Gebruiker:Harm Hendrik/Kladblok/Jon Gomm

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Jon Gomm is een Engels zanger en liedjesschrijver. Hij gebruikt uitsluitend een acoustische gitaar, waarop hij drumgeluiden, baslijnen en de melodieën simultaan speelt. Zijn werk is beïnvloedt door allerlei genres, zoals blues, soul, rock en metal. Michael Hedges is een belangrijke inspiratiebron. Tot op heden heeft hij drie soloplaten uitgebracht, en toert sinds 2004.

Biography

Gomm begon als tweejarige met ukelele spelen. Hij begon met klassieke gitaarles toen hij vier was, en op twaalfjarige leeftijd ging hij met zijn vader (een muziekrecensent) mee naar bluesoptrendes in zijn geboortestad Blackpool. Als tiener speelde hij elektrische gitaar in de stijl van bekende rockmusici.

Hij liet een plaats schieten om Engels te studeren aan de universiteit van Oxford om zich in te schrijven aan "The Guitar Institute" (tegenwoordig onderdeel van het Institute of Contemporary Music Performance) in Londen. Hij betaalde zijn studie met jazz-optredens in bars, werk als sessiemuzikant en spelen van Country en Western voor line-dancers.

He moved to the Yorkshire city of Leeds, where he is now based,{{when|date=February 2012}} to study on the Jazz degree course at Leeds College of Music.

His solo performances started in Leeds. He extended the sounds he could make with an acoustic guitar – hitting the surface to make snare drum, bass drum and bongo sounds, re-tuning the strings to get bass sounds, and using high harmonics from the guitar for synthesizer-like effects. He worked these techniques into his own songs, and put his years of singing blues into use.

Musically he is a disciple of Michael Hedges, and as such part of a generation of guitarists using extended techniques which includes Andy McKee and Erik Mongrain. The tattoo on his arm is from the cover of the Michael Hedges album Oracle.

Jon Gomm has rejected mainstream music industry values and practices and avoids playing chain venues and corporate festivals. His appearances are generally organised with independent promoters in venues like real ale pubs in rural areas, theatres or arts centre. He has been a regular performer at The Junction Inn, Otley for many years and attracts a large crowd whenever in town.

In addition to his own performances, he has also played gigs with Tommy Emmanuel (Australia), Nick Harper and Bob Brozman.

He has performed at festivals including Download, Electric Picnic, The Canadian Guitar Festival, The Italian National Guitar Festival, The Garforth Arts Festival and The London Guitar Show at Wembley Arena. He performs regularly across the UK and the rest of the world with tours in China, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, Australia and Canada.

In February 2012 a video of him performing his song "Passionflower" was the subject of a tweet from the broadcaster Stephen Fry, leading to articles in the Daily Mail and The Telegraph newspapers. This led to him appearing on several television shows and being booked for gigs and tours around the world during 2012, as well as releasing an instrumental cover of Chaka Khan's classic "Ain't Nobody".

In November 2013, the album "Secrets Nobody Keeps" was released after being 100% crowd funded in the short space of 4 weeks in a whirlwind PledgeMusic campaign that drew on the power of Jon's fans and viewers worldwide. The album title is a nod to Jon's gratitude for the power of social networks, and a reference to the Stephen Fry tweet mentioned above. "The success of the PledgeMusic campaign has been so gratifying" enthuses Gomm "People tell me I'm too open on social networks, but I lived through all these overwhelming life-changes online, taking support from my friends and fans.”

Discography

Hypertension

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Jon Gomm's first album, Hypertension, was released on his own label in 2003. All tracks are single takes, with no overdubs.

All songs written by Jon Gomm unless otherwise stated.

1. "Waiting in Vain" (Bob Marley) (Chis Korpos)
2. "Clockwork"
3. "H"
4. "Stupid Blues"
5. "Less To You"
6. "Hey Child"
7. "High and Dry" (Radiohead)
8. "Swallow You Whole"
9. "Butterfly Hurricane"
10. "Happy Room"
11. "Crazy Jonny"
12. "Waterfall"

Don't Panic

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1. "Waterfall"
2. "Afterglow"
3. "Temporary"
4. "Gloria"
5. "Topeka"
6. "Loveproof"
7. "Surrender"
8. "Rescue Song"
9. "The Weather Machine"
10. "Wake Up!"
11. "What's Left For You?"

Secrets Nobody Keeps

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(2013) | | Next album = }}

All songs written by Jon Gomm unless otherwise stated.

1. "Telepathy"
2. "Ain't Nobody" (Hawk Wolinski)
3. "There's No Need To Be Afraid"
4. "Wukan Motorcycle Kid"
5. "Deep Cut"
6. "Orville (The Secret of Learning To Fly Is Forgetting To Hit The Ground)"
7. "Passionflower"
8. "Message in a Bottle" (Sting)
9. "Dance of the Last Rhino"
10. "Everything"

Singles

In 2011, Gomm released three self-produced singles through his website. One of these, Passionflower, garnered considerable attention on YouTube in early 2012, gaining over 2 million views after a tweet by Stephen Fry and reports in The Daily Mail and the Telegraph.

1. "Passionflower"
2. "Message in a Bottle" (Originally by The Police)
3. "Ain't Nobody" (Originally by Chaka Khan)

Videography

1. Ain't Nobody (Chaka Khan cover) featuring Daniel Tompkins (2013)
2. Ain't Nobody (Chaka Khan cover) (2012)
3. Message in a Bottle (The Police cover) (2011)
4. Passionflower (2011)

Press

Acoustic guitar player and singer-songwriter, Jon Gomm, was catapulted into the spotlight with a single one word tweet: “wow”. The tweet, sent in February 2012 by comedian, director, writer, actor Stephen Fry

"...how on earth can one man play so proficiently a "one man band" style that puts full bands to shame?" Sandman Magazine.

"Leeds should feel very lucky to have such a performer to call its own" Leedsmusicscene.net.

"We have seen the future of acoustic guitar playing, and it is called Jon Gomm" Blues Matters!.

External links

• Official website
• Jon Gomm page on Last.fm
• Official Jon Gomm page on MySpace

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