Singer/Songwriter from Texas. I live for Jesus. Eat, Sleep, & Breathe music. Check back often for updates on my new EP "Letters Left Unread". The second single, "Dear Jon" will be available on iTunes May 26th! Also download your copy of my first EP "Find Me" and "Falling feat. Andrew Nordan" on iTunes today!
Hey Yall! This last wednesday I had the honor of fulfilling one of my dreams... singing at the House of Blues!!!!! Gotta say, it was a great show and a wonderful turnout! So grateful for my friends, family, and fans that made it out to the show! Here is the FIRST EVER live performance of my newest single "Dear Jon". This is my most personal song, and an emotional one for me to sing live. Thankful for such a beautiful response to this song and the support I've received. Thank you again for taking this journey with me and reminding me why I will never give up.
Dear Jon - Live @ The House Of Blues 12/12/12
XOXO- Natalie
P.S. in other AWESOME news I was named "Artist to Watch" of the Year by the "Sunday Funday" Radio Show!!! THANKS GUYS!!!! Yall be sure to check them out and like their facebook page!
Hey Guys!
I had an awesome rehearsal for my show at the House Of Blues on December 12th and I am really excited to show yall a sneak peak of the new acoustic arrangement of "Dear Jon".
I also threw in another surprise... we will be playing "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift as well!
It's gonna be a great show... hope yall enjoy these videos!
Big thanks to my guitar player Solomon Ivey and my drummer Preston White. These men kill it.
I've been singing (seriously singing) for ten years now. I'm 25. Thats not exactly "prime" age for most of the Record Labels these days. There are so many times when I wonder, why do I keep trying? But for me, it all comes down to the little things.
My very fiber is made up of music. I'm convinced. God created me while He sang. He must have! I can get chills watching ANYONE sing. I have such an appreciation for music and melody that it almost sounds like I cheapen it, when really I am soaking up every bit of beauty that is being heard.
This evening I had two very wonderful things happen to me. When I was putting together some long overdue prizes for contest winners on twitter I got a message from a fan named Sunnie. She decided she was going to make me a fan site and tell everyone she knew! She immediately started working away at it! It seriously made my day. I felt so special.
Later on, one of my fans tweeted me a video. A video of her singing. A video of her singing a song that I wrote. It's been a few years since someone has made a cover video and especially to hear someone sing this particular song was almost overwhelming. I would have to say that "Dear Jon" is probably my most vulnerable song that I have released so far and down to the last syllable is meant from the bottom of my soul. To hear such a beautiful young lady sing these words that I wrote was absolutely inspiring all over again.
Thank you Fayla & Sunnie for reminding me again why I will never give up and never stop making music. Yall have inspired me to continue to reach for my dreams and share my music with anyone that will listen.
The last few months have been the most trying months of my
entire life. It’s funny because you think that as you grow older that it will
get easier. That you will figure out how to love, and let go, and move on. But
in reality, without Jesus, you can’t.
People say that, “Time heals all wounds”. But I’ve come to
find that time doesn’t heal. Time leaves you even more scarred and wounded than
before. Bitterness sets in and anger begins to make you cold. The one and only thing that can cleanse
you and make the pain go away is the blood of Jesus.
I've learned that not only do you have to forgive the
people that have hurt you and forgive yourself, but you also have to forgive what happened. There are some things in life that you think, “will
never actually happen to me”. You think that you’re invincible. But the truth
is, we are in a war. We have an
enemy. There is a devil who hates you and wants to destroy you. He is no
respecter of persons. He doesn’t care who you are, who your family is, or what
you do. He knows your weakness and all he wants is to get your focus off of one
thing, and that’s Jesus. (John 10:10)
Distraction is a dangerous thing. Compromise will leave you
empty. The only thing that can fulfill and make you new is the Grace of God and
true belief that Jesus’s blood has made us whole. He paid the price so that we
could be free of pain, and live forever with Him (Isaiah 53). Therefore, who
are we to judge this world? Our commission in life is to love. And love is
described in 1 Corinthians 13:7-8 as this: “Love never gives up, never loses
faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Love never
fails.”
Some people may hear this song and think, “Oh, this
isn’t a Christian song…Why is she singing this?” But in fact, this is a story
of what brought me back to my knees. Where I found my worth in Jesus and not in
anything or anyone else. I can now look at you and say with my whole heart, “I
know what it feels like to be broken, and I know the answer to get whole again…
and that’s Jesus Christ.”
Forgive, Love, and believe in the Grace of God and the blood
of Jesus that has set us free!
I love you, God loves you, and I hope this song inspires you
to love and let go, and to most importantly… forgive.
I hope the close of 2011 brought you tons of joy, family, friends, laughter, and a wonderful Holiday Season. Spending the last few weeks of December with my family was absolutely amazing!! God has blessed me in so many ways.
I'm so excited to say goodbye to 2011. It was one of the hardest years of my entire life. Way too much death. Too many heartaches. And yet at the same time, some of the most amazing blessings have come throughout all of it. Either way It's time to press on. It's time to embrace what lies ahead.
It's time to get focused. Im gonna be 25 in two months. thats right, two months. Which means I have been doing this whole music thing for over ten years. I'm thinking it's time to kick this into overdrive. More Shows. More Music. More Videos. It's gonna ROCK!
Before I compile all the wonderful things that 2012 is going to bring, I leave you with this....
Hey Yall! This last wednesday I had the honor of fulfilling one of my dreams... singing at the House of Blues!!!!! Gotta say, it was a great show and a wonderful turnout! So grateful for my friends, family, and fans that made it out to the show! Here is the FIRST EVER live performance of my newest single "Dear Jon". This is my most personal song, and an emotional one for me to sing live. Thankful for such a beautiful response to this song and the support I've received. Thank you again for taking this journey with me and reminding me why I will never give up.
P.S. in other AWESOME news I was named "Artist to Watch" of the Year by the "Sunday Funday" Radio Show!!! THANKS GUYS!!!! Yall be sure to check them out and like their facebook page!
