Biography:
Tom Gossin (Vocals, Guitar) was taking classical piano lessons by the time he was 5 years old. He began studying with a local jazz musician at age 10 and picked up the guitar at 12. After his high school graduation, he moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, with two band mates seeking a welcoming place to pursue a career in music. He was a guitar major at the University of North Carolina Wilmington until a teacher encouraged him to pursue his dream of songwriting and performing. Tom dropped out and began playing music 200-250 nights a year. Mike and Tom eventually formed a duo and made their way to Nashville, they met Rachel and Cheyenne and Gloriana was born.

Facts:
• Won a silver medal for swimming at age 10 in the Junior Olympics.
• Was 11 when he made his guitar stage debut, complete with his fly down the whole time.
• Found Rachel’s Myspace page one night while testing out his new Mac computer. He was instantly blown away with her vocal style.
• Dreams of someday having a room full of vintage musical equipment.
• Has to mow the lawn at the band house.

Solo Discography:
Rendezvous
Released: June 1, 2001
Label: Midwest Artists Dist.
01. Pretty Little Girl
02. Part Of Me
03. Left To Lose
04. The Promise
05. Don’t Watch The News
06. Back With You
07. Secret
08. Tell Me I’m Alright
09. Wrong Or Right
10. Rendezvous
11. Walk Away
12. Outro

Underwater [EP]
Released: June 1, 2004
Label: Echometrics Entertainment 
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01. Left to Lose
02. Spin the Wheel
03. Wrong or Right
04. Carry (acoustic)
05. Underwater

Left to Lose
Ain’t nobody gonna worry no more
Because it’s time to just believe
I come walking up your steps to the door
To take a little piece of you with me

Take a little piece of you with me
Give a little lovin’ to you
Take a little piece of you with me
Cause I can’t let myself forget about you

Ain’t nobody gonna let me down
Cause I ain’t got much left to lose
I can’t help myself by running around
I’ll take a little time to spend with you

Take a little time to spend with you
You give a little piece of mind to me
Take a little time to spend with you
Just know that you will always be with me, you’ll be with me
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Spin The Wheel
Waiting for someone to change my mind
I don’t think they’re coming here soon
I’m standing alone in an endless line
Looking at pictures of you
Everytime I see your smile
I wonder if anything’s true
With you

Turn your back and I’ll
Paint it black and I’ll
Walk you into the night
Set me free and I’ll
Spin the wheel around
Keep you close to my mind
But out of my sight

A picture can tell you a million things
This one just gives it away
With everyday that this summer brings
I hope that you’re feeling okay
Everytime I close my eyes
I wonder if anything’s safe
With you
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Wrong Or Right
I can’t try hard enough to keep my head high
I’m out of touch with everyone’s life
and I can’t take my own
it’s okay, right up till the end of the day
I start to feel like spilling away
into the great unknown
is this all because I’m wondering
if I’ll ever love somebody as much as I love to be alone

Am I wrong or right
You’ve been calling me all night
And I won’t even pick up the phone
I don’t want to do you wrong
But I can’t stay here too long
Everybody’s better alone

I can’t try hard enough to keep my head high
I’m out of touch with everyone’s life
and I can’t take my own
it’s okay, right up till the end of the day
I start to feel like spilling away
into the great unknown
is this all because I’m wondering
if I’ll ever love somebody as much as I love to be alone
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Carry
I’m telling you now
These are things that I carry
My head, my heart
My love for a girl named Mary
It’s hard to breathe
With the weight of the world on your shoulders it
Seems to me that everything can wait till we’re
Older

So I told her
I’d carry her around with me
Till I’m ready to breathe
I told her
There’s nothing here to carry me

I’m telling you now
These are the things I hold on to
Mary’s hand
And I’ll the little songs that I sing you it’s hard to
Talk with every word it feels like I’m lying we’ve
Been through it all still I’m so afraid of you crying

So I’m trying
To hold on to you
Till I know what to do
I’m trying
It’s just to hard to carry you
Just make sure you turn your head
So I don’t have to see you cry
Just make sure you say goodbye
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Underwater
She woke up with plans today
She got up and ran away
Now no one can find your daughter
She jumped in the lake today
She found a new place to stay
She likes to swim underwater

Someone told me the things that you said
You only can push her so far
What did you really except
Someone said she’d be better off dead
I’m going teach her to live
Swimming underwater

She woke in my arms today
The water had washed away
The memories that never felt right
I looked in her eyes today
I told her I’d keep her safe
As we floated around in the moonlight

She woke up in my arms today
I told her I’d keep her safe
I’ll teach her to live underwater
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