Derik Nelson Band:

On March 12th at the famed Key Club in Los Angeles, twenty-one year old USC student Derik Nelson took the stage with his appropriately named Derik Nelson Band. As one of the opening acts for Marcy Playground of “Sex and Candy” fame, the up and coming band floored their small audience with introspective lyrics and catchy melodies.

Opening with several original tracks, the band showed both skill and passion as Derik confessed to the crowd that performing was a bit like “reading my diary set to music.” In between piano-driven originals about love and occasionally lack thereof, the band also took time to cover such hits as Steve Miller Band’s “Fly Like an Eagle” and Michael Jackson’s “PYT.”

You can catch Derik’s debut CD, “Alone With the Keys and the Cat” on iTunes and visit his website deriknelson.com for upcoming concert dates. You don’t want to miss out on this guy. He’s going to go far.