Local Musician Using Web to 'Kickstart' Career

Watchung Hills Regional senior Gabriel Price has been building an audience for his original music in the area—and now he's getting ready to present his work to a wider audience.

He's set to take advantage of an offer from a Nashville producer—if he can get to the Music City for a recording session.

To do that, he's counting on his fans to help, using an innovative website called Kickstarter to help raise the funding for his project. Kickstarter is "a funding platform for creative projects," according to the website—it works by collecting small donations to pay the often hefty prices of projects.

Gabriel hopes to raise $5,000 by Oct. 28 for his EP project—so far, 57 backers have kicked in $2,786,his Kickstarter page says. The project will only advance if the goal is reached. 

The new project follows a self-produced CD released in April called "Odd Faces in Normal Places," which is avaialble on Amazon,CDBaby and iTunes.

Gabriel composed and performed all instruments and vocals on "Odd Faces in Normal Places." He's studied piano since he was six, added drums at eight, and took guitar and drum lessons at the  Somerville School of Music and Matt Lewis‘s Drum Studio in Somerville.

He also played drums at Rockit, the music program for young rock musicians at Redbank, and at Power Chord Academy, the summer program for budding band members on the campus of St Johns University in Queens.

You can find videos of Gabriel on YouTube under GabrielPriceMusic.