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Nate Morton: The Driving Beat Behind The Voice
By John Glozek, Jr.
On 01st Mar 2025
It’s been 26 seasons for the NBC hit show, The Voice and Nate Morton has been the driving beat behind every one of them. Self-taught from age five, Nate’s formal drumset training began during middle school with Grant Menefee in Baltimore, Maryland. He continued his education in Boston, Massachusetts as a performance major at the renowned Berklee College of Music, studying with drummers such as Ed Uribe, Ian Froman, John Ramsay, and Ron Savage. Upon graduating in 1994, Nate taught and played locally in Boston until moving to Los Angeles in 1999, where he has since amassed live performance and recording credits that include Natalie Cole, Michael Bolton, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Richard Marx, Paul Anka, Paul Stanley, Pete Murray, Pink, Paulina Rubio, and Thalia — among others. Nate was also the hard-hitting force driving the house band on the Mark Burnett shows, Rockstar: INXS and Rockstar: Supernova. In 2010, Nate […]
March 2025 Issue