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Celeste Terrell

About Me

The new album is READY FOR PURCHASE!!!! Go to My Website: CelesteTerrell.com for more info.
Celeste Terrell was born New Orleans, LA, but raised in different parts of the bayous in Louisiana. Music and food were deeply ingrained, so she decided to go to Culinary School in Boston after high school. After working in a few high end restaurants and on her own for a while, Celeste decided to move back south and further pursue music. She's been in Houston, TX since late 2006 and has been pursuing music professionally since January 2007. During this time period she has:
-May 2007 started work on her first LP with ambient composer Alex Tiuniaev. Alex and Celeste met via MySpace (www.myspace.com/AlexTiuniaev.) They have been corresponding via email to produce her album because Alex lives in Moscow! Despite the distance, the demos look very promising
-June 2007 Benefit Concert for Madalyn Sklar - Celeste plays for Madalyn Sklar, Go Girls Music Founder's benefit concert to appreciative fans and receives a full endorsement from one of Curve magazine's 10 most powerful women in the music business.
-July to Present- Celeste continues to play to audiences who are blown away by her vocal performances and guitar skills. Many anticipate her new album
-September '07 to February '08 - Actual recording begins with Celeste's full band, The Bends, featuring Joe DeLeon on Drums, Robert DiBlanco on Bass, Heidi Amundsen Violin and Matt Kufchak Cello. Celeste performs all the guitars, banjo and funky Clav keyboards. Alex Tiuniaev composes string arrangements, performs ambient keyboards and piano.
-January 1 2008 Angels or Demons Release - Celeste's first single from the new album, Live Your Dreams is released and available for download here on Myspace and Download.com.
-January 2008 - Celeste receives radio airplay on Internet stations Road's End Radio in (Nashville, TN USA); Live 365's I Made You This Mix Tape (Houston, TX USA) and Best Unheard Music (Sound Beach, NY USA); Neon Productions Radio (Camargo, IL USA); Radio Wayne (Waco, TX USA)-Ocotber 2008 - CELESTE'S DEBUT ALBUM IS NOW AVAILABLE!!!
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Celeste Terrell On FoxRox Houston!!!!
Performing "USE ME ANYTIME" with Robert & Joe

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Celeste's First Official Music Video!
"LIVE YOUR DREAMS"

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Playing around at home...
"RIVERS"

My Interests

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Member Since: 4/6/2007
Band Website: http://www.CelesteTerrell.com
Band Members: I usually play by myself, but I also play with my band THE BENDS who are:

VOCALS & GUITAR: Celeste Terrell
BASS: Robert DiBlanco
PIANO & VIOLIN: Heidi Amundsen
DRUMS: Joe Deleon
CELLO: Matt Kufchak



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Influences: 50's RnB, 60's soul, 70's disco (The BeeGee's), 80's country, 90's Grunge
The Beatles, U2, Radiohead, Brandi Carlile, Indigo Girls, Melessa Etheridge, Jeff Buckley, REM, Coldplay, Fleetwood Mac, Sting, The Judds, Patsy Cline, Pink Floyd, Oasis, Ani DiFranco, Sarah McLachlan, Counting Crows (August and Everything After only), Prince, Damien Rice, Ray LaMontagne, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, T-Bone Burnett, Glen Ballard, Mutt Lange, Nigel Godrich, Quincy Jones, Pierre Marchand, Roos, BeBe clothes, H&M, Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson and Vespas
Sounds Like: Fleetwood Mac, The Judds, Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile, and a little Stevie Wonder???
Record Label: Terrell & Revak LLC
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Unemployed, but oddly happy

Well, I recently worked for a Vinyl Window and Door company here in Houston.  Without being to specific, the company and I did not get along so well.  So, I recently resigned and started tutoring full...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:56:00 GMT

11/19/2008 in absentia

  . --> @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Hey all,It seems I've been so distant from so many of you.  It has been a hard year for my family an...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:37:00 GMT

Take a look at this


Posted by on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:11:00 GMT

1/21/08 Love is watching someone die

The past two weeks have been such an emotional roller coaster. My grandmother: born in 1920, survivor of the depression when it wasn't a choice to be a vegetarian, worker in mills and cotton fields, ...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:16:00 GMT

9/25/07

So I went into the studio yesterday to record vocals and guitars. Am so tired, but excited by everything. Unfortunately, the mixing is on hold. :-) Alex, my wonderful producer, is in hiding from t...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:47:00 GMT

August 5, 2007 Music Update

Well folks I've gone country! You will start to see me around town with Larry Sepulvado and the Sin City Playboys...I guess I'm a playgirl now! Anyway, it's so much fun going back to what I was list...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 10:56:00 GMT

June 5th Recording Updates

After a brief vacation to the outer banks in NC, it's back to work and a busy June and July.  Things are beginning to roll with Alex Tiuniaev, my russian producer.  It's going to be a step i...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:16:00 GMT

May 16 New Songs and Production News

Well, I've posted 2 songs that I've reworked a little.  One is a new one called Loving Anabelle and is simply an attempt at a dance track.  I plan on reworking this song into many different ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:38:00 GMT

4/15/07 a crazy gig on Friday the 13th

So I'm playing with these songwriters at the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe in Galveston. It was a rainy horrible weather night. The weather people scared everyone into staying home with threats of baseb...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:38:00 GMT

Expense management

So I recently bought this new toy to use in live performances and recording. Basically, you need a college education to program and figure it out. But, I LOVE this stuff. I think I'm like a guy whe...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:07:00 GMT