George Kaufmann started studying the classical guitar at the age of 9. After about six months, he stopped taken lessons and continued on his own practicing 8-10 hours a day. By the age of 11 he was already playing 8th year level compositions by Sor and Tarrega and performing at some`radio stations. Although rock music was all around then, it never really interested him. Then one day he happended to hear a Roy Orbison song and liked it. Shortly after that, he listened to a song by the Beatles ...
George Kaufmann started studying the classical guitar at the age of 9. After about six months, he stopped taken lessons and continued on his own practicing 8-10 hours a day. By the age of 11 he was already playing 8th year level compositions by Sor and Tarrega and performing at some`radio stations. Although rock music was all around then, it never really interested him. Then one day he happended to hear a Roy Orbison song and liked it. Shortly after that, he listened to a song by the Beatles and was intrigued with how it was written and performed. At that moment he realized that although classical music is great, it wasn't the only thing out there that had merit.As time passed, George started listening to more rock music and realized that it gave him a different sensation. The sound seamed alive, fresh, honest, and sincere, rather uplifting! George tried writing a rock song but without much success until he took one of his classical pieces he composed earlier and added lyrics to it. It came out pretty darn good. Although George never gave up his classical music, he started forming bands and performing out more. After moving from Maryland to Californina, he continued performing music and formed a christian rock group. They released a CD with 14 songs mostly written by George that was mastered at Capitol Records. The group was getting a following in town and started selling a fair number of CD's. Shortly after that however, the group disbanded. George continued performing and recently, one of his songs was picked by "Producer.com" in England from thousands of submissions. George states, "Most people that listen to my music say that it sounds very Orbison/Beatle like. But I never really tried to copy anyone, it just developed on it's own". The complete CD "ON MY OWN" will be available for purchase on Itunes in December 07. George has been married with his one in only love Angela for 28 years,has 2 beautiful sons,David who has an awsome voice takes after his father and Daniel who loves computer games and girls thats my boys.
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