Terry Silverlight has contributed his musical talents as a leader, songwriter, composer, producer, arranger, drummer, author and educator to projects in almost every style and facet of the music business.
As a songwriter/producer/composer, Terry has written, produced and arranged hundreds of pieces for network TV shows including One Life To Live, The Sopranos (a song in an Emmy award-winning episode), All My Children, Ed, Beverly Hills 90210, Young And The Restless, Melrose Place, C.S.I., NCIS, Ghost Whisperer, Strong Medicine, Las Vegas, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Seventh Heaven, The District, The Shield, Burn Notice, South Beach. Jingles for Reebok, Nicorette, Pantene, Crisco Canola. Songs in the films INVINCIBLE with Mark Wahlberg (#1 box office movie in the U.S. for two weeks), MARCI X with Lisa Kudrow, SUNSHINE CLEANING with Alan Arkin/Emily Blunt/Amy Adams, MAD ABOUT MAMBO with Keri Russell, HEAD OVER HEELS with Monica Potter and Freddie Prinze Jr., and songs recorded by Nancy Wilson, Carl Anderson, Les McCann, Judy Torres, Louise (top ten single in the UK) and Philip Ingram.
Terry has released nine solo artist jazz albums (in various sub genres of jazz):
Terry has released four solo artist pop albums (in various sub genres of pop):
Terry's solo artist singles include:
MEANING OF LOVE,
THE MOON TONIGHT,
WHEN THERE'S LOVE
and
FLY AWAY WITH ME - Music from the TV show SMASH.
The TERRY SILVERLIGHT BAND has performed in premier Manhattan venues including Birdland, The Cutting Room, The Metropolitan Cafe, The Bitter End, Jazz Forum Arts, Bronxnet TV Studio.
Terry's drum instruction video is TERRY SILVERLIGHT DRUM GROOVES SERIES: Part I - Even Feel Grooves, Part II - Swing Feel Grooves. Available at mymusicmasterclass.com.
Terry's drum instruction books are THE FEATURED DRUMMER which comes with an audio CD of Terry playing the exercises accompanied by John Patitucci and Barry Miles, A NEW CONCEPTION (co-written with Morris "Arnie" Lang),THE STICK BAG BOOK OF JAZZ, FUNK, FUSION, and GIG BAG SERIES FOR DRUMMERS: RHYTHM & PERCUSSION.
Terry Silverlight music videos.
Articles have been written about Terry in Billboard, The New York Times, Electronic Musician, Mix Magazine, Mix Online, ASCAP's Playback, Princeton Alumni Weekly, Princeton's With One Accord, Modern Drummer, DRUM!, JazzIs, JazzTimes, Downbeat, The Courier News, Not So Modern Drummer, Drummerworld.com, Goldmine, Swing Journal (Japan), JazzReview.com, Rivertown, Tascam, O's Place, I Spy Soul, Drum Tracks, and Percussioner magazines.
Terry's bio is included in The Hollywood Reporter's "Who's Who In Composing", "Who's Who In Entertainment", "Who's Who In Music/Pop", and "Outstanding People of the 20th Century".
Terry endorses GRETSCH Drums, PAISTE Cymbals, PROMARK Drumsticks, EVANS Drumheads, LP (Latin Percussion), PURESOUND Snare Wires.
Terry Silverlight began his recording and performing career at age 14 on pioneering jazz/fusion recordings and performances created by his brother Barry Miles. Terry's college education was at Princeton University. Since then as a drummer, he has performed all over the world and recorded on gold/platinum albums and hit singles for Billy Ocean, George Benson, Natalie Merchant, Freddie Jackson, Stephanie Mills, Tom Jones, Laura Nyro, Anne Murray, Mel Torme, Jennifer Holliday, Phil Woods, The Fania All -Stars, The CTI All-Stars, Jonathan Butler. Film scores for One Fine Day, You've Got Mail, Object Of My Affection, My Blue Heaven, Titus, Frida, Slaves Of New York, What Planet Are You From, and countless jingles and TV shows. Terry has toured globally with Roberta Flack, the award-winning all-star Manhattan Jazz Orchestra (MJO), and many others.
TERRY SILVERLIGHT, WILD!!, DIAMOND IN THE RIFF, LIVE!, IN CONCERT, DUETS, DUETS REMIX, SMOOTH and IN MY OWN SILVERLIGHT (The Music / Video Album) which he composed, arranged and produced. They feature performances by Will Lee, Paul Shaffer, Edgar Winter, Hiram Bullock, Lew Soloff, Barry Miles, Chuck Loeb, David Mann, Bill Evans, John Tropea, Clifford Carter, Chris Hunter, Aaron Heick, Tabitha Fair, Bob Malach, and Glenn Alexander among others.
SONGWRITER/PRODUCER featuring original songs he has written, produced, arranged, recorded, and performed by himself, COLLABORATIONS featuring original songs he co-wrote with a variety of hit songwriters including Judy Hart Angelo (CHEERS theme song "WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME"), Oliver Leiber ("OPPOSITES ATTRACT" for Paula Abdul), Gene McDaniels ("FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE"), Jeff Franzel and Alexandra Forbes ("DON'T RUSH ME" for Taylor Dayne), Barry Miles (he wrote songs with Maya Angelou and Brenda Russell for Roberta Flack), Cynthia Biggs ("IF ONLY YOU KNEW" for Patti LaBelle), Ellison Chase (he wrote songs for Jermaine Jackson, Chaka Khan, Pointer Sisters), Peggy Stanziale ("ALL DRESSED UP" for Madonna), Marjorie Maye ("A NEW DAY HAS COME" for Celine Dion), MUSIC TO PICTURE which presents a selection of compositions Terry has written, produced, arranged, performed and recorded that have served as the soundscape for hundreds of episodes on prime time TV shows and in major films, and CHILL OUT featuring original songs/compositions he has written and co-written, produced, arranged, recorded, performed and co-performed.
Terry is featured in the books PRACTICING MUSIC - HOW THE PROFESSIONALS DO IT (with Sonny Rollins), and JAZZ FUSION DRUMMERS (with Tony Williams and Bill Buford).