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Name: George Kamel
Star Sign: Taurus
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts
Now Based At: Mobile, Alabama
Level of Education: College - B.S. in Communication - 4.0 GPA - mom’s psyched!
First Instrument Played: Electric guitar
Current Instrument: Acoustic guitar
Last Venue Played: University of Mobile’s Annual Crawfish Boil
Can't Go On Tour Without: Travel size versions of everything ever
The Best Thing About Live Music Is: the subtle dance moves of awkward indie musicians
The Person I Would Most To Collaboration Is: Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)
Worst Thing To Happen To Music Is: One Direction
Best Thing About The Current Music Industry: I can record myself burping the ABC’s and sell it on iTunes
Turn On: Anything Apple makes
Turn Off: Smoking
Biggest Influence: Gravity
My Favourite Person On TV Right Now Is: Aziz Anzari
Childhood Hero: Mister Rogers
When I Was Younger I Wanted To Be: An astronaut, but I’m not tall enough...wap wap
Last Album Bought: Bon Iver - iTunes Session
Last Song Listened To On MP3 Player: Bowerbirds - Overcome With Light
The Music I'm Into Is: Indie-Folk, Folk-Rock, Oldies, Old School Rap
Favourite Current Band: Seryn
My Favourite Drink Has To Be: Fresca
My Favourite Book Is: Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein
My Favourite Website Is: Gizmodo
My Favourite Item Of Clothing Is: Cardigan: because we all know the cardi starts the party.
My Favourite Shop Is: IKEA
The Best Boredom Buster Is: Devour.com
The Best Film I Ever Saw Was: Space Jam
My Ultimate Snack Is: Anything with Nutella or hummus on it - not together preferably
The Worst Food Invented Is: Anchovies
The First Thing I Do When I Wake Up Is: Celebrate by checking Twitter
I Can't Leave The House Without: iPhone
I'm Well Known For: Being allegedly Arab, looking like Ryan Gosling
My Hobbies Are: playing music, videography/editing, being OCD
I Have A Passion For: Brilliantly written tweets
First Band Name: Dressed for Rescue
Tomorrow I Will: Conquer the world...or at least that giant gar of Nutella in the kitchen
My Biggest Aspiration: Pitchfork liking my album
I Think AltSounds is: Hunky-dory, and just straight up hunky
The Story
Boston-based singer/songwriter George Kamel is no stranger to the world of songwriting. He released two albums in the past five years, one as part of Boston-based folk outfit “Meadowlarks” and another under the pseudonym, Lapsley. But a two-year stint in the city of Mobile, Alabama would force Kamel to reevaluate his identity as a songwriter.
"You grow up real fast when you move 1,500 miles away from home to a place you're not familiar with and people you don't know...you're out of your element and things kinda hit you differently..." said Kamel.
After countless open-mics and coffee shop shows, Kamel met an emerging producer named Matt Baker and decided to bring his songs to life in the studio. In February 2012, The Great Coward was born.
Kamel believes that The Great Coward represents a significant season of personal growth. "I think the songs come from this place of wanting to escape the cynicism that I've been in for so many years now" he said. "It's not necessarily that I've figured it all out-or that I have all the answers-but I've found the path that I want to go and it's time for me to grow up and pursue that."
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Name: George Kamel
Star Sign: Taurus
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts
Now Based At: Mobile, Alabama
Level of Education: College - B.S. in Communication - 4.0 GPA - mom’s psyched!
First Instrument Played: Electric guitar
Current Instrument: Acoustic guitar
Last Venue Played: University of Mobile’s Annual Crawfish Boil
Can't Go On Tour Without: Travel size versions of everything ever
The Best Thing About Live Music Is: the subtle dance moves of awkward indie musicians
The Person I Would Most To Collaboration Is: Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)
Worst Thing To Happen To Music Is: One Direction
Best Thing About The Current Music Industry: I can record myself burping the ABC’s and sell it on iTunes
Turn On: Anything Apple makes
Turn Off: Smoking
Biggest Influence: Gravity
My Favourite Person On TV Right Now Is: Aziz Anzari
Childhood Hero: Mister Rogers
When I Was Younger I Wanted To Be: An astronaut, but I’m not tall enough...wap wap
Last Album Bought: Bon Iver - iTunes Session
Last Song Listened To On MP3 Player: Bowerbirds - Overcome With Light
The Music I'm Into Is: Indie-Folk, Folk-Rock, Oldies, Old School Rap
Favourite Current Band: Seryn
My Favourite Drink Has To Be: Fresca
My Favourite Book Is: Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein
My Favourite Website Is: Gizmodo
My Favourite Item Of Clothing Is: Cardigan: because we all know the cardi starts the party.
My Favourite Shop Is: IKEA
The Best Boredom Buster Is: Devour.com
The Best Film I Ever Saw Was: Space Jam
My Ultimate Snack Is: Anything with Nutella or hummus on it - not together preferably
The Worst Food Invented Is: Anchovies
The First Thing I Do When I Wake Up Is: Celebrate by checking Twitter
I Can't Leave The House Without: iPhone
I'm Well Known For: Being allegedly Arab, looking like Ryan Gosling
My Hobbies Are: playing music, videography/editing, being OCD
I Have A Passion For: Brilliantly written tweets
First Band Name: Dressed for Rescue
Tomorrow I Will: Conquer the world...or at least that giant gar of Nutella in the kitchen
My Biggest Aspiration: Pitchfork liking my album
I Think AltSounds is: Hunky-dory, and just straight up hunky
The Story
Boston-based singer/songwriter George Kamel is no stranger to the world of songwriting. He released two albums in the past five years, one as part of Boston-based folk outfit “Meadowlarks” and another under the pseudonym, Lapsley. But a two-year stint in the city of Mobile, Alabama would force Kamel to reevaluate his identity as a songwriter.
"You grow up real fast when you move 1,500 miles away from home to a place you're not familiar with and people you don't know...you're out of your element and things kinda hit you differently..." said Kamel.
After countless open-mics and coffee shop shows, Kamel met an emerging producer named Matt Baker and decided to bring his songs to life in the studio. In February 2012, The Great Coward was born.
Kamel believes that The Great Coward represents a significant season of personal growth. "I think the songs come from this place of wanting to escape the cynicism that I've been in for so many years now" he said. "It's not necessarily that I've figured it all out-or that I have all the answers-but I've found the path that I want to go and it's time for me to grow up and pursue that."
Read more of the George Kamel story over at http://www.facebook.com/georgekamelmusic/info
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