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Coming Fall 2009!Silk8 New instrumental soundscapes designed to take your head off!...then put it back on.TERRY DAUN Born in Wichita, Kansas, two days before Halloween, Terry has been around music since day one. His mother Helen sang and played the guitar and organ. She also performed her own songs in nightclubs in Phoenix during the 1960’s. As early as 10 years old, Terry started going out with his mother while she performed with the likes of Waylon Jennings and Marty Robbins. Terry began playing the organ as early as 3 years old, with guitar lessons beginning at 8. At age 11, the hottest sound around was “Wipe Out” by The Safaris. “A lot of kids got turned on to drums at that time, and I was one of them”, he states. His main professional influences were; Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix Experience), John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), and as Terry would put it, the “greatest” Jazz/rock drummer ever, Ginger Baker (Cream). Even more important were the influences of friends and guitarists Micheal Brown and Bob Wyman. Micheal was into Hendrix and Bob was into Clapton. "I liked them both equally".Thanks goes out to guitarists Gibert Lopez and Lenny Traw for early inspiration as well (8th grade). "Many thanks must be given to John McKibben in 1971 for hauling us all around in his Chevy wagon, among other things". "Bassist and band leader Kevin O'Conner gave me my first paying gig at the Gaslight Lounge on Scottsdale Road in 1977. I learned alot from Kevin... ask Doug Beeman (guitar), he knows what I mean. Some of the bands in the Phoenix, Arizona area Terry has played drums with over the years are: Moments Notice with Scott Pidcock and Kevin Carpenter (guitars) and Tom Commiskey (bass). A working band covering top 40 and classics.The Penetrators with Micheal Brown, Tim Finn (Cold Shot and the Hurricane Horns) and Tim Greer on guitars. Awesome blues/rock band covering Allman Brothers, Hendrix, Cream, ZZ Top.Manic-N with (artist/writer/vocalist) Jeff Neugebauer (www.Jynkz.com) Dave Lloyd (guitar) and Jim Coleman (bass). All original modern rock. Voted Phoenix's "Hottest New Band" of 1985 by Soundboard Magazine. Recorded a four song cassette at the late great Pantheon Studios in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Actual cassete recordings can be heard at: www.myspace.com/manicnmusic Live videos can be seen at: www.youtube.com/terrydaun KATO with the amazing John Buck Kerlin on guitar www.theanarchyoftruth.com and equally amazing Rick Bogan (bass). We covered 17 Cream classics! check out the live videos of KATO in 1988 at Long Wongs in Tempe, Az. At: www.youtube.com/terrydaun Attitude Cat with Steve Bogart (bass) Jack Wolf (guitar) and Perry Fretz (vocals). Great working band covering top 40 and classic rock.In 1991, Terry started TMD Entertainment, a Karaoke / DJ company. In a sixteen year run ending in January 2007, Terry performed over 3600 shows in the Phoenix metro area... all without missing a single show.In December 2000 Terry joined forces with three old friends, John McKibben (guitar), Bob Wyman (bass), and Chris Karam (drums) to form White Noize, an original hard rock band in Tempe, Arizona. Terry began as Lead Vocalist, and soon added percussion and keyboards. “It is very possible that I wouldn’t be where I am today if not for the experiences I had in White Noize… and I thank John McKibben for that”. In time Terry wrote the lyrics to 8 of the bands 21 songs that can be heard at www.whitenoize.net White Noize broke up in December 2003. By the end of August 2004, Terry had written and recorded 17 songs on his own. This includes all of the instrumentation, as well as the backing vocals. "It was my first experience with a DAW and I barely knew what was going on. I titled the album "All Aspects" and wrote about all positive stuff".The songs can be heard at: www.hellochandler.com Terry's first "World Wide" release came in August 2006 with "Game On". An ambitious project containing 19 tracks. Eighteen pationate and insightful songs and one cooool instrumental called "A Walk In The Park". Terry created and produced the entire project himself. Buy Game On at: www.cdbaby.com/cd/daun or online at iTunes, Amazon, and many others for the small price of less than than a cup of coffee.Terry's next release "Taking Flight" in Febuary 2007 was all instrumental. Terry's fondness for Jeff Beck's style lent the inspiration for many of the 15 tracks. One track titled Logan Ran is inspired by the sci-fi classic Logan's Run. Lots of cool sounds swirling around make this a favorite of mine. Again, completely self-produced. Features Jose' Diaz playing lead guitar on TAX.Buy Taking Flight at:www.cdbaby.com/cd/daun2 or online at iTunes, Amazon, and many others for the small price of less than than second cup of coffee.Terry's third album "Dream Inducer" in July 2007. Another self-produced instrumental album, but with a theme this time. As Terry would say... "put the music on and take a nap". More cool sounds swirling around but with none of the heavy guitar like the previous album "Taking Flight". Buy Dream Inducer at:www.cdbaby.com/cd/daun3 or online at iTunes, Amazon, and many others for the small price of less than than a third cup of coffee.In October 2007, Terry performed on drums and keys with renouned guitarist Willie Oteri and his "Super Session" at the Brick House in Phoenix, Arizona. Included were: Stu Hamm (bass), Jerry Marotta (drums), Cat McLean (guitar), Jon Mulvey (guitar), Skinny Bishop (bass), Chris Michalek (harmonica), Jason Weidman (drums), and Greg Gonaway (drums). www.myspace.com/willieoteri In November 2007, at the TAXI Rally in Los Angeles, Terry and his guest (producer/composer) Ron Gallagher www.myspace.com/rongallagher ran into Peter Manno www.myspace.com/petermanno while wandering through the hotel lobby. Ron and Peter had worked together many years ago and hadn't seen each other since. "The three of us had a great night at Medieval Times" Terry recalls. Peter and Terry exchanged music and liked what they heard in each others work. Finding a producer with the musical skills of a GIT instructor, a previous touring top 40 guitarist, and studio skills and ears on par with Mutt Lange was a truly divine act for Terry.In January 2008, Peter and Terry began the first of, what was later to become, many months of of intense creation, learning, tracking and refinement. During the Summer of 2008, Terry worked briefly in Tucson with legendary guitarist/songwriter Michael Bruce of Alice Cooper. "It was so cool playing drums with the man who wrote so many great classics". In Febuary 2009, Terry and Peter Manno begin work on a catalog of the greatest covers ever and the creation of "55 Ludwigs". Stay tuned for more!Terry's next release "Silk" is due out in the Fall of 2009. Peter Manno adds his electrifing guitar skills to several of the total eight instrumental soundscapes.

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]