Nathan Leigh Jones

Nathan Leigh Jones
Birth name Nathan Leigh Jones
Born (1981-04-06) 6 April 1981
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Genres Pop, indie, acoustic
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, piano
Years active 2001 – present
Website www.nljmusic.com

Nathan Leigh Jones (or NLJ) is a pop singer, songwriter and pianist born in Adelaide, Australia, currently living between both Sydney, Australia and New York City.

Jones' album Sooner Or Later was released independently on 6 April 2011, and features Grammy Award winning musicians Dan Warner and Lee Levin.[1] The song "Beautiful You" was featured in season four of Dance Moms in the episode "Decisions Decisions".[2]

Music

In 2004, Jones was named Artist Of The Year at the annual Musicoz Awards,[3] which led him to record his 2006 debut album 10 Letters at Australia's Sony Music 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 airplay on Foxtel, and the track went on to become the 'Hot Pick' in the inaugural Pacific Songwriting Competition.[4] 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 Store.

Voice over career

Jones has worked as a voice over artist on Australian TV and radio commercials, including campaigns for Hungry Jack's (Burger King), Mitsubishi Motors and Jamster. He is the promo voice on Australian free-to-air digital television channel Eleven, as well as subscription television channels Nickelodeon Australia and MTV Australia. He is represented by Sydney-based voice over agency RMK Voices.[5]

Other projects

Jones composed and arranged the music for 'Centrelink The Musical', which made its debut at the 2008 Adelaide Fringe Festival. He also co-wrote the single 'Pick It Up' for American Idol Season 5 semi-finalist Ayla Brown, which was performed live on American breakfast TV show Fox & Friends on 15 February 2010.[6]

In 2011, Jones arranged and produced a remake of "That What Friends Are For", featuring Alan Cumming, David Raleigh, Billy Porter and Ari Gold.

References

  1. ↑ The Latin Recording Academy® 2010 Nominees
  2. ↑ Department For Sound, 27 March 2011
  3. ↑ Musicoz Awards
  4. ↑ Pacific Songwriting Competition
  5. ↑ RMK Voices
  6. ↑ Ayla Brown on Fox & Friends
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