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donnie terrell

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About Me

Donnie Terrell began playing piano at age 12. A year later he discovered the guitar, which opened up a flood of musical passion that has never stopped flowing. He formed a band called White Raven in the mid 80's and gained quite a bit of popularity in the tri-state area of Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee. White Raven opened for several well known acts such as Head East, Black Oak Arkansas, Johnny VanZant and many more. After the band drifted apart Donnie focused his energy entirely on songwriting. With a wide range of musical style, and lyrics that deal with both personal and social issues, his songs take the listener on an emotional roller coaster ride that soars to the heights of the human spirit and plunges into the darkness that lies below. With his new band called, Hard Drive, he is now playing in several venues throughout middle Tennessee.Masthead Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!

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Music:

Member Since: 7/26/2006
Band Website: soundclick.com/donnieterrell
Influences: My musical influences range from The Beatles, The Doors, Pink Floyd and Rush to Carlos Santana, Three Doors Down, Stained and Jet. I'll pretty much listen to anything that displays true vocal or musical talent. I don't like 'boy bands' or bubble gum stuff.
Sounds Like: I've been told that some of my stuff sounds like Whitesnake. I don't really hear that, but I'll take it as a complimment. I have such a variety of influences that drive my music that I don't think I sound like any one person.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Live recording of new song Break Me

I've posted a new tune on my play list. It's a song I wrote about a month ago called 'Break Me' Just one of those simple 'love gone bad' songs that turned out to be pretty catchy. This is a live re...
Posted by donnie terrell on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:08:00 PST

Crazy Music Business.

Ever since I was a kid I dreamed of being a musician. I started playing piano at a very young age, then guitar. I started writing my own songs not long after that. I loved music because it helped m...
Posted by donnie terrell on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:48:00 PST

Tipping (part 2)

Well, I’ve gotten quite a bit of feedback on my tipping blog and it seems that I’ve come out looking like a cheap JERK. lol. I’m not cheap, I would gladly pay more for my meal if i...
Posted by donnie terrell on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:22:00 PST

Tipping.

Well I guess one of the reasons we post blogs are to complain. So if you don’t want to hear my belly aching then click on by. lol Also those of you who know me well, have probably heard me com...
Posted by donnie terrell on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:17:00 PST

Lisa

Just wanted to say a few words about my new song 'Lisa'. About 11 years ago I was a job coach for a group of mentally challenged people and one of them was a girl named Lisa. She was really sweet an...
Posted by donnie terrell on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:45:00 PST

Awesome piano/guitar

Okay, I consider myself a pretty decent guitarist, but this guy makes me look like I'm in grade school. I've seen a lot of two handed tapping techniques and can perform quite a few myself, but nothin...
Posted by donnie terrell on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:44:00 PST

The Stupididty Of War

Isn't war stupid? Sure it is, ask anyone. Even generals, who lead otherwise good hearted men into battle, talk of the senselessness of war. Yet, war continues. It might start over something as sim...
Posted by donnie terrell on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:40:00 PST

Drawings

Hey everyone. I just wanted to let you know that I now have some of my drawings posted in the photo section of my page. I've been drawing for a few years and have always wanted to create a website for...
Posted by donnie terrell on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:46:00 PST

The Pale Blue Dot

This is a video by one of my favorite people, the scientist/astronomer Carl Sagan. It's a beautiful video that really puts things in perspective about who we are and how insignificant we are in the v...
Posted by donnie terrell on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:40:00 PST

This is crazy!! Mexican truck drivers have free reign.

I have been hearing something about our government allowing Mexican truckers to enter the country without being inspected and without having to follow a lot of the basic rules that American truckers h...
Posted by donnie terrell on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:59:00 PST