Guitar with Natalie M.

My name is Natalie McD, I was born in Texas and have been playing music all my life. Music runs in my family, my mother plays the bass, my sister the trombone, my brother the cello, my older sister the oboe, and my grandparents play guitar, mandolin, piano, harmonica, and just about anything else; I've been around all sorts of instruments and know my way around quite a few. Drums is my passion. My mom gave me drum sticks when I was four, and my first Remo practice pad. I play drums in an all female rockabilly band called Danger*Cakes in Austin, Texas and we play shows all over America and hopefully internationally soon. After drums, I'd have to say songwriting is my next biggest passion. Playing acoustic or electric guitar, and some piano, learning mandolin and harmonica, is the best way I find to express myself musically and I've really learned how to use music theory to make a song my own. I've written about 50 songs myself, since I learned how to play guitar in 2006, and have taught myself the other instruments as I needed to for recording purposes as well as song production in general (playing with bands, and other musicians). My mother has been a teacher my whole life, so I've have been in classrooms helping her since I can remember. My first job was at a daycare and I've taught at Girls Rock Camp in Austin and plan on continuing. So teaching, looking after, and definitely entertaining kids is something I feel very comfortable with, as well as any other age, I've taught peers and people older than myself. I love music and I love to have fun.