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Nate

nate morton - drummer

About Me

grew up mostly between Baltimore and Washington DC.first gig was my high school talent show with Akamilli, my first band.currently performing on CBS in the House Band on Mark Burnett's ROCKSTAR.. also played with: Vanessa Carlton, Javier Colon, Poe, Natalie Cole, BT, Mandy Moore, Chaka Khan, All 4 One, Missing Persons, Tommy Henriksen, Billie Myers, The Hippos.favorites to listen to: Rage Against the Machine, Fishbone, Jimmie’s Chicken Shack, 24-7 Spyz, Israel & New Breed, The Urge, Miles Davis, Kim Burrell.favorite movies: The Godfather, Boondock Saints, Deceiver, The Matrix, Swimming With Sharks, Mulholland Drive, The Iron Giant (no kidding).hobbies: Chess, movies, and cooking, with mixed results.quote: "Bottom line is, I hit things with sticks for a living, and that's a pretty fun job."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/28/2005
Band Website: n8drums.com
Influences: Grant Menefee, the first music instructor who actually encouraged me. Dave Sitek, leader of my high school rock band, currently in TV on the Radio. Irvin Madden, Baltimore bass player, who played with me even though i stunk. Animal from the muppets. Who doesn't appreciate the energy and emotion he brings to a track.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Buenos Aires, Argentina

NO COMPLAINTSWell... once again I'm writing from 6 miles in the sky on a flight back home. This time I'm returning to Los Angeles from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Is this really my life? Pretty much ...
Posted by Nate on Tue, 20 May 2008 03:08:00 PST

Kobe.... for the WIN!!!!.....

Enough has been written at this point about Jesse Money and her swift departure from the show. IMHO, the many of the performances were underwhelming, but someone had to be the first to go. It's too ...
Posted by Nate on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:34:00 PST

ROCK THE CRADLE

As I write this, I am sitting behind my drums on stage on the set of ROCK THE CRADLE. Today is day one in the new studio and the production company is mid-runthrough. It’s funny being back in ...
Posted by Nate on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:02:00 PST

NAMM, MTV and other initials

I'm a delinquent... I'm A delinquent, and I've been DELINQUENT in posting blogs... but what else is new? Problem is, I'm so behind in everything that when I sit down to write a long overdue blog, I ...
Posted by Nate on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:01:00 PST

GOODBYE ’07

It has, once again, been far too long since my last blog, but with time ticking away on the year, I have to get one more up... a sort of final chapter of 2007 if you will. My most recent travels saw...
Posted by Nate on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:54:00 PST

Bogota’s primary export

Prior to playing on ROCKSTAR, summer was usually the time of year that I saw my home the least. Typically, I would be performing on tour with an artist for the entire season. A 6 week run... an 8 we...
Posted by Nate on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:01:00 PST

TOP 10

Recently while chatting with friends, the conversation turned to the subject of who we each thought were "the top 10 biggest rock bands in history". It's fairly ridiculous from the start because nam...
Posted by Nate on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:15:00 PST

Just doin’ tha thang ya know.

Well, as usual, this is long overdue, but for all interested parties, here's the latest Nate update. It may come as no surprise that I'm again recording these thoughts from ohhh,.. about 33 thousand ...
Posted by Nate on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:34:00 PST

SINGAPORE DRUM FESTIVAL

Has anyone ever had this experience? You think you're pretty okay at something, like maybe Scrabble, because you're better than anyone else in your family. You can beat your neighbors, and random p...
Posted by Nate on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:42:00 PST

flying, rambling,.. going to trinidad.

I consider myself lucky to do what I do. At times I LIVE on airplanes and in and out of hotel rooms... admittedly I miss home ocassionally, and 6 am flights blow! -and there's the times you get to t...
Posted by Nate on Sat, 19 May 2007 01:30:00 PST