Terry Bubbler started in the entertainment scene in 1983, forming a reggae group with his youngest brother and a neighbour that lived close by on the island of Barbados after being sent from England to reside with his maternal grandmother. The group took on the name of 'The Musketeers' and were compared as a Bajan version of the 'musical youth' and performed at events all around the island culminating with performing at one of the largest festivals for the crop over carnival season namely 'Cohoblopot'. 
After numerous performances around the island, Terry eventually continued his passion solo after the other members' interest dwindled. 
Throughout the years Terry scored successes in several major reggae competitions which gave rise to national appeal and acceptance also appearing alongside artiste such as Gypsy, Arrow, Chakademus, Leroy Smart, Pinchers, Gregory Isaacs, Flourgon, plus many more. In 1988 Terry Bubbler emerged the winner of the Revo-Dub-Olution reggae competition beating a field of highly talented and seasoned reggae, or as they say in Barbados, (Dub) artist which further cemented his position within the artform. Terry then went on to record his first record on the Sounds Gud record imprint, a setup devised by Shane Budhoo of Danceworld record shop fame, this was a compilation album featuring the likes of Lil Rick, ChakaDemus, then calypso king, Bumba, Daddy Mark,(the brother of Ras Iley) Akil,  Colonel Jim Bowie, etc, this was then followed up by joining Kaiso Palace calypso tent with a short stint on the soca scene in 1989. 
Terry is now credited as being one of the pioneers of the early dancehall scene in Barbados, along with, Kid Site, Jesse James(d), Fatman(d), Ras Mikey, Lil Rick, Peter Ram, Papa T, Derrick Inglish, along with countless others, too numerous to mention here. 
Upon his arrival back to England in 1990, Terry continued his musical journey in the form of Dj-ing at parties and pubs, also working with several producers dabbling in genres from soul, lovers rock to dancehall, it was in the latter style that Terry won the Nubian Spotlight dancehall competition and gave him the opportunity to work with the late Trevor 'Juggling' T(d). 
Terry continued throughout the nineties and noughties Dj-ing at private parties, clubs and corporate shindigs in the city and beyond to as far as the Home Counties and Wales. 
Being in such close proximity to the music which he loved, it was only inevitable that the desire for making music will arise again. After a long hiatus out of the singing scene, Terry re-emerged in 2009 with a comical take on his experiences with Facebook and it's super poke application, which single handedly, brought new fans to the dying art of composing soca in the double entendre style. In 2012, Terry unfortunately found himself in a dark place after putting his life at risk to help a young lady under attack, which then spawned the origins of two reggae songs, "Dem Lock Me Up" later followed up that said year with, "What Is This?('Bout A Democracy)", which tackled the subject of living in a perceived democracy is more or less a plutocracy given the fact that if one isn't of the socio elite bracket of wealth being bestowed upon or a friend of those in power, one doesn't have much say in how the country is ran. In 2013 Terry was biting at the bit to get ready for the impending soca season and in late march, released another gem of a tune with a catchy whimsical take in soca on the hot topic of the day regarding the horse meat contaminants fiasco which was discovered in other meat products, this was then followed up by the track entitled "Too Old", as a redress for those that critiqued The Bubbler for being a tad aged to be involved in music at this stage in his life for the crop over/carnival season. 
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