No sooner have I mailed out all the CDs to kickstarter backers than…the next project has started!

I’ve formed a children’s music band with Doris & JJ (from Girlyman) called Django Jones. Here’s a sample for your listening pleasure.

If you like it, we started a kickstarter at: http://kck.st/10ukkdM

Hey everyone -

The CDs have arrived (!!!) and are on their way out to people who pre-ordered or contributed enough on Kickstarter. They should arrive in the next week or so (maybe a bit longer if overseas).

You can still pre-order for a little longer until it’s officially released.

Here’s a video of me writing a song.

If you’ve ever been curious about what my writing process is like, this is a chance to watch me in action.  I wasn’t feeling particularly inspired when I was writing this song, but I kept writing anyway.  That’s kind of the secret to writing songs – just do it – and if you think the song is boring, cheesy, awful, etc., just keep writing. It might not end up being the best song ever – it could even be the worst song ever.  But then there will be a song in the world where previously there had been none.  And I think one song (even the worst) is better than nothing.

My Kickstarter campaign has only one week left!  If you’ve ever wanted me to write you a custom song (or wanted to own my beautiful National Resophonic guitar), now is your chance.

In celebration, I’m offering a free MP3 download of a song going on the album.
“Memories in a Glass” is a quiet, bossa-nova-inspired song I’m really happy with:

You can also download the mp3 file HERE.
(you might have to right-click or control-click the link to download it.)

Click HERE to go to my Kickstarter page. Thanks to everyone who’s pledged so far!  You’ve inspired me.

A brief update from studio-land.

Hello and welcome to the new nateborofsky.com. As I’m embarking on the scary and exciting journey of making another solo CD, I decided to give the old website an overhaul. Well, to be honest, the old website hadn’t been updated in about about eight or nine years, so I suppose it’s overdue.

And maybe that’s true for the solo album, too. I’ve spent the better part of 11 years as part of a trio (then quartet) called Girlyman. We toured all over the US, Canada, and the UK. For me, it was a dream come true. I was making music, and I was making a living (albeit a modest one). In the late 1990′s when I was last making music on my own, I was struggling to just break even. Some people came out to shows or bought a CD, but it was on a much, much smaller scale.

When Girlyman came into being, everything seemed to take off. Suddenly, there were a lot more people at the shows, a lot more CDs being sold, and I was even occasionally recognized on the street (boosting my ego). More importantly, I was making music with people that I loved. It wasn’t always awesome – living off of PBJ sandwiches and constantly using gas station restrooms come to mind – but I was still living my dream.

Yet in the last year, I’ve come to see the ways in which playing in a group, as amazing as it’s been, always had a quiet undercurrent of I’m not good enough to make music on my own.  And whenever that voice came up, I said to myself, “It doesn’t matter – I’m in a group, so who cares?  I’m living my dream.” And as I slowly began to burn out from the constant touring, I’d say, “But I’m living my dream.”

I was living my dream. And I wasn’t. It’s not that my dream changed – it expanded. I also want to spend more time at home. I also want to sustain relationships outside of this very small group of people, regardless of how much I love them. I want to write and record more songs of my own. I want to collaborate with others.

So this hiatus Girlyman is taking seems to be a blessing in disguise for me. I now have time to work on all of the above. Maybe new creative ideas I haven’t even thought of yet. Do you have any ideas? Is there anything you want to hear from me? I feel such deep appreciation for all the support I’ve gotten for my Kickstarter campaign, and I want to share more music (or whatever) with y’all.

And this website seems like a start.