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Nate Hockman

About Me


A biography, an explanation, or even the songs I've uploaded on this space would never justify a concrete or accurate depiction of my music. I am a music lover. The hobby that has taken over my life produces a feeling words just cannot describe. My skills are far from being up to par and I'll probably never get to sit here and tell you otherwise. The one thing I am able to tell you is that the people around me can describe my music better than I can. I'm still experimenting with instruments and doing what I can to give my reality a soundtrack to listen to years down the line, while keeping my life interesting and productive. I'm fortunate enough to have the equipment to record my own music and that is really all I care about. I play all of my instruments and record them into a run in the mill, portable 8-track recorder and mix them in a very outdated computer program.
Here is a list of albums/mixes/promos/samplers I've created recorded and produced.
"Vox Populi: Voice Of the People"
Release Date: October 31st, 2009
Nmber of Tracks:17
"Shockabuku: Presented By Luke&i"
Release Date: May 1st, 2009
Nmber of Tracks:9
"Young Timer, One Liners"
Release Date: February 15th, 2009
Number of Tracks:16
"The Big Picture"
Release Date: January 15th, 2009
Number of Tracks:13
"Nature Re-dub"
Release Date: November 1st, 2008
Number of Tracks:14
"Fong Sour Sampler"
Release Date: October 20th, 2008
Number of Tracks:4
"Captioned Stereo"
Release Date: October 1st, 2008
Number of Tracks:13
"Truth Be Told"
Release Date: September 8th, 2008
Number of Tracks:15
"The Dream Sequence"
Release Date: August 9th, 2008
Number of Tracks:10
"2008 Compilation"
Release Date: June 01, 2008
Number of Tracks:13
"How Bout' It?" 311 Tribute Album
Release Date:May 26, 2008
Number of Tracks:13
"MOD(ern) 2008-bit"
Release Date:April 01, 2008
Number of Tracks:24
"Natechure"
Release Date:April 01, 2008
Number of Tracks:23
"2007 Collection"
Release Date:2007
Number of Tracks:12
"Jacuzzi: 2006"
Release Date:November 01, 2006
Number of Tracks:11
"Post-Cali Mix: 2006"
Release Date:September 01, 2006
Number of Tracks:13
"Nate Hockman: 2006"
Release Date:2006
Number of Tracks:17
"Creepin"
Release Date:September 01, 2005
Number of Tracks:10
"The Jabberwocky"
Release Date:August 01, 2005
Number of Tracks:13
"Nate's Hip-Hop Experiments"
Release Date:May 01, 2005
Number of Tracks:9
"Synth & Drum Adventures"
Release Date:April 01, 2005
Number of Tracks:12
"Digital Dreams: disc 2"
Release Date:December 01, 2004
Number of Tracks:12
"Digital Dreams: disc 1"
Release Date:November 01, 2004
Number of Tracks:20
"Songs By Nate"
Release Date:2003
Number of Tracks:19
"The Mind Collection"
Release Date:2003
Number of Tracks:20
"Studio Ridden: disc 2"
Release Date:2002
Number of Tracks:13
"Studio Ridden: disc 1"
Release Date:2002
Number of Tracks:12
"The Early Sessions: The Mixdown Tape"
Release Date:2001
Number of Tracks:18
"Nates Mix: Vol. 1"
Release Date:1997
Number of Tracks:9
"Odd Ball Recordings: Vol. 1"
Release Date:2003-2005
Number of Tracks:9
"Odd Ball Recordings: Vol. 2"
Release Date:2003-2005
Number of Tracks:10
"Where The Wild Things Were"
Release Date:2007
Number of Tracks:18
"Wes & Nate Live Recording in Stereo"
Release Date:July 01, 2008
Number of Tracks:18 tracks
I was eager to push out sounds in a stereo of something I created and the mixes and recording began in 1997 (prior to that I recorded everything I could with a handheld device kind of like Kevin McAlester in the feature film "Home Alone"). Over the years the recording process started to be used as a tool to remember songs & licks when I became more involved with music. Still searching for my nitch, the recordings continue to be produced in mass quantities exposing hundreds of jams, and a good hundred songs written. Song writing is how I release energy and retain my productivity as a human being. I performed live with "Peace Of Mind" out of Toledo, made guest appearances with the band "Cirrus" and filled in on keys for the band "Public Catharsis" who was out of Bowling Green, Ohio. I've learned a lot from my close friends and the musicians that inspire me. Just about everyone I have ever met has had some sort of involvement in my music whether it be my writing or just as an influence. A lot of you can relate to this feeling. If you have ever supported me in anyway, I thank you ever so much.
Find Me Registered At These Hyperlinks:
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 20/12/2005
Band Website: www.purevolume.com/nathanielhockman
Band Members: a mess of two drum kits combined into one. The other band members consists of an ibanez acoustic guitar, ibanez bass guitar, yamaha electric and a esp ltd sg electric guitar, yamaha & casio keyboards, miniKorg synth, some drum mics, Adobe Audition 1.0, & a fine Boss product, the BR-864.

Influences: My peers, then comes the Beatles, Beck, Frank Zappa, 311, John Scofield, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, George Clinton, Curtis Mayfield, Weather Report, Queen, Jeff Beck, Zack Hexum, Talking Heads, Daft Punk, Beastie Boys, Grüvis Malt, Koji Kondo, any combination of jazz & funk, and finally, extremely nice weather and crappy weather influences me to record music.
Sounds Like: If I had to describe my music without going into great detail to someone who has never heard it, I'd tell them it was predictable, non-stop, free flowing sounds.

Latest Albums 2006-2009:
"Nate Hockman: 2006"
"Post-Cali Mix:2006"
"Jacuzzi:2006"
"2007 Collection"
"MOD(ern) 2008-bit"
"Natechure: 2008"
"How Bout' It?: 311 tribute album"
"2008 Compilation"
"Wes and Nate Sampler: Live Recording In Stereo"
"The Dream Sequence" (2008)
"Truth Be Told" (2008)
"Captioned Stereo" (2008)
"Fong Sour Sampler" (2008 Luke&i Music)
"Nature Re-dub" (2008)
"The Big Picture" (2009)
"Young Timer, One Liners" (2009)
"Shockabuku" (Luke&i Music 2009)
"Vox Populi" (2009)

All promos recorded by myself are available to you if requested in the form of a message on myspace or email. You will not asked to pay anything for hard copies unless otherwise specified, Shipping is always free.
Message me or email me for shipping details.

For Song Details and Downloads,
Including song descriptions & lyrics:
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Record Label: Close Captioned Record Company
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Warp Six: Sunday, August 24th, 2003

Sunday, August 24th, 200310:31 amthings getin donelyrics for coastline finally written last night at 2...its about honeymilk and pizza pies. i didnt even bother to record them in with the song..pretty...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:24:00 GMT

Warp Five: Monday, November 24th, 2003

              Monday, November 24th, 200312:05 amwell it happened...i, nate hockman after many many years and 11 live concerts, met all of the members of 311. got a signature and some nice talks and l...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:45:00 GMT

Warp Four: November 11th, 2003

Tuesday, November 11th, 20038:23 pmrecorded a new song today...spooky subject i think im gonna call it crab 10:05..only 2 other people could make sense of it but its a catchy tune in d, a, c, and f......
Posted by on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:50:00 GMT

Warp Three: Friday, November 14th, 2003

Friday, November 14th, 200312:02 pmwent deep into my mind last night. hooked up my fuzz and played along with chord progressions coming from my keyboard for a whole 90 minute tape. fallowing that i wr...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:18:00 GMT

Warp 2: Wednesday, December 17th, 2003

Wednesday, December 17th, 200310:30 pmi think it has been about a month since my thoughts have been written down with a keyboard. put about 8 hours into my 4 track the last couple weeks and made some ...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:03:00 GMT

Warp 1: Tuesday, March 30th, 2004

 Tuesday, March 30th, 200410:31 pm1. organized all my music onto 5 compact discs2. recording music nonstop3. still working all the time4. lost a band5. faced death6. just wrote 10 pages of notes about...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:54:00 GMT

Just another medium...

When I'm not writing and recording music, makin art and mixing colors that arnt supposed to go together is what I like to do for fun. Check out http://www.artifolio.com/artist/Nathanielhockman/ to get...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:11:00 GMT

HERE IS A BLOG to explain the time gap

The last time I posted a blog was March 4th 2008. Today is November 22nd 2009. Even though that may not seem like a long time, there has been a lot of new music of mine that I failed to bring up in bl...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:34:00 GMT

"Vox Populi: Album Lyrics"

These song lyrics are listed at random.Dripping DreamMusic & Lyrics By: Nathaniel HockmanThe kindness of thosewho be who they be,they were the reasonthe other side saw me.A night to remember,oh so muc...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:07:00 GMT

"Vox Populi: Bonus B-side Disc Tracklisting"

Track Listing1 Sixty-Five2 Night Owl3 Flustered with Wurlitzer4 Written5 Thin Ice6 Flustered (Original Recording)7 Flustered Redub8 Gem Instrumental9 Juant with Vocals10 Sense Instrumental11 Sixty-Fiv...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:59:00 GMT