Joe Beck is one of Nashville's most successful and prolific songwriters. His passion for writing and performing began almost before he could read. As the son of missionaries, Joe grew up in Thailand where he performed songs for the Queen and King.

Joe's enthusiasm for Christian music began in the 90's, when he accepted an invitation to collaborate on the gospel song "Holding Out Hope To You." That song, sung by Michael English, earned Joe his first Dove Award.

Joe Beck has had over 250 major cuts within the last eight years. Over forty of those reached top ten, and fifteen became number one in Christian music, including Avalon's worldwide hit "Can't Live A Day." Joe's song "The Glorious Impossible" was nominated for a Grammy. Artsts who have recorded Joe Beck's songs include Diamond Rio, the Gaither Vocal Band, Crossway, Gordon Mote, and Carl Cartee.

Onstage at BMI Nashville during the Christian Music Awards are BMI Director Joyce Rice, EMI Music CMG Publishing President Eddie DeGarmo, Song of the Year writer Joe Beck, Songwriter of the Year Bob Herdman, "Three Wooden Crosses" writer Doug Johnson and BMI Executive Vice President Del Bryant. Photo by Steve Lowry

Raised in upstate New York, Larry Moore moved to Wisconsin 25 years ago to join Elektra/Asylum recording artist Sweetbottom, who were a fixture on the Milwaukee jazz fusion scene. He has opened for such diverse acts as Kansas, Kenny Loggins, Jefferson Starship, Dizzy Gillespie, Stanley Clark, Waylon Jennings, Eddie Rabbit and Willie Nelson.

He has performed with legends Bob Hope and Cab Calloway. For six years, Larry was the Associate Music Director at Elmbrook Church, where he arranged music for the praise teams and orchestra. An accomplished composer and arranger, Larry has been commissioned to provide several arrangements for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. His published works have been performed by many great orchestras throughout the country; including the Indianapolis Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, the Minneapolis Symphony, and the National Symphony Orchestra in Nashville.

Currently arranging for Hal Leonard Corporation, he has over one hundred arrangements in publication. He has most recently finished a project for the very talented Ardan James. He is currently writing scores for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra for their performances with The Gufs.

Larry has also written for television, with his music appearing in promotions for Dateline, Days Of Our Lives, ER, Fear Factor, Late Night, Law and Order, Scrubs, and Saturday Night Live. When pressed to name a favorite musician, Larry’s favorite piano player is Vladamir Horiowitz. His favorite producer is David Foster. His favorite keyboard player is Dave Grusin. Larry plays various electronic keyboards but would always rather be playing a good grand piano.

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The music industry is notorious for shattering the hopes and dreams of young artists. For every overnight superstar success story, there are thousands of equally talented singer/songwriters asking, ‘Do you want fries with that?’ Most working musicians have spent countless hours pounding the pavement and playing countless living rooms, basements, clubs and showcases hoping to make just the right connection with just the right industry bigwig to score that elusive recording contract. Others, like Nathan Walters, were dragged kicking and screaming into the limelight.

It’s not that Nathan didn’t want to be a recording artist. On the contrary, the piano prodigy chucked his college music scholarship and headed to Nashville when he was 20 years old to chase the dream. He ended up selling shoes at a local department store to pay the rent. But a man’s gift makes room for him, the Good Book says, and Nathan’s talent and persistence soon paid off when he was given the opportunity to audition as the new pianist for Southern Gospel icon, Janet Paschal.

“I had worked as a DJ at a Southern Gospel radio station while I was in high school so I was familiar with Janet’s music,” Nathan recalls. “The problem was, while I was an accomplished classical pianist, I still couldn’t play by ear very well. It wasn’t a disaster, but it was pretty close. Instead of playing piano for Janet Paschal, I ended up manning her merchandise booth for the next three months.”

While on the road with Janet, Nathan’s roommate told him about a new Christian boy band that heavyweight producer David Foster (Josh Grobin, Richard Marx) was putting together and encouraged him to audition. Nathan blew it off. “I was more of a musician than a singer and dancer,” he explained. “And I wasn’t too sure about the whole ‘boy band’ thing.”

The friend persisted and even submitted Nathan’s name over his objections. Nathan soon got the call to fly to San Francisco for an audition. He turned it down. When Janet Paschal heard about it she took Nathan to task. “’Never turn down an audition! You always gain experience and you never know who you might meet or what relationships you may form,’ she told me,” Nathan laughs. “I felt like such an amateur. I prayed, ‘Lord, if You want me in this band, have them call me back.’ The next week they called and said they were still looking for the last guy. I auditioned and the rest, as they say, is history.”

That history includes the heady days of performing with bona fide Christian music phenomenon, Plus One. The five-member boy band sold more than 1.2 million copies of their first two albums, shared the stage with the biggest names in the industry, graced the covers of popular teen magazines and was featured on television shows from “Entertainment Tonight” to “The CBS Evening News.” But as successful as the band was, there was a nagging sense among its members that everything about their career was pre-fabbed, commercial, someone else’s vision. Eventually the time came when Plus One would have to re-invent itself. The band evolved into a trio and emerged with a strong new vision – and a bold, new rock ‘n’ roll sound.

“I had a deal to do a solo project, but I was already committed to the band so the solo thing kept getting pushed back,” Nathan muses. “We did the rock band thing for a little over a year and then decided to take a break. I have my own studio in my home so I started producing other artists. I had dabbled in producing and songwriting long before the Plus One thing ever happened, but I wasn’t proficient back then. Being in Plus One was really like going to school. I got to work with A-list writers and producers and I took advantage of every opportunity to learn the craft.”

Eight different producers worked on Plus One’s gold selling debut project including David Foster, Eric Foster White (Britney Spears) and Rodney Jerkins (Destiny’s Child). “I asked a million questions and really latched onto what they were doing. Each one had their own style but the common thread that ran through all of them was their commitment to excellence. ‘Good enough’ was never good enough. I incorporated a lot of what they do when I started producing other artists.”

When it came time for Nathan to find a producer for his own, long-delayed, solo project he realized that he could do it himself after having produced other bands and artists for a few years. He called on long-time songwriting buddy, Jeremy Bose, for inspiration and co-wrote several of the songs with Nathan’s wife, Inna. After crafting eleven fresh new songs, Nathan laid down the keyboards then brought in first call players like Lynn Nichols (Phil Keaggy, Ashley Cleveland) on guitar, Mark Childs (Carrie Underwood) on bass, and drummer Jason Collum (Brian Littrell) to flesh out the sound.

“The music has grown up,” Nathan says. “It’s gone from boy band to rock ‘n’ roll, and this is the next logical step. It’s atmospheric, kind of like you are outside and it’s raining, but it feels good that it is raining.”

The resulting album, “Escape,” is a journey of sorts – spiritual, but also physical. “It’s about heartache. It’s about God. It’s about my life during the past five years,” Nathan ponders. “A lot of people are walking through difficult times. They need to know that other people have walked there before.”

The song, “Universe,” is a classic example of the introspective and vulnerable nature of the album, which is more about sharing thoughts than preaching doctrine. “I used to want to be an astronaut,” Nathan confesses. “When I look at the stars it makes me wonder if we really might be the only sentient creatures in the universe, and God made all this just for us. Could it be possible that God put all that space up there purely for our enjoyment? It’s romantic overkill, like a guy sending dozens of roses to his girlfriend - just because.”

Although Nathan has seen his share of mainstream success his focus remains in the Christian market. “I grew up leading worship in church youth group before the Plus One days,” he explains. “I still want to have that outlet. When you focus on the mainstream there is a whole other mentality, a whole other expectation from the people around you. If the mainstream thing happens that’s great, but I don’t want to have to try to figure out what I have to do to get radio air play. I don’t want to be a slave to that market. I want to be able to go to churches and minister there. That’s what I want to do for the rest of my career.”

Jason Wyatt

Jason Wyatt
Jason Wyatt performing for a crowd at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, 2009.
Background information
Birth name	Jason Edward Wyatt
Origin	Blaine, Washington, U.S.
Genres	Country, Gospel
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals Rhythm guitar
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Den Tree Music Nashville
Website	www.jasonwyattmusic.com

Jason Wyatt is an American country singer.

Early life

Wyatt was born Jason Edward Kuhn in Blaine, Washington, the first of two children. At the age of 8, Wyatt began playing drums with his family, all who are musically trained. By the age of 16, Wyatt added guitar, mandolin and electric bass to his repertoire, and was playing and singing for a local bluegrass band, reflecting a distinctively modern, New-Country twist to the band’s traditional style of play.

Jason married his wife Laura in 2001 and together has three young children and resides south of Nashville in rural Williamson County. Jason went on to attend Music College at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas. At South Plains Jason earned a degree in Commercial Music as well as being voted #1 Music Entertainer, Male Vocalist and Songwriter of the year for two years running. From South Plains College Jason moved on to Nashville, Tennessee to further his desire in fulfilling a Music career as a Country Artist.

Career

Wyatt was a worship pastor for 6 years at King Mountain Church in Bellingham, Washington, and during that time wrote a score of contemporary worship songs, choreographed and directed a professionally-produced church worship CD project, and oversaw major musical outreaches and community events before moving his family to the state of Texas where he became worship pastor for South Plains church in Levelland, TX. Jason ministered as worship pastor for two more years before taking a step of faith and moving his family to Nashville, where he and his family currently reside.

Personal life

Wyatt is a born-again Christian and has released one previous CD, King Mountain Church - Together.

Jason Wyatt

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