February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

John Natiw (@jnatiw)

progress: 4

joined: January 28 2009
location: Michigan, USA
website: www.pottersfieldmusic.com
influences: Burl Ives, Benny Goodman, Jerry Reed, Tchaikovsky, Rush, Dave Carter, The Irish Rovers, John Denver, Lyle Lovett, Harry Chapin, The Beatles, Over the Rhine, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Cash and YOU.

Bio

2012! Bring it on!

Hi. I'm John. Husband to a patient wife. Father to four great girls. Songwriter/Performer. Drummer/Percussionist. Producer and engineer at Rocket Boy Records. Sometime slacker. This is FAWM #4 for me. Have never "won" yet. Managed to get a bunch of "keepers" that past three years, though. Maybe this is the year I go 14, errr... 14.5.

If you're ever in the Detroit/Ann Arbor area, please look me up. I'd love to get together with fellow FAWMers to pick a bit or share a show.

Write on,
John

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By the way, my duo, The Potter's Field, released our debut album in October. A few of the songs on this release are songs I wrote for FAWM. Give it a listen (for free) or purchase one (or three) if you're so inclined.

The Potter's Field
http://thepottersfield.bandcamp.com/
http://pottersfieldmusic.com/

John Natiw Music
http://johnnatiw.com/

2012 Songs

1	Mandolin Instrumental	16 comments // 3 months ago
2	The Ballad of Injun Bill	15 comments // 3 months ago
3	Your eloquence is irrelevant (with hannahoreilly)	zong // 2 months ago
4	Sing to me (with hannahoreilly)	zong // 2 months ago

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petra777 2 months ago

still working with that mandolin song...might not have anything done till more in march
$Hannah O\'Reilly - hannahoreilly$ hannahoreilly 3 months ago

loveliness! i have another duet for us! my studio is out of action, but if i throw a decent demo onto my ipad and wing it to you, you wanna do it? xh
zecoop 3 months ago

Hi there - Greetings from Southwest Michigan! So glad I came across your songs on the Jukebox... really great stuff and wonderful sounds. The band I am in is hoping to come down to the Detroit area at some point, as the guitar player is from Eastpointe. Perhaps we'll run into each other somewhere down there. Looking forward to hearing some more songs; you are now on my watchlist.
blueone 3 months ago

No worries, mate - I really enjoyed it. Looking forward to hearing more.
joy212 3 months ago

Hi John! My band and I are in the Detroit/Ann Arbor area all the time! We like making friends... www.ataverage.com. I'm the violinist, they only let me write songs in February, but nathanschleicher is in charge and he's hanging around FAWM too. Took a listen to some of your songs on your website; I really like your sound and writing.
izaakalexander 3 months ago

Hiya, John! I am curious about recording the mandolin. I seem to be using it a lot lately. I'm using the GarageBand software with low end single channel USB interface, so I can only record one channel at a time... but I use a decent condenser mic with a tube pre-amp and phantom power (it's probably a shame to pipe it all through the crappy interface). My main question for you is what kind of compressor and equalizer settings seem to work best for the mandolin. I suppose it depends on the context of the arrangement, but I'm still curious about how to get the best sound out of my set up. I'd appreciate any advice you have.... maybe we should even start a thread in the forums and share the wealth... Looking forward to hearing the rest of your FAWM!
davefalk 3 months ago

Hi John, so this is where you hang out when your doing family oer performing?.......smiles!

Going out of town on vacation for a week, I will look you up after I have a few new ones under my belt.

Take care

Dave
$Bob \$ bobskyyoung 3 months ago

Hey howdy hey!
blindkiwi 3 months ago

Listened to a couple of tracks on Pleasureville, had to press the buy button. Looking forward to hearing what you come up with over the next 29 days
calumcarlyle 3 months ago

hi! i just listened to Don't Look Down, very nice. I loved the crispy sound of the recording, too. the song itself sounds lovely though and it's a perfect choice of voices, instruments, and when to have them playing/not playing too. Definitely agree it's an excellent song. well done. I particularly enjoyed hearing the north american style mandolin so prominently but not overpoweringly.
musicsongwriter 3 months ago

Hi John. Looking forward to hearing your new songs.
joscarbittinger 3 months ago

Thanks for saying hi, John. Now I'm wondering if FAWM is where we first encountered each other? Looking forward to a relaxed February of writing songs!
toms 3 months ago

"Pleasureville" is brilliant.
rbarreda 3 months ago

Ha! Good to know you'll be participating this year John. I really liked some of your and Rochelle's stuff on Pleasureville. Looking forward to hearing what you'll do this year. This one is number three for me.
downburst 3 months ago

I'm in Ann Arbor. (I knew Rochelle briefly a couple years ago when she came to the songwriters group I used to run. You guys are still working together?)
thetau 3 months ago

You can sure pick em. It's gonna be good this time around
dragondreams 3 months ago

Hi John.

I'm looking forward to swapping plectrum experiences. And hearing what you come out with during February.
donna 4 months ago

Thanks for dropping by, John. I look forward to your wonderful songs.
kevinemmrich 4 months ago

Pleasureville is a pretty well done CD -- congrats. I listened to a few and sampled the rest -- I do have work to do today (ha, ha). I hope to get a CD out this year, although my singing will never approach yours (or my mixing skills!).