The small and large screens are central to the subconscious experience of audiences globally, shaping minds and establishing belief systems. Lifestyle experiences are derived from our visual and audio reception. information forms context with reference points to historical events and emotional connections to things that inspire us. This powerful medium should be galvanised so every story can be told without bias of position or power, but by the essence of its content to uplift

Terry based produced many international co-productions with record companies. His TV shows featured and launched many artists through the birth of Hip-Hop – with the likes of Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Ice-T, Mantronix, Kool Mo Dee, Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith and many more. The international exposure he offered American artists also helped to promote and launch labels such as DEF Jam records with Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, LL Cool J and Def Soul R&B artists like Alyson Williams, Tahsan and others. Through his TV hits and viewing figures, when an artist appeared on his shows sales when up! Terry would choose artists that the record companies usually neglected and was especially keen on promoting black artists from all over the Diaspora – even through apartheid years and South African musicians in exile. He would regularly get calls asking if he would do A&R for record companies or advise retailers. Terry became an executive with the legendary Motown label and its roster of classic singers such as Stevie Wonder, The Temptations and Diana Ross and many others. He met with Berry Gordy via the Chairman of Motown (and his mentor in the USA) Clarence Avant (the subject of the Netflix documentary The Black Godfather). Terry was based between London, New York and Los Angeles. He was given his own label ‘Down to Jam’ with the Motown – the first British person ever to do so – and helped to launch acts like Boyz ll Men, who went on to sell over 67 million records. Terry has also worked on TV specials with the Pavarotti and opera spectaculars, the Rolling Stones, Natalie Cole, Quincy Jones, Elton John, Queen, Madonna, Michael Jackson. Bob Geldof, Richard Branson and Virgin Group (to name but a few), heavy metal and rock acts. His live shows Smash Hits Awards, Top of the Pops and Radio 1 specials, and global broadcasts, such as 2000 Today – Millennium Broadcast, Our Common Future and the 2012 Olympics, were live spectacular television events. Co-founder and chairman of the TRACE media group, Olivier Laouchez, and Terry met in 2001. Terry became the UK representative – CEO and then UK co-chairman and TRACE UK was launched in association with SKY. Trace is an international music, sports celebrity and general entertainment TV network and streaming platform service. TRACE has featured Jay Z, Beyonce, Rhianna, Rio Ferdinand, Jennifer Lopez, Christian Renaldo, Mariah Carey and a host of artists from the French, Spanish, Portuguese and multi-lingual world. TRACE features cover the cultural spectrum from America, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. https://trace.company/about-us/

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