But things fell into place when he was spotted by a judge in a college competition at St Andrew's College in Bandra, and his friend Vernon Noronha helped him get acoustic gigs. A project with Ranjit Barot also worked out and Gamree started covering his personal expenses.

It's this kindness he received from his friends that got him to write his single, Sprinkle That. "Some incidents made me realise it doesn't cost a thing to be kind. I was travelling on a highway and some people had got into a fight, not paying heed to the blaring ambulance behind them. I shoved my bike in the middle to attract their attention and let it pass," he narrates. The song talks about how when you don't understand your emotions you end up flaring up. The video shot and directed by Amit Batra features dancer Eden Pereira.

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The bank of 20-odd songs he has lined up for release as singles over the next few months have been inspired by Sting, Bryan Adams, Stevie Wonder and The Script, covers of whose songs he will also be playing at the gig.

And talent does indeed run in the family, for Gamree's three-year-old daughter, Faye, is also into singing and dancing, though she's more of a fan of Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran and Maroon 5.

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