About Me

Free Album Download at www.NathanLongMusic.com

Nathan Long is a songwriter whose recipe is equal parts theology and poetry. His newest album, Progress, touches on topics like technological obsession, sex in advertising, and the role of faith in obedience, bringing the words of Christ to bear on everyday issues.

As an independent artist, Nathan has had the honor of opening for musicians like worship leader Matt Papa and accomplished songwriters like Tony Arata. Following several successful home and live recording releases, Nathan teamed up with Nashville producer Stephen Gause to record Progress, his first full-production album.

Nathan's musical influences include early Counting Crows, Rich Mullins, Paul Simon and Derek Webb.

Progress is currently available as a free download at www.NathanLongMusic.com - donations are optional. It can also be purchased (coming soon) via CDBaby.com, Amazon MP3, and iTunes.

Nathan is currently booking concerts in the Augusta, Georgia area.

My Interests

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Member Since: 10/01/2006
Band Website: www.NathanLongMusic.com
Band Members: Nathan Long
Influences: Derek Webb, Andrew Peterson, Rich Mullins, Pedro the Lion, They Might Be Giants, Five Iron Frenzy (mainly in sense of humor), Counting Crows (I'm less whiny though).
Non-musical: C.S. Lewis has had a large influence on my thought processes (Mere Christianity, The Problem of Pain, all the Narnia and Space Trilogy books), and in recent years, so has John Piper (Desiring God, The Pleasures of God). As an adolescent I loved Isaac Asimov, which has probably made me dorkier; I actually enjoy writing html code for my web page.
Sounds Like: Hmmm... you might hear a little Third Day, maybe some Rich Mullins or Andrew Peterson. Hear something else? Leave a message and let me know - maybe I'll add it.

Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Wisdom vs. Intelligence

Wisdom and intelligence are not the same thing. An intelligent person can solve puzzles and create strategies. An intelligent person can learn quickly. Given a goal, he or she will find the best way ...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:48:00 GMT

Love Picture

What is "Love Picture" about?When God designed people, He could have made us any way He wanted. We could have breathed water. We could have photosynthesized. We could have had ten legs and three arms....
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:46:00 GMT

Enjoy the race!

Exercising feels horrible when you're out of shape.I know this from personal experience as an on-and-off runner. Running consistently makes it a lot more enjoyable.My dad runs a lot, and just went hik...
Posted by on Mon, 22 May 2006 10:16:00 GMT

It's new! It's old! It's possibly cool!

Here's an odd mental exercise:Listen to some music that's new and (apparently) trendy. Try this one:StarsListen to how new and crazy it sounds. This is now! This is cool!Ok, now imagine that while you...
Posted by on Thu, 18 May 2006 19:49:00 GMT

No! Ew! I want a metaphorical fountain!

I was searching for the words to a hymn the other day and got a prettydisturbing sponsored link. (It's on the right side of the page.)Lesson: be very, very careful on the interweb, kids.
Posted by on Thu, 18 May 2006 18:54:00 GMT

Derek Webb's lyrical genius

If you've never heard of Derek Webb, it's about time you did. Formerly of Caedmon's Call, Derek is probably my favorite living songwriter, and has a wonderful way of expressing the mysteries of God an...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:37:00 GMT

Glory in heaven

Christians, whatever your past is like, your future is incredible. I'm not talking about streets of gold and family reunions, I'm talking about God making you into the splendid creature He created you...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:30:00 GMT

What was I thinking?

Every once in a while I stumble upon something I have written down or done that makes absolutely no sense. Once I found some old scribbled song ideas where I had written "ferrethead," apprently in all...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 07:50:00 GMT

The Muslim cartoons

I know this is random, but I gotta say it.A Dutch newspaper recently printed some cartoons that were offensive to Muslims. One that I saw online depicted Mohommad with his turban containing a bomb. Th...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 10:38:00 GMT

Progress and the search for happiness

If you've listened to my song "Progress," you know that it's basically about the idea that even though the world keeps changing, we aren't necessarily better off in every way than we used to be. The i...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:42:00 GMT