Post by swtbliss8 on Jun 4, 2008 13:52:53 GMT -5
www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080604/ENT/80603030
i got this article from google alerts in connection with lifehouse. i'd thought i'd share if anyone is interested in reading it.
Lifehouse opener gaining fans through TV, touring
The name Matt Nathanson may not resonate with familiarity, but his songs have probably stirred your emotions during climactic TV moments. Nathanson’s songs have been featured on shows like “Private Practice,” “NCIS,” “One Tree Hill,” “Big Shots,” “Newport Harbor” and multiple episodes of “Men In Trees.” Even he considers that pretty cool.
“That stuff is always fun. It’s fun to tune in, even if it’s a cheesy teen drama, and hear your song playing over this really intense moment where someone’s saying, ‘Please, don’t leave me,’” Nathanson said during a phone interview Tuesday.
“I watch and sometimes I TiVo the shows if I’m on the road. It’s fun to watch how critical the music is to the show. I’m a fan of that.”
Nathanson recently toured with “Grey’s Anatomy” songbird Ingred Michaelson, and he will perform at the Riverdome tonight as the opener for Lifehouse. Nathanson draws thousands in larger markets like New York, Boston and Philadelphia, and the Lifehouse tour has exposed his music to thousands of new fans.
“The exposure on this tour has been great because Lifehouse is big in places where we’re not. It’s been rad to play place where we’ve never been or other places that we’ve played before, like De Moines, but it’s never been for that many folks,” Nathanson said.
However, the tour that began Feb. 24 has been a grueling, glamorless ride through the Midwest and loads of snow.
“It feels like we’ve been on the road for years. I saw more serious snow storms than I have in my entire life. I’m a total wimp. You can’t drive, it’s freezing and you keep wondering, ‘Where are you, Hawaii?’” Nathanson said.
“I’m originally from Boston, but I think my blood thinned the minute I left the East Coast.”
Nathanson is touring in support of his sixth studio album, “Some Mad Hope.” Making the album wasn’t a quick success. Nathanson spent about two and a half years writing and recording the album — an eternity by today’s music industry standards. But timing has paid off. The album’s first video, “Car Crash,” debuted on VH1’s Top 20 Countdown Show at No. 13, and Clear Channel also named him a new artist to watch.
“Playing live has always been second nature to me, but the studio stuff always felt like foreign territory. I just kept at it until I made the record I wanted. There was a lot of trial and error and figuring out the things I wanted to do and not compromising in any way,” Nathanson said.
“From here on out the records will move from this point forward. I think every record will be a better version of the last record.”
The praise, exposure and list of other accomplishments are just another step in the process for Nathanson. No matter how large the crowds grow from his modest beginnings as a coffee shop performer, he says his performance style won’t change.
“No way. For true performers, that intimacy happens no matter how big the audience gets,” Nathanson said.
“I’m not saying I’m all that, but all it is is really allowing people to let go enough to be a part of what they’re in, when they’re in it.”
i got this article from google alerts in connection with lifehouse. i'd thought i'd share if anyone is interested in reading it.
Lifehouse opener gaining fans through TV, touring
The name Matt Nathanson may not resonate with familiarity, but his songs have probably stirred your emotions during climactic TV moments. Nathanson’s songs have been featured on shows like “Private Practice,” “NCIS,” “One Tree Hill,” “Big Shots,” “Newport Harbor” and multiple episodes of “Men In Trees.” Even he considers that pretty cool.
“That stuff is always fun. It’s fun to tune in, even if it’s a cheesy teen drama, and hear your song playing over this really intense moment where someone’s saying, ‘Please, don’t leave me,’” Nathanson said during a phone interview Tuesday.
“I watch and sometimes I TiVo the shows if I’m on the road. It’s fun to watch how critical the music is to the show. I’m a fan of that.”
Nathanson recently toured with “Grey’s Anatomy” songbird Ingred Michaelson, and he will perform at the Riverdome tonight as the opener for Lifehouse. Nathanson draws thousands in larger markets like New York, Boston and Philadelphia, and the Lifehouse tour has exposed his music to thousands of new fans.
“The exposure on this tour has been great because Lifehouse is big in places where we’re not. It’s been rad to play place where we’ve never been or other places that we’ve played before, like De Moines, but it’s never been for that many folks,” Nathanson said.
However, the tour that began Feb. 24 has been a grueling, glamorless ride through the Midwest and loads of snow.
“It feels like we’ve been on the road for years. I saw more serious snow storms than I have in my entire life. I’m a total wimp. You can’t drive, it’s freezing and you keep wondering, ‘Where are you, Hawaii?’” Nathanson said.
“I’m originally from Boston, but I think my blood thinned the minute I left the East Coast.”
Nathanson is touring in support of his sixth studio album, “Some Mad Hope.” Making the album wasn’t a quick success. Nathanson spent about two and a half years writing and recording the album — an eternity by today’s music industry standards. But timing has paid off. The album’s first video, “Car Crash,” debuted on VH1’s Top 20 Countdown Show at No. 13, and Clear Channel also named him a new artist to watch.
“Playing live has always been second nature to me, but the studio stuff always felt like foreign territory. I just kept at it until I made the record I wanted. There was a lot of trial and error and figuring out the things I wanted to do and not compromising in any way,” Nathanson said.
“From here on out the records will move from this point forward. I think every record will be a better version of the last record.”
The praise, exposure and list of other accomplishments are just another step in the process for Nathanson. No matter how large the crowds grow from his modest beginnings as a coffee shop performer, he says his performance style won’t change.
“No way. For true performers, that intimacy happens no matter how big the audience gets,” Nathanson said.
“I’m not saying I’m all that, but all it is is really allowing people to let go enough to be a part of what they’re in, when they’re in it.”
. I'd also like to know if anybody has an HD copy of Lifehouse at Pinkpop 2003. BY far their best concert ever