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and House Concerts in both Canada and the United States. Nathen
believes that his calling is to inspire and heal through his music, and
he does so with his voice and his NS Stick (www.Stick.com/instruments/
ns), an 8-stringed electronic instrument that can be plucked like a
bass, strummed like a guitar, or tapped with both hands like a piano.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nathen.aswell
MySpace: www.myspace.com/nathenaswell
Website: www.NathenAswell.com
Interview: September 27th 2009 Vancouver, Canada
Photo: Daniel Collins
AUSTRALIS is an ambient-electronica New Age
music project by Peruvian-born composer and
producer Oscar Aguayo based in Kaysville, Utah.
“Lifegiving” (2005) is available from Independent
Records, “The Gates Of Reality” (2008), and
“Sentient Genus” (2010) are both available from
Essential Noises. “Australis” in Latin literally means “from the South”,
symbolizing the source of Australis’ primary musical influences.
Website: www.australiscanticum.com
Interview: January 28th 2009 Kaysville, Utah, United States
Photo: Australis / AustralisCanticum.com
MARGIE BALTER is a composer, pianist, and piano
teacher from Los Angeles, California. Her album
“Music From My Heart: Solo Piano Pieces By Margie
Balter” (2007) is available from Baby Grand
Publishing. Balter’s CD won the 2008 and 2009 LA
Music Awards, for “Piano Album of the Year”, and a
track was featured in the film Date Night, starring Tina Fey and Steve
Carell. Margie Balter is known as “Piano Teacher to the Stars” for
coaching Holly Hunter for the film “The Piano” (1993), Tom Cruise for
“Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles” (1994), Sandra
Bullock for “The Net” (1995), Scarlett Johansson for “The Man Who
Wasn’t There” (2001), Kevin Spacey for “Beyond The Sea” (2004), and
Greg Kinnear for “The Last Song” (2010). Balter has six credits in the
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