Nat Jay

Vancouver-based singer-songwriter

Raised in a classical household, Nat Jay took her first steps in her parents' music school. She went on to study flute at the University of British Columbia, until chronic wrist pain refocused her love of music towards singing. Soon after earning her degree, she began songwriting and connected with producer Winston Hauschild, who became her collaborator of many years. The team worked together on two EPs, several singles, and the full-length album, All I Think When I Wake Up, which received a nomination for Pop Album of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards and was named in the Top 10 Pop Albums of the Year on PopDose. Over the years, she has had the opportunity of sharing the stage with songwriters as Canada's own Juno Award winners Dan Mangan and Sebell, as well as Matthew Barber, Oh Susanna, Justin Rutledge, Jay Brannan, and Angus & Julia Stone.

After releasing the Stoke The Fire Christmas EP with electronic production duo Cookie Cartel in 2016, Nat Jay felt a change of direction in her approach to her music, shifting her penchant for guitar and vocal pop-folk towards a more commercial electropop sound.

The artist engaged the assistance of award-winning European pop producer Ovidiu "Ovi" Bistriceanu to construct her 2019 album The Flash of a Fight, which capped off 2020 with two high profile placements on Netflix’s hit, Tiny Pretty Things, and Nickelodeon’s Ron Howard/Brian Grazer production, The Astronauts. Maintaining her collaboration with Ovi into 2021, Nat Jay shows herself to be a skilled topline writer (lyrics + melody), supported by the producer's innovative and impeccable tracks underneath.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

35+ placements in film/TV on networks worldwide
Pop Recording of the Year – Western Canadian Music Awards (nominee)
SOCAN Songwriter of the Year – BCCMAs (nominee)
Named Shore FM Best of BC for “Can’t Getcha Out” ($10,000 winner)
LG104.3FM VanCOVER 2nd place winner for “Every Breath You Take”
Vancouver Folk Festival Featured Songwriter
CBC’s ‘Canada Live’ performer w/ Dan Mangan + James Lamb
PopDose Top 10 Pop Albums of 2014 (#3 between Taylor Swift + Charli XCX)
Opener for: Angus & Julia Stone, Justin Rutledge, Jay Brannan (x3), Oh Susannah, Matthew Barber, Dan Mangan, Sebell
Co-wrote “Loveless” with Stephen Bishop on his album, Be Here Then