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Nate Sparks

About Me

Nate Sparks is a Virginia native currently living in a small town with his wife and two children. Since starting his music career at the age of 6, Nate has been writing and playing all types of music. Nate has worked as a studio engineer, session musician, jingle writer, producer, band captain, and live performer for over 25 years. For almost ten years, he played keyboards and sang in various productions at Busch Gardens theme park in Williamsburg, Virginia.Nate left the entertainment industry almost 12 years ago to complete his education and pursue a career working with children with disabilities. Nate has obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, a Master's Degree in Special Education and holds a Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership. Nate works as an education coordinator for students with disabilities.Nate began writing songs when he was about 7 years old and his music has been published and performed in radio and television commercials, as well as corporate videos. His music has been recorded and performed by other artists and Nate has a current writing catalogue of over 200 songs. Nate plays keyboards, guitar, drums, and bass; as well as singing and engineering all of his music. His debut CD (From Where I Stand) was released in Dec. 2005 and tracks from the CD went as high as number 1 on individual station playlisting around the world. Nate's newest CD, Carry On was released in January 2009 with tracks in rotation in Canada, England, Ireland, Denmark, Japan, Australia, and indie and small market stations across the United States. !


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Member Since: 6/16/2007
Band Website: www.natesparks.com
Band Members: Vocals and Acoustic Guitar: Nate Sparks Acoustic and Electric Guitars: Tom Wade Keyboards: Thom King Bass: Gary Combs Drums: John Smith The Pamunkey River Ramblers!



Hey All...help us out on this month's Our Stage Country Contest and click the link below to vote for Carry On in this month's head to heads! Thanks and WE love you ALL!!
Influences: I like to think my major influences have just been life! Honestly...raising a 16 year old boy at the same time as raising an 8 year old daughter, holding down a "regular" job and performing and recording music...heck...I have something new to write about every six seconds!!
Sounds Like: George Jones, Johnny Cash, OLD SCHOOL!
Record Label: Capitol Management - Nashville
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

It Takes A Fire Music Video UPDATE

Hey All,    I know you guys have been way to patient with waiting to see the new animated video for It Takes A Fire.  I appreciate all the e-mails and can tell you the wait is almost over!!!  We are c...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:36:00 GMT

Dont Play Music Lotteries!!

Ok, so I need to rant and rave a bit today, forgive me!!  A friend of mine is a member of a community online that allows you, as a musician, to pay a fee to the community and then create an Elect...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:36:00 GMT