Exclusive EP premiere of ‘It’s Been a Long Time’ by George Collins, out today.

‘It’s Been a Long Time’ is a stunning showcase of George Collins’ lyricism and musical ear. The EP features some of George’s most personal and stand out works to date, featuring his jazzy pop song ‘Toward the Light’, his romantic pop-rock classic ‘Down Easy’, and his beautifully crafted title song ‘It’s Been a Long Time’. George is dedicated to strong melodic hooks, interesting harmonies, meaningful lyrics, and ace musicianship. You can hear his passion for music and songwriting within his songs, each bringing a variation of his pop rock style and a multitude of inspirations to the table.

Collins’s songwriting hits that sweet spot where art and craft intersect. This passionate pop/rock with a modern vintage feel recalls masterful tunesmiths like The Beatles, Tom Petty, XTC, Elvis Costello, Dire Straits, Counting Crows and Wilco, among others. His songs feature instantly hummable melodies; subtle but smart counterpoint; clever chord sequences; ace musicianship; and vocals that ooze soulful rock n’ roll longing. As a lyricist, Collins is a poet, a sage, a storyteller, and an empath. He covers the full-spectrum of emotions and the human experience, and he writes with cinematic detail, visceral vulnerability, and clever turns of phrase.

“What drives my creativity is exploring the whole range of human experiences and plumbing the depths of human emotions to find the sacred in the profane and the universal in the individual; to encourage myself, and others, to think and feel about life and themselves in new and different, and, hopefully, beneficial, ways”, Collins says.

Back in his student days, George Collins was part of a band called Common Knowledge. Band members included Carter Beauford and the late LeRoi Moore, two of the founding members of The Dave Matthews Band. “While backstage with Carter and Dave during their most recent concert in Prague in 2019, I joked that I was in The Dave Matthews Band even before Dave Matthews”, Collins says with a good-natured laugh. “They both burst out laughing, and Dave clicked his beer bottle to mine and said, “If anyone ever asks me about that, I will back you up one hundred percent!”.

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