Nat Sakdatorn
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| Nat Sakdatorn | |
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| Birth name | ณัฐ ศักดาทร |
| Born | 24 January 1983 Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| Genre(s) | Pop, R&B, Soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Label(s) | True Fantasia |
| Website | www.natmatcha.com |
Nat Sakdatorn (Thai: ณัฐ ศักดาทร) (born on January 24, 1983) is a Thai singer-songwriter and the winner of the 4th season of reality talent show True Visions' Academy Fantasia.
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[edit] Biography
Nat Sakdatorn (born on January 24, 1983, in Chiang Mai, Thailand) dreamed of becoming a singer after having gone to the first concert in his life at the age of 12. He has one elder sister, Darin Sakdatorn (nicknamed "Dow"). He attended primary school at Montfort College in Chiang mai until grade 8, and then went to study abroad at The Peddie School in New Jersey, United States. After graduating as the Valedictorian of the Class of 2001, he went on to major in Economics at Harvard University. At Harvard, he auditioned and became a member of the university's oldest co-ed a cappella group, the Harvard Opportunes. Sakdatorn graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor's Degree of Arts in Economics with Honors. After that, he spent one semester taking music courses at Berklee College of Music and then decided to return to Thailand to pursue his dream.
Before Sakdatorn entered the Academy Fantasia competition, he had a chance to work in the music industry after he sent a demo CD of his self-composed songs to the producers of the Sleepless Society albums. He sang the backing vocals for the famous Thai duo Golf-Mike's ขอบคุณ...ยังน้อยไป in 2006 and composed the melody for Kalorin Nemayothin's ทดแทนกันไม่ได้ in 2007.
Sakdatorn can speak Thai, English, and Japanese. He can also play the piano and is good in drawing as well. Besides his nickname "Nat", many of his fans refer to him as Stitch, as he is well-known for his wide happy smile, like that of the Disney cartoon character's.
[edit] Academy Fantasia
- See also: Academy_Fantasia#Season_4
In 2007, Sakdatorn auditioned for the fourth season of True Academy Fantasia, singing Clash's ละครรักแท้, Savage Garden's I Want You, the winner of first season Phacharapon Junteang's Sound EFX and Westlife's cover version of Debby Boone's You Light Up My Life. He made it through final audition round to complete in the show and continued two audition weeks to be 12 finallist in the house, then the winner of the season. In the final week, he chose to sing Tum Somprasong' ต้องดีกว่าเก่า and You Light Up My Life once again.
[edit] After Academy Fantasia
Sakdatorn and his fellow AF4 contestants released a group album called X-Treme Army to launch their music careers together. Sakdatorn sang a solo song, แค่ชอบ, and a trio song, หวง, along with Methus Treerattanavareesin and Surasak Chanasriyotin as POP Army and a group song, Army Energy. To promote this album, all 12 AF4 singers began a nation-wide concert tour, X-treme Army in Concert, which was held in Bangkok (October 13, 2007), Surat Thani (October 20, 2007), Chiang Mai (October 27, 2007) and Udon Thani (November 3, 2007). On December 15-19, 2007, Sakdatorn and his AF4 friends joined THAI Exclusive Trip with AF4 ‘X-Treme Army in Beijing’ launched by True Fantasia, Thai Airways International and Bank Of Ayudhya. They all went to Beijing with their fanclub. Sakdatorn and his friends then went on to perform at Pepsi Everybody Move Concert (February 9, 2008), Big C Big Love Concert (February 16-17, 2008) and many mini-concerts. He also became a presenter for Pepsi, along with the other male singers from AF4.
Sakdatorn and Vontongchai Intarawat, the 1st runner-up of Academy Fantasia season 4, joined 26th anniverary Sudsupda magazine project, คนหล่อ ขอทำดี (Konlor Khor-dham-dee, literally mean Smart Man Do Good)[1]. They had a mini charity concert on March 23, 2008 at plaza sqaure between Siam Discovery and Siam Center and donated all revenue to The Cardiac Children Foundation of Thailand.
[edit] 2008: All You Need Is Love
Sakdatorn mentioned in variety show คืนนี้ วันนั้น on channel 5, aired on March 25, 2008, that his first single as a solo artist is รักได้อีก (Rak-Dai-Eek, meaning, "I Can Love You More"). The single is written and composed by Chestha Yarosake (except for the English rap part, which is written by Sakdatorn himself) and arranged by Banana Boat. The album is titled All You Need Is Love, and its the official release date is April 25, 2008. The second single is คำสามคำ (Kam-Sam-Kam, meaning, "Three Words") which Sakdatorn composed music. Sakdatorn also appeared on many television shows and radio stations to promote his album and singles.
On May 16-21, 2008, Sakdatorn together with Vontongchai Intarawat, Rutchapon Yamsang, Wiwat Bawonkriritikajorn, Pakamon Bunyapuit and the winner of Academy Fantasia season 3, Keatkamon Lata joined THAI Exclusive Trip with AF in Japan. And bacause of high demand, True Fantasia and Thai Airways International launch another special trip for Sakdatorn's and Intarawat's fanclub, THAI Exclusive Trip with Nat-Tol in Sydney, on June 26 - July 2, 2008 including their first album-opening mini concert outside Thailand[2].
In August 2008, Sakdatorn will act in the adaptation musical play Madame Butterfly as Prince Yamadori. This is the second play from True Fantasia and there will be two cast sets. Another cast who play the same role as Sakdatorn is Intarawat[3].
[edit] Discography
[edit] AF4 album
[edit] Solo album
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