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Rommel DeSouza’s life revolves around the guitar
able cost, the musician added. That, of course, is apart from his love for music.
French Guiana experience DeSouza recalled his musical journey when he lived in French Guiana and played a variety of French songs. He spent three years working as a musician there – 1992 to 1995 - and also recorded songs in French. This experience, coupled with his business savvy, has led to him establishing a business.
Recording studio sons at a guy named Steve Persaud in Parade Street in Kingston,” DeSouza recently told Guyana Times. “I used to pay $20 per month,” he said of those early days. “I started to help out with the teaching, so I didn’t have to pay,” he recalled. That was when he officially began his guitar and musical journey.
DeSouza disclosed that he comes from a family which has been involved in music for quite some time. A few of his father’s relatives were musicians, and he not- ed that, at a very young age, he became fascinated with music.

The last of seven children, Rommel DeSouza was born and raised at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, WCD, and attended the West Demerara Secondary School, where he began establishing himself musically. He said he spent the past 20 years performing live music, and he has been a guitar technician during 10 of those years.


These days, he has switched his career to music production. He says he loves country music and ballads, and began working on establishing a recording studio a few years ago. The COVID-19 pandemic had stymied his plans, but plans for the studio are back on the front burner, so to speak, because he plans to reopen the studio at his home at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, very soon.
“Tuschen is better for recording. It is quiet, and it’s my own place,” he said.
While he loves the country music genre, DeSouza said, his studio would produce a mixture of genres. He said he has not finalised what it would cost persons who may wish to record their songs at his studio. However, he would try his utmost to keep the price at a minimum. “I will be doing my best to keep down the price as low as possible. Might even be working out payment plans,” he added.
One main reason behind the studio’s opening is to give people an opportunity to record at a very reason-
If one were to pass the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) branch at Vreed-en-Hoop, one would be able to see DeSouza’s guitar shop opposite the bank. The business has been there for the past five years, and he sells guitars and accessories at the location. DeSouza also operates a photo studio at the location to bring in added income.
A father of three, Rommel DeSouza has said one of his children is following in his footsteps. His son likes to play the drums, and Rommel has expressed hope that his rich love for music would live on through his children as well as the people who encounter him through his recording venture.

