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CURRENT NEWS & EVENTS
JULY 2008
I am proud to announce that I am currently rehearsing on drums in Tucson with the legendary rock guitarist Michael Bruce. As you may or may not know, Michael was the creative force in Alice Cooper (the band), playing guitar, keyboards, vocals, and writing such great classics as Be My Lover, I'm Eighteen, Is It My Body, Desperado, Under My Wheels, School's Out, Elected, No More Mr. Nice Guy, Billion Dollar Babies, Muscle Of Love, and many others.
I got into Alice Cooper when "Easy Action" came out in 1970. I played drums in a band with some buddies and was learning some of Neal Smith's amazing drumming. My all time favorite song to play would have to be "Billion Dollar Babies". We do "Halo Of Flies" which is fun to play also.
To all fans of Michael Bruce and the band Alice Cooper, I must say that Michael raises the bar and is an inspiration... and he's funny. His live performance is an inspiration to any rock band. Hearing the man behind that sound brings out the magic. In addition to Michael I also get to play with the incredible guitarist Bob Russell and bassist Steve Conklin. Javier Garcell on lead vocals.
The Michael Bruce Group is currently rehearsing in Tucson for a show next month in Phoenix, as well as making preparations for a possible new album with all new songs from Michael Bruce. Most recent shows included the very fine drumming of Robin Horn at"The Whiskey" in Hollywood,and Bob Allen at "Red Owl" in Tempe, and "Mardi Gras" in Scottsdale.
For more info go to: www.michaelbruce.com or www.myspace.com/michaelbruceonline
This press release comes from TERRY DAUN Music. All statements and opinions expressed are those of Terry Daun.
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.
Available at: www.cdbaby.com/cd/daun2
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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
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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 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 [JMcQ]
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Review of "Game On" by Neu Futur (zine) (If you're interested.)
Reviewed 08 November 2006
Terry Daun starts eir “Game On” with an interesting approach. A song
like “My Six Furry Friends” has an arrangement that is serviceable. However, there is a problem with
the vocals. Instead of meshing the vocals with the instrumentation on a track, the vocals are layered directly over the instrumentation. This has an effect that makes the track feel a
little too clunky. The fact that Daun has little in the way of a flow going during “Clear Traffic Ahead” keeps the disc from properly soaring.
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”. The first track that feels as if Terry Daun has something going for eir has to be “Will You Ever” . However, the extended length of the track puts a kibosh on the celebration; the
first few minutes are solid, but the second half of the track shows Daun spinning eir wheels at points.
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
[JMcQ]
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