“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord” - Psalm 150:6
A Multi-Genre Music Producer focused on helping Christian artists and churches share the gospel through excellent, truthful worship moments
Nathan McCann is a Bay Area-based music producer, songwriter, music director, and worship leader
Nathan McCann has a passion for crafting live and recorded worship moments that resonate deeply with the heart of the Church. Growing up playing saxophone in big-band jazz ensembles, Nathan was innately musical from a young age. After winning National Jazz Soloist of the year in Downbeat Magazine during high school, Nathan began to turn his attention towards serving on his church worship team. Within the span of a few short years, Nathan became a trusted worship leader and musical director, growing rapidly in his ability to craft impactful and intimate worship moments for the local church.
After high school, Nathan earned a Bachelor’s of Arts in Music Production through the Berklee College of Music, honing in on his talents of songwriting, recording, production, mixing and instrumental performance. During his college years, Nathan worked with local Christian songwriters to produce worship demos and covers. He was also an integral part of the production of the “Songs for Sunday” live recording by VIVE Worship, through co-writing on the album, playing keys parts, and working in-studio on producing overdub recordings.
These days, Nathan’s main passion is providing high-quality, Spirit-led music production services to Christian artists and churches seeking to write and release music. He believes that when truth-filled, Spirit-breathed writing meets excellent production, songs that change lives through the truth of Jesus are born.
On any given Sunday, Nathan can be found singing, playing keys, acoustic guitar, bass, aux keys, organ, or sometimes saxophone for a number of local churches in the Bay Area. When he is not writing, playing, or producing music, Nathan enjoys reading theology books, making lattes for his friends, or taking long walks on nature trails in the Los Gatos Foothills. Check out some examples of his music below!
Some of my work…
Take a listen to some of my projects to get a feel for how we can work together!
Multitrack Stem Creation - This project was for a church that had written a song, but needed someone to produce instrumental tracks for them to play along with on Sunday morning. I took their demo, wrote and arranged guitar, bass, keys, synths, percussions, efx, and acoustic guitar parts, and recorded them in. I then mixed the tracks to blend well with a live band on a Sunday, and sent them stems to upload into Multitracks Playback and Ableton.
Songwriting and Full Production - This project was recorded with a local songwriter named Selma Jackson. Selma had started a few sections of this song, and allowed me to come in and help her finish producing it. After finishing the lyrics and melodies together, we recorded a final acoustic demo, which I took away and arranged the production of. I thoughtfully curated the musical environment and recorded and mixed all of the instrumental aspects, working with Selma as I went to ensure her artistic vision was captured. This is a modern, Christian Singer-Songwriter sound that I am really fond of, and think that it captures an extremely honest, hopeful heart of worship.
Music and Vocal Production - This was a cover that I produced during my tenure at Berklee. I worked with a drummer and vocalist in the studio to create a perfect, 1:1 cover of Matt Redman’s Heart of Worship. Getting to collaborate with passionate musicians and vocalists is one of my favorite parts of these projects, and I always work to prioritize the person over the product. I then recorded and mixed the rest of the instruments, resulting in this replica of a modern worship classic.
Services
Music Production Services
Songwriting (lyrics/melodies) and demo creation
Recording sessions and full instrumental arrangement/production
Bass/Synth Bass, Piano, Organ, Synths, Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Percussion, SFX, and Loops. Drum and Background Vocal arranging available for an additional fee
Mixing services/mixing engineer referrals (depending on the scale of the project)
Specialty Services
Musical direction and keys playing for Sunday morning and weeknight worship services
Vocal producing/single instrument tracking sessions
Let’s Get Connected!
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