{"id":74,"date":"2018-10-29T05:12:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T05:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natrebo.com\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2020-05-14T05:13:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T10:13:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natrebo.com\/?page_id=74","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/natreboblog.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/nat-1106-e1495284444848.jpg?w=604&amp;h=270&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been creating my entire life whether it was drawing, making music or writing. I grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi and from an early age gravitated toward the movie Star Wars, but more so the music of John Williams and the art of Ralph McQuarrie. &nbsp;I owned the original Star Wars LP along with 8-tracks (yeah it was the 70s) to Superman, Star Wars, and Jaws, and listened to these as I created robots, monsters and vehicles of my own on paper. &nbsp;The music of John Williams lead to my love of classical music and wanting to become a composer. &nbsp;I once had my Mom leave the radio on after arriving home from school so I could find out the name and composer of a piece on Public Radio \u2013 turned out it was Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s Toccata and Fugue in D minor. &nbsp;Once in High School (now a follower of Danny Elfman) I composed and conducted for my school\u2019s symphonic band as well as for ensembles for Saxophone, Trombone and mallet percussion while performing as a bassoonist, saxophonist, and drummer. &nbsp;I won statewide contests in composition and writing but attended a local junior college (Itawamba Community College) majoring in art. &nbsp;While there I joined a Jazz Band named Green Eggs &amp; Spam performing piano and saxophone while composing some original pieces. While I loved art, and still do, I couldn\u2019t stop composing and after two years switched to The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) majoring in music and studying composition under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.giamusic.com\/bios\/ray-liebau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Raymond Liebau<\/a>. My diverse interests also led me to make some movies including a couple of Star Wars fan films \u2013 one being a computer-animated short. I moved and lived over 10 years in Pennsylvania where I continued to write music, paint and perform in bands as diverse as a rock band and jam band called Dirty Haze and as an open mic night band with my brother called The Dirty Murphs. &nbsp;I\u2019ve also written for&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/filmscoremonthly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Film Score Monthly<\/a>&nbsp;magazine and website in my spare time and hope to do more writing in the future. Along with classical works, I also write songs and fun electronic&nbsp;pieces, releasing an album (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.cdbaby.com\/cd\/natmurphy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Left Over Pieces<\/a>) in 2012. &nbsp;In 2011 I had also released a book of some of my art called&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blurb.com\/b\/2742543-through-my-eyes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Through My Eyes<\/a>. &nbsp;Since then I\u2019ve continued to compose and paint as well as start a podcast in 2015 called&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/filmear.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FilmEar<\/a>&nbsp;where I interview people and talk about the movies, music and film music I love. &nbsp;Recently I\u2019ve moved back to Mississippi where I work as a Web Site developer at the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Click below and become a Patron if you would like to fund me or any of my projects\u2026Click on the flashing button for Website Design info\u2026<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=7547447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/natreboblog.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/patreonnat.png?w=604&amp;h=115\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354\" width=\"538\" height=\"102\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/natrebo.com\/?page_id=70\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/natreboblog.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/webdesign.gif?w=169&amp;h=71\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-322\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About I\u2019ve been creating my entire life whether it was drawing, making music or writing. 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