Here is the paypal link to purchase them... GO NOW!
Friday, August 6, 2010
FANTASTIC FRIDAY - AND GREAT priced TICKETS :)
I always like a good deal... that is why TODAY... you can purchase the tickets to my cd release show ... buy 4 tickets and get one free! Only today... fantastic Friday!
Here is the paypal link to purchase them... GO NOW!
Here is the paypal link to purchase them... GO NOW!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
larger than life - this is exciting to share.
I am not sure if you knew this... but for the record (no pun intended there... with a new record and all... wow! :), I tend to not have the patience I should. And if God didn't have a sense of humor, there are a lot of things happening in my life that I have to well... wait... and wait... and see where they lead. Certainly something that makes me think about and appreciate life as it happens, and also a daily reminder that I am not the one in control here...
So, there is BIG NEWS... yep... BIG. And I can finally tell you! A miracle indeed...
Here we go:
A large part of my faith and experience of God first started with a mission trip I went on in the 8th grade, accompanied by my Dad and a fairly good size group of youth and adults. We headed to Venezuela to help work on several churches, I attempted using the few spanish phrases I knew, and being a really talkative teenager (yeah, imagine that :)... I got to make some new friends. Of course, these experiences are life changing; they mold us and make us into the people we are today.
I can tell you that mission trip changed my life. It made me appreciate what I had, the family I had, the church I went to, the house I lived in, and having food on the table each and every night. This trip was encouragment for me to go out on other mission trips as well, to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and countless trips for Habitat House building, church work days, and camps, literally all over the country.
All of these experiences, friendships, time, and faith building, have helped form who I am, and are a large part of who I am as a songwriter as well. I want to not only be able to have a great record, and be able to share my faith in the way of singing and worship, but I also want to be able to support in other ways as well.
I am really excited to share with you, about Global Ministries, that does this mission and ministry on a really large scale... www.globalministries.org ... is an amazing organization, non-profit, voice, hand, heart, and mission... to and for the global church... working right now all over the world.
That is why I have decided to donate a portion of every single copy of "Dream in Truths" I sell to Global Ministries. They are a non-profit literally putting their money where their mouth is and I am really excited to be able to share in helping make their ministry happen.
I hope you will take time to check out their website and see how you could help with their ministry, and make sure you follow my blog here for updates that will be coming about Global Ministries, and on my email list www.reverbnation.com/nathanbrooks ... for the very latest with my new record coming out "Dream in Truths" ... let's help make an impact in the world with music, with our resources.. and with our mouths.
Go tell someone...
peace. Nathan
here are the links you need again:
www.globalministries.org
www.nathanbrooksmusic.com
www.reverbnation.com/nathanbrooks
You can pre-order my record "Dream in Truths" right now... just by following this link and purchase via paypal...
http://nathanbrooksmusic.blogspot.com/2010/06/nathans-cd-release-show-buy-your.html
(here is a video I made about all of this exciting stuff!)
So, there is BIG NEWS... yep... BIG. And I can finally tell you! A miracle indeed...
Here we go:
A large part of my faith and experience of God first started with a mission trip I went on in the 8th grade, accompanied by my Dad and a fairly good size group of youth and adults. We headed to Venezuela to help work on several churches, I attempted using the few spanish phrases I knew, and being a really talkative teenager (yeah, imagine that :)... I got to make some new friends. Of course, these experiences are life changing; they mold us and make us into the people we are today.
I can tell you that mission trip changed my life. It made me appreciate what I had, the family I had, the church I went to, the house I lived in, and having food on the table each and every night. This trip was encouragment for me to go out on other mission trips as well, to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and countless trips for Habitat House building, church work days, and camps, literally all over the country.
All of these experiences, friendships, time, and faith building, have helped form who I am, and are a large part of who I am as a songwriter as well. I want to not only be able to have a great record, and be able to share my faith in the way of singing and worship, but I also want to be able to support in other ways as well.
I am really excited to share with you, about Global Ministries, that does this mission and ministry on a really large scale... www.globalministries.org ... is an amazing organization, non-profit, voice, hand, heart, and mission... to and for the global church... working right now all over the world.
That is why I have decided to donate a portion of every single copy of "Dream in Truths" I sell to Global Ministries. They are a non-profit literally putting their money where their mouth is and I am really excited to be able to share in helping make their ministry happen.
I hope you will take time to check out their website and see how you could help with their ministry, and make sure you follow my blog here for updates that will be coming about Global Ministries, and on my email list www.reverbnation.com/nathanbrooks ... for the very latest with my new record coming out "Dream in Truths" ... let's help make an impact in the world with music, with our resources.. and with our mouths.
Go tell someone...
peace. Nathan
here are the links you need again:
www.globalministries.org
www.nathanbrooksmusic.com
www.reverbnation.com/nathanbrooks
You can pre-order my record "Dream in Truths" right now... just by following this link and purchase via paypal...
http://nathanbrooksmusic.blogspot.com/2010/06/nathans-cd-release-show-buy-your.html
(here is a video I made about all of this exciting stuff!)
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
soundtrack to my life
I was sitting writing this on my flight back from Kansas City to Naples a few days ago... wanting to caress each word perfectly, and make sure it was written the way I wanted it... so put your creative cap on... and imagine we are on a flight together... at this very moment...
I am about 15 thousand feet in the air... and climbing.
Literally, at this very moment, on my way back from Kansas City to Naples on an airplane. There is something so intriguing and beautiful with the green sections, neatly separated by streets and the occasional overpass. I am sitting here sifting through the memories these past few days, with a few old friends, Stacy’s parents, and the time with my parents Tim and Jan, sister Melissa, and brother Christopher.
With my new record coming out, I have approached writing these songs from the perspective of a friend, of a brother, son, a husband, a child of God. Dreaming of what the world could be. Dealing with my shortcomings. Believing there is more to life than we can physically see with our eyes. Trying to somehow mold all those ideas into songs that not only deliver lyrics that explain those ideas, but songs that grab ahold of you. That talk about my faith.
Music in my life has truly been the one constant other than my family. It is there when I am creative, when I need to decompress, when I have a burst of energy, when I have those really hard days. Funneling the creative ideas from my brain to the 88 keys of a keyboard or the 6 strings of my beautiful guitar (when I am writing I love to play my Breedlove, a gift from my wife... and probably the second most important thing in my life next to her :) ... which involves an in-depth, ever evolving writing process for me. Not only is this dynamic process about the flow of one line to the next, but the energy, the emotion, to way a chord moves seamlessly to the next, and a tone that passes so briefly and eloquently that if you aren’t really listening closely you might just miss it.
It’s funny. I love watching the clouds as I fly. They are never the same. Today it is pretty sunny, with fluffy cotton ball like clouds. If Stacy was here, I would have an actual cloud name for you, but for this moment cotton ball like clouds will just half to do. But honestly, it’s moments like this, suspended atop all the hustle and bustle of life as we know it, I find myself being introspective; I ponder the happenings of my past, present, and certainly my future, which is the basis for the songs that I write. It is what I would call the soundtrack to my life, the undercurrent of all the things that have happened. These things all are coming in through my senses... all these things create this soundtrack.
As you listen the first time to my song Soundtrack, I hope you will think about what the soundtrack to your life is. What moves you, what makes you tick? How are you called in life to do something beyond just yourself? This song is about those things; a great meaning in life than just $5 coffees, glamour, and fancy cars. We live in a world with so much meaning, so much to discover, and so much more that we can do to make it better.
Let’s listen to that soundtrack... and let’s get to work.
Go to http://www.reverbnation.com/nathanbrooks and download it for free...
I am about 15 thousand feet in the air... and climbing.
Literally, at this very moment, on my way back from Kansas City to Naples on an airplane. There is something so intriguing and beautiful with the green sections, neatly separated by streets and the occasional overpass. I am sitting here sifting through the memories these past few days, with a few old friends, Stacy’s parents, and the time with my parents Tim and Jan, sister Melissa, and brother Christopher.
With my new record coming out, I have approached writing these songs from the perspective of a friend, of a brother, son, a husband, a child of God. Dreaming of what the world could be. Dealing with my shortcomings. Believing there is more to life than we can physically see with our eyes. Trying to somehow mold all those ideas into songs that not only deliver lyrics that explain those ideas, but songs that grab ahold of you. That talk about my faith.
Music in my life has truly been the one constant other than my family. It is there when I am creative, when I need to decompress, when I have a burst of energy, when I have those really hard days. Funneling the creative ideas from my brain to the 88 keys of a keyboard or the 6 strings of my beautiful guitar (when I am writing I love to play my Breedlove, a gift from my wife... and probably the second most important thing in my life next to her :) ... which involves an in-depth, ever evolving writing process for me. Not only is this dynamic process about the flow of one line to the next, but the energy, the emotion, to way a chord moves seamlessly to the next, and a tone that passes so briefly and eloquently that if you aren’t really listening closely you might just miss it.
It’s funny. I love watching the clouds as I fly. They are never the same. Today it is pretty sunny, with fluffy cotton ball like clouds. If Stacy was here, I would have an actual cloud name for you, but for this moment cotton ball like clouds will just half to do. But honestly, it’s moments like this, suspended atop all the hustle and bustle of life as we know it, I find myself being introspective; I ponder the happenings of my past, present, and certainly my future, which is the basis for the songs that I write. It is what I would call the soundtrack to my life, the undercurrent of all the things that have happened. These things all are coming in through my senses... all these things create this soundtrack.
As you listen the first time to my song Soundtrack, I hope you will think about what the soundtrack to your life is. What moves you, what makes you tick? How are you called in life to do something beyond just yourself? This song is about those things; a great meaning in life than just $5 coffees, glamour, and fancy cars. We live in a world with so much meaning, so much to discover, and so much more that we can do to make it better.
Let’s listen to that soundtrack... and let’s get to work.
Go to http://www.reverbnation.com/nathanbrooks and download it for free...
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Soundtrack promo
Soundtrack promo
To be honest, it is so surreal for me to be posting a link from my "record." I have dreamed, worked, practiced, and believed for a long time that this day would someday finally be here. And it actually is.
This is a sneak peek at my song Soundtrack, off my new record "Dream in Truths." I can't wait to share this record with you...
Enjoy.
:) nb
To be honest, it is so surreal for me to be posting a link from my "record." I have dreamed, worked, practiced, and believed for a long time that this day would someday finally be here. And it actually is.
This is a sneak peek at my song Soundtrack, off my new record "Dream in Truths." I can't wait to share this record with you...
Enjoy.
:) nb
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
the best video ever
I will tell you, putting this promo video together was really a lot of work. When I started putting this concept together on paper I really was excited about the possibilities, but not certain I would really be able to get enough people to participate to make it the way I dreamed it. There was a very different turn of events.
Hours and hours of footage came in, emails of support, thankful friends, fans, and people all over the planet came together to help put this promo from idea to realization. Considering I had friends in 4 states, 3 countries, and 19 people who helped sending me videos to put this promo together, it really is astounding. The video was going to happen... at least the pieces were in place!
Step One: So, I started wading through the hours and hours of video from backyards in North Carolina, the Lake and suburbs in Missouri, a group of crazy and awesome guys from Dallas, Texas, a music lover in the Netherlands, a dear friend and soldier who has just a few short days left in Iraq, and several friends here in Florida who were eager to help out in any way they could. The settings and different people really made the motion of the promo video interesting, because in the end it really does take a life of itself with the energy and enthusiasm from everyone participating.
Step two... I also didn't account for the countless hours of editing, cutting, recording the footage of my lines and playing music for the video, and my incessant and driven obsessiveness to do the very best that I am capable of. Add up that math problem, and it tells the tale of my poor wife who finally made it to bed around midnight, and for another 4 hours and 20 minutes, I burned the midnight oil. You see, I said that this video would be posted on Tuesday... and I was going to have it posted.
I am so proud, so grateful, so thankful... so blessed to have all of you in my life. Thank you to each person who took the time to send me your file, figure out file format, almost miss a plane, try your best to get the lake in the picture but the rain didn't cooperate, get all the kids together and cooperating, not waking up roommates, and above all... taking your time to do something for me.
Thank you so much! I hope you all enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed getting to put this together ... the promo for the promo... an introduction of my record coming out in a few weeks... and to the EPK (electronic press kit) that will be released on Friday, July 9th, 2010.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
not a good waiter
As in. Patience.
I am pretty sure this is a reoccurring theme for me, probably something I should be writing a song about. Haven't found the song yet, but I certainly have the impatience part down.
For one thing, I have several really amazing things happening in my life... at least ALMOST. As a writer I have a record that I went, recorded 10 songs, and I am now waiting to the ALMOST have this record in my hand. The pain!
Does it really hurt. No. Well, kind of. I know that these things, these moments, are just little microcosmic events that are not long term no matter how much I dwell on them or believe they are the end all of my life.
How about this one... I am going to be a DAD! I can't help myself reading about week 24 and week 33 because I love learning, and I am impatient! (Yes, and momma... we are on week 14 for those wondering.)
So all in all, what you are hearing is perhaps 30% whining, and 70% just the dealing with... waiting. There are so many cool things happening in my life and I am so thankful, grateful and blessed. Sometimes it is just hard for me to wait, be patient, and let things happen in the time of say... in the way that god connects all things, rather than me trying to control everything ... in vein.
Alas. I can't wait for you to hear the record. I can't wait for my cd release show. I can't wait for a few things I can't tell you about yet! AND... I can't wait to be a dad.
Patience is a virtue they say. Where can I buy one!?
I am pretty sure this is a reoccurring theme for me, probably something I should be writing a song about. Haven't found the song yet, but I certainly have the impatience part down.
For one thing, I have several really amazing things happening in my life... at least ALMOST. As a writer I have a record that I went, recorded 10 songs, and I am now waiting to the ALMOST have this record in my hand. The pain!
Does it really hurt. No. Well, kind of. I know that these things, these moments, are just little microcosmic events that are not long term no matter how much I dwell on them or believe they are the end all of my life.
How about this one... I am going to be a DAD! I can't help myself reading about week 24 and week 33 because I love learning, and I am impatient! (Yes, and momma... we are on week 14 for those wondering.)
So all in all, what you are hearing is perhaps 30% whining, and 70% just the dealing with... waiting. There are so many cool things happening in my life and I am so thankful, grateful and blessed. Sometimes it is just hard for me to wait, be patient, and let things happen in the time of say... in the way that god connects all things, rather than me trying to control everything ... in vein.
Alas. I can't wait for you to hear the record. I can't wait for my cd release show. I can't wait for a few things I can't tell you about yet! AND... I can't wait to be a dad.
Patience is a virtue they say. Where can I buy one!?
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Nathan's CD RELEASE SHOW! BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE!
So here is the link to buy your pre-order of the record Dream in Truths... it will be mailed to you the first or second week of August... and you purchased tickets to the cd release show here as well:
The Ritz-Carlton Gulf Resort
Naples, Florida
September 10th, 2010 7 p.m.
PRE-ORDER CD DREAM IN TRUTHS
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