any particular venue or crowd we want to meet. We will continue to write what comes to our hearts and if people see a fit for any of it, great, if not, oh well.
-nate
There is currently a search for two types of bands for record label consideration.
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1. A Pop/Rock/Commercial band with female lead. Band must consist of 2 guitars (Prefer both guitar players to be of lead caliber. However, one lead and one rhythm is acceptable), keyboard/piano, bass, and drums. Lead vocal, followed by backing vocals, in that order, is a plus as it relates to other members of the group. Average age of the band cannot exceed 28 years of age.
* Group must have an outstanding lead vocalist. ** Musicianship throughout the entire band must be very strong. *** Group cannot currently be under any contract of any type that is related to the music industry.
2. A Modern Rock band with male lead. Must be a complete band but there are no prerequisites as it relates to the make up of the band. Average age of the band cannot exceed 23 years of age.
* Group must have an outstanding lead vocalist. ** Musicianship throughout the entire band must be very strong. *** Group cannot currently be under any contract of any type that is related to the music industry.
XXX - If you meet the minimum qualifications as described above. Email a link for your MySpace Page and if applicable, a link for your website to: recordingartistsearch@gmail.com
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Thanks for the add Nate Lenz, I love your music btw!
If you get a chance, please take a listen to our first New Age release "Instrumental Piano Music" by Solo Piano Relaxing Music. We'd love to know what you think of it! WE have free downloads at our labels site for you to download.
awww nathan, dear nathan, i miss you soooo much!... and yes i love you too!.... man do we have way to much to catch up on we might need like hmmm 100 coffee dates to be on track..... well ill be home soon from hawaii and i will be sooo happy to see your face! your music is doing so well and your still amazing... muahhhhhhh from the island girl haha
Very NICE Nate! The song sounds fantastic, catch yah later. . .. I dropped some new mixes on my space, check 'em out. Drop me some feedback, ay. Peace-
Hey Nate, I like the new song a lot. It's great to hear you and Seth singing together. :-) Really enjoyed worshipping @ church this weekend as well. God bless & have a super week.
I'm doin' ok.. a lil stressed but I've been praying about it. And coffee sounds good, maybe during xmas break if ur not too busy. I think mine will be dec 17-jan 25. lmk wat works for u.
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