Interviewdatum: 14. Dezember 2009.

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Schon 2009 war er ein Musiker, der mit Talent, Leidenschaft und einem ausgeprägten Gespür für eingängige Melodien auf sich aufmerksam machte. Der am 6. Juni in Montreal, Québec, geborene Sänger und Songwriter John Nathaniel lebt und arbeitet bis heute in seiner kanadischen Heimatstadt. Mit kraftvollen Rocksongs, gefühlvollen Balladen und modernen Arrangements verstand er es bereits früh, seine Zuhörer zu begeistern und Songs zu schreiben, die lange im Ohr bleiben.

Seine Musik vereint Energie, Emotionen und handwerkliches Können zu einem authentischen Rocksound, der sowohl Freunde temporeicher Gitarrenmusik als auch Liebhaber ruhigerer Töne anspricht. Dabei überzeugen seine Kompositionen durch eingängige Hooks, abwechslungsreiche Klanglandschaften und eine spürbare Leidenschaft für die Musik. Kein Wunder also, dass John Nathaniel bereits damals als einer der vielversprechenden Künstler der kanadischen Musikszene galt.

Rückblickend zeigt sich, dass dieses Potenzial keineswegs unentdeckt blieb. In den Jahren nach dem Interview entwickelte sich John Nathaniel zu einem international gefragten Produzenten, Songwriter und Mixer. Er arbeitete unter anderem mit Künstlern wie OneRepublic, David Guetta, Shawn Mendes, Jennifer Hudson, Kygo und Switchfoot zusammen und wurde für seine Arbeit mehrfach ausgezeichnet, darunter mit dem renommierten SOCAN Songwriter of the Year Award. Seine Produktionen erreichten Milliarden von Streams weltweit und machten ihn zu einem der erfolgreichsten Musikschaffenden Kanadas. Über seine Musik, seine Inspirationen und seine Zukunftspläne sprach OBZ am 14. Dezember 2009 mit John Nathaniel.

INTERVIEW!

OBZ: Do you write your own songs?

NATHANIEL:  I do.  I write, compose, produce, record, mix and master my own songs.

OBZ: What does your songs evolve from?

NATHANIEL: I’m not the kind of writer who needs to write from personal experience, so my songs don’t grow from a bad break up or a near death experience.  I just schedule time to write and my songs grow from my writing sessions.

OBZ: You also write for other artists. Is the collaboration important to you?

NATHANIEL: Yeah, I like writing for other people as well.  And the funny thing is that when I record and produce a song I wrote for someone else and I hear the final result, I have the same feeling I have about my own songs.  It’s the weirdest thing!

OBZ: Is music for you a feeling of life? Do you think music should play an important role in people’s life?

NATHANIEL: It depends.  I don’t want to be cocky and believe that my music will change the world.  I do try to write about important things and I try to write about things that people will relate to.  I like to make people think.  I’m happy if it can help people.

OBZ: Do you always play your music live? Is that important to you?

NATHANIEL: Yeah, I’m thinking about touring in 2010.  Live is where all the action happens and where you really connect with your crowd.

OBZ: With whom would you like to work together?

NATHANIEL: I’d like to work with many people.  Maybe Elton John 😉 one day!

OBZ: Do you have a dream project?

NATHANIEL: I’m currently working on it 😉

OBZ: What was the most embarrassing thing that happened to you? Was it on a concert? Or was it on another event?

NATHANIEL: This one time, I was performing in an outdoor show.  Big concert too.  At the end I wanted to be a smart ass and I jumped off the stage.  I didn’t realize the stage was so high till I landed right on my ass.  I didn’t hurt myself, but it was really embarrassing and didn’t look cool at all.  What I realize that day is….There is no cool way to fall haha

OBZ: People can buy your music here in the shops. Where else could people get your music from?

NATHANIEL:  Actually I’m no distributed in-store.  You can easily find my music on www.cdbaby.com  (you type my name in the search box „John Nathaniel“) or you can find my albums on iTunes and other digital stores.

OBZ: Tell me about the greatest experience you had with your fans.

NATHANIEL:  I wrote a song about domestic violence and a lot….but I mean a lot of women later wrote me to thank me for writing that song.  For once, I realized that I had an impact on people’s lives and that really touched me.

OBZ: Is it important to you to keep in contact with your fans?

NATHANIEL: It’s one of the most important things.

OBZ: What is the most important thing in your life?

NATHANIEL: Music and my fiancée 😉

OBZ: Imagine you had one free wish. What would you wish for?

NATHANIEL: Trick question.  I really don’t know, I’d wish for 3 more wishes!

OBZ: Have you ever been to Germany before?

NATHANIEL: Not yet, but I intend to.

OBZ: Imagine now you have the opportunity to thank all your friends and family. What would you say to them?

NATHANIEL: I would tell them how thankful I am that they put up with my crap all these years and that I’m grateful for their support and that I love them very much.

OBZ: What can we expect of you in the future?

NATHANIEL:  new songs, live shows, cool internet features , more Blogs, Music Videos! Who knows 😉

Steckbrief von John Nathaniel:
– Hobbies: Music, Theatre, Movies and Hanging out with friends!
– Lieblingsfilm: High Fidelity and Mallrats.
– Lieblingsmusik: 90’s post grunge.

– Lieblingsessen: Sushi and Japanese Cuisine.
– Lieblingsbuch: The frustrated songwriter’s handbook.
– Lieblingsstadt: NYC.
– Lieblingsland: I’ll tell you when I visit more, I haven’t been to Europe yet, so there are many countries that I want to visit there.

– Lebensmotto: We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

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