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BIO Written by: Danielle Cowie

"Soul, blues, rock, reggae, folk, R n' B, acoustic, pop, industrial, experimental, alternative, dance, world music; Just music man! From the soul, honest songwriting without compromise; Truthful and conscious lyrics with emotions and a heart at the core, without caring about sticking to any one style and discovering new styles along the way, ever flowing like a river…," is what this talented musician had to say about when it comes to music and his feelings with it. Born on March 17, 1983 he has become one of the truest musicians of our time. "I'd like to say I was born on earth, because I don't like borders and things that divide the human race." Gibbran was born in Guyana and raised there until about the age of 13 when he moved to Canada with his family of six. He was half named after Kahlil Gibran who was a Lebanese philosopher and poet, among many things. The other half of the meaning comes from his father's love for the BeeGees (the Gibb brothers), which is why his name is spelt with two B's. Gibbran has been around and involved with music his entire life. There was no other way with him. His father was in a popular band in Guyana and would play shows night after night. His father taught him how to play the guitar by age 13 and Gibbran ended up writing his first song at the age of 14. He has written many songs since and continues to grow as a songwriter. "I consider myself an inspirational writer, songs just come to me you know, and I'm thankful that they do. They can call you at any time day or night, it is up to me answer, to get up and write it down or I usually hum them on my little recorder." Gibbran would often go to the community centre in Guyana when he was young and he would sit back, watching in awe while the steel drummers practiced. They would usually tell all the local kids to scram but he wouldn't listen and was soon playing the drums for them at the young age of 10. "Singing was my first love but the drums were my first instrument and I'm self taught on both," he explained. "After my father taught me guitar, I now had the tools I needed to translate and understand other instruments like piano and bass and I could finally get the music I was feeling and hearing in my head out of system!" Gibbran knew he was destined to be with music from the get go, it just took him a little time to dive into it full blast. When he moved to Canada, his parents were excited because of the great education offered here. He tried the whole college experience and realized it wasn't for him. A hard thing for him was telling his parents he had dropped out of school to become a fulltime musician. He jumped from job to job, not knowing what to do but he always had one thing he could rely on, no matter how stress-filled his day was; Music. "I tried all those different things," he said. "I would go out and do all this stuff and always come home to music, maybe it was my plan/thing to fall back on."
In the past five years Gibbran has performed just about everywhere in the Durham Region and appreciates every last show he plays. He's looking forward to a lifetime of music and to share it with everyone and everywhere he goes. "Music for me is more about the emotion and the feel rather than the technicality of it. There are times when music takes me to places I can't even describe I just know I want to go there all the time." Gibbran has worked long and hard for his current success and will continue to do so for his future. Deserving everything he has earned, Gibbran will continue to awe people with his music and spread the love from town to town.

  ERIC LAMBIER

Born in Trenton Ontario

Blinded at age three.

Studied classical piano from age nine. ARTC in piano at age 17.

Met and co-wrote approximately 50 songs with Eilleen/Shania Twain and went on to tour with Shania in Amsterdam, Scotland, Manchester and London England, Laguna Beach Record company showcase.  Appeared with Shania on Jay Leno “The Tonight Show”.

 Finalist in the Toronto 200^th birthday song writing competition.  

 Finalist in Canadian Country Music Hall of fame singing contest.

 Wrote and performed theme song “All God’s Children” for the Dan Carter show on tv.

 Performed on the Dini Petty show.

 Moved to both LA  and Nashville to pursue a song writing and performing career.

 Toured Germany with Nashville based artist.

 Released Independent Debut CD “Trains in the Rain”

 Placed second in the Songs Revealed song writing competition at Durham College Oshawa. Songsrevealed.com

Performed with new country artist Johnny Reid. Who released songs such as  “You Still Own Me” ,”Sixty to Zero” “Love Sweet Love”a nd newly released. “Dance With Me”

 All music videos can be seen on CMT.

Tours and performs his own Elton John tribute.

Eric can be seen and heard upstairs at Rileys Pub in Oshawa on Friday and Saturday.