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Terri Walker chats to I Like Music

TERRI: Anthony Hamilton, he's very soulful. I heard his stuff and I was like, yeah, he's alright. But when I saw him perform, his energy… when he starts dancing he breakdances in the middle of his song and he starts rapping and he starts singing and talking to the crowd, and now I love this person. And Alicia Keys, the first album, I thought she was good but she didn't really touch me vocally as much. But then when I saw her sing her second album, she has an album launch party and was doing a couple of songs at the Criterion Theatre and she was amazing, she was like mind-blowing, vocally she was just pushing herself and ever since then I'm one of her biggest fans. She's just absolutely amazing.

ILM: Of all the tracks on your I Am album, which one did you have the most fun laying down?

TERRI: That was a fun thing. All of them y'know. It was after I left my first label, so it was a thing of me just doing it myself, so every single song was really dear to me to be honest. And the mixing of the records was my favourite part because we went to LA and went to mix it for a few weeks in this amazing studio, so we got to hang out and eat great food, because when you mix the record you're getting all the balances right of what it's supposed to sound like, but I Am, when it was finished and mixed that's the one I was so excited about, I was like 'aaah, that sounds so wicked!'

ILM: From lyrics to final mix you were involved, must be awesome.

TERRI: I Am on the record is probably the most quirky one. When I was writing it with my friend, we were saying, 'oh it's a bit too quirky, I'm not sure' but we decided to leave it on there, it's fine, and after that everyone was like, this one is really fun, I really like this, so….

ILM: How did it compare with making your debut album, Untitled? Just freer and more fun to make?

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Related links:

1. Hugo Urban Rules
2. Terri Walker Biography
3. Terri Walker - Whoopsie Daisy