MUSIC

I can't have music samples on this site. But there are lots of samples and downloads at terami.com as well as Adoptaband.com.

If you've never heard Terami before, I think she sounds like a cross between Tori Amos, Mary Timony, Suzanne Vega, and Jewel.

	TO THE BONE - 12 song album (Copies available at CDBaby.com) 1. Pet 2. Raising the Dead 3. Paperweight 4. Stained 5. The Breathing 6. Sideline Junkies 7. Boxes 8. The River 9. Fire 10. Everybody (inside this skin) 11. Falling 12. Until You	REVIEW NOT AVAILABLE
	STICKFIGURES - 10 song Pajama Jams Project. (Copies available through Terami.com/community until April 30, 2002!) 1. Microphone 2. Happier Without You 3. Shivers 4. Song Without A Name 5. Metro Joe 6. Everything Is You 7. Stained 8. Boxes 9. The Confession Song 10. Good-Bye	READ MY REVIEW!
	STAINED - 3 song promotional sampler (Copies were pressed as a Summer 2001 promotion. Copies are no longer available.) 1. Falling 2. The River 3. Stained	READ MY REVIEW!
	ALL GIRL BAND - debut album (Copies available online at CD Baby.) 1. Setting the Record Straight 2. Queen of the Prom 3. What You Think I Need 4. Metro Joe 5. Vamp 6. Borderline 7. Collecting the Rain 8. Girl With the Brain 9. Make It Visual 10. Witches' Brew 11. Lullaby 12. Upsetchu 13. Voices in My Head	READ MY REVIEW! BUY THE ALBUM!
	ECLECTRIC SHOCK SYNDROME - Lukewarm (Terami has a cameo on Rubbery Shrubbery. This album was pressed by hand and something like only 50 copies were made. I don't have a copy, but you can listen to the song on mp3.com!)

 

REVIEWS
These reviews are just my brief thoughts. I'm not a music critic and so they're not the most elegant expressions. I leave that to the pros.

STICKFIGURES - REVIEW
I'm not really sure what to call this collection of songs! These are intimate all the way around but it has a different feel from both All Girl Band and Stained. First off, Terami gives a spoken introduction at the beginning of each song. It's really cool! But there's something else too. It's just so relaxed and intense at the same time.

This is the kind of music that forces you to listen. The songs are all really beautiful too. Some of the tracks are new versions of other songs she's recorded ("Stained" and "Metro Joe"). But, really, the versions are so different from the original, it's like a whole new interpretation of the meaning of the songs! I don't know if that makes sense.

I was expecting more of a "demo" album with Stickfigures because of the one-take recording style. But the songs sound polished and complete, even without the other instruments.

These songs have so much heart and emotion poured into every lyric and melody, you can't help but love what you hear.

I highly recommend getting your hands on this album before copies are gone!

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STAINED - REVIEW
This is a 3 song promotional sampler for Terami's 2002 untitled project. First off, I'd like to thank her for sending it out FOR FREE! Once I heard about it, I told all my friends, because it's a great idea to get people into new music. It's a CD-R recording, hand-pressed and signed. So, a big thumbs up to that!

These three songs are very, very different from what we heard on All Girl Band. The main difference is the production, not the songwriting. These songs have a really gorgeous, rich sound. My favorite song is The River because it is so "off". It's a waltz and it just moves in a really kooky kind of way. Stained has a lot of really beautiful imagery about leaving your mark in a relationship. Lyrically, it's my favorite of her songs. Falling is a little more "normal" than the other two songs. It seems more like something that would play on the radio.

I loved these songs because they maintain an intimate, personal feel while exploring a new sound. Makes me excited to hear the rest of the new album!

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ALL GIRL BAND - REVIEW
From the second that I put this album in my player, it didn't want to leave. These songs are so intimate and heartfelt! I really cried on the song Lullaby. But the music is so beautiful, the song transcends the initial saddness. I also really loved Borderline, a very odd sounding song, that just makes me feel like my relationship with my parents is normal.

The common thread through all these songs is the openness in which they're delivered. Not a song on here is too personal to share. It's like reading an open book. Everything is easy an available to share. (Especially the opening song!! WOW!)

But Terami is also a wonderful pianist. Sometimes I think she underplays her talent by working with simple melodies. I really like that. I think that a lot of pianists in particular, like to show off their training. Terami doesn't and it works.

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