Gomes has been in the music business for over 40 years, is the co-founder of Big Noise, was part of the team that launched the career of Christina Aguilera,[1] and ran the successful publicity campaign that won The Beach Boys their first Grammy Award.
At this time, Gomes began writing, producing, and selling homemade cassettes of both original songs and comedic skits featuring neighborhood friends including Steven Yuppa.
He also served as News Director for a Junior Achievement-produced youth-oriented radio show at WPRO-FM (92 PRO-FM) called 'J.A.M.,' and as an on-air student reporter for LaSalle Academy for The Providence Journal-owned WPJB-FM (JB 105).
Interviews for both the newspaper and the radio show included The Police, The Ramones, Spyro Gyra, The Tubes, Dead Boys, Herman's Hermits, Ellen Foley, The Monkees, and Estelle Parsons.
For his efforts, Gomes went on to win The Jefferson Award from the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Foundation for Outstanding Public Service,[12][13] joining past recipients Oprah Winfrey,[14] President Jimmy Carter, Bob Hope, Paul Newman, and Harry Belafonte.
[26] Gomes has also worked with The Beach Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chicago, Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick, Jim Brickman, Béla Fleck, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Little Anthony and the Imperials, Gregory Porter, Jay Geils, Paul Doucette (Matchbox 20), Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze), Freddy Cole, Bill Harley, multi-platinum producer Shelly Yakus, actor/directors Andrew McCarthy, Tiffani Thiessen, William Shatner, and many great independent artists.
'[30] He also produced the original motion picture soundtrack CDs for the directorial debuts of actors Andrew McCarthy ('News for the Church')[31] and Tiffani Thiessen ('Just Pray,' which featured Paul Doucette from Matchbox 20 and Lori McKenna).
Gomes has composed songs with many award-winning and renowned songwriters including four-time Emmy Award Winner Sean Callery ("24," "Medium", "La Femme Nikita"), John Cafferty ("Eddie and the Cruisers"), Jimmie Crane (Elvis Presley, Doris Day), Mike Viola ("That Thing You Do", "Walk Hard"), David Minehan (Paul Westerberg, The Neighborhoods), and Emmy Award Winner Chris Dominici (National Geographic Network, Fox Sports), among others.
[37][38] In 2013, The Beach Boys hired Gomes (along with his partner Connie Watrous) to run the successful publicity campaign that won the band their first Grammy Award for 'Best Historical Recording' for their box set The Smile Sessions.
"[2] On August 9, 2017, Gomes and Watrous conceived, produced and MC'd a commemoration ceremony on-stage with The Beach Boys which honored the 40th Anniversary of the band performing for the largest concert audience ever assembled in the history of the State of Rhode Island - over 40,000 fans on September 2, 1977 at the Narragansett Park Race Track in Pawtucket, RI.