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"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

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Member Since: 13/10/2005
Band Website: www.nathanbeaver.com
Record Label: Red Eye Gravy Records
Type of Label: Indie

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UNIVERSAL YOU Available For Online Purchase MONDAY, APRIL 5

Okay, here's the deal.Universal You has an official media release date of June 1, but that doesn't mean you'll have to wait two more months to get your hands on it! We'd like to give those of you who ...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:33:00 GMT

You kiss you mother with that brain?

Not everything is about sex, people.The naughtiest of you have suggested that "Your Next Move" is nothing more than a gratuitous account of sexual yearning. And though I understand how lines like "I l...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:02:00 GMT

Patience

AS POSTED ON "'THE MAKING OF A RECORD' AND OTHER MISSIVES"www.nathanbeaver.comI began recording my current project, "Piecing Together the World," in 2005.Nearly four years, two studios, and one crashe...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:06:00 GMT

NATHAN BEAVER TONIGHT at Smiths Olde Bar

Hosted By: Nathan Beaver When: Friday Dec 14, 2007 at 10:30 PMWhere: The Atlanta Room at Smith's Olde BarATLANTA, GA 30324United StatesDescription:Nathan Beaver Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:44:00 GMT

Thank you Mr. Salinger

"A great variety of rumors, of course, run high and wide about the extraordinarily, the sensationally creative artist- and I'm alluding exclusively, here, to painters and poets... One of these rumors-...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:09:00 GMT

OPEN MIC MADNESS 2006: CALLING ALL FANS

I'll try to keep this as short as possible: Last year around this time, I entered what I thought would be a little open mic contest at Smith's Olde Bar in midtown. Because I was so unfamiliar w...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 09:40:00 GMT

two new songs I think I like

"ask anyone" i'm not the smartest man you'll meet but i can fake it just ask anyone i know i can make good conversation with the wise man but that's as far as it will go it'...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 09:02:00 GMT

A good week

August 5, 2006 This week was a good week. Thanks to all those who came to either the Smith's show or the Eddie's show, and a special thanks to those who took the time to come to bot...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 07:29:00 GMT

This is where I am now

For reasons that are certain to one day come out in therapy, I have the tendency to go through stagnant periods of reclusive inactivity. During these periods, rather than scrambling to write a...
Posted by on Thu, 04 May 2006 14:10:00 GMT

Put a @.%*! shirt on

The more time I spend on Myspace, the more and more I am fascinated with the overwhelming number of guys who feel that it is okay to not only pose shirtless in front of the camera, but also to brandis...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 12:01:00 GMT