Education
Nathaniel Motte attended Foothills Elementary, Casey Middle School, Boulder High School, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 2006 he graduated with a degree in environmental, population, & organismic biology.
Nathaniel Motte attended Foothills Elementary, Casey Middle School, Boulder High School, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 2006 he graduated with a degree in environmental, population, & organismic biology.
The following year Motte was accepted to medical school at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He began to DJ at age eighteen, playing in local bars and clubs in Boulder. He began producing music shortly thereafter, using programs like Acid and Reason to make songs at home while he was attending the University of Colorado.
He now uses primarily Apple’s Logic as his production program, although he continues to work in other programs.
Nathaniel Motte co-writes and produces all of 3’s music, employing both analog technologies and virtual production tools. He musically directs 3’s live show.
He has also worked with other artists such as Active Child, The Chain Gang of 1974 in that realm. He has written and produced songs for Shape Shifters and Jeffree Star.
He co-produced and co-wrote the song "Hey" for Lil Jon in 2009.
He released a collaborative album The Child Star with Awol One on Fake Four Incorporated. in 2011. He co-wrote and co-produced the song "Love Somebody" for Maroon 5 in 2012. In 2014, Nathaniel Motte produced a song for a Canadian rapper named Ish called "Renegades." He was also a writer/producer for DCF aka Prince Caspian"s singles "Jealous" and "Twenty Something" from the album "People’s Songs." In addition to co-writing and producing, Nathaniel also composes for film, television, and video games.
He scored a short movie in 2007 called "Uberts" (a French Film).
Nathaniel Motte is currently working on 3’s fourth major release with Sean Foreman.
He is a member of the electropop duo 3OH!3 with Sean Foreman.