Nate Johnivan

Middle aged, middle class, songwriter from middle America.

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natejohnivan@getalby.com

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2024-08-30 16:42:38

DDNJ=Dave Daniele and Nate Johnivan
Dave had some music without vocals and I love nothing more than being given a canvas that already has a beautiful background on it and all I have to do is fill in the foreground with some lyrics and vocals. Here's the first couple we made.
https://wavlake.com/album/71a61b9a-7616-4b45-9abb-93809abef53e

2024-07-25 14:06:32

"I wouldn't do a cover song, unless it was the greatest and best song of all time." -Me
I hope you enjoy this cover of the Bright Eyes song, Bowl of Oranges. It was very fun to record and collaborate with my friend Austin.
https://wavlake.com/track/3dcea16e-957d-47a7-9070-7b7a1fa2dabe

2024-07-17 15:44:56

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I’ve been using Alby for a while and it works great! I think zaps are changing from replacing the “like” button to more of a “tip” for people actually putting out content. You wouldn’t tip someone for having a conversation with you, but you would tip a musician that entertained you. I think that’s what’s happening.

2024-07-15 18:45:35

Happy birthday to me. And a gift for you. First video from my band Death by Lions is only available right here in Nostr!
https://curiocaster.com/podcast/pi6962775

2024-07-12 15:33:26

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Thanks man! I’ll keep making em if you keep listenin. Got a few more coming out this month and truthfully the one you heard is the worst of them. So if you liked that… you’re gonna love these other ones.

2024-07-12 15:10:06

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Thanks for the repost @npub12rz…hrv9 but I put the song out already. So if anyone posts a photo now that’s better than the one I chose I just won’t be able to live with myself! Please only post terrible photos now so I can be assured I picked correctly. Here’s the finished up song.
https://wavlake.com/track/8ed6794a-3a2b-4803-b702-eaf8fcb29fc5

2024-07-12 14:55:50

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Thanks so much!! I’m very content to just sit in my studio and make things, pushing them out into the world and hoping they are enjoyed. It’s too painful to track them after they leave my bubble so I just focus on the next thing, but seeing your post has recharged my batteries like crazy so thank you for that.

2024-07-12 02:51:46

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Short answer, nope. I have insomnia. Let me know what ya think when you have a chance to listen!

2024-07-11 14:54:33

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I suck at this, I’ve been replying in messages instead of in the comments, I feel like my grandpa! Thanks so much to @npub156y…sk5q for the generosity! And to anyone else that listened, you are the real mvps.

2024-07-09 14:37:09

It’s my birthday week, my gift to you, a four song album that I’ve been laboring over for months. It’s a concept album chronicling the journey of a good kids road out of an unstable home and into the foster care system. Even if it doesn’t relate directly I think you can find bits and pieces of yourself in there. Wanted to release it early for all you nostriches.
@npub1yfg…v6vg @npub1t6n…agv3 @npub177f…aaq7 (found you)
https://wavlake.com/album/d1a871a7-7e4c-4a91-b799-87dcbb6bc41d

2024-07-08 02:22:07

I put out another song. And I will be once a week for the foreseeable future. Let’s have some fun.
https://wavlake.com/album/acb43f23-cfec-4cc1-a418-4087a5378129
@wavlake @npub1d9a…w3fp @npub1h8g…ps02

2024-05-18 00:11:03

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Man these are sweet. Did you take them?

2024-05-18 00:09:09

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Hell yeah that’s sweet!!

2024-05-17 20:09:43

I have a song that’s ready to put out but I’m looking for some help with the album art.
It’s called You Should Waste It, and it’s about the joys of wasting time when you’re young. Please comment any picture you may have that you think would work for the cover and I’ll consider using it. Thanks in advance Nostriches.
@npub1yfg…v6vg @npub1t6n…agv3 @npub1d9a…w3fp
#helpme
#bypostingyourpicimallowedtouseit
#music

2024-05-15 21:16:20

We played a show with Bong Mountain a while ago and I got to say the best joke I've ever had on stage. As we got ready to start I said, "Let's give it up for Bong Mountain? What a stupid band name... We're Monkey Robot War." One guy went "HA!" and thats the beginning and end of my standup career.
Anyway, the drummer and bassist of Bong Mountain came over one Saturday as well as my co-writer Justin and we wrote this song. Not polished up, but we decided it's better that way.
https://wavlake.com/track/901b5be5-96c9-40ef-8f8b-b528a12eabed
@npub1yfg…v6vg @npub1t6n…agv3

2024-05-15 20:10:14

2024-05-11 03:10:44

I had “see the aurora borealis” on my bucket list, and I can check it off. So, very cool.
https://m.primal.net/IFXx.jpg
https://m.primal.net/IFXy.jpg

2024-05-01 03:39:48

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Primal.

2024-05-01 03:39:33

If you live in Ft Wayne Indiana we’re coming to your town! We’ll be there in a week. And by we I mean one of my bands Death by Lions.
https://wavlake.com/track/edc7c3fa-4b4b-45aa-bbea-a93f0e2162d9

2024-04-26 03:30:44

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I’m unaware of tunestr, what is it? And thanks for the compliment, means a lot!

2024-04-26 03:01:18

One of the kids dated this peculiar kid for a couple weeks. I was showing him around the studio and he asked for a notepad and he started feverishly writing down the “parts” of a song. He was broken up with in a week, but I found the notebook and tried to write the song he had written down. The only lyric he had was “back road.”
https://wavlake.com/track/1ea099a5-bb58-493a-ba4f-fa3e47502f60
#wavlake #music #phantompower

2024-04-21 18:30:47

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Art makes everything better.

2024-04-21 18:25:23

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It’s really coming together out there. We shot a live performance video in there last week, can’t wait to show everyone.

2024-04-21 18:23:57

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It’s my favorite place to be. I went through a lot of basements and garages to get here. But the slog makes me really appreciate it.

2024-04-21 12:30:36

Spent the day figuring out how to use every bit of gear I’ve collected over the past decade. So unnecessary, but so awesome.
#homestudio #music #originalmusic #wavlake #phantompower
https://m.primal.net/HyMg.mov

2024-04-20 01:43:02

Anybody read the “manifesto” that guy that lit himself on fire wrote?
Pretty fucking wild man.
https://theponzipapers.substack.com/p/i-have-set-myself-on-fire-outside

2024-04-19 02:51:13

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I forgot hashtags #music #natejohnivan #kiss

2024-04-19 01:34:39

I met Austin online and we’ve made a few songs together but finally have something out for people to listen to. I give to you Beth, a very weird Kiss cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk54zZzZ7OY&ab_channel=TallWell-Topic

2024-04-12 17:33:29

Some friday Nostalgia, a song that pulled me out of a writing slump last year, and those floodgates still haven’t closed. Let’s party.
https://wavlake.com/track/7ad63686-68ca-49fb-b5f3-a5426f1e87c9
#nostalgia #wavlake #music #natejohnivan #songwriting

2024-04-11 14:54:49

Lyrically my favorite song I’ve ever written.
Cells:
Every cell is replaced, every 8 years.
You get ten tries if the law of averages serves.
So scrub your skin, every morning, be a good host.
And watch the drain, as it slowly swallows your ghost.
The air in your lungs doesn't mind
if you use it to scream or laugh, to kiss or forgive.
It will pass unaffected, through your teeth back into the wind.
To chase future ships back home again.
Her first words to him came quickly.
And spilled in his kitchen like gasoline.
I know why my blood tastes like metal. It's iron,
released from the heart of an exploding star.
A billion years ago.
It’s unbelievable.
A billion years ago.
It must be a miracle.
https://wavlake.com/track/26d21f39-b6f4-4c81-81db-7cc5c371b400

2024-04-09 03:22:08

Song about losing a friend for the dumbest of reasons.
https://wavlake.com/track/e415c78f-32c5-4a25-9908-1c1edbd6c85b
#music #redarrowhighway #wavlake #phantompower #cheers

2024-04-06 14:07:54

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https://wavlake.com/track/a24c07c1-89d0-4eae-a16a-f1a86946745f

2024-04-06 14:03:46

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I released this one last night just to Wavlake, it’ll get you amped. Sorry I’m a little late to the party

2024-04-06 14:01:32

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Very well done, it feels like I’m there!

2024-04-06 13:57:04

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A little nervous actually. My band is recording a live performance video today. So I’m sitting with my coffee going over the words of the songs.

2024-04-06 13:08:17

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Thanks Ainsley!! Feels good here, feels right.

2024-04-06 13:07:29

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The Body The blood the Machine has been in my rotation for years. I’m glad it has seeped into my music enough to be noticed, that’s a huge compliment, thank you.

2024-04-06 02:37:19

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Thanks! I don’t know what that is, yet. But we’re recording a video for my band Death by Lions tomorrow. So that’ll for sure make its way to Nostr too!

2024-04-06 00:27:05

Decided to start releasing things in this universe first, then Spotify and the rest whenever I get around to it. I get more feedback from here than I ever have anywhere else, so thank you all for that. Here’s something you can only hear here.
It’s a song about one of the weirdest days of my life, a day that has impacted all the days since.
#wavlake #phantompower #music #fuckspotify #natejohnivan
https://wavlake.com/track/a24c07c1-89d0-4eae-a16a-f1a86946745f

2024-04-05 21:58:13

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The backside of an angel.

2024-04-05 21:56:58

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$30 with a 5-10 dollar tip. Depends on how good he do.

2024-04-05 14:55:37

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Thanks!! You are a real one ChadF!

2024-04-04 22:52:40

One of my studio monitors (a speaker) stopped working today and I pulled it apart to find that there was a family of mice living in there. Banjo has never been this interested in anything ever.
#homestudiosareexpensive #banjo #micesuck #howamisupposedtomixthingsnow
https://m.primal.net/HrSb.mov

2024-04-04 12:07:28

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We were house shopping and this house came up with a horse stable in the backyard, smells a bit like horses still live there, but other than that it’s been completely redone and sound treated. It’s got a furnace now, new electrical, and vibes that are impeccable. I’ve spent enough time in basements and garages, I see it as the light at the end of my musical tunnel.

2024-04-04 01:21:29

Painting the studio floor tonight in preparation for a video shoot this Saturday. Man I’ve got a LoT of stuff.
https://m.primal.net/HrDC.jpg

2024-03-31 03:07:00

IMO, what will grow Nostr and Bitcoin adoption is ease of use, and content. Value for value podcasts, apps like Fountain and things like Wavlake are a major piece of the puzzle. It’s something fun you can actually do with Bitcoin. I applaud Phantom Power, Fountain, and Wavlake for thinking ahead at what this currency could actually be used for that’s different than fiat.
Phantom Power wrote a nice write up for one of my bands songs, more content. Check it out if you’ve got a minute.
https://www.phantompowermusic.io/ppmb-new-rock-music/deathbylions
#grownostr #wavlake #phantompower #music #deathbylions #natejohnivan #fountain

2024-03-27 21:00:57

Got a message today from a friend going through a divorce, she said “thanks for making me cry at work, asshole.” And she linked this song. So if you’re at work, and going through a divorce, and feel like crying, maybe give this one a spin.
https://wavlake.com/track/f6a7e20e-004a-4ce8-8d2f-a50c6e65da60
#wavlake #growwavlake #phantompower #music #natejohnivan #divorce

2024-03-26 22:16:17

How I feel about Nostr. Wrote this one with my pal Justin.
https://wavlake.com/track/739f9295-5aee-46a9-b4d4-a52c7f650e49
#wavlake #grownostr #music #originalmusic #redarrowhighway #natejohnivan

2024-03-24 13:51:03

Went out last night, and remember now why I wrote this song. Happy Sunday Nostr.
https://wavlake.com/track/04eb18ce-e809-4006-92d2-92aa4b824dce
#wavlake #originalmusic #music #phantompower #drawingmonsters

2024-03-23 01:40:54

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What is plebchain?

2024-03-22 03:29:47

A twisted tale proving that sometimes a lie is more kind than the truth.
https://wavlake.com/track/d029b907-2704-40c5-aae5-9a26bb8447cd
#music #wavlake #phantompower #originalmusic

2024-03-19 15:43:18

Since I'm new here I'll start at the beginning. For context: After a major and unexpected life change I found myself moving from a house I had once shared with someone to a tiny apartment above a weed dispensary. And for the first time in my adult life, I was completely alone. I had a decent job luckily, so in that regard I was ok, but that didn't help with what the doctors called "severe depression."
My boss at the time was an awful drunk that had recently aquired his 7th drunk driving and was well on his way to the 8th. I was thinking about him and his wife and how some aspects of our lives paralleled as I picked up my guitar and wrote this song.
I hadn't written anything in about a decade and this song opened the floodgates leading to hundreds more. Each lyric giving me a chance to squeeze a little pain out of my mind and into the world to be chewed up by anyone listening. Music has quite literally saved me.
https://wavlake.com/track/80dd2ea5-7c7b-4a5a-a7ef-9d325e4d9589
The female voice you'll here is my friend Cole Hansen who also has music up on WavLake.
#wavlake #music #originalmusic #colehansen #natejohnivan #spacereggae

2024-03-18 14:49:42

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Thanks! Most songs I write I will have maybe 4 or 5 revisions before I think it’s done and this one, version 26. I just kept reshaping, rearranging and redoing it. Glad to have it out of my head and into this universe.

2024-03-18 14:47:41

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Once I get my head wrapped around this I’ll take a look at that for sure. As it is I can’t tell who I’m following or unfollowing yet on Damas, I’m that new.

2024-03-18 14:44:45

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So far so good! Definitely a learning curve at first getting things set up, but now that I’m up and running I like it!

2024-03-18 03:01:29

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Polichips

2024-03-18 01:45:31

Tired of Spotify and Apple Music taking my art and profiting from it. Here’s my first release that is only in this universe. Very new here so if I’m doing this wrong please someone help a guy out.
https://wavlake.com/album/d7a1d7bc-ae06-4b3b-a3fa-4e203d68dbaf
#starvingartist #music #fuckspotify #originalmusic

2024-03-18 01:06:36

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Dude that’s awesome!

2024-03-17 17:59:18

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This post is reminding me of my Uncle Walt that passed. I wrote a song about it.
https://wavlake.com/album/a97e0586-ecda-4b79-9c38-be9a9effe05a

2024-03-17 17:48:18

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That’s a badass shot. And sorry for your loss.

2024-03-17 17:46:48

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Perfectly worded. I have a hard time putting a price on my art as well. I just want it out there.