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Nathan Leigh Jones (or "NLJ") is
a pop singer, songwriter and pianist born in Adelaide Australia, currently living
between both New
York City and Sydney
Australia.
Music
In 2004, Nathan Leigh Jones was named Artist Of The Year at the
annual Musicoz Awards[1], which
lead him to record his 2006 debut album '10 Letters' at Australia's
Sony BMG Studios. A music
video was made for the track 'Day After Day', filmed in Kiama New South
Wales, featuring a grand piano placed in the middle of a seaside
quarry. The video received significant airplay on Foxtel, and the track went on to become the 'Hot
Pick' in the inaugural Pacific Songwriting Competition[2]. In
early 2008 the album '10 Letters' was repackaged and remixed as a 5
track EP titled 'The Way I'm Missing You', and became available
worldwide through the iTunes Music
Store.
Background
Nathan Leigh Jones grew up in Adelaide (South Australia) as child number three
in a family of six, and learnt to play the piano at age 4. He
studied the trumpet throughout his teenage years, but concentrated
solely on voice during his last year of high school, achieving a
perfect score of 100% for his final moderated performance. Before
recording his first album, he was the weekday drive show presenter
on Life FM
(Adelaide) and a youth ambassador for World
Vision Australia.
Other
projects
Nathan Leigh Jones composed and arranged the music for
'Centrelink The Musical' which made its debut at the 2008 Adelaide Fringe Festival. He
is also regularly featured on Australian TV and radio commercials
as a voice over artist through the agency EM Voices, including
major campaigns for Hungry Jack's (Burger King), Mitsubishi Motors and Jamster.
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