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In 2004, Morton completed a national tour as drummer with the American Idol band.
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He is the drummer for the house band on National Broadcasting Company"s television show The Voice. In 2005 and 2006 Morton appeared on the Mark Burnett"s Rock Star: INXS and Rock Star: Supernova reality shows, as drummer for the House Band. During that time he has also appeared on two CDs, Rock Star: A Night at the Mayan Theatre, and Dark Horse, released by Ryan Star.
Before that, he was the drummer for platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated, singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton.
He spent two years as the drummer for Natalie Cole, toured with Chaka Khan and Poe and performed with Madonna at the 2002 Grammy Awards. Morton is endorsed by Pearl Drums, hardware and pedals and as of 2015 percussion formally endorsed by RhythmTech, as well as Zildjian drumsticks and cymbals, Roland electronics and V-Drums and Remo drumheads.
"The bottom line is I hit things with sticks for a living, and that"s a pretty fun job."
Morton and the House Band toured the United States with Paul Stanley (from KISS) in October/November 2006 as well as Australia in April 2007. In 2008 Morton performed on Music Television"s Rock The Cradle with Rock Star (television series) House Band members Rafael Moreira and Paul Mirkovich.
Outside of the studio he has also performed with Miley Cyrus and Rafael Morieira"s band, Magnetico.
As for performing on the television series "Rock Star", Morton states, "I am very, very, very blessed to get to do what I do," he said. "I"m playing with, like, the baddest guys in the world." Those guys include guitarist Rafael Moreira, bassist Sasha Krivtsov, multi-instrumentalist Jim McGorman and keyboard player Paul Mirkovich, who is also the music director He is now the drummer for the backing band for the new Music Television reality show Rock The Cradle with his fellow Rock Star alum guitarist Rafael Moreira and keyboard/piano Paul Mirkovich.
Nate is also the drummer for the house band on the Bonnie Hunt Show.
In 2014 he will be appearing as the live/studio drummer for world famous musical act "The Wicked"
In 2006, Morton released his solo album, Best In Life (feat Kandace Lindsey)
Shelter
Figure lieutenant Out
Laughing
Clever
All Dessert Diet
Tho"Ya Handzup! Stop Calling My Home
Rain
Talking To Myself
Writer"s Block
Morton has commented, on making the Civil Defense,
"There are countless elements in society that try to squeeze the youth out of you, or tell you that it"s not okay to hold on to a little immaturity. lieutenant"s so easy to lose yourself attempting to meet the expectations of others
Certainly there are practical matters that make it difficult to spend the entire day playing with Play-Doh and paste, but there are no reasons why you can"t break it out on occasion. I doubt my dad realized the wheels he was setting in motion, but ultimately he began weaving the tapestry that was to become The album"s subject matter deals largely with the idea of following your path despite the nay-sayers.
The exploration of was a learning experience that I will always treasure.
Should you chose to add it to your Civil Defense collection, I hope you will enjoy listening to it as much as i enjoyed creating lieutenant"
Morton has said, about starting drumming,
"I was four. I was banging away on anything I could get my hands on. My parents got the hint and bought me a set when I was five.
I played to records when I was starting out.
Then, just before high school I started taking lessons with Grant Menefee near Baltimore, Maryland. He really helped me understand the technical side of drumming.".
