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About Me

I'm a Philadelphia local musician. It's what I do. I love this city and am quite privileged to play, sit-in, and write with some incredible local songwriters.
Bands, session work, and random sit-ins:
>David Janes
>Bill Mallonee
>Scott Silipigni
>Ben Arnold
>Hoots and Hellmouth
>Amos Lee
>Chris Kasper
>Adrien Reju
>Ross Bellenoit
>Laura Shay
>Shawn Moyer
>Milton and the Devils
>Johnny Miles
>Adams Wilson
>Julie Woodard
>Kyle Swartzwelder
GEAR LIST:
>1985 Martin 0002832 Shenandoah acoustic guitar
>2007 Epiphone Masterbilt DR-500 acoustic guitar
>1996 Daphne Blue Fender American Series 50th Anniversary Stratocaster
>1996 '52 re-issue Fender American Telecaster w: added 4-way switch, a custom Allpart FAT neck, custom Alnico Fatbody neck PU and the Alnico vintage voiced bridge PU
>Fender Limited Edition Tweed Blues Junior
>1965 Fender Bassman
>Mesa wide-body 1X12 3/4 back cabinet
>Roland Rd-300SX 88 key electric keyboard
>Black Covella Accordion (A.K.A. "Scandalous II")
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My Interests

Things that "turn me on":
Muted colors
Peet's Coffee
Steely Dan
HD-28

I'd like to meet:

Eric Clapton. Although I'm not sure what I'd say to him.

Music:

Counting Crows, Sting, Coldplay, Over The Rhine, Sixpence, Norah Jones, Jars of Clay, Jason Morant, Blue Merle, Ryan Adams, Duncan Sheik, John Mayer, Colin Hay, David Gray, Wilco, Jim O'Rourke, Willy Porter, Wallflowers, Bill Mallonee, Pedro The Lion, Damien Rice, Diana Krall, Death Cab for Cutie, The Killers, Iron & Wine, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Kathleen Edwards, Mindy Smith...

Movies:

Garden State, Eternal Sunshine, Six String Samurai, Anchor Man, Zoolander, The Fifth Element, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Event Horizon, The Pianist, The Shawshank Redemption, Memento, Jaws, Twelve Monkeys....to name a few random favorites!

Television:

HEROES, Bones, Simpsons, Family Guy, 24, Greys Anatomy, X-Files (wish it were still on), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Frasier, Cheers, Different Strokes....sorry, I watch a lot of old school TV!

Heroes:

Why do they call it Ovaline? The mug is round, the jar is round. They should call it "Round-tine"

My Blog

The move.

Too much, too long - collecting verses ownership. Lack of job - sucking. Stresses and rashes. Yikes. Friendships. Prolonging the inevitable. Selfishness. A wedding, a marriage, a "unity". Love and hat...
Posted by Nate Gonzalez on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:33:00 PST

Ode to 2007

Cheers to another year folks! And each time I get older, a familiar presences consistently re-appears carrying with it only one question: Do you have any regrets? Such a simple question, yet for someo...
Posted by Nate Gonzalez on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:13:00 PST

TRANSITIONING

In just a short few months I officially lose my job. Feels pretty weird actually. But in reality, I stopped working for this company years ago - they just haven't realized this yet - haha. What next, ...
Posted by Nate Gonzalez on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:06:00 PST

The Hermitage and the Coat Hanger

Nestled high above the Appalachian tree line, where the road joins with a curious fox and an abrupt gap - you'll know you have officially arrived. Where mystery and meditation join hand in h...
Posted by Nate Gonzalez on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:15:00 PST

music...argh!

To be in a band, a musician, to play out - I STILL struggle with this. Selling yourself to gain some shread of popularity feels absolutely disgusting to me. I feel like I should have double majored in...
Posted by Nate Gonzalez on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:41:00 PST

This Quest for Meaning

The Ideas of living, all the space left unused. My life, a predictable mess full of dreams and great insight. What am I to prove to an already convinced world? She's still there, right there with me. ...
Posted by Nate Gonzalez on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:57:00 PST