Terry Gomes completed an Honours degree at the University of Ottawa, studying classical guitar and composition. He taught guitar for many years, played in several rock bands, and performed in a flute/classical guitar duo.
We caught up with Terry at home in Canada and he had this to say about his new release, “My new album, “SOME CHUNES”, features three brand new tracks and eight previously released favourites that have been remastered. The remastered pieces I chose were the ones that have had the most radio airplay, downloads, streams and press over the last 10 years.
Check out “A Recurring Thought on YouTube here:
“This is music to help combat the oppressive feelings of winter, take you somewhere warm, and lift your spirits. The title represents an offering of music and the word, “chunes” (tunes), references the tropically evocative nature of the pieces. Growing up, it was a term I heard often from my Dad when referring to enjoyable music.”
“Someday Castaway”
The new album “Some Chunes” features a wide variety of local Ottawa artists as each piece was recorded under different circumstances and with different players. The new tracks feature local Ottawa musicians Arien Villegas on congas and drums and JP Lapierre on bass. They were recorded and mixed by Ottawa Faces winner for Recording Engineer, Steve Foley.
Cool stuff about Terry Gomes:
*Guyanese heritage
*studied classical guitar/composition at the University of Ottawa & graduated with an Honours degree
*taught rock and classical guitar for many years
*played in several rock bands and performed regularly in a flute/classical guitar duo
*was an elementary school teacher for 26 years
*began by mostly writing songs for others to perform
*released many self-penned, home demo projects
*starting 2006, released three albums in the singer-songwriter/pop/folk-rock genres
*2012--switched genres into mostly guitar-based, evocative, instrumental music (smooth jazz) with the release of SHH.
*2014’s instrumental release, THE SAND IN MY SHOES, I began using elements of Caribbean music I had grown up with
*2015’s instrumental EP release, BLUE.GREEN.AQUAMARINE. continued this newly forged path
*2018's THE TROPICAL DREAM--concept album detailing a tropical vacation, written while recovering from a back injury
*2019 released an instrumental single, RUMJARO 360, combining elements of rumba, jazz and rock
“Some Chunes” is available on Bandcamp here:
terrygomes.bandcamp.com/album/some-chunes
For more on Terry Gomes visit: terrygomes.com/
