Release Date: May 8, 2023
Label: Independent
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When you listen to the music on Terry's site, you can click on
the note beside the first track, and it will automatically tell the story of
each composition with artwork to accompany it. For instance, the joy in
"Grandma's Good Ol' Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits" is an upbeat, happy
tune.
As one would anticipate, the pace and color within each
composition mirror the track titles. The music is contemporary instrumental
with strong influences of classical and all its ebbs and tides. The combination
is stunning.
"Once Upon a Time" has a picture of a hand reaching
down in a wheat field, and to the right is inscribed "If I know what love
is, it is because of you." - Hermann
Hesse. It is a delicate track, as soft as the woman's hand in
the picture.
You will enjoy a multimedia presentation; everything fits
together. Music, art, and video are the perfect combination. However, a
talented artist must make this something new and fresh as it is commonplace.
Terry Lee accomplishes that quite successfully.
I also appreciated how touching some images were on
"Bedtime Stories." The music is perfect while taking the explanation
of Dad, an otherwise ordinary man, and turning him into a hero, storyteller,
and singer of songs. It makes you remember those precious moments of
child-rearing and those you may be fortunate enough to enjoy right now.
Terry Lee's piano is gorgeous, fluid, and very telling of each
storyline. The pictures will give a little nudge in figuring out why the music
flows. The piano playing is very intent on emotionally moving you; it certainly
did me. And you can tell the artist was in this heart and soul; you can feel it
with every touch of the keys. And that my music-loving friends are what I would
describe as prolific.
While I gave you a glimpse into what to expect, I will leave the
rest to each listener. It is essential to let you, the potential listener, find
the gifts in each offering. This music has happiness, pure joy, and sadness,
which is how it should be. It makes you pause and reflect on the meaning for
you.
Terry Lee does go through a Metamorphosis inside the music, and I believe you can as well if you decide to follow along on his website here https://www.terryleenichols.com/metamorphosis.
Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck-NAMR Founder
April 25, 2023
Tracks:
01. Metamorphosis 04:16
02. Out of Eden 03:03
03. Let Us Rest Beside the Cool Waters 03:08
04. Grandma's Good Ol' Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits 02:06
05. A Day in the Life of a Cocktail Pianist 03:11
06. Once Upon a Time 04:42
07. Bedtime Stories 03:50
08. This Was Once a Love Poem 01:17
09. The Dangling Conversation 02:20
10. Barcelona 05:09
11. Mom, which picture will you use for me? 03:45
12. Thinking Back 03:59
13. One Molecule Away from Madness 02:45
14. The Long Goodbye 5:17