CD Review: Nathan Beaver -- Universal You; Playing Smith's Olde Bar's Atlanta Room, September 18 By Scott Roberts You have to admire Nathan Beaver’s tenacity. The Atlanta-bred singer/songwriter (now living in Nashville) began recording the follow-up to his 2004 debut CD in ...Read More
After much deliberation and over analyzation, we have our album order! The track list will go as follows: 1. Piecing Together the World 2. Clever 3. Standby 4. Mason Jar 5. Elizabeth 6. Someone Else 7. Your Next Move 8. Corner 9. Sunday Morning 10. Shame On Me 11. Heavy Hearts 12. ...Read More
Hi friends. On Monday, I said "more to come tomorrow on our progress (Will's progress, I mean)." Well, by "tomorrow" I meant "Sunday. My apologies. Anyway -- I received the second round of mixes from Will and could NOT be happier with ...Read More
And yes, thats 2/21 of THIS year. For the last two weeks, Will has been neglecting his duties as a husband and father of two (only one wife) in order to churn out mixes of Standby, Piecing Together the World, Clever, ...Read More
Please see below for a rare glimpse into my personal emails. And as I told Will, we're gettin' there... From: Nathan Beaver <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:15 PM Subject: Mix Commentary, Version 1 To: Will Robertson <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Will, See attached, and thanks for your ...Read More
Here's a clip from what I think is the strongest song on the record and what was originally set to be its title track: Piecing Together the World That's Jay Rodgers (of Full Moon Studio in Watkinsville, GA) on the bass, Derek ...Read More
1:35 p.m. Man, the Chick-Fil-A cows are gonna be pissed when they find out where milkshakes come from. 1:56 p.m. I'm sitting at Mark Van Allen's studio, where Will and I have come to capture a bit of MVA's pedal steel magic on ...Read More
After a quiet six weeks, Will and I got back to business in the studio Thursday night. It wasn't a marathon session; I laid down what Will believes to be a keeper vocal for "Piecing Together the World," and we pulled ...Read More
I decided long ago to title this record "Piecing Together the World" because a) it shares the name of what I feel is the best song on the album, and b) because I thought it had a good ...Read More
were they searching for order in the pestle and mortar were the searching for God were they driven insane by the need to explain the pain and the wonder and everything under the sun do great minds waste time piecing together the world in their heads who do ...Read More
I began recording my current project, "Piecing Together the World," in 2005. Nearly four years, two studios, and one crashed hard drive later, I am still yet to finish the record. But I'm getting closer every day--technically, every Tuesday and Thursday, when ...Read More