Behind The Scenes With Nate Botsford

Singer-songwriter, Nate Botsford, joins me on Infinite Success Radio, to reveal a behind the scenes look at life in today’s music industry. Plus Nate shares success tips for aspiring singer-songwriters and gives us a sneak peek at his new song. He also reveals his experience on The Voice, American Idol, and how he won a nation-wide competition.

Show Notes – Behind The Scenes With Nate Botsford:

Nate’s journey to becoming a musician. [00:06:38]
What the music industry is like and how it impacts Nate’s life today. [00:08:27]
How Nate responds to negative feedback and criticism. [00:11:29]
Highlights of Nate’s career including auditions for The Voice, American Idol, and winning a nation-wide competition. [00:13:20]
Sneak peek – Nate’s new song “Tiny Little Voices”. [00:21:23]
How did Nate write the song Tiny Little Voices? [00:25:08]
Ways to develop ideas for songs. [00:36:19]
Nate’s #1 success tip. [00:41:57]
How Nate gained his confidence. [00:45:45]

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About Nate Botsford:

Life’s big themes – love, loss and heartbreak among them – thread through Portland singer-songwriter Nate Botsford’s 2014 indie release Hourglass. The lyrics, which can lean toward the melancholy, are meant to reflect experiences listeners themselves have had. That said, DJs at Portland radio station Kink FM, which has three of its tracks in rotation, have described Hourglass as a feel-good album, the tunefully acoustic sort you might add to a road-trip playlist or queue up for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

In 2015, he landed one of two finalist spots in the Aloft Hotels’ Project Aloft online songwriting contest, which attracted nearly 1,000 entrants and was judged by producers from Nashville and L.A. Botsford’s prize included a mentoring session and opening slot with Ingrid Michaelson in New York, with a 25-city solo tour to follow in 2016. Shortly after that victory, he was booked as an opener for Napa’s Live in the Vineyard show on a bill with acts including James Bay & Michael Franti.

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