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Nate Ihara

he/him

piano / guitar / bass guitar / voice / songwriting / production

Nate Ihara is a multi instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, and educator. He began taking piano lessons at a young age, then moved on to saxophone, guitar, bass, and vocals. He studied under Ron Anderson (Chris Cornell, Christina Aguilera, Matt Shadows) while in Los Angeles recording his first album and continued after coming back to the east coast.

He got his start in the local music scene in the early 2000s, quickly gaining recognition and eventually inking a deal with Virgin Records. Since his days of touring, he has produced and written songs for other artists as well as himself, with compositions making their way around the world from Canada to Sweden, and his music being featured in television, commercials, and film.

He began educating young musicians and aspiring songwriters in 2014.

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