Soundcloud exclusive preview track from my new album Secrets Nobody Keeps, out Monday (November 25th). The sounds on this track are all made by me with one acoustic guitar and vocal in one take, except the saxes in the choruses which are played by Natasha Koczy. Produced and mixed by Whiskas.

Available for pre-order now at http://jongomm.com/store or from iTunes, Amazon, et al.

The song is dedicated to anyone who suffers from depression or anxiety disorder.

There's No Need To Be Afraid

This is the first single from the album Secrets Nobody Keeps, the video was released on Youtube last week. Here's the link to see me play this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9b29phQz_I

You can buy the album (and guitar Tab) from my website at http://jongomm.com/store  Or on iTunes: http://bit.ly/iT-Gomm  Or pretty much any other online stores. (But not Spotify, sorry, they pay artists peanuts and are owned by the major labels.)

Jon Gomm - Telepathy

The mp3 and guitar tab for this song are available from http://jongomm.com/store

You can Pay What You Want for the mp3, and a percentage of all proceeds go to The Happy House children's home in Watamu, Kenya. http://www.childrenofwatamu.net/

This song is about I plant a grew in my 10-feet-square backyard in the Leeds inner city. I put the seeds in a tiny tub, but it grew like a Roald Dahl story until it took over the whole yard, then one day the sun shone extra hard and 100 flowers all went "Pop!". It was amazing, so I wrote a song for it. 

Jon Gomm - Passionflower

This is my cover of the Chaka Khan dancefloor classic from 1982. When I was a kid, I played gigs in pubs in Blackpool, and often my audience was mostly elderly ladies spending their pension money on bacardi! Quite often they'd tolerate my original songs and blues covers for only so long, and eventually a representative would be sent over to remonstrate with me. "Excuse me young man, please can you play something we can dance to?" So this is my emergency disco song. 

GET DOWN!

Jon Gomm - Ain't Nobody

Don't Panic is the new album from British virtuoso acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter, Jon Gomm. 

Don't Panic is the follow up to debut album Hypertension, released way back in December 2003. Why the long wait? ''I made the first record shortly after I d put together a solo acoustic set and wanted to start touring: it was just a demo to get gigs. I made it a full length album because back then the gig fee was barely covering my petrol money, and I needed something to sell!'' This plan worked a little too well, and Gomm has been touring hard ever since, taking his unique brand of virtuosic acoustic guitar-playing to prestigious festivals around Europe and a punishing tour schedule centred around the UK and Italy, and a new album has had to wait. 

The new CD features stronger songs, exhibiting Jon's genuine grasp of a wide range of genres from blues to jazz to rock to country, which comes from his lifelong experience as a session musician and musical academic. Throw in some Urdu lyrics and you're getting the picture: a one man melting pot. The songs range from dark laments, to sweet melodies, to frenzied romps and there's even elements of the humour for which Jon's live shows are renowned. The guitar playing here is perhaps even more technically demanding than the previous CD too: ''Every time I arrange a new guitar part I make sure I can t play it without practice. I love the technical aspect as much as the creative process of songwriting, although they are very much separate affairs.'' And as with the debut album, there are no overdubs here, although it may sound like it: there is never more than one guitar on every track. 

Jon's fiercely independent approach to the music industry has meant that the CD was home recorded and is released on his own label.

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Jon Gomm - Topeka

Jon Gomm - Loveproof

Jon Gomm - Surrender

Jon Gomm - Rescue Song

Jon Gomm - The Weather Machine

Jon Gomm -  Wake Up!

Jon Gomm - What's Left For You

Jon Gomm is an independent, non-corporate musician. He sings songs, writes songs, and plays guitar, and spends a lot of his time travelling around playing gigs. He's basically just trying to be an individual in a world that wants everything to sound the same. He's not famous, but don't worry he doesn't want to be, and you've heard of him and that means a lot. 

Jon doesn't reply to messages on Soundcloud. Please email via his management at info@jongomm.com 

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