Nate Morton (born December 30) is an American
drummer.
In 2005/2006 Morton appeared on the highly rated
Mark Burnett's
Rock
Star: INXS and
Rock Star:
Supernova reality shows, as drummer for The House Band. During
that time he has also appeared on two CDs, Rock Star: A Night at
the Mayan Theatre, and Dark Horse, released by
Ryan Star.
In 2004, Morton completed a national tour as drummer with the
American Idol band. Before that, he
was the drummer for platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated,
singer-songwriter
Vanessa Carlton.
He spent two years as the drummer for jazz luminary
Natalie Cole, toured with
Chaka Khan and
Poe
and performed with
Madonna at
the 2002 Grammy Awards. Morton is endorsed by Pearl Drums, as well
as Zildjian sticks and cymbals and Remo drum heads. A graduate of
the renowned Berklee College of Music, he cites Animal from The
Muppets as his primary influence and thanks his parents and his
first drum instructor, Grant Menfee, for their early support of his
musical aspirations. "The bottom line is I hit things with sticks
for a living, and that's a pretty fun job."
Nate and the House Band toured the United States with
Paul Stanley (from
KISS) in October/November 2006 as well as
Australia in April 2007.
In 2008 Nate performed on
MTV's
Rock The Cradle with
Rock Star House Band members
Rafael Moreira and
Paul Mirkovich. He is currently the drummer
for the house band on The
Bonnie Hunt
Show. Outside of the studio he has also performed with
Miley Cyrus and
Rafael Morieira's band, Magnetico.
As for performing on the TV series "Rock Star", Morton states,
"I am very, very, very blessed to get to do what I do, he
said.
"I'm playing with, like, the baddest guys in the
world." Those guys include guitarist
Rafael Moreira, bassist
Sasha Krivtsov, multi-instrumentalist
Jim McGorman and keyboard player
Paul Mirkovich, who is also the music
director."
He is now the drummer for the backing band for the
new MTV reality show Rock The Cradle
and is with fellow Rock Star alum guitarist Rafael Moreira and keyboard/piano Paul Mirkovich Nate is currently the drummer
for the house band on the Bonnie Hunt show and I performing with
Cher in Las Vegas, NV
Playground Philosophy - Dootybug
In 2006, Nate released his solo album, Playground Philosophy.
Here are the tracks:
- Best In Life (feat. Kandace Lindsey)
- Shelter
- Figure It Out
- Laughing
- Clever
- All Dessert Diet
- Playground Philosophy
- Tho'Ya Handzup!
- Stop Calling My Home
- Rain
- Talking To Myself
- Writer's Block
Nate, on making the CD ...
"There are
countless elements in society that try to squeeze the youth out of
you, or tell you that it's not okay to hold on to a little
immaturity. It's so easy to lose yourself attempting to
meet the expectations of others. Certainly there are
practical matters that make it difficult to spend the entire day
playing with Play-Doh and paste, but there are no reasons why you
can't break it out on occasion. I doubt my dad realized
the wheels he was setting in motion, but ultimately he began
weaving the tapestry that was to become Playground Philosophy.
The album's subject matter deals largely with the idea of
following your path despite the nay-sayers. The
exploration of Playground Philosophy was a learning experience that
I will always treasure. Should you chose to add it to your
CD collection, I hope you will enjoy listening to it as much as i
enjoyed creating it."
Early Influences
Nate, on starting drumming ...
I was four. I was
banging away on anything I could get my hands on. My
parents got the hint and bought me a set when I was five.
I played to records when I was starting out. Then,
just before high school I started taking lessons with Grant Menetee
in Baltimore, Maryland. He really helped me understand the
technical side of drumming.
Education
Graduated Berklee College of Music in 1994
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