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Chet Nichols is an award-winning songwriter, composer, music producer, engineer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, film producer, animation producer, creative artist, designer, photographer, novelist, poet, TV and feature film actor and stage performer.
He has produced 13 CDs over his life of original material. He has produced music that has been used in films, television and radio. His novel, “The Last Riders On Route 66”, is currently in development to become a feature film.
Chet’s latest CDs, “Red Mesa Sunset” and “Earthways” are New Age Ambient/World Fusion fare and are filled with award-winning songs. “Red Mesa Sunset” was recently selected to be a Top Twelve CD by the music editors of eMusic.com for the month of February, 2007. “Earthways” was recently selected to be a Top Twelve CD by the music editors of eMusic.com for the month of March, 2007. “Serengeti Rain”, a song on “Red Mesa Sunset”, was awarded a Special Mention in the Music Aid International Songwriting Composition in January, 2007. “Serengeti Rain”, “Red Mesa Sunset” and “Prayer Bucket” have been #1 on numerous Internet New Age Song Charts. “Serengeti Rain” was recently a featured composition at The LA Museum of Contemporary Art’s Spring Event.
Chet’s Route-66-dedicated CD, “Modern Progress” is filled with award winning songs. The song, “The Last Riders On Route 66”, won the Grand Prize in the International Route 66 Theme Song Contest in 2003. It was lauded as “the best new song about Route 66 since Bobby Troupe’s ‘Get Your Kicks On Route 66’. The song, “The Mother Road”, won the Grand Prize in the International Route 66 Theme Song Contest in 2004 ands was lauded as “the new anthem for Route 66 restoration and preservation”.
He has produced 13 CDs over his life of original material. He has produced music that has been used in films, television and radio. His novel, “The Last Riders On Route 66”, is currently in development to become a feature film.
Chet’s latest CDs, “Red Mesa Sunset” and “Earthways” are New Age Ambient/World Fusion fare and are filled with award-winning songs. “Red Mesa Sunset” was recently selected to be a Top Twelve CD by the music editors of eMusic.com for the month of February, 2007. “Earthways” was recently selected to be a Top Twelve CD by the music editors of eMusic.com for the month of March, 2007. “Serengeti Rain”, a song on “Red Mesa Sunset”, was awarded a Special Mention in the Music Aid International Songwriting Composition in January, 2007. “Serengeti Rain”, “Red Mesa Sunset” and “Prayer Bucket” have been #1 on numerous Internet New Age Song Charts. “Serengeti Rain” was recently a featured composition at The LA Museum of Contemporary Art’s Spring Event.
Chet’s Route-66-dedicated CD, “Modern Progress” is filled with award winning songs. The song, “The Last Riders On Route 66”, won the Grand Prize in the International Route 66 Theme Song Contest in 2003. It was lauded as “the best new song about Route 66 since Bobby Troupe’s ‘Get Your Kicks On Route 66’. The song, “The Mother Road”, won the Grand Prize in the International Route 66 Theme Song Contest in 2004 ands was lauded as “the new anthem for Route 66 restoration and preservation”.
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Americana, Folk, World, ALL MUSIC, Acoustic, Bluesy, Contemporary Folk, Country-Folk, Electro-Acoustic and Folk - Rock
Americana, Folk, World, ALL MUSIC, Acoustic, Bluesy, Contemporary Folk, Country-Folk, Electro-Acoustic and Folk - Rock
Location: Sherman Oaks, CA
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Member Since: May 17, 2007
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