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In i,IN ,l( Ilil'Nr glolN 111 the NNorlll of musk Sinie 1‘IMt Nathan has ,11 Iin rlv written Ins (inn n niiisii .uni rc( (inlcd it in his 1 niversity (liirin room The room im larger Ihatl the SI/C 111 a small lit flic houses his equipment a buss guitar all elci tin guilui an elei t n ink keyboard. a (hum iii.ii lime a four-inn k An order anil his stereo e(|ui|imenl Nathan earned ne tame tei (*ntly nniIIi his composition of the International I estival's theme song One World The „iin \\ ith verses sunt; in l.nglish Spanish, hoitu-ji si Swedish and kiklJVU a hem an language! teller.ts Nathan's lieliet that itiusii can he used to unite people The lyric s of the stint! jt lue Wrirldl basically talk, il alum! wli.il we (an do for tile future in terms ni edmatinn." he said "Am sort of dis i riminiitioti tiasii ally ( tunes from ignorance and when nn e boa ussed the theme ol the song, nn e to ( used on unity friendship and on love I he song lame about from Ins paitii ipulum in tin 1 imeisitN s Inti i national Cultural Servic e I’rugrum in nnIikIi participants rei l ive financial aid in exchange to! HU hours ot [ire seiitafing talks about then ( oulries and ( ullures I wanted to 'ante a sung to unity a variety ot ( u It it res in- said We are the ones nn ho w il I go out tolnorrmN and make something out ot this world and that nn.is the inspiration It nnwn hard to think of a melod\ that would lit ail the different languages- hut Nve did tome up nn i t h something nne wrote it nni1 tried it and it i.aine out really Well ' ttiiginallN from Singapore, the Jo-year-old marketing senior has been studying in the I 'tilled States Sim e HI H A Nathan said his interest in inusii dates hat k to Nvhen lie used to perforin professionally nniIIi a hand in Singapore before he c ami* to Kugene IIonncnci Nathan said lie didn't begin nniiIi NNiitnu: inusii hut nniiIi poetry II was not until one of Ills friends read his poems and encouraged him to add imi-.ii to them that lie began to do so Despite tins Nathan has not performed his own inusii in Singapore Most musicians start off in playing cover Hines " he said Hut the American public is used to healing new stuff all the* tum* so they re Ulole ice cptivi I hat s not tile* c use at home And generally there is a tendency to believe that lo c al grim n talent in Singapuie is not good enough to make the • hat's Nathan said Ills musli has matured along the years I mm listening to different types ot music, and artists he said he has tried to derm* his onn ii stn le and sound But despite his stay ill the Cult od M,ites Nathan said his musii still reflects tin* rhythms .mil melodies that he grcNN up with It’s very hard to depart hum where you're from I grcNN up listening to rock but then, there's a lot of ethnic influences." lie said What 1 feel is that sometimes, it's better not to tin to depart from that because whatever vour li.H kgrouild is. tlial s basil ally who you are While it is unintentional, Nathan said that peo pie nn ho are lamiiiar nn ith l ast Aslan c ullures nun hear the trauittonal himis oi intu.i .mu m.u.ivsi.i m Mime (if Ills IIII1SII With,in s.ucl lie Irit’s to mitkr lilt' end produc t .is tiriyin.il ,is |itissil)lt' I n at hieve this. Nathan s.iid In- combines different beats in each ol his writ mgs Basically whi'ii Miu'ri' writing your own songs vim w.int try to come up with vour own sound, vour own distinct flavor .uid vou don't want to sound like somebody else.' Willuin said Iheit again. there's the ironv Non don’1 want to sound like somt'hodv else. vou want to sound original, hut whatever soils is assimilated to what sounds like somehodv else It s a verv difficult tiling to trv to break away and to do something eclei I ii he adtled I 'illike* main other musicians. Nathan said lie writes his Ivni s before writing the melody Once the Ivrns are done. Nathan said the melodies ■ ome automatic alls W hen 1 write a song, I have a picture in tin mind oi what I am writing, how I want it to sound, he >aid And when I listen to the musii I hope to see that pic lure t ome to life I trv to do things that iliav he other people have not done " lliuvevei like most other artists Nathan is ev tremeh emotional about his work It a piece ol work doesn't live up to his e\pe< tations it never makes the portfolio oi onto a demo-tape he said 1 I love music because it's almost like the growth of a human being, lyric s mature over vears music matures over the veal's, and you tend to have a different purpose when you write a song, lie said for me. it I don't feed a song. I don't want to do it It the Iv ni s do not move me. then I basic allv throw it into the trash, that's it I low ever writing is not all Nathan does Once a piec e is written he begins recording it Oil Ills I on i ti ai k recordei. living mu e again to at hieve that perlei t sound I rei onl stuff with hasit trai ks I irst. then I I is ten to them ovei and over and ovei until 1 figure Out what I need to do just to make it sound bet tec lie said "What I’m baiscallv working on right now is a solo-demo and I have about 10 songs recorded and another 10 that are on pa pei Nathan said that he hopes to have the demo tape completed hv next spring when he plans to move h i either I.ns \i,gelescu New York city to market his music Hut for now vvliat Nathan plans I. ■ do is keep this as a rei real mnal ac 11 v it v untiI he i ompletes his studies Hut music will not lie pushed tot.dlv avvitv lot the upcoming Veai Nathan said since the peifot mance o! his song One World at tills vour s In ternalional Night a numliei ol international slu dents with strong bin kgrounds m music have up proai bed him and thev are now planning to form an international band We have more than enough talent m terms ot musicians and singers tin the international slu dent i oimnunifvI. and I don't think such talent should he wasted. he said "It’s our plan to toi m a hand that w ill perform their original t mu positions and musii from a variety oi < ultures W hen times are low w hen times are dow n. 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