I went from making quite a bit of money to basically nothing.
Well let’s just say that God has a way of getting one’s attention! In 2001 when we had the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it was shortly after that that my bookings started to decline. Was there something in your life such as a tragedy that triggered it? So I went through that whole thing of reconnecting with God, being baptized, being saved… the whole nine yards. I said I’m going to turn my life over to God because I really wanted a change. I mean I always loved God, I grew up in church and that whole thing, but I hadn’t truly made the commitment or the sacrifice of myself. I was really beginning to lose faith in people.Įven beyond that I was going through this whole spiritual thing. The passion was overshadowed by all the politics and business drama that goes along with the music industry. The love never died, but I just wasn’t getting the same type of satisfaction. I knew that it was possible for me to have a career on the Hip-hop side but as I got into House Music, I didn’t see it so much as a career until I started getting closer to people here in Detroit like Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Blake Baxter, Eddie Fowlkes… And looking and watching them really gave me the idea that, hey, I could really make a career out of this!Īs I started to get more successful over the years, the business side of it became more and more stressful, to the point where I wasn’t enjoying it. Actually it was needed for a number of reasons. You took a one year sabbatical from the music industry, can you tell me more about that? Strongly rooted in his faith, he emanates an energy that was palpable as we talked about losing faith in the music industry, being saved and why even bigtime DJs still need to get a job… After just ten minutes on the phone with him it felt like talking to an old friend.
In this day and age when every producer/DJ is screaming “tech”, “electro” or “minimal”, Terrence’s music is timeless.īut more than that, Terrence Parker is an inspiration. He is one of the true pioneers of Gospel House, and listening to his mixes brought me back to the earlier years of House with big churchy vocals, uplifting piano chords and deep deep basslines. He has a fairly young label called Parker Music Works that has churned out 28 releases in just two years. With over 100 productions under his belt and top 20 hits such as “Love’s Got Me High”, “The Question” and albums such as Detroit After Dark, he gives us hope that being a successful producer does not mean compromising to the hip and trendy. He uses a telephone as his headset (the old school kind) and scratches House Music better than any DMC DJ I’ve ever seen.Įnter Mr. NOT TOO LONG AGO, my good friends Dysqo and Rhyno called me, all hyped on a certain DJ they wanted to bring out. The song may be used as a hymn and can be sung using only the chorus, alone or in medley.Terrence Parker: The 5 Magazine Interview Numerous other Christian artists have performed versions in numerous styles, from ska to swing to rock and traditional worship style, even hardcore punk and heavy metal by the bands Unashamed and Pantokrator. Over a year after Mullins' death (in September 1997) the song was covered on a tribute album for Mullins entitled Awesome God: A Tribute to Rich Mullins by Contemporary Christian musician, Michael W. But, what you want them to respond to is not how cleverly you did that what you want them to respond to is your message. I think a great songwriter is someone who is able to take a very meaningful piece of wisdom - or of folly or whatever - and say it in a way that is most likely to make people respond. This is a temptation that I think all songwriters have. But the thing is that sometimes, I think, that when you become too conscientious about being a songwriter, the message becomes a vehicle for the medium. You know, the thing I like about Awesome God is that it's one of the worst-written songs that I ever wrote it's just poorly crafted. In an interview with The Lighthouse Electronic Magazine in April 1996, he said: Mullins did not consider the song to be one of his best.
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