Writing, recording, and performing my music. TV, my cats, movies, good food, friends... I like getting to know folks from around the world. That to me is COOL!
Music
Hop-a-long Cassidy, The Chipmonks, Hank Williams, Roy Rogers, Ray Price, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Floyd Cramer, Roy Clark, Chet Atkins, Marty Robbins, Elvis, Beatles, Hendrix, Cream, Jeff Beck, Todd Rundgren, Zappa, E.W.& Fire, Return To Forever, Who, Zeppelin, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Gino Vannelli, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Beach Boys, Grass Roots, Gentle Giant, PFM, Passport, Naked Eyes, Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, Devo, Manic-N, Alan Holdsworth, Jon Luc Ponty, Steeley Dan, Boz Scaggs, Neil Diamond, Ozzy, Journey, Kansas, Styx, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, George Benson, Ahmad Jamal, Buddy Rich, YES, King Crimson, Tommy James and The Shondelles, Monkees, Tommy Boice, Bobby Heart, The Zombies, Heart, James Taylor, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Queen, psychedelic, fusion, jazz, 80's synth, 70's.
Movies
Blade Runner, Logan's Run, Fargo, Summer Rental, Matrix, Ray, Temptations. A Series of Unfortunate Events, Dumb & Dumber, Cable Guy, Me, Myself & Irene, Eternal Sunshine, The Mask, Liar Liar, The Grinch, Die Hard, Anchorman, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Burt Reynolds, Denzel, Travolta, Quentin, Jack Lemmon, Arnold, Jack, Phil Hartman, Kevin Spacey, The ROCK, to name a few. I am a real movie nut. I like most everything, if done well.
Television
History, TLC, Science, Bio, Bravo, etc.
Books
The Stand, The Shining, Carrie, 2001 A Space Odyssy, Martian Chronicles, Master Key To Riches. Reading puts me to sleep, so, I tend to listen more and read short topics.
Heroes
Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren, Paul McCartney, Berry Gordy, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, Tarzan (Johnny), Hercules (Steve), M.C. Escher, Bob Barker, Rod Serling, My 1969 Ludwigs, Bruce Lee, Ginsu knives, Pocket Fisherman, Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, John Bonham, Billy Cobham, Rayford Griffin, Chick Corea, Lenny White, Al Demiola, Stanley Clark, Jan Hammer, Iron Butterfly, Ozzy, Honda, Korg, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Shirley Temple, Ronald Reagan, Evening Star Productions (Danny Z.), Ray Charles, 1st cast of Saturday Night, Carlos Santana, Aeon Flux, Stevie Wonder, Art Bell, David Fenn, Lance Morris, Steve Nash, News Talk 550 KFYI(PHX), The Nearly Famous Barry Young, Kim Komando, and FOX 10 in Phoenix.
DREAM INDUCER Forty minutes of mood altering psychedelic instrumentals! A minimal drums and no rock guitar selection of instrumentals designed to induce a variety of dream-like states. Put it on and take a nap. Available July 2007 at: CDBaby and iTunes Take a listen on my HOOKA player.
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Taking Flight (Released Feb. 2007) Fifteen psychedelic, experimental, progressive, fusion, rock and ambient instrumentals.
From Aural Innovations #36 (May 2007) He says his music is psychedelic... It’s mostly a jazz/rock fusion sort of thing in the vein of Alan Holdsworth, Jan Hammer, Jean-Luc Ponty etc. Just listen to tracks like “My Watch”, “She Speaks” or “Seedz”. Terry’s other influences include Rundgren, Zappa and Jeff Beck, for example. I do enjoy his more ambient pieces, though, and some of them are a bit psychedelic. A good example is the peaceful and hypnotic “Logan Ran” that is actually very enjoyable as well as the mystical “Not Far”. There is also a bit heavier stuff in there with some electric guitar. The bit darker “April” reminds me of Space Mirrors and is quite okay. “Tax” features a heavy guitar riff, sequences and a great guitar solo by a guy named Jose Diaz. “Psycho” begins in a minimal mood and has some exciting synth stuff to create a bit psychedelic atmosphere. Reviewed by Santtu Laakso
Congratulations Terry Daun! Listeners on American Idol Underground have rated your song "Seedz" among the top 50 tracks in the Electronica genre during the previous week.
Game On (Released Aug. 2006) 18 songs and a very cool and dreamy instrumental "A Walk In The Park" make up an assortment of psychedelic, progressive, and pop songs. This was my first "World Wide" release of music written, recorded, and produced by myself. Available at: www.cdbaby.com/cd/daun (inside cover)
Khiki Kavan. Limelight Radio Show Terry Daun “She Speaks” from the album "Taking Flight". This track is an instrumental with a jazz feel. It is well layered... It has the feel of some of the older instrumental tracks I would imagine on bands such as Rush or Yes’ albums. It’s also pretty trippy, so give it a listen!
Kweevak.com review of Game On. 9/29/06
TERRY DAUN - GAME ON: Terry Daun has been playing music in bands for decades and in more recent years he has been working as a solo artist. Game On features nineteen-tracks written and produced by Terry. Daun is a drummer but his main instrument of choice is a Korg Triton, which allows him to craft a broad range of sounds and styles. The CD is a blend of classic rock influences and experimental electronica with a dash of psychedelic and R&B thrown in for good measure. Terry’s songs feature a diverse range of textures and tempos. The opening track, ‘My Six Furry Friends’ is a creative carnival of images and tones. ‘Give A Little’ is an insightful rocker. Game On is an ambitious project demonstrating that Terry Daun continues to grow as an artist! * Recommended Tracks: (1,4) [USA/AZ 2006] (Review by Laura Turner Lynch for Kweevak.com)
Neu Futur (zine) Reviewed 08 November 2006
A positive thing that can be said about Daun at this point is that there is more than a small hint of Peter Gabriel in Daun’s vocal styling during “Clear Traffic Ahead”. One cannot claim that Daun is trying to rip them off; 19 tracks at 66 minutes give listeners an exhaustive description of eir musical style. “Give A Little” has Daun steal the practice tapes of Journey for the instrumentation of the track. The vocals fit interestingly during this track, but I think that the instrumentation is head and shoulders above any vocals that make their way onto this track.
Daun is able to create a cohesive album through and though with “Game On”. While the tracks may never make it to the Billboard charts, there is a sort of fun, almost Atom and His Package meets David Hasslehoff sound to the output of Daun. Saying that, this is not a polished album, and individuals may be turned off by the roughness around the disc’s edges.
Daun was able to get a collection of tracks out here that all share a slew of commonalities without the tracks rolling together. There is some commonality with artists like Steve Lieberman (and more so) Mizar, but Daun’s bread and butter is electronic and R&B music, for sure. I don’t know where Daun will go with future albums, but here’s to hoping that Daun can go forth and get a producer and engineer on staff that can provide different viewpoints about what would make the best approach.
Top Tracks: Lady of the Night, Get Up
Rating: 5.4/10
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Who I'd like to meet: Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Mitch Mitchell, Eddie Kramer, Simon Phillips, Jan Hammer, Roger Waters, Todd Rundgren, Barry Gibb, Tyra, Bruce Willis, Jim Carrey, Steve Nash and Jorden Sparks.
On October 13th, 2007 I had the pleasent opportunity to meet and jam with drummer Jerry Marotta and bassist Stuart Hamm. Video at www.youtube.com/terrydaun
Le Tigre's got a new band and they are playing the Rhythm Room tomorrow night(Mon 6/20). William effing Reed will be joining Jared Alan for his opening set. You should def consider coming out.
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It’s been far too long since I last said hello and so much has happened I thought it about time we did.
We’ve changed a lot, now we are an “UltraModern, post-electro rock, post-nu rave behemoth where Muse and Mansun meet a Massive Attack with Duran Duran pop sensibilities, louder guitars, and a stunning female front person/guitar virtuoso”, or so we have been told.
I’d love to know what you’ve been up to since we disappeared into the dark damp studio cave, let us know how it’s going, I’m always up for a chat! May your thoughts be Scarlet and your actions Blonde ;-) Dawn xx Scarlet/blonde
I just wanted to let you know that we are releasing our first album on September 20th! We're going to have a huge party / show at Club Congress to celebate, with free Pizza, Eegee's, and raffle prizes (like an IPod nano!). Also, the first 75 entrants get a free $5 gift card to Penguin's Ice Cream
Hopefully you can make it... but if not you can always order our album online ;-)
We've decided to give something back for all the support that our fans and friends give us. What better than FREE MUSIC?!!!!!!! You can listen to "Christian" on our myspace page.
But for a HIGH quality MP3 go to www. stonesoulfoundation. com Please comment us on your thoughts of the song and the subject it speaks............................................................................ Sincerely, SSF
Thank you very much for supporting James Taylor and his music on Myspace. As the Owner/Maintainer of his Myspace (Brian Delaurenti), it would mean a lot if you and your friends on Myspace would ADD my Photography Profile.
