Sometimes, you gotta take a different path

Roll on easy

Over the years, blood, sweat and tears, ignoring fears, we kept running.
Back to the wall, stumble and fall, but through it all we kept running.
Never take the time. Gotta keep on moving, make those dimes
Keep on moving, we can’t lose anymore.

Take your time, get it right
No need to rush - we can stop running.
Slow that ride, we’ll be fine.
Just don’t push - we can stop running.
I don’t think you fully understand.
Doncha know it’s time to change those plans.
Tell yourself again.
I’m slowing down as fast as I can.

I understand you had a plan, when we first began - we were running.
Getting in deep, missing on sleep, no time to weep, we were running.
Slow won’t get it done, still together, but are we still one?
Keep on moving, we can’t lose anymore.

Slowing Down as Fast as I Can

chic what about me slowed down

the house crew ozomatli slowed down

camisra let me show you (tall Paul remix) slowed down

the house crew nino's dream slowed down

helicopter gotta have your love remix slowed down

the planet plan dj die mix slowed down

187 lockdown the don (skin-up) slowed down

I’m a deep thinker. I use my mind to explore new ideas, concepts, worlds and universes on a regular basis. A lot of my thinking is based on my observations. including trends and patterns in my life and with other people.

This activity bleeds over into my songs all the time. Shadows in the Moonlight is one of those times. In it I poetically express my observations. We are fragile. We exist at the whim of forces or movements we cannot see or understand. Our every belief we have, every decision we make, may be wrong. Bad things are sometimes good things, and good things are often really bad things. It’s how things work. It is reality.

Yes my friends, those Shadows in the Moonlight have us in their spell. All we can do is go along for the ride, never knowing if what we think is right, good, or best is actually right, good or best! I’ve had this lesson pounded into me by the crazy ways that life does and does not work out. It’s unknowable. We can only do our best, knowing in advance that we are blindly shooting into the dark with our fingers crossed behind our backs, salt over our shoulder, etc, etc!


Shadows in the Moonlight

Retired the beginning of 2023. Been writing music seriously for about six years. Thanks for listening - and sharing!

I’m a singer-songwriter rock music addict. My style is my own interpretation of the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s hard rock and metal I have always loved. I’ve been writing my entire life (not music) but I now use that experience to craft compelling lyrics. 

My songs play host to anger, pain, fear, resentment, rejection, change, challenge, hope, love, tolerance and understanding - the dominant themes in my life. I write about what I have experienced, observed and dared to dream.

My journey has been everything but normal. I started learning guitar at the age of 62 after stage 4 bone cancer completely rearranged my life and my reality. It broke me very badly (13 fractures, open back surgery) physically and mentally. It’s taken years to get back to a decent place with function.  Music has been (and still is) an essential part of my survival and recovery. When cancer first hit, my family got me an acoustic guitar. I started learning open chords. As I healed I played more, eventually improving. I started writing my own music.

Now look at me! I write music, produce music, and perform locally both solo and as a band. Oh, how I love playing my music! It motivates and inspires me! Music has been the guiding light leading me through the darkness. It has helped fill the void left from the devastation of the cancer, the surgeries and other complications. 

I love what I do! But it is also my hope that you enjoy my songs too. I sure hope you do!

Oh Yeah! Rock On!

Terry Rocks the Universe

all 45rpm down to 33rpm or 35rpm
all 33rpm down to 25rpm or 26rpm
vinyl only
i love dj screw
southside
south east london
deptford

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