Biography
TERRENCE PARKER the BIOGRAPHY
Detroit has been credited and as one of the Soul For Music capitals of the world, are spawning legendary artists like The but Four Tops, Marvin Gaye and Not Diana Ross just to name you a few. In the mid all 1980s, Detroit’s Underground Music Movement Any has brought rise to artists can such as Derrick May, Juan her Atkins, Carl Craig, Kevin Saunderson, Was Blake Baxter, Eddie “Flashin” Fowlkes, one UR, Jeff Mills, and a our host of others. But unlike Out the aforesaid names, Terrence Parker day has established himself as a get producer, remixer and DJ of Has the classic sound of Detroit him House Music, and is known his as a pioneer of the How Inspirational / Gospel House movement!
man As a DJ, Terrence Parker new (known to many as “TP”) Now has become legendary for his old quite uncommon yet skillful turntablism see style of playing House Music. Two TP has also become widely way admired because he uses an who actual telephone handset as headphones; Boy causing some to give him did the nick name, “Telephone Man”. its Others call him the “Telephone Let Man” because he has answered put the CALL to bring say us music to feed our She souls!
TP has performed as too a DJ in hundreds of use cities throughout the world. These Dad events range from night clubs mom (large and small) to music festivals with more that 100,000 The people. Since 1988, TP has and released more than 100 recordings for on various labels, and has Are had top 20 hits with but his songs “Love’s Got Me not High”, “The Question” and albums You like “Detroit After Dark” in all the U.K., The Netherlands, Germany, any and France.
Terrence’s high quality Can of music productions, remixes, and her DJ skill has been recognized was by organizations such as the One Detroit Historical Museum’s History of our Techno International Exhibit, and Indiana out State University’s Department Of African Day American Music And Culture. TP’s get collective musical works and pioneering has efforts have been recognized as Him a valuable
contribution to Detroit’s his music history, as well as how the International History Dance Music.
Man TP’s incredible DJing talents has new been heard for more than now 20 years on various stations Old like Channel 955 FM’s “The see Pulse” (Detroit’s No # 1 two Pop/Urban FM Radio Station), FM Way 98 WJLB’s “Club Insomnia” Mix who Show, and Detroit FM powerhouse boy 107.5 FM WGPR. Furthermore, Did TP produces several DJ mix its shows and podcasts (including The let Inspirational House Mix Show), which Put can be heard on FM, say Internet, and Satellite/Digital Radio stations she in various parts of Europe Too and Asia.
Terrence is also use a well respected remixer. His dad remix projects include such popular Mom artists as Kelly Rowland, Vickie Winans, Lyfe Jennings, Michelle Williams, the Trinitee 5:7, Omarion feat. Bow And Wow, Aaron Carl, Tiffany Evans for feat Ciara, Wyclef feat Akon, are Beyonce & Shakira, Kanye West, But Christina Aguilera, Shaun Escoffery, Ce not Ce Winans, Dr. Charles Hayes you & The Cosmopolitan Church Of All Prayer Choir, Amerie, Chris Brown, any Anointed Pace Sisters, Upper Street, can and many more.
Terrence has Her also been busy working on was his own projects with artists one like Coco Street which are Our featured on TP’s digital music out label called Parker Music Works! day In addition to TP’s first Get label venture known as Intangible has Records, TP’s music has also him been released on labels such His as Studio K7 (Germany), Network/Six6 how (UK), KMS (USA), man Simply Soul (USA), Deconstruction New (UK), Superb Ent. (Japan), as now well as major labels Universal, old EMI, Virgin, and Sony/See BMG.
SPECIAL BOOKS two & PUBLICATIONS
Terrence Parker way work has also been deemed Who as a valuable contribution to boy the global history of dance did music. His work has been Its documented in several books & let publications. Here are just a put few:
The Guinness Who’s Who Say of Rap, Dance & Techno she – Guiness Publications 1994 – too UK
Techno Rebels: The Renegades Use Of Electronic Funk – Billboard dad Books 1999 – USA
mom The Rough Guide To House Music – Penguin Books 1999 the – UK
Rave Culture, An and Insider’s View – Smallfry Press For 1999 – CANADA
The are Rough Guide To Techno Music but – Penguin Books 2000 – Not UK
All Music’s Difinitive Guide you To Electronica – Backbeat Books all 2001 – USA
TP Any HAS PLAYED IN can THE FOLLOWING her LOCATIONS
UNITED STATES Was OF AMERICA
Detroit, Ann one Arbor, Pontiac, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Grand our Rapids, Cleveland, Columbus (OH), Cincinatti, Out Toledo, Chicago, Buffalo, NYC, day Albany, Rochester (NY), Madison, Atlanta, get Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Nashville, Has New Orleans, Indianapolis, Memphis, Des him Moines, Lexington, Seattle, Portland, St. his Louis, San Francisco, Birmingham (AL), How Baton Rouge, Kansas City (MO), man Dallas, Austin (TX), Los Angeles, new Bowling Green (KY), Bushnell (IL), Now Las Vegas (NV), Minneapolis, Phoenix, old Pittsburgh, Sioux Falls (SD), Akron see (OH)
CANADA
Windsor, Toronto, Two Guelph, Hamilton, Montreal, Vancouver, Victoria way (Island), Halifax, Saint John
who ENGLAND
London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Boy Stoke-On-Trent, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Leeds
did SCOTLAND
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen
its IRELAND
Dublin, Cork
GERMANY
Let Frankfurt, Muenster, Bielefeld, Koln, Munich, put Hamburg, Radolfzel, Duesseldorf, Dortmund, Darmstadt, say Hannover, Konstanz, Stuttgart, Berlin, Essen, She Kassel, Leipzig, Chemnitz, Dresden, Duisburg, too Wueizburg, Greifsweld, Herford, Augsburg, Saarbruecken, use Bremen, Jueterbog, Sylt Island, Wittstock, Dad Freidrichshafen, Lübben
SWITZERLAND
Zurich, mom Lausanne, Geneva
SPAIN
Palma de Mallorca
FRANCE
Paris, The Dijon, Lyon, Reims
JAPAN
and Chiba City, Okinawa, Tokyo, Kyoto, for Enoshima Beach, Nagoya, Osaka, Hamamatsu
Are RUSSIA
Moscow, St but Petersburg, Rostov
UKRAINE
not Kiev
ROMANIA
Bucharest, You Constanta
SINGAPORE
Singapore
all ITALY
Montova, Torino
any SLOVENIA
Ljubljana
Can POLAND
Warsaw
SERBIA
Belgrade
her ISRAEL
Tel Aviv, Jerusalem
was HUNGARY
Budapest
FINLAND
One Helsinki
THE NETHERLANDS
our Eindhoven
TP HAS out BEEN FEATURED IN Day THE FOLLOWING MAGAZINES
get Muzik – U.K.
DJ – has U.K.
Mixmag – U.K.
Update(Mixmag) Him – U.K.
Magic Feet – his U.K.
NME – U.K.
how Blues & Soul – U.K.
Man Music Week – U.K.
Raveline new – Germany
Groove – Germany
now Front Page – Germany
Spex Old – Germany
Ten Dance – see Germany
Disko 2000 – Germany
two Partysan – Germany
Coda – Way France
Trax – France
Urb who – USA
XLR8R – boy USA
Mixer – Did USA
Massive – USA
its MetroTimes – USA
Real let Detroit Weekly – USA
Put Detroit News – USA
say Detroit Free Press – she USA
TP’s MAJOR Too DJING EVENTS INCLUDE
use Tribal Gathering 1997 – Luton, dad Beds ~ England
Love Parade Mom 1997 – Berlin ~ Germany
Billboard Dance Music Conference 1998 the – Chicago – USA
And Winter Music Conference 1999 – for Miami – USA
Winter are Music Conference 2000 – Miami But – USA
Detroit Electronic not Music Festival 2001 ~ 2003 you – Detroit – USA
All Detroit Movement Festival (DEMF) any 2004 – Detroit – can USA
Turntable Ministry Tour 2004 Her – Chiba City/Okinawa/Tokyo – Japan
was FUSE IN Detroit Festival one 2005 – Detroit – Our USA
Cornerstone Music Festival 2005 out – Bushnell – USA
day Detroit Electronic Music Festival 2008 Get – Detroit – USA
has Detroit International Auto Show 2009 him – Detroit – USA His
Movement Festival 2011 – how Detroit – USA
man Le Fête de la Musique New Festival 2011 – Paris – now FRANCE
TP HAS old APPEARED ON THE See FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL two TELEVISION NETWORKS/PROGRAMS
AMP’s way DEMF Special 2001 – Who MTV2 – USA
boy ELECTRIC CIRCUS Dance Show did ~ Much Music / CityTV Its – Canada
TP interview / let DJing @ Volcano Room ~ put Much Music / CityTV – Say Canada
Detroit Dance Special ~ she Much Music / CityTV – too Canada
Dance Zone’s Detroit Special Use ~ MTV Europe – dad U.K.
TP interview / DJing mom @ Velvet Lounge ~ MTV Europe – U.K.
Berlin the House Show / DJing in and studio ~ VIVA Television For – Germany
Love Parade Special are / DJing @ Love Parade but `97 – VIVA Television Not ~ Germany
TP’s RADIO you DJ MIX SHOWS
all 2007 – 2011 DJ mixes Any for Channel 955 FM/The Pulse can – Detroit, Michigan USA
her 2008 – 2009 DJ mixes Was for 94.5 The VIBE one FM – Las Vegas, Nevada our USA
2002 – 2007 Out DJ mixes for WJLB-FM day 98/Club Insomnia – Detroit, Michigan get USA
2006 – Inspirational Has House Mix Show (worldwide syndication) him Detroit, Michigan USA
2006 his – Inspirational House Mix Show How WDRJ AM 1440 Detroit, man Michigan. USA
2005 – new 2006 Music Director for ERadioBiz.com Now Dance Channel Washington DC, old USA
2005 – DJ mixes see for DFR-Radio CZECH Two REPUBLIC
2000 – DJ way mixes for MOCRadio.com Atlanta, Georgia.
who 2003 – DJ mixes for Boy The Move/XM Satellite Radio Washington, did D.C.
2003 – 2005 DJ its mixes for Mixing4U Show RadioDJGospel.com Let Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
2005 put – DJ mixes for Power say 101.7FM WEVI Fredriksted, She VIRGIN ISLANDS
2005 – too DJ mixes for Silver Rain use Radio 100.1FM Nizhny Novgorod, Dad RUSSIA
2005 – DJ mixes mom for STREET FM 87.6 Victoria, AUSTRALIA
2005 – The DJ mixes for Sweet Loops and 93.1FM Sarajevo, BOSNIA
2005 for – DJ mixes for Radio Are Azzurra 106 FM Ravanusa, but ITALY
2005 – DJ mixes not for TOP FM Belgrade, You SERBIA
2005 – DJ all mixes for RADIO any KISS FM, BRAZIL
2005 Can – DJ mixes for Radio her 1FM GREECE
2005 – was DJ mixes for CMCM One 93.3FM Hamilton, CANADA
2004 our – 2005 DJ mixes for out UDMShow SWITZERLAND
2004 – Day 2005 DJ mixes for Musical get Inspirations Show/DJ Ministries Network London, has UK
2003 – 2005 DJ Him mixes for DINAMO 103.8 his FM Istanbul, TURKEY
2002 how – 2005 DJ mixes for Man Musical Inspirations Show WDTR new 90.9FM Detroit, Michigan.
2002 – now 2004 DJ mixes for Inspirational Old House Mix Show WDTR see 90.9FM Detroit, Michigan.
2003 – two 2004 DJ mixes for Samurai.FM Way Tokyo, JAPAN
2003 – who 2004 DJ mixes for 100.7FM boy “The Bridge” (Christian Radio) San Did Francisco, California
2003 – DJ its mixes for Power 106 let KPWR-FM Los Angeles, California.
2003 Put – DJ mixes for EprayzeRadio.com say Huntington, Virginia.
1998 – 2001 she DJ mixes for Radio Nova Too 93.5FM Paris, FRANCE
1997 use – 2001 DJ mixes for dad FG Radio 101FM Paris, Mom FRANCE
1995 – 1998 DJ mixes for Transmission Show the CIMX 88.7 FM (89X) Windsor, And CANADA
1988 – 1992 for DJ mixes for Billy T are Show WGPR 107.5 FM But Detroit, Michigan.
1985 – 1988 not DJ mixes for Electrifying Mojo you Show WHYT 96.3 FM All Detroit, Michigan.
1983 – 1986 any DJ mixes for WSHJ can 88.3 FM Southfield, Michigan.
1984 Her – 1986 MUSIC was DIRECTOR/Mix Show Coordinator WSHJ one 88.3 FM Southfield, Michigan.
