BEING A FAN OF MUSIC SOMETIMES MEANS NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. THIS IS TRUE TO LIFE FOR CHICAGO'S TERRY MULLAN. HIS EARS WERE ALERT AT THE RIGHT TIME, IF HOUSE MUSIC IS YOUR THING. RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOSSOMING HOUSE DEVELOPMENT OF CHICAGO DURING THE MID 80'S, AT AN EARLY AGE TERRY WAS ALREADY IN TUNE WITH WHAT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
ALTHOUGH HIS ROOTS BEGAN IN HIP-HOP, TERRY FOUND HIMSELF SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHICAGO HOUSE EXPLOSION. HOUSE AND DISCO WERE STYLES OF MUSIC THAT WERE ENTIRELY NEW TO TERRY, BUT THE MATCH WAS STRUCK. FAITHFULLY LISTENING AND RECORDING THE THEN BURGEONING CHICAGO AIRWAVES, HIS NIGHTS DURING MIDDLE SCHOOL WERE FILLED WITH THE FINEST IN CHICAGO HOUSE. DJ'S LIKE FARLEY "JACKMASTER" FUNK, FAST EDDIE, ARMANDO & MIKE "HITMAN" WILSON VIA 102.7 WBMX. HIS MIXTAPE COLLECTION FAST BECAME A FIXTURE WITHIN HIS BEDROOM, CONSTANTLY TAPING THE SHOWS AND STUDYING THEM. SOME CALLED IT SIMULCASTED EDUCATION.
SOON AFTER THE HOUSE SCENE WAS ALL GROWN UP, ENTERED THE ACID HOUSE SOUND. HERE TERRY REALLY FOUND SOLACE. IT WAS THAT ADDED FLAVOR HE WAS WAITING FOR, SOMETHING NEW, TWISTED AND FORWARD. NOW ALL THE ELEMENTS WERE COMING TOGETHER. AND WITH THE ADDITION OF THE DETROIT SOUND, THIS WAS IT, THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, DISCO, HOUSE AND TECHNO. THEY COULD ALL TRANSLATE THE SAME MESSAGE TOGETHER OR APART FROM ONE ANOTHER.
