Daily Inspiration: Meet Nate Cole

Today we’d like to introduce you to Nate Cole.

Hi Nate, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
In 1999 a music and modeling manager invited my parents and I to his office in San Francisco to discuss a potential future in the big business of music. I wore a cream cable knit Banana Republic turtleneck with chunky black Kenneth Cole shoes. I was a senior in high school with a voice and passion for Jesus Christ. My father was a preacher and my mom a singer and so that was my intro into music. The manager made big claims bout how we’d be workin with David Foster who produced my parents favorite secular artist Celine Dion. That part turned out to be true. The project became Plus One, and short story long…it was big and it was business. I’m still learning from that experience and I’m grateful to have dipped my toes into the whole thing. These days it ain’t big and it ain’t business. And that’s ok!

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Life is a rocky road, baby. Many artists I know, myself included, have given up on making a living from their art. The world has changed, especially the music industry. The difficult part now is how to find meaning in the jobs that sustain us. And that’s obviously a struggle for everyone regardless of your interests. On the other hand, creating without financial expectations is the ultimate form of purity and freedom. I believe these circumstances will eventually squeeze a lightening bolt of a record outta me.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
People seem to value my honesty. It’s easy for singers to be honest, like…”I wanna hold your hand”… that’s honest. I wanna hold your hand too! I’m not above that, I’m even energized by our base instincts of romance and desire and that’s in my music. I think my particular angle is to play with contentious concepts and dive in to stormy seas. I wrote one line in a song about the complicated relationship between sons and fathers and I’ve had an astonishing amount of both males and females confide in me how much it means to be recognized in song. That particular song is something I’m proud of. Produced by Reverend Baron, with a big ol music video by James Bobo, “If You Live Long Enough.”

What are your plans for the future?
My general disposition these days is to be open and guided by “the creator.” I’m a little lost, so I’m trying to be sensitive to signs. It seems like I might be done with LA. I’d like to record one more record before I dip tho. My gf and I hope to open a wine & beer bar someday where we could also host live music. Arizona has been calling, yes it’s hot..but California is no longer the same refuge I grew up in. Recently while walking home from work a deranged man swinging a metal pole screamed at me “I’ll f’ing kill you, this isn’t a movie!” So maybe I can take the heat!

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nate_cole/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@n8cole