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gil cohen

About Me

A 30 year old singer/songwriter born in Israel and raised in New York. At the age of 14 founded the rock band "Faded" in which he was the lead singer and writer. After 2 independent releases and intensive touring throughout NY and surrounding states, Gil struck out on his own at the age of 19. He went on performing acoustic shows at some of the most well known venues in N.Y.C. and Long Island. Persistence naturally lead to radio airplay and a nationwide buzz. While studying Songwriting at Purchase College (State University of New York), a family tragedy brought Gil back to his homeland.In 2004 The single and video “Angel Without Wings" were released in Israel. The video became an instant hit on the popular music channels “Music 24”, Music Box and YTV. The single made rotation on some of the hottest local stations.later that year Gil signed a publishing contract with EMI while working on his first full-length. Also, Look out for the Full Realm Entertainment film "Decisions"which features Gil's acoustic malancholic song "How High"...

My Interests

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Member Since: 05/04/2005
Band Members: Asafis reiss - Drums Ofer Koren - Bass Gidi Hertz - Keys Gil Lewis / Shiko Feldman - Guitar
Influences: Hmmmm.....I don't know about influence but I dig: Fiona Apple, Elliott Smith, Travis, Brian Sendrowitz, Dido, Counting Crows, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Dinosaur JR., Avril Levigne, Paul Simon, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Alicia Keys, Beatles, Hendrix, Tori Amos, Leonard Cohen, David Grey, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Damian Rice, Ben Folds, Ben Harper, etc...
Sounds Like: You tell me...
Record Label: Helicon
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

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Hey Ya'll.First off happy new year to whomever it is relevant.actually also to those to whom it isn't.The album's been put on hold following an unexpected interest from a major local label.So until we...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:48:00 GMT

What's wrong with pop?

I constantly run into musicians, writers and producers who see pop as a lower form of expression. While I agree that certain "complications" can and do dig deeper and reveal more abstract and rarely ...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:36:00 GMT

You're in my dash

I recieved this from a friend in the mail :   I read of a man who stood to speak At the funeral of a friend He referred to the dates on her tombstone From the beginning to the end.   He note...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:26:00 GMT

ISRAEL?!!?... "Be Careful!!!"

Israel is not as dangerous as people tend to think.sure sometimes buses blow up in the middle of tel aviv but I mean at least planes don't crash into buildings ;)or at least cities don't get wiped out...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 02:15:00 GMT

Greetings Spacers

OK.  So I decided to try this blog thing.  Although I'm not much of a talker, some things just have to be said...or at least typed...I grew up in NY (and may return in the near future).I'm c...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Oct 2005 08:46:00 GMT