Anthony Gomes and Anthony Gomes Music

Anthony Gomes is an Canadian singer/songwriter/guitarist. He grew up in Canada, Toronto and he started to study music at 14 years when he received a guitar from his father as a present for his birthday. At the beginning he was quite disappointed by the gift he received, because his dream was to receive a computer, but step by step he started to use the guitar and he fell in love with this kind of music. In high school he formed his own band and that was the first time he was on stage. Today, his latest release “Music Is the Medicine” is a wonderful combination of blues-based rock, soul and R&B and has a lot of success in America.

He started his musical career in 1998 and in ten years of activity the Anthony Gomes Music is famous in all the American states and in Canada. His five albums were sold in more than 60.000 units and this is a real proof that he has many fans and many people enjoy his music. In 2003 he was declared “The Artist of the Year” by the Blues Wax Magazine and in 1998 his bad won the title of the “Best Unsigned Blues Band” offered by Buddy Guy’s Legends. I am sure that not many of you know that the motto of Anthony Gomes is a quote from the famous play wrote by Shakespeare, “Hamlet” when the main character say “This above all, to thine own self be true”. Another interesting quote on which is based the Anthony Gomes’s concept about music is “If it aint funky, It aint no good”.

In high school Anthony Gomes was in love with the music of those from Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, at the beginning of his career he was inspired to start writing original songs. After his band won an important radio station contest, Anthony Gomes band had the chance to sing in the opening of Bon Jovi concerts. Every body was very surprised when Anthony decided that this is not the path he wants to follow.

At the end of ‘90’s Anthony Gomes decided to move to Chicago because his biggest dream was to become a better musician and then, after he also moved to Nashville he had the chance to learn more about songwriting. Here is where he released his first three albums and all these three albums have an original and personal note of the artist who was focused on blues style. The album of debut was “Blues In Technicolor” appeared in 1998 and presented Anthony as a guitar-slinger loaded with impressive firepower. Two years late, Anthony Gomes Music suffered a new change of style, a change which was noticed thanks to his new album, “Sweet Stringin’ Soul”, a soul album with an intimate acoustic accent. In 2002, his third album “Unity” was also a surprise due to the heady mix of styles. Anthony realized that every CD of an artist has a breakthrough song and his fourth album was centered on the song “Bluebird” which was also the name of the album.

The most recent album signed Anthony Gomes is “Music Is The Medicine” and it represent a testimony of the incredible power that music has for the human being. Through this album, the artist wants to underline that the music and especially the Anthony Gomes Music has a healing power for the spirit because it can move and motivate you. Anthony understood that if his music has no effect on his fan’s souls, than his music is nothing else than noise. The wonderful meaning that he tries to give to his songs makes his music being unique and special.

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