Terra Naomi chats to I Like Music

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Occasionally a new artist will emerge by the sheer strength of people power alone. Rarely, are they without a record deal. This, however, is exactly what's happened with US indie-chanteuse Terra Naomi. From waiting tables in NYC to 5 million You Tube views (and counting), word of mouth has hand-selected its protégé with alarming Darwinian skill. No marketing, no ploy - just a triumph of music over all.

Terra is the real deal - a pure, powerful singer/songwriter who has nailed the tone of modern life. Her launchpad track 'Say It's Possible' - an acoustic gem inspired by Al Gore's film 'An Inconvenient Truth' - caused an explosion when posted on You Tube last year. Featured on the site's main page, it spread through online forums with stealth before clocking up 1 million views in a matter of days. It also spawned 200+ tribute imitations and landed the rising singer/songwriter a publishing deal with Universal.

The single 'Say It's Possible' is released on Island Records on June 11th. The debut LP follows on August 27th. I Like Music caught up with TERRA NAOMI to talk about going from waitress to signing a major record deal, her music, the web and her advice for other artists.

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TERRA NAOMI

ILM: Your new single, Say It's Possible is out on Island Records on June 11th - an acoustic gem inspired by Al Gore's film 'An Inconvenient Truth'. Can you tell us how the song came about and describe its whole vibe?

TERRA: Basically I went to see 'An Inconvenient Truth' and I was quite shaken by the film. I woke up the next morning, sat down with my guitar and the song just sort of wrote itself. The words and melody poured out from beginning to end, almost exactly as you hear it now, with the exception of a few words.

It's definitely a song that comes from a place of fear, but it is ultimately a song of hope. It's a song about feeling frightened and uncertain of the future while believing in the possibility of change.

ILM: How does it feel knowing that millions of people have watched your video?

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