They claim that writers who write about what they are knowledgeable about are at their best. Nate Barnes, a recent signing to Quartz Hill Records, is no different. A young blue-collar power plant worker from South Haven, Michigan, writes and sings about his job and daily life there. Barnes sings of God, family, adversity, love, the straightforward way of life and its simple pleasures. He sings about making ends meet and the sweat, blood and tears it takes to get there. Because he is one himself, the earnestness with which he sings the tales of ordinary working-class Americans is genuine.
Barnes was constantly thinking about music while working those long hours of physical labor. In sixth grade, the small-town performer made his church debut before moving on to parties and other local events. His mother would chauffeur him about town while she watched every performance. Over time, despite the demanding responsibilities of his day job, Barnes started performing at pubs and venues every night and on the weekends at "any place that would take me."
Barnes has spent years performing in bars, coffee shops, tiny venues and festivals in and around his hometown, but he was only found by luck when he ran across top-charting composer Jason Sellers while passing through Nashville on his way to Gatlinburg for a vacation.
A chat turned into a song and Sellers realized right once that he had encountered a real, authentic artist who had been unaffected and unadulterated by the music business. The veteran musicians Benny Brown and Paul Brown, with whom he was founding Quartz Hill Records in collaboration with The Orchard and Sony Music, needed to meet Barnes, so he also understood he had to introduce them..

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