Dory Lobel
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| Dory Lobel | |
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| Birth name | Dory Lobel |
| Born | February 15, 1980 |
| Origin | Boston, USA but raised in Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, Songwriter, Bassist, Composer, Producer |
| Years active | 1998 ─ present |
| Label(s) | Kobalt Music Publishing |
| Website | dorylobel.com |
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Dory Lobel (born February 15, 1980) is an L.A guitarist, songwriter, bassist, composer and producer. ".[1]
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Born in Boston and raised in Israel, Dory Lobel has had different musical upbringing than most musicians. He asked his parents to buy him a guitar when he was only three years old. Throughout his formative years, he studied piano and attended the Tel-Aviv School of the Arts where he focused mainly on the visual arts.
At age 13 he began taking lessons with a local guitar instructor and quickly showed facility on the instrument. After several years of private lessons he started learning music directly from his record collection. He spent countless hours studying and analyzing the styles of guitar greats such as Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and Albert King and artists such as Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire and Pink Floyd. "Stylistically, I'll listen to anything, as long it's intelligent, heartfelt and honest."
[edit] Career
He has performed all over the world playing for multi-platinum selling artists including, Jesse McCartney, Enrique Iglesias and the Backstreet Boys. He has played on television shows including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Good Morning America, MTV's Total Request Live, The View, Ellen, Regis & Kelly, U Pick, All That, Access Hollywood and The Megan Mullally Show.
He also performed an acoustic show for U.S. President George W. Bush on ABC's 4th of July Salute for the Troops and was featured in TV specials, radio shows and magazines all over the world. As a composer and songwriter he has worked for companies such as NBC, Sony, Hollywood Records and EMI.
By the age of 18, Dory was gigging around town at local rock clubs and teaching privately five days a week. Living in Israel at the time, he was drafted to the Israel Defense Force for the mandatory service period of three years, and served at the research department of the Military Intelligence Corps.
Towards the end of his military service, he landed the guitar spot in the house-band of a successful R&B club. The musicians in the band were some of the most successful and well-known session musicians in Israel who kept him working and gigging in different projects throughout the following year.
During that time, Lobel had played with some of the top artists in the Israeli music scene, performing all over the country and making a name for himself. During that time he also wrote music for various projects including the independent film Lizardman which was featured in major film festivals across Europe.
[edit] Moving on
Shortly thereafter he flew to Los Angeles and enrolled to the world renowned guitar program in Hollywood's Musician's Institute. "I felt like I was ready to take my career to the next level, and move back to the U.S.... Going to Musician's Institute has been a lifelong dream of mine. It's like a rite of passage for guitar players."
On his first day at Musician's Institute Dory took his placement tests and tested out of the first 12 months of the 18 month long program and started his studies directly in the Professional Guitar Program, which allowed him to finish the courses in only six months.
While attending Musician's Institute, Lobel won the first place in the school's Guitar Contest and was awarded first prize: a vintage Marshall half-stack.
In 2006, Dory co-wrote and played on 11 of the 12 songs on Jesse McCartney's record Right Where You Want Me (Hollywood Records), which debuted at number 15 on the U.S. Billboard 200, scoring top 10 spots in Europe and Asia. He accomplished all of this within three years of his move to U.S.
[edit] Currently
When not touring, Lobel works full time in Los Angeles as a songwriter, producer and session musician. His studio is located in Hollywood and he is signed to Kobalt Music Publishing.
