CONNOR NELSON’S MUSIC EMITS LAYERS OF POP WITH A HINT OF NOSTALGIA. THOUGH HIS SULTRY VOCALS ARE LACED WITH R&B, HIS ACCOMPANIMENT PRESENTS THE PERFECT MASH UP OF INDIE POP, DARK POP, AND ELECTROPOP. THE VANCOUVER-BORN SINGER-SONGWRITER USES MUSIC AS A MEDIUM TO CONNECT TO HIS FEELINGS AND HOPES TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE TO HIS LISTENERS THAT “IT’S OKAY TO ALLOW YOURSELF TO FEEL EVERY EMOTION AND THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN WHATEVER THEY FEEL.”
Connor distinguished himself as a musician from a young age. He had won the Youth Talent Search BC in Port Moody in 2014, was a runner-up in season 5 of “The Shot Canada”, and a recipient of 2 “Maestro Awards” in 2018 and 2019, as well as the coveted “Ovation Award” in 2019 at the WorldStrides Onstage Heritage Festival, beating out thousands of singers across Canada, as well as the United States. He broke out onto the world stage as a singer songwriter in 2019, just a month shy of his high school graduation, with his debut single ‘Psychic’ which garnered over 100K streams on Spotify in less than a year. "CONNOR NELSON HAS BEEN A LIFELONG STUDENT OF MUSIC WHO IS ABLE TO SEAMLESSLY BLEND THE ELEMENTS OF HIS FAVOURITE ARTISTS TO CREATE A SOUND ALL HIS OWN." - SEEING SHOWS WITH DEB DRAPER IN 2019, CONNOR ATTENDED POST-SECONDARY FOR MUSIC PRODUCTION FRESH OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. WHILE STUDYING, CONNOR COLLABORATED WITH HIS PEERS AND RELEASED MULTIPLE COLLABORATIONS, ALL WHILE HONING HIS SKILLS THROUGH WRITING AND PRODUCING, TRYING TO PERFECT HIS SOUND. NELSON FINISHED SCHOOL IN AUGUST 2020 AND RECEIVED A DIPLOMA IN MUSIC PRODUCTION, WITH EXPERIENCE IN AUDIO ENGINEERING THROUGH THE SCHOOL AS WELL. CONNOR DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM THE LIKES OF TAYLOR SWIFT, LORDE, AND ISAAC DUNBAR TO NAME A FEW. RECEIVING A DIPLOMA IN MUSIC PRODUCTION HAS GIVEN HIM THE CONFIDENCE TO SING, WRITE, AND PRODUCE ALMOST ALL OF HIS SONGS. HIS NEWEST SINGLE “21”, WAS A COLLABORATION WITH JUNO NOMINATED PRODUCER NATHAN CHIU. CONNOR IS CURRENTLY IN HIS BEDROOM, WRITING AND PRODUCING HIS NEXT SINGLE. "DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THIS ARTIST BECOMES A HOUSEHOLD NAME SOONER THAN LATER." - THE SKINNY REVIEWS |