"I need attention. I admit it," says singer-songwriter Nathan Beaver, admittedly. "I always have. Performing can fill that void, at least for an hour or two at a time. Songwriting fills a similar, less obvious void, though sometimes even creating a new one for each one it fills."
As the second son of a music minister and an accomplished vocalist/pianist, Nathan owes his love of music to his parents, whose passion helped him to develop a genuine appreciation for well-written, well-performed music of all kinds, not just the hymns he sang on Sundays growing up in suburban Atlanta. It wasn't until later as a high schooler in Nashville that he began to change the way he listened to music. "My older brother would send me album after album of songwriters such as Matthew Kahler, Shawn Mullins, and David Wilcox, artists who embraced the craftmanship of their songs as their strength. I began to realize that a song's ability to tell a story or articulate an emotion can be a very powerful thing; it can make you feel things you'd rather not feel and think about things you'd rather forget, all the while still compelling you to listen over and over again."
After high school, Nathan moved to Athens, Georgia, where he would eventually begin playing, writing, and performing after squandering a year and a half of formal education at the University of Georgia.
"If you round up, I'm a junior."
"My only regret," he says regrettably, "is not recognizing earlier that I had something to contribute. I feel like I got a late start; I wish I would have made an effort to begin playing and writing when I first began to appreciate songs for what they were. I imagine I would have had alot to say back then, maybe even more so than now."
Nathan's strength is in his live performances, during which his songs are delivered genuinely, passionately, and effectively. "I'm convinced that less is more" he says, convincingly. "Music at it's finest should be simple and sincere, a good song should be made up of the best words in the best order, and a show in which the performer truly believes what he or she is singing about should be a show worth seeing."
Nathan currently lives and works on a horse farm/bed and breakfast in Madison, Georgia.
-Johnny Wheelright
The Southeastern Songwriter's Syndicate
Nathan Beaver, How's it going? I just wanted to let you know that my debut CD "Like I'm Beautiful" is now available on iTunes, on sale for only $5.94 this week!
Hope that you enjoy and have a blessed day! Kelly Murray
I'm sorry I haven't been able to make any shows. Next time I hit Atlanta, I'll do my best to find you. I believe I owe you a beer or three. :) Hope you're doing well, KC
HEY! totally just checked my myspace for the first time in FOREVER! Love the new blog! and as far a Decatur goes I'm in and out. I saw your pops a while back and he told me I should go check up on you at work.... but I didn't want to get you in trouble haha. hope all is well! I'll check back more often now....
May 24th, Memorial Day at the Cheeks. Be there or be square! Ask Spencer for all of the details. hope to see you there. lots of live music so bring your guitar and that oh so sexy voice.
Still have that cd you mailed me! I added your link to my ranch pics. Hope all is well..maybe I can make it to ATL to hear you play soon, or on 2nd thoughts- you should schedule a show in Knoxville :)
nice, I like the design. simple & to the point. very yellow, but then I like yellow. Looking forward to hearing your new stuff with Will. I'm going to go to his house and steal it and leak it to the public before your release. Then I'll split the profits with you. Deal?
Yes, we should play again soon. Maybe we should do some sort of Writer's in the Round with You, me and Josh, but not Eliot; I just don't like him.
Nathan. I had the plague. And I'm also homeless. You know I would never hurt you on purpose. Don't be mad or I'll lie to you and tell you how unfunny you are.
Breaking news: I have an upper respiratory infection, but I shall still be there tomorrow. Just hold your breath when you're around me. Maybe I'll wear a mask.
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