Q:
Let us know about yourself, as an artist and person.
A:
Hey y' all my name is Natalie! I am a producer, artist, and songwriter. I'm from Houston Texas, I lived in Chicago for a bit and am currently based in New York City. I'm a Latina and Lebanese habibi from the south just trying to make it.
Q:
What cultures and experiences cultivate this persona or identity of yours?
A:
I pull from a lot of experiences and places I've lived. Big things that have resonated with me are breakups and just relationships in general. I also talk a lot about my experiences with partying. Everything I've written about is something that I've personally experienced or dealt with. I pull all of my content from my actual life so it's all really genuine.
Q:
What keeps your current audience listening and why should people start listening?
A:
I think my versatility in genre keeps people listening to my music. One release might be a heavy trap beat with crazy auto-tuned vocals and the next drop might be a piano ballad or dancehall. You never know what's coming next. I also think the fact that I try to bend genres is a reason why people should start listening and that I sing about my authentic life. I think most people can relate to tracks that I have like Do You? or Mine.
Q:
What platform can people reach your content on the most conveniently? What albums and songs do you already have out that people should listen to?
A:
I'm on every platform you can stream music, but I would definitely suggest following me on Spotify and Soundcloud. I have a playlist featuring my entire discography on Spotify and you can get notified when I drop a track. I also release exclusive songs to Soundcloud so I would suggest the two!
Q:
How has your experience in the industry been thus far?
A:
It's been mixed. As a female "artist", I've had more luck with representation for my work, as a female producer, it's been tough. I actually started in this industry strictly producing so when I moved on to singing on my own tracks, a lot of people didn't realize that a majority of my work was self-produced.
When I started going to actual sessions for my own music, I would want to work with a lot of the producers to create something unique together, and a lot of them didn't understand that the songs they liked of mine, were tracks I also produced so they wouldn't let me hop on the tracks. They wouldn't give me a chance, I think in part because women are underrepresented within music production. Now I only work with other producers that understand my vision and treat me as an equal.
Q:
Do you have an outstanding moment since you got into the music industry that makes you realize how important it is to make music like this? If so what would that be?
A:
Yea definitely, when I dropped Do You? I had a ton of people that I never knew DM me stories of similar situations they went through. It was really inspiring.
Q:
Is there any one song that you’ve made that stands out from the rest? Any songs that people should listen to that will get people hooked?
A:
Definitely listen to Blue Jungle. It's the one song on my first EP that I actually wasn't sure about releasing. I'm super glad I did because shockingly it was the one that blew up.
Q:
Walk us through the steps you take to create a track. What is your creative process? Do you happen to just walk into the studio and throw some beats on until one sticks? Or is there a more delicate process involved?
A:
So It almost always starts with me making the beat.
I usually start with trying to sound design something unique in Serum or opening up some stock sounds in Ableton 10 suite to tweak. From there I will create half of the beat and create the melody for the hook and then form the actual words/concept. I will then finish the rest of the beat after recording the hook, then record my verses. Also, I really hate recording in studios.
I love song-writing rooms and small space. My tracks are really intimate so I love recording everything myself and adding my vocal effects myself and then sending it to an engineer to give it a final mix/master.
Q. Where do you think you would be at this very moment if you weren't pursuing your career in music?
A:
I actually have a double bachelors degree in Music Business and Marketing Communication. Education is huge to me. I'd probably be working in marketing at a media company.
Q:
Lastly, what advice or experiences would you like to share with your peers or anyone else who is up and coming in this industry?
A:
I have quite a bit of advice from my own experiences, first I would tell everybody that wants to make/release music to stop waiting. There is never going to be a perfect time just start releasing music.
My second piece of advice is to market the hell out of your music; if it takes you 10 hours to create a track spend 30 hours promoting it. My third piece of advice
Q:
Also, is there anything you'd like for us to promote?
A:
I'm releasing a remix of my track "The Hills" on May 19th on Spotify!
Y'all go stream the hell out of it.
Big shout to to Natalie for agreeing to be featured on Nefarious Supply be sure to check out his music via her SoundCloud above as well as show her love on her Instagram, as well as Twitter. If you enjoyed this interview please leave a like and comment your favorite song by Natalie. To stay up to date with content coming out of Nefarious Supply you can follow us on Instagram, as well as Twitter, like your Facebook Page, and to hear new music constantly from underground and emerging artists be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel.
