Open Up (Official Audio Visualizer)

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George Collins Band – Open Up (Official Audio Visualizer)

Official Audio Visualizer for the second single from the album “New Ways of Getting Old.”

Written by George Edward Collins (BMI) and Robert Brien Wells (SOCAN). Published by George Collins Music (BMI) and Robert Brien Wells (SOCAN). Official Audio Visualizer provided courtesy of George Collins Records.

Track produced by Rob Wells. Lead vocals recorded by Derek Saxenmeyer at ENEM Recordings. Mixed and Mastered by Chris Anderson at Definitive Sound.

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Lyrics:

OPEN UP

I held my heart back for so long
Gonna sing me a new song
Wanna be where I belong

I feel the urge to surge and run wild
Teach my soul how to smile
Learn to love like a child

I’m gonna show all the world my love
I’m gonna let myself be loved
I’m gonna share with the world my love
I’m gonna show all the world a lot of love

I’m gonna let myself be loved
I’m gonna show all the world the love I have in me

This time make time in time it’s time to open up
Open up
Open up

This time make time in time it’s time to open up
Open up
Open up
Open up

I’ll lose my chains – wanna break free
I’ll let happiness find me
‘Cause I know I have the key

I’m gonna show all the world my love
I’m gonna let myself be loved
I’m gonna share with the world my love
I’m gonna show all the world a lot of love

I’m gonna let myself be loved
I’m gonna show all the world the love I have in me

This time make time in time it’s time to open up
Open up
Open up

This time make time in time it’s time to open up
Open up
Open up
Open up

I’m gonna show all the world my love
I’m gonna let myself be loved
I’m gonna share with the world my love
I’m gonna let myself be loved

I’m gonna show all the world my love
I’m gonna let myself be loved
I’m gonna share with the world my love
I’m gonna let myself be loved

Open up
Open up
Open up
Open up

Open up
Open up
Open up
Open up

About:

George Collins is a transatlantic storyteller based in Prague and Key West.

His writing brings soulful flair to the worlds of rock music, novels, and television!

In his first music career, it has been joked that Collins was in the Dave Matthews Band before Dave Matthews. Back then, he played lead guitar in Common Knowledge, a Charlottesville, Virginia-based, Earth, Wind & Fire-esque band featuring DMB founding members, drummer and backing vocalist Carter Beauford, and the late saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Eventually, Collins evolved into a singer-songwriter, and he put himself through graduate school performing three nights a week in local clubs.

In 2012, at the age of 50, now based in Prague, Czech Republic, Collins had his first child, and he made the fateful decision to bow out of his very lucrative 20-year career as an investment consultant and financial executive to nurture his creative world and be a dedicated full-time parent. He jokes that he now works in the “non-profit” sector as an indie musician, writer, and stay-at-home dad. He and his wife welcomed their second child in 2015, just weeks shy of his fifty-fourth birthday.

Fast forward to 2022, when Collins released his critically-acclaimed debut solo EP, It’s Been a Long Time, which has since earned an international fanbase. In 2024, Collins released his sophomore EP, Songs for Grown-ups, which bursts with gratitude, critical introspection, and more hooks than a tackle box.

These days Collins is working harder than ever, performing consistently around Prague and Key West and readying his fourth release, which will be a full-length album titled New Ways of Getting Old. Contemplating his life’s journey and where he’s at now, he says: “Sometimes people say to me ‘Are you enjoying your retirement hobby?’ I always say, ‘Hobby?’ I‘m working harder than I did as a partner in my investment firm, but I feel this is what I am called to do and it’s an honor and a privilege to finally get to do it.”

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