Cindy Gomez

Cindy Gomez
Background information
Origin Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Genres Pop music, electronic dance music, rock, adult contemporary, latin pop
Occupation(s) Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Labels Interscope Records, Universal Music Group
Associated acts Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard, Mike Bradford, Roger Sanchez, Stuart Chatwood
Website cindygomez.com

Cindy Gomez is a singer, songwriter, actress and model who grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. She is of Colombian and Belgian descent and can sing in 8 languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Hindi, Cantonese and Mandarin.[1]

Career

Gomez began singing at the age of eight. In order to create opportunities and get noticed, she began modeling and entered a Miss Latin America pageant in Canada. Winning the pageant opened the doors to Spanish and multicultural radio and television stations in Toronto and various performances such as Super Latin Fest at the Canadian National Exhibition and Telelatino LatinFest at Canada's Wonderland.[2][3]

In 2002, Gomez's vocals were featured in the electronic dance song Pounding Your Soul released on Roger Sanchez's album Release Yourself Ibiza 2002 by Stealth Records[4] and she got her first movie role in Left Behind II: Tribulation Force where she played the Angelic Woman alongside Kirk Cameron and Brad Johnson and sang Amazing Grace.[5]

In 2003, Gomez sang the official theme song Time Only Knows for the soundtrack and video game of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time developed by Ubisoft Montreal and composed by Stuart Chatwood. Time Only Knows has become an all time favorite within the gaming community.[6][7]

Breakthrough

Gomez's big break came in January 2008 when she received a phone call from producer Michael Bradford to perform with Ringo Starr on Larry King Live, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and at the House of Blues.[8] In the CNN green room Cindy met producer and songwriter Dave Stewart, best known for his fame in Eurythmics. After being invited to his then shared studio with songwriter and record producer Glen Ballard to sing on a demo for what was to be the world-wide success Ghost the Musical, an adaptation from Ghost starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore they told her to move to LA and they began working on original tracks for her first album[9][10]

"She's sultry and sexy, but also a real performer who's in control. She's a real singer, and a real songwriter with a knack for huge melodies. Her determination and ethic reminds me of Beyonce or Madonna.[2]

Dave Stewart

In 2008, Gomez became part of Dave Stewart's 30-piece Rock Fabulous Orchestra performing on his album Dave Stewart Songbook, Vol.1[11] as background vocalist and lead vocalist on Underneath it All (originally performed by No Doubt) and Jealous (originally performed by Sinéad O'Connor) as well as live shows in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and abroad.[12] Gomez also sang and appeared in Stewart’s celebrity-studded video for American Prayer a song he co-wrote with Bono for Barack Obama.

2009

Gomez signed her first record deal with Interscope Records worldwide and Universal Music Group for Canada in 2009 when Dave Stewart introduced her to his longtime friend Jimmy Iovine, founder of Interscope Geffen A&M.[13]

In 2009, Gomez became the first artist to make her debut in a mobile game, "Dance Fabulous" on N-Gage (service) by Nokia via 40 million mobile handsets worldwide. The game included a dancing Gomez avatar and five of her songs, which positioned her at the forefront of a trend that marries music with mobile entertainment.[14][15][16]

Cindy Gomez and Dave Stewart performing at Lifeball 2009

In April 2009 Gomez went on a European tour to promote the Dance Fabulous video game. She also appeared in Vienna for Life Ball, Europe's largest AIDS-related charity event, where she performed a new song that she and Stewart co-wrote and donated called "I Bring You Love", to a live audience of 70,000 which was also broadcast live throughout Europe at the opening Ceremony.[17][18][19][20][21]

In October 2009 Gomez's image was on the Flip brand video recorder for the charity Red line co-founded by Bono.[22]

2010

Gomez's backing vocals can be heard on Ringo Starr's album Y Not released in 2010 on the songs '’’The Other Side of Liverpool'’’ and '’’Time'’’.[23]

2011

15 July 2011 the Electronic dance music song Pounding Your Soul that Cindy Gomez sang and was released in 2002 was re-released on the album '’’This Is Afrodelic Vol.3 – 25 Afro Tribal House Tunes Various Artists'’’ by Guajira Recordings[24]

2012

Gomez released her first Spanish EP called Fuego Fatal composed of five songs; one of which was written by Shakira and Dave Stewart on 30 April 2012.[25][26]

2014–Present

17 March 2014 Gomez released a song she sang and co-wrote called We Love Who We Love[27] based on the true tragic story of a young boy named Ryan.[28] She shares more of her thoughts on life as a singer here. [29]

Television

Gomez is part of the Fourth Season of Fox International Channels TV show and first Celebrity Edition of The Apartment - Design Your Destiny produced by Imagine Group and airing 25 January 2015 on Starworld and Fox International Channels throughout Asia[30][31]

References

  1. ↑ Chere Di Boscio, “Ma Vie en Vert Singer Cindy Gomez” "Article in Eluxe Magazine", 15 June 2014
  2. 1 2 Gomez, Cindy. "Cindy Gomez Bio". www.cindygomez.com.
  3. ↑ Kingston, Anne. "Cindy Gomez's Cinderella Story". www.macleans.ca. Macleans Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  4. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Roger-Sanchez-Release-Yourself--Ibiza-2002/release/76165
  5. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283644/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1
  6. ↑ Chris Moore, “The Top 10 Game Ending Songs” "Article in Gaming Excellence", 19 March 2012
  7. ↑ Retroplayer, “Prince of Persia The Sands of Time –Cindy Gomez interview” "Article in The Gaming Liberty", 6 May 2010
  8. ↑ PrestigeFrenchRiviera, “Prestige Interview With Cindy Gomez” "Article in Prestige French Riviera Lifestyle", Wed. 11 April 2012
  9. ↑ Jane Stevenson, QMI Agency “Dave Stewart teams up with Canadian” "Article in Canoe.ca Showbiz section", 13 March 2010
  10. ↑ http://www.eurythmics-ultimate.com/blog/2009/08/07/dave-stewart-talks-about-dance-fabulous-in-uk-trade-paper-music-week/
  11. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/The-Dave-Stewart-Songbook-Vol-1/dp/B001B1TLRU
  12. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/10/entertainment/ca-stewart10
  13. ↑ Mark Borden, “NOKIA ROCKS THE WORLD: THE PHONE KING'S PLAN TO REDEFINE ITS BUSINESS” "Article in Fast Company Magazine", 1 September 2009
  14. ↑ Utalkmarketing.com, “Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart in chart bid with Nokia” "Web article in Utalkmarketing.com", 11 June 2009
  15. ↑ Keith Stuart, “Nokia gets Dance Fabulous” "Web Article in The Guardian Technology section" Wednesday, 29 October 2008
  16. ↑ PRNewswire-FirstCall, “Dance Fabulous by Nokia to hit the Charts” "Web Article in prnewswire.com", 11 June 2009
  17. ↑ Vienna.at, Der Life Ball Song 2009: "I bring you Love" "Web Article in Vienna Online –Vienna.at" 30 April, 2009 15:55
  18. ↑ Dick Jonas, “Dave Stewart and Cindy Gomez Live from Life Ball!” "Web Article in Starz Life Celebrity Lifestyle, News and Gossip", 17 May 2009
  19. ↑ http://www.ok-magazin.de/fotostrecken/471/life-ball-2009-27896-id-221511.html
  20. ↑ Reya von Galen, “Spirit Awakening or What Makes Gery Dance?” "Web Article for Arts and Culture in Dante Magazine", 14 April 2013 – 9:47
  21. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/at/album/i-bring-you-love-single/id311552970
  22. ↑ Anne Kingston, “Cindy Gomez’s Cinderella story” "Article in Macleans Magazine", 24 September 2009
  23. ↑ Dean Wien, “Ringo's new CD Y Not available on January 12” "Web Article on BeatlesNews.com" Wednesday, 18 November, 2009 6:38pm
  24. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/this-is-afrodelic-vol.3-25/id445512517
  25. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fuego-fatal-ep/id863101564
  26. ↑ http://www.cindygomez.com/fuego-fatal-spanish-cd-out-april-30th-2012/
  27. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/we-love-who-we-love-single/id843305510
  28. ↑ Redação, “A música gay do ano: “We Love Who We Love”” "Web Article in RevistaLadoA.com", 8 Abril, 2014 – 12:34
  29. ↑ http://ikiguide.com/2015/03/27/compose-for-passion-interview-with-cindy-gomez/
  30. ↑ Dalia Hilmi, “Reality TV show filmed here highlights island’s highlife “ "Web Article in The PhuketNews.com" Saturday 20 September 2014, 11:00AM
  31. ↑ http://www.starworldasia.tv/Programmes/TheApartmentCelebrityEdition/Guide

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