About me!

Firstly, and probably most importantly, what instruments do I play?

I am most interested in playing bass guitar and performing vocals. I can also play guitar, but you could definitely find a better guitarist. I can also play mandolin, ukulele, banjo (not very well though), and clarinet, although I doubt you'll ever need me to play any of those for you.

I don't know where else to put this, so I just thought I'd mention here that I have experience playing bass guitar in jazz settings.

What kind of music do I want to make?

I'm kinda thinking a 3-piece rock ensemble playing a variety of different styles, but I'm definitely not married to that. Do you want to play with more than 2 other people? I'm down. Do you want to be a strictly punk band? I can work with that. Whatever you want to do, I'm cool with it. I just want to be in a band.

A full list of bands whose sounds I would be interested in emulating will be listed towards the end of this page.

What do I see myself bringing to the band?

I can write songs. I like to think I'm pretty good at writing interesting music, but you can be the judge of that. I can also sing, so if you need a background vocalist, that can be me. If you need a lead vocalist, that can also be me. I love to sing. I love to scream. I love to make my mouth make noise.

Who... am I?

I don't know how I didn't get to this sooner. Admittedly, the instruments I play and the kind of music I want to make are probably more important than, like, what kind of food I like. So, hi, I'm Nathan Scott Peters, and yes, I'd like to be referred to with my middle name if/when I get into the music business. (I just think it sounds better with the Scott in there.) I am 19 years old as of the last time this page was updated. I am a linguistics major at OSU, and I'd prefer to be in a band with other OSU students, but obviously I don't care where you live/what school you go to if you're a good musician. I use whatever pronouns you want to use for me. If you have a problem with that, then you're obviously not cool enough to be in a band with me.

Finally, as promised, my food preferences. I am a HUGE fan of Indian cuisine, especially mutter paneer, especially especially spicy mutter paneer. I also love Taco Bell. Cheese-based food and potato-based food is awesome.

What bands do I want to inspire our music?

Obviously not an extensive list of all the artists I like, just the ones who make music similar to what I want to make. Again, I'm not married to using these people as inspiration, so go ahead and tell me we're making different music.

Here's the list:

Algernon Cadwallader: I actually haven't listened to more than a couple songs from these guys yet, but I dig it.
American Beauty: These guys released one EP like 5 years ago and I guess they fell off when COVID happened. I strongly recommend checking it out.
American Football: If you're good at counting.
Cap'n Jazz: Can't go wrong with the classics.
Cage the Elephant: Thank You, Happy Birthday is such a gnarly, creative record. Cage the Elephant has truly been one of the saddest, if not the saddest sellouts of all time.
Death Grips: Just hear me out: Death Grips already kinda has some rock tunes, right? We can work with that. At least, I hope we can.
Fall Out Boy: I can't help it... They're just so catchy. Feel free to call me basic.
Flipturn: If you're into making something softer.
A Great Big Pile of Leaves: I've only ever listened to their first album. Absolute banger, though.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Of course. Who doesn't love these guys?
My Chemical Romance: Mostly looking at the earlier part of their career.
Paramore: I'm really just thinking about This Is Why. Not that their earlier stuff is bad, but their newer stuff sounds more fun to play.
Sloppy Jane: All of their stuff is good, but I'd mostly be interested in taking inspiration from their earlier work.
System of a Down: Obviously I'm thinking of their harder shit, but their mellower tunes are also awesome.
Talking Heads: Sans keyboards, obviously. Unless you know someone who wants to play keys.
Thank You Scientist: A lofty goal, I know, but if you want to be in a weird prog metal/jazz fusion band with me, I am SO down.
They Might Be Giants: Included more for lyrical inspiration than musical inspiration.
Vampire Weekend: Again, sans keyboards unless you know someone.
The Velvet Underground: I think this one is kinda obvious.

And finally... What do I look like?

A recent picture of myself. I prefer to stay shaven, but obviously I haven't been keeping up with that.