Marc Nathan was 13 when a record store clerk recommended he purchase the first Nazz album. At 15 he wrote a fan letter to Todd Rundgren and by 17 he was Bearsville Records' National Promotion Director. Over four decades of major label experience in all facets of the industry, Marc was the man who got both Kiss and Donna Summer on the radio for the first time, signed Barenaked Ladies to Sire, 3 Doors Down to Universal, and identified Cash Money Records as a multi-million dollar hip hop/rap label (also for Universal.) He currently resides in Nashville and is consulting a few select clients ready to make a splash at radio and streaming services in 2018.
The musician has a long list of credits as a producer (Bat Out of Hell) and engineer. Here’s the inside story of how one song took off to become his biggest solo hit