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George has literally been playing in bands “forever” and has gained a wealth
of experience on the live circuit and in the recording studio. Song-writing has
been an important creative outlet for George ever since he figured out how
to play his second chord. A self-taught guitarist, he soon moved onto piano,
drums, bass, vocals, and more recently the ukulele and sitar! George works
as a solo artist, bringing musicians into each project "as and when required".
He developed his skills as a studio engineer and producer during his time as
a band member and key driver of their musical project and his intuitive flair
in both areas is evident in the quality of recorded output. George has also
worked as a radio producer and engineer in sessions with international artists
such as Paul Weller, Crowded House, Joan Baez, Gabriel and Norman 'Fatboy
Slim' Cook, during the Freakpower period.
Recently, George was chosen from almost 6000 artist entries as a top ten
finalist at the prestigious ‘O2 Undiscovered’ competition, where he performed
‘Hey There’ from his “1965” album live in front of a notable panel of industry
heavy weights, including Simon Gavin head of A&R at Polydor/AM, Lisa Verrico
(The Times), Paul Jones (ex Elastica) and Music Week editor, Ajax Scott.
All of the panellists had positive things to say about both the chosen song and
the performance. The results were recently shown on Channel 4 UK. During a
break away from making his own music, George was asked to take part in a
modern art installation in Newcastle by internationally renowned artist Candice
Breitz as part of her Plastic Ono Band study. The exhibition was featured on
BBC's Culture Show and was on show at the Baltic Centre in Newcastle running
until January 2007 and at the BAWAG FOUNDATION in Vienna exhibiting until
February 2007. Right now the exhibition is on display at the White Cube in
London and is attracting some very positive reviews. See here for the Financial
Times, and here for the Daily Telegraph.
Currently writing and arranging his next album, scheduled for release in late
2007 and titled “Studio 2”, George will fulfil another of his ambitions by
recording it at the world famous Abbey Road Studios in London.