Terry Fernihough - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm a songwriter from Ottawa, Ontario, doing mostly country music. I grew up on Kiss, Rush and Led Zeppelin, so occasionally I plug in an amp and let 'er rip, though.I'm not a performer, nor do I have any ambitions to be one. I don't enjoy being a front man, and never did, even in my band days. As far as proper musicianship is concerned, I'm a bassist. I can play a little bit of single note stuff on guitar, but that is basically it. I do my own demos in my home studio, with very little outside help. How do I do this? Technology. I use sampled drum loops, Steinberg's Virtual Guitarist and a program called Band-In-A-Box from PG Music to do most of my backing tracks. With a lot of tweaking, it doesn't sound half bad. All the vocals you will here are my own, unless I state othersise.I've been writing for upwards of 20 years, and I'm finally reaching the point where I feel comfortable presenting my songs to the world at large. I want to use this page as a means for country singers and bands to hear my songs, and hopefully be interested in recording them. I'm not necessarily looking for a publishing deal, but I would be interested in talking to you if you are a publisher interested in signing a new writer to your roster. I'm also very interested in co-writing opportunities, especially if you are a recording artist.I will keep 4 songs up here at any given time, and I will rotate them on a regular basis, so over time you can hear a variety of different things whenever you visit. I hope you enjoy my page, and I look forward to your comments.

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Member Since: 9/19/2006
Band Website: soundclick.com/terryfernihough
Band Members: Just me and my heavily fortified laptop, most of the time, anyway.
Influences: John Hiatt, Cheap Trick, Jeffrey Steele, Craig Wiseman, Carolyn Dawn Johnson.
Sounds Like: Whatever the song dictates that I sound like. I can vary my voice somewhat to fit the situation. It's not always perfect, but it's always in the ball park.Due to an increase in interest in my catalogue, I've made some changes to the way my Soundclick info is set up. In the section with all the information on my songs, where I had the brief descriptions, I have added the hold status for each song in Canada, the US, and UK. If you hear a song of mine you like, you can now check the status of the song, and therefore know before you have an emotional attachment to it whether it may be available for your project or not. This will be updated as soon as a song's status changes either direction. Songs don't always stay on hold, unfortunately. When the time comes, I will make announcements about cuts as well.Thanks again for your support and encouragement.Terry
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Tin Pan North wrap up

For those of you who don't know, last weekend was Tin Pan North, a Canadian equivalent to Nashville's big songwriting festival, Tin Pan South. I performed in a songwriters circle for the first time, a...
Posted by Terry Fernihough on Thu, 29 May 2008 03:22:00 PST

Friends don’t let friends play empty rooms.

For the last couple of years I have been on here promoting my friends' shows and ending those postings with this:Friends don't let friends play empty rooms.This time around, I want to bring your atten...
Posted by Terry Fernihough on Mon, 19 May 2008 07:05:00 PST

Check out this event: Tin Pan North Festival

Hosted By: Tin Pan North Festival When: May 22, 2008 7:30 PMWhere: Multiple venues - see descriptionToronto (&Oakville), Ontario|52 CanadaDescription:Tin Pan North Festival Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Terry Fernihough on Wed, 14 May 2008 10:21:00 PST

Dreams

ÿIt's mid April, 2008, and I haven't had much to say lately. It's been one of those winters, I guess. I'm not going to run a repeat of my last blog, but most of what I said there continues to this day...
Posted by Terry Fernihough on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:20:00 PST

WINTER BLAHS

OK, February is going to be over by the time most of you read this. One step closer to spring, and one step further away from the dreaded February Blahs. I don't know about you guys, but this winter h...
Posted by Terry Fernihough on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:02:00 PST

Looking back and looking forward

?Well, 2007 is drawing to a close, and it's been a while since I've updated my blog. I'd like to take a moment and talk about the year, and a few highlights. As most of you know, I had an amazing year...
Posted by Terry Fernihough on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:57:00 PST

What a freakin month...

It's just before Halloween, and I wanted to drop in and say hello to all of you. It's been a hectic month, with lots going on musically, and in my day job. Things got very complicated when my cat got ...
Posted by Terry Fernihough on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:39:00 PST

Thanks for a great first year on MySpace

?I realized this morning that it has now been over a year since I joined MySpace. Time really flies when you are having fun. It's been quite an interesting year to say the least. I joined just after m...
Posted by Terry Fernihough on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:52:00 PST

CCMAs

To all who attended the CCMAs last weekend, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. It was only my second Country Music Week, and it felt like I was visiting old friends when I saw all of you...
Posted by Terry Fernihough on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:11:00 PST

Country Music Week

I haven't posted a new blog entry in a while, as long as you don't count the one I did when the bulletins were off line. Sorry about that. Not much to say, I guess...In two weeks, I'll be in Regina fo...
Posted by Terry Fernihough on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:44:00 PST