Check Out Nicole Devine’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Nicole Devine.

Hi Nicole, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstories.
I have been singing since I was four. I always did choir in school as well as all of the musicals at my high school. In college, I stopped doing music in school and it wasn’t until I was on a trip for Habitat for Humanity where one of the other members of the club brought his guitar that I really started singing again and participating in benefit concerts.

After college, I started performing live in local bars and restaurants and it was going pretty well but on October 12, 2018, my life changed. I went to a Keith Urban concert with my dad. We had seats in the nosebleed section but I still brought in a big neon yellow sign that said “Hey Keith! I’m praying you’ll think of me if you decided to bring a female on stage. It would be an honor to sing with somebody like you and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Everybody would love it. If you’re in… I’m in! <3 Nicole”. There was a break in his set when he started to talk to the crowd a little bit and mentioned how there were so many signs in the audience. I was hoping he’d see mine. Then, sure enough, he pulled out some binoculars and told me that he couldn’t read my sign and that I would have to come on stage. It was an out-of-body experience.

I couldn’t believe Keith Urban was asking me to go on stage with him and neither could my dad. I ran down to the stage and came down to walk me up there with him. There were about 10,000 people in the crowd. We talked for a little bit about where I was from, and who I came to the concert with, and then he read my sign to the crowd and asked me what song I wanted to sing, and told me he would need to get a guitar.

Someone in the front row shouted “Everybody” and I thought that would be a really fun one so I chose to sing that. There was a point where he was telling me to move closer to the microphone and instead of just standing closer, I was too short so I just took the microphone off the stand and then passed it back and forth between us for the remainder of our duet.

I had an amazing time singing with him and it was from that moment that I knew I wanted to do music for a living. I want to sing with him again someday. Ever since, I have continuously booked gigs including bars, restaurants, parties, weddings, and more.

I am proud of how far I have come so far and I am going to do what I can to sing with him again.

I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
For a while, it was really hard to find places that would allow me to play.

I made a lot of cold calls and sent out a lot of emails asking if venues that I knew had live music would allow me to play there. I started off playing at an ice cream place for a couple of hours on the weekends for tips only.

I also don’t have anyone super close to me that is a musician for a living so all of this was new to me to navigate.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I am a singer-songwriter. Like a lot of musicians, I write songs about my life. I am known for being a triathlete and musician as well. I am often asked to sing The National Anthem whenever I go to local races now. I have completed 8 stand-alone marathons as well as an Ironman.

I am most proud of the fact that while training for the Ironman, I would play gigs in the morning and exercise at night or vice versa. I was able to keep pursuing both my passion for fitness and my passion for music. I also am very involved with Team World Vision. I have done several of my races for them specifically.

World Vision is the largest non-governmental provider of clean water in the world. I am proud to help them with their water projects as well as their health, education, food, and economic development projects. When I ran the Rock ‘n’ Roll Nashville Marathon, I thoroughly enjoyed all of my interactions with the Team World Vision leaders for their team.

What were you like growing up?
Growing up, I was always very outgoing. I loved playing all sports, especially soccer. I loved singing, dancing, and acting as well. I was always very involved with the local park district.

I am an only child but I was very close to my cousin who is 10 months younger than me, Patrick Devine. We are still very close to this day. I have always loved animals.

I currently have two dogs, Brantley, a Beagle mix, and Miles a Border Collie mix. Both are rescue dogs. Brantley is named after Brantley Gilbert and Miles is named that because I love to run.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.nicoledevinemusic.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicoledevinemusic/?hl=en
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicoledevinemusic/
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-519647811

Image Credits
Pavan Maguluri