{"id":21055,"date":"2016-06-15T11:48:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T10:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=21055"},"modified":"2016-06-16T12:14:44","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T11:14:44","slug":"gabi-sklar-la-changes-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/06\/gabi-sklar-la-changes-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabi Sklar &#8211; &#8216;LA Changes You&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21056\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/06\/gabi-sklar-la-changes-you\/gabi-sklar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gabi-Sklar.jpeg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Gabi Sklar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gabi-Sklar.jpeg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21056\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gabi-Sklar.jpeg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gabi Sklar\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>With a sober warning about the dangers of substance abuse, 16 year old singer songwriter Gabi Sklar implores her listeners to never let the world change them,\u00a0with new song, &#8216;LA Changes You&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;LA Changes You&#8217; centres on what happens when you go in search of fame and fortune &#8211; it&#8217;s not always plain sailing and just as often as not it can break you rather than make you. Gabi&#8217;s pure voice challenges us to think before we come to rash decisions. The video opens with a newspaper headline reading, &#8216;Every Year Hundreds Of Kids Move To Los Angeles Chasing Fame And Fortune&#8217;, and the focus moves to a\u00a0young man, played by Vine\u00a0sensation, Christian Davies, seated on a sofa in a derelict room, burning photos representing\u00a0a past better life. The video tells a wise, but cautionary tale about the struggles of substance abuse that is far too common in the lives of young people on the West Coast of the USA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Growing up in a family music lovers, Long Island New York native Gabi Sklar began playing the grand piano by ear at only 8 years old. Once she&#8217;d learned a few notes and chords, she started writing lyrics, fuelled by the desire to express her emotions and make sense of the world around her.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMy style is lyric-centric and mainly piano-based \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s very much a result of my piano-rooted writing process,\u201d Sklar says. &#8220;My goal in creating music is to\u00a0share my stories in hopes of connecting with others. 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