Bio
Terry is a successful songwriter and producer based in L.A.
He is a Foundation Fellow for the Joseph Campbell Foundation as well as
a busy performer, composer, and educator. Terry describes his teaching
philosophy at California's Musicians Institute: "If philosophy is
the first wonder; exploring its beauty follows to be the second... My
impulse for [teaching] is to continue to bring forth the beauty that lives
within the artist. The artist is the visionary of today, and the function
of the artist is to see, hear, and produce art from the images and surroundings
we all share. Every student has the right to pursue dreams and the landscape
of the soul is where it all comes together. By collaborating and connecting
with the muse that drives us, we can create art that resonates with everyone.
It was my privilege to work as a staff songwriter at Warner Chappell Music
where I experienced this great gift of wonder that opened the door to
exploring the thoughts and ideas of the terrific artists there, including
Stephanie Mills, Joey Lawrence, Michael Learns to Rock, Dazz Band, and
many others."
Terry has received wide acclaim for his stirring song "Every Hundred
Years," based on Black Elk Speaks that uses an old cylinder of John
Niehart (author of the book Black Elk Speaks: Biography of the Oglala
Sioux Holy Man) speaking of "the ineffably glorious privilege of
Being." He has recently composed several children's songs, including
the theme for the television program "It's Gronk!" and has been
working in the studio recording his own CD, "Shaking Down the Chakras."
In words and music, Terry celebrates the Dance of Life through the upward/downward
energy flow of the chakras. Of the importance of internalizing these basic
concepts, Lupton says, "Once realized, retained, and woven into everyday
life, we can learn how to live when we naturally slip back down the spiral.
It is perhaps a glimpse of the Sacred Way that we all are ascending by
living out our Mythic Journey." He is a performer and creative consultant
for the Imagination Stations at the Mythic Journeys conference in Atlanta,
GA June 7-11, 2006.
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