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// Biography //

Nat Sponaugle (formerly Natalie Germann) is a Canadian singer/songwriter who was born & raised in Creston, BC.  She had her first piano lesson at age 4, and studied classical piano all throughout her school years, up to the grade 10 Royal Conservatory level. When Natalie was 13 she decided to learn how to play the guitar as an outlet for the creative side of her that could not be expressed by simply reading classical piano music. Starting out learning cover songs & reading tablature, it was not long after picking up the guitar that she started writing her own songs & in her final year of high school she started a band with some friends called "Waking Luna", and they recorded an album of Nat's original music.

After a couple years spent traveling around BC and parts of Europe, Natalie decided to move to Vancouver Island to take the Jazz Studies program at VIU in Nanaimo where she studied voice and piano. This was her first time really being exposed to improvising with music. Her two years spent at the music program led her to branch out, not only in her songwriting and original project, but in many other styles of music as well. She learned how to play the banjo and mandolin, and joined a number of different projects where she sang and played a wide range of genres from reggae to indie-rock, folk to bluegrass, alt rock to jazz. In 2008 she released her first solo album self-titled "Natalie Germann".

In the years that followed, Natalie made original music her focus and gigged regularly while trying to figure out just what style of music is was that she wanted to be writing. In December 2010 she fell in love with the sound guy at a local bar she frequently played at. This fellow (David Sponaugle) an avid musician himself, would eventually become her bandmate, husband, and musical collaborator. In their first year together, Dave encouraged Natalie to record another album and after three years of pre-production, recording, and music-making they released the full-length album "Tuck the Waves to Sleep" under the new band name "Nat". One month later, Natalie & Dave were married.

Today, Natalie & Dave continue to play live - both as a duo and with the full band. They both work at local music stores, and Natalie's also taking correspondence courses - all while continuing to pursue her musical career. In 2015 she started teaching piano, vocals, and guitar and has a new-found love for teaching others music! Looking ahead at the days to come - you can expect to hear new sounds coming, and some more media too! 

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