My
name is Terry A. Staley. I was born in northern Indiana and have resided in
this area all my life. I received my high school diploma in 1961. In 1964
I married my lovely high school sweetheart, Diana. We were blessed with two
wonderful children, and two grandchildren. Along the way we met Jesus and
our life has been awesome ever since. I presently serve as Assistant
Pastor and Minister of Music at
New Testament Bible Church, where I also play organ and keyboards. I am also a music writer
and arranger.
The music part of my life began when I was six
years old. I started studying music theory and
playing the piano. At some point I heard someone
playing a Pipe Organ and I said "That's the
instrument for me". I had never heard anything
that beautiful in my whole life! My dad saw the
passion I had for the organ and bought a Lowry
Spinet model for me. I then started taking
lessons from one of the prominent organ teachers
in the area. I loved it and I practiced hour
after hour, many times I didn't want to take
time to eat. For more than fifty years I have
played in churches, concerts, tent meetings,
street meetings and park meetings. I have played
piano and organ for soloists, choirs and worship
services.
Several years ago our home was destroyed by
fire, and along with everything else, my fully restored 3-manual Conn
Electronic Pipe Organ (circa 1960 World's Fair prototype). As I was not
prepared to enter into the great expense and years of restoration time on
another pipe organ, I took a serious look at keyboard synthesizers and
ended up buying an Ensoniq TS-10. This started a love affair with the
digital music realm that has progressed to the virtual instruments of
today. I have built a 3-manual full-console MIDI work station and mostly
play virtual software such as Miditzer (virtual Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe
Organs, Hauptwerk (virtual Pipe Organs) and B4 (virtual Hammond Organ).
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