Nate Cooper is a talented fingerstyle guitarist and singer songwriter who blends elements of americana, folk, jazz and classical music into his compositions. He adds a singing style and lyrics that have been compared to diverse artists ranging from Nick Drake to Randy Newman.

"I'm a recovering attorney," Nate Cooper says with a broad grin. "It's just one day at a time." It is a line Nate often uses when trying to describe a developing music career that could have easily never happened.

Nate Cooper came to the guitar later than usual - at the relatively ripe age of 25. He'd studied piano for many years as a child, but it never captured his full attention and he drifted away from music entirely for over 10 years. During that period, Nate slipped and fell into law school (it happens). It was during the summer before his final year in school that Nate bought his first guitar and began learning to play. Soon after, he fell in love with the instrument and with fingerstyle playing - it came most naturally to him given his background in piano. Music slowly but steadily became the focus of Nate's life.

Nate studied with fingerstyle guitar greats Peppino D'Agostino and Duck Baker before moving on to work with San Francisco Jazz Guitarist Jeff Massanari and classical guitarist/componser phenom Gyan Riley. While these 4 guitarist inspired and helped Nate learn to play and compose music, artists such as Nick Drake and Greg Brown inspired Nate's songwriting.

Nate released a debut cd of original songs and instrumentals, Stories Between the Strings, and is currently finishing material for a second album.