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  • Genre: Rock

    Location Summerside, CA

    Profile Views: 41264

    Last Login: 12/20/2011

    Member Since 1/5/2006

    Website www.nathanwiley.com

    Record Label Sonic Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. Hailing from the Maritime town of Summerside, PE, Nathan Wiley first earned acclaim for his 2002 debut ....Bottom Dollar...., picking up an East Coast Music Award (ECMA) for ..Alternative Album of the Year.. in the process. He made good on the promise of that release with the ECMA-winning follow up ....High Low.... two years later. His blend of classic sounds with a modern, slightly world weary perspective struck a chord with listeners, as songs full of subtle melodies and lyrics addressing those unquenchable yearnings inside all of us wormed their way into their ears. .. Now on ....The City Destroyed Me...., Wiley’s two-sided persona of small-town-boy-meets-big-city-desire-and-despair grows a few more sizes, painted in the extreme colours of the title track, the peep show pitch of “Sick Side” and back alley funk of “Needle in the Groove”. They’re all part of the jigsaw piece pile of material Wiley had amassed since High Low. “I sent Steve 40 or 50 songs, and kind of let him decide what kind of direction we should go in, what kind of record we should make together,” says Wiley. “His lists started coming back, concentrating more on the darker material, so that’s the direction we went in. .. “For whatever reason, he leaned more towards the shadowy side. I was surprised by some of the choices, but once I started to see the songs from his perspective, I could tell he had a real interesting idea of a record in his mind.” Berlin is no stranger to dark and weird. From his early days in the L.A. punk scene through his ongoing career as sax and keyboard player for acclaimed Latino band Los Lobos and the cinematic sound of the instrumental combo Tuatara, Berlin has been involved in music grounded in integrity, but with an eye on the edge. .. And as a producer, he’s helmed projects by iconoclastic groups ranging from Faith No More to the Tragically Hip, and singer-songwriters like Rickie Lee Jones, John Wesley Harding and Michelle Shocked. Clearly, Wiley was in good hands as the pair took over Halifax’s The Sonic Temple recording studio for a few weeks in the fall of 2006. .. “It was a really unique songwriter’s sensibility,” says Berlin of his first reaction to Wiley’s demos, “and I heard a lot of possibilities, most of which we were able to explore. I heard a bit of dub in some of the stuff, and we kind of went after that a little bit. I had an idea for a really different kind of record. And I think it actually turned out to be all that and more. A lot of people I work with tend to have a really defined palette by the time I get to work with them. People seem to find a groove they’re happy in and stay there, but I like to go exploring. Right from the first, Nathan and I both had this idea that we would just go exploring and anything was fair game.” .. Unlike some name producers who merely graft a commercially proven sound onto an artist's material, Berlin took Wiley's songs for a drive around the block to see what fit them best. To add the sonic frosting to Wiley's bittersweet concoction, Berlin suggested Vancouver mixing whiz Mike Fraser, whose hard rock resume includes acts like Mötley Crüe, Metallica and AC/DC. Perhaps those aren't acts you'd associate with a soft-spoken Islander with the glint of sin in his eyes, but Fraser fell in love with the songs and was firmly on the side of giving them some extra teeth at the west coast capital's Warehouse Studio. .. See features, news and more at www.nathanwiley.com. .. ..Nathan Wiley - North American Dream...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Add to My Profile..
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  • Andre

    Nathan. What's up? Just thinking it's about time for a new album and really wanting you to come to Oregon for a show (or really anywhere on the West Coast).

    1 year ago
  • YUCA

    Hey whats up, hows your day so far? So do you have a Favorite YUCA song yet???


    Yuca






    1 year ago
  • The Cunningham Sisters

    Thanks Nathan :)...enjoy our 1st EP

    SUPERMAN
    K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
    SHOES
    SEASONS OF LOVE
    GOD HAS SMILED ON ME

    Enjoy♥
    Nataiah Natalie Natashia

    1 year ago
  • Joshua kilbride

    Hey man, here's a video of my old band doing one of my tunes at the 2008 Roots & Folk festival in Summerside. Do you know if they still do that annually? Hope you like.
    Helpless & Foolish

    1 year ago
  • Joshua kilbride

    Hey Nathan, how's it going? I'm loving the new song "Standing Still", i'm looking forward to the new album.

    1 year ago
  • Jean Claude

    Bonjour, Merci infiniment de m’avoir accepté parmi vos amis !
    Je vous laisse découvrir mon univers. Je vous souhaite une bonne écoute.
    A très vite de vous lire.
    Amicalement.
    Janco

    2 years ago
  • Stonebridge Guitars

    Thanks for signing on as a friend! All the best from Stonebridge Guitars

    2 years ago
  • Hannah Speirs





    Hey Guys,







    I just finished an EP and would love your feedback !






    I've had my music up at Myspace now for a month  and could use the support.






    Could you take a moment and let me know what you think ?













    Thanks so much !













    HS:)

    2 years ago
  • brothers of brazil

     

    Obrigado por adicionar!

    Thanks for the add!

     

    Brothers of Brazil

    2 years ago
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Bio:

.. Hailing from the Maritime town of Summerside, PE, Nathan Wiley first earned acclaim for his 2002 debut Bottom Dollar, picking up an East Coast Music Award (ECMA) for Alternative Album of the Year in the process. He made good on the promise of that release with the ECMA-winning follow up High Low two years later. His blend of classic sounds with a modern, slightly world weary perspective struck a chord with listeners, as songs full of subtle melodies and lyrics addressing those unquenchable yearnings inside all of us wormed their way into their ears.

Now on The City Destroyed Me, Wiley’s two-sided persona of small-town-boy-meets-big-city-desire-and-despair grows a few more sizes, painted in the extreme colours of the title track, the peep show pitch of “Sick Side” and back alley funk of “Needle in the Groove”. They’re all part of the jigsaw piece pile of material Wiley had amassed since High Low. “I sent Steve 40 or 50 songs, and kind of let him decide what kind of direction we should go in, what kind of record we should make together,” says Wiley. “His lists started coming back, concentrating more on the darker material, so that’s the direction we went in.

“For whatever reason, he leaned more towards the shadowy side. I was surprised by some of the choices, but once I started to see the songs from his perspective, I could tell he had a real interesting idea of a record in his mind.” Berlin is no stranger to dark and weird. From his early days in the L.A. punk scene through his ongoing career as sax and keyboard player for acclaimed Latino band Los Lobos and the cinematic sound of the instrumental combo Tuatara, Berlin has been involved in music grounded in integrity, but with an eye on the edge.

And as a producer, he’s helmed projects by iconoclastic groups ranging from Faith No More to the Tragically Hip, and singer-songwriters like Rickie Lee Jones, John Wesley Harding and Michelle Shocked. Clearly, Wiley was in good hands as the pair took over Halifax’s The Sonic Temple recording studio for a few weeks in the fall of 2006.

“It was a really unique songwriter’s sensibility,” says Berlin of his first reaction to Wiley’s demos, “and I heard a lot of possibilities, most of which we were able to explore. I heard a bit of dub in some of the stuff, and we kind of went after that a little bit. I had an idea for a really different kind of record. And I think it actually turned out to be all that and more. A lot of people I work with tend to have a really defined palette by the time I get to work with them. People seem to find a groove they’re happy in and stay there, but I like to go exploring. Right from the first, Nathan and I both had this idea that we would just go exploring and anything was fair game.”

Unlike some name producers who merely graft a commercially proven sound onto an artist's material, Berlin took Wiley's songs for a drive around the block to see what fit them best. To add the sonic frosting to Wiley's bittersweet concoction, Berlin suggested Vancouver mixing whiz Mike Fraser, whose hard rock resume includes acts like Mötley Crüe, Metallica and AC/DC. Perhaps those aren't acts you'd associate with a soft-spoken Islander with the glint of sin in his eyes, but Fraser fell in love with the songs and was firmly on the side of giving them some extra teeth at the west coast capital's Warehouse Studio.

See features, news and more at www.nathanwiley.com.

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