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About Terna from Nigeria: Fan since 1998 - The "Butterfly" Era. Fave Era - The Emancipation of Mimi, watching her break that Night was Everything.

Remaining Vegas shows (108,232) by Terna from Nigeria This is Whitney all over again. Just numb and over it all. Pray for her, honestly it's all we can do being on the outside looking in, but one can tell, all isn't well with her. It is obvious. (Tuesday 18 February 2025; 19:00) this is a reply to message 108,229

Remaining Vegas shows (108,229) by Robert-Anthony from United States I have mixed feelings about this performance of Shake It Off from 2 days ago. I am glad that MC can take a break now from performances for awhile. I would love for MC to reinvent herself and her music before releasing MC16. I am hoping MC can become the new Lana Del Rey in terms of reinventing herself and people loving her music like it was her first album. (Tuesday 18 February 2025; 11:15)

Voice (108,225) by Terna from Nigeria Lol. I love your optimism, but just no, [that] just reminded me of that hideous "Fall in love at Christmas" song with Khalid and Kirk Franklin (ugh). I also really don't like Kim Burrell, her style of Gospel, [definitely] don't like her [voice] either. She's only known in Gospel [because] she's capable of doing riffs and runs and honestly, I always feel that's overrated, I prefer straight singing with a little bit of riffs and runs only when the song calls for it, or the melody gets lost. Reason why I don't dig Jazmine Sullivan, nor Beyoncé's singing either. Mariah needs a vocal coach who understands whistle register voices, they work differently from regular voices. Then the bad habits - [bubbly], breaking into whistles even when talking, talking too much etc. I guarantee you, she would see changes positively. (Monday 17 February 2025; 20:57) this is a reply to message 108,219

Voice (108,219) by Robert-Anthony from United States Terna, I was thinking today that MC should try a more spiritual church method to improve her voice. Gospel artist and pastor Kim Burrell could help MC by getting her to do a couple of church performances after a month of strengthening her voice with her Kim Burrell could help MC improve her voice with some old church hymns without all of the studio gimmicks. Because He Lives, Lead Me Oh Lord and I Surrender My All are the perfect hymn songs for improving your vocal skills. I am just thinking how I love to hear MC sing gospel songs. (Sunday 16 February 2025; 18:06)

Voice (108,187) by Terna from Nigeria Honestly, I want Mariah to try a voice coach and speech therapist first before considering surgery. Build her main voice back (no whistle register - neglect this register for a while, it is parasitic on the main voice). A change of lifestyle choices too can make a world of difference. Get disciplined like your life depends on it, because honestly it does, the "Mariah Carey" brand is mainly her voice. Cut out bad habits (if any) she picked up along the way, that came with the fame (bubbly, late nights partying, smoking etc). To be able to go into the studio and wow with one-takes or her ability to step on stage and command the entire show as she once used to with just singing is going to required real discipline and determination cos she's older now. (Wednesday 12 February 2025; 11:57) this is a reply to message 108,185

Voice (108,185) by Zachariah from Croatia I am thinking about this topic more often these days so I wanted to ask for your opinion: what would happen if she went for surgery on her vocal cords, lose her high notes but she gets back her strength in the voice? Would you be happy with new sounds of the voice or would you miss her old voice? (Wednesday 12 February 2025; 09:48)

Vegas show 2025 (108,098) by Terna from Nigeria Sorry Robert, but no. She sounds really bad. And struggles through basic notes now. Her voice is ice cold if it makes sense. This is Whitney Houston all over again if not even worse, because even in that, Whitney had her moments where you heard her old sound shine through - she had more voice to work with than the Mariah of today, it's just bad all through - low notes, barely there chest voice, no modal voice (mix between chest and head), totally closed up 5th and 6th octave (no access at all), weak to non-existent falsetto/superhead voice if any, and irritating screechy whistle notes. With all these, where does she even begin? And with a repertoire like hers that requires all these parts of voice. It's so sad to witness. (Monday 3 February 2025; 20:11) this is a reply to message 108,083

Vegas show 2025 (108,083) by Robert-Anthony from United States There is only one like from me. So, no one else thinks her vocals were really good? (Sunday 2 February 2025; 19:26)

Remastering Daydream (107,898) by Terna from Nigeria Yeah I am well aware of the concept of the loud wars, and how it might be perceived as unnecessary for some records or distorting and "changing the feel" for others, but if done right, could really enhance the sound like with Rainbow's anniversary last year. Just an observation actually. It always puzzled me how "dim" so to speak "Daydream" sounds in comparison to "Butterfly" just 2 years later, although it also sits in a transitional era from analog to digital recordings which would explain that. ABMB, OSD and Fantasy on the "#1 to Infinity" record are remastered and I think and they sound great. Now the whole album remastered for Daydream 30th with full colored artwork and unreleased tracks would be epic and a satisfying collector's item. Idea. (Thursday 2 January 2025; 01:03) this is a reply to message 107,890

Remastering Daydream (107,890) by Bill from the UK What you're hearing is an example of the loudness wars: essentially mastering engineers compress recordings to make them sound louder to compete with other poorly mastered (loud) records. This trend became mainstream thanks to Oasis and how their records sounded so much louder on the radio, and due to their popularity, everyone else started doing it. Daydream is an excellently recorded and mastered album, boasting a dynamic range of 13 which is one of the highest in her catalogue. It'd be a shame to lose all those beautifully subdued and quiet moments of the record against the crescendos and climaxes. But that's the way things seem to be going. Personally the CD sounds superb and doesn't need updating in my view. But who am I? (Sunday 29 December 2024; 00:24)

Remastering Daydream (107,889) by Terna from Nigeria I played this record the other day on Spotify and couldn't help notice that it wasn't digitally re-mastered and thus has a significantly lower volume level (you actually have to have Spotify's volume normalization feature on loud to get it to a significant boost in sound level - most recordings from the mid 90's backwards actually) for today's standards than say "Butterfly" or even "Rainbow" which she did earlier on this year. I'm hoping that for its 30th anniversary, she finally does this next year, giving it a long needed update in sound while also reintroducing the album - I dare say is top 3 in her overall best albums, there's no denying this. 1. Butterfly 2. Daydream 3. Mariah Carey 4. The Emancipation of Mimi 5. Music Box (Saturday 28 December 2024; 20:38)

Last Christmas (107,888) by Terna from Nigeria I was shocked to log in to Spotify and there it was. Mariah Carey had 100.6 million followers . Haha. (Saturday 28 December 2024; 19:54) this is a reply to message 107,871

Last Christmas (107,871) by Robert-Anthony from United States There is no need to worry about Brenda every gaining more Spotify listeners. MC just broke another Spotify record today. MC becomes the first black female artist in history to have 100,000 million monthly Spotify listeners. I am sure Fantasy is #2 behind AIWFCIY. There has been no stopping MC during the last quarter of the year. (Thursday 26 December 2024; 19:41)

Hot 100 (107,701) by Terna from Nigeria I really love "Last Christmas" and have been playing it quite often of late, that vintage sound from the 80's and the nostalgia that comes with it is gold, I won't be surprised if it hits number one this year. Music from the 80's is honestly the best to me. (Saturday 23 November 2024; 01:29) this is a reply to message 107,699

Hot 100 (107,699) by Robert-Anthony from United States I think Edward said last year that Last Christmas could battle AIW for the #1 spot this year. Maybe Sony/Legacy has started something behind the scenes that we haven't found out about yet. LC will be 40 years old on December 3rd. (Friday 22 November 2024; 19:35)

New music? (107,700) by Terna from Nigeria Yeah I caught that part. Mariah basically recorded that Emancipation album all year through 2004, there are so many song titles from then that did not make the final cut. They could see the light of day next year for it's 20th anniversary. (Where did time go? I just bought this album. ) Lol. (Saturday 23 November 2024; 01:20) this is a reply to message 107,697

New music? (107,697) by Libra Lamb from USA Around the 43 minute mark on the interview she says "I think it's coming in the future" and "I hope you like it" when asked about a 3rd Emancipation album. She doesn't go into details, true, but that's because she knows JLo may be watching. If you know, you know. (Friday 22 November 2024; 15:04)

Queen of Christmas (107,604) by Terna from Nigeria Mariah Carey. Google confirms it now with the snowflake ❄️ feature when you search for her. Haha. This is so crazy in a very good way. We're here for it though. (Tuesday 5 November 2024; 19:45)

AMA performance (107,463) by Terna from Nigeria She killed it. And I love the new interpretation of the song and how she's adjusted that final octave leap to fit her voice today. That final sustain hasn't been this clear in years. (Monday 7 October 2024; 10:59)

Help with my MC ballads playlist (107,317) by Terna from Nigeria Aww. Thanks, I'm glad you appreciate the effort. And I'm glad you got the effect of "camouflage" being where I placed it, as the intent was to not follow the album tracklisting but to also not choose a song that begins abruptly and from the list of songs chosen, "Camouflage" was that song and it goes really well with "Angels Cry". "Yours" to me is always a breath of fresh air and that Intro is epic. (Thursday 5 September 2024; 14:49) this is a reply to message 107,312

Help with my MC ballads playlist (107,312) by Robert-Anthony from United States Thank you Terna. I love it. Never Too Far is a better closing song. I heard MC and a male voice talking throughout Angels Prelude for the first time. I love that you chose to Camouflage after Angels Prelude. It's like the two songs were written at the same time. Why did you choose Yours as the opening song? (Wednesday 4 September 2024; 20:59)

Help with my MC ballads playlist (107,313) by Terna from Nigeria That was obvious, but I felt it kinda worked with the fade out on Angel's Prelude and fade in of "Camouflage". (Wednesday 4 September 2024; 21:23) this is a reply to message 107,310

Help with my MC ballads playlist (107,310) by Jamie from UK Looks good but surely you can't separate [Angels prelude] and [Angels cry]? (Wednesday 4 September 2024; 12:56)

Help with my MC ballads playlist (107,309) by Terna from Nigeria Haha. Ok. Let me come up with something real quick. And no "Circles" isn't a great opener. I'll copy your list and rearrange them with a touch of magic. 1. Yours 2. Cool On You 3. Lead The Way 4. HATEU 5. Bliss 6. Want You feat. Eric Benet 7. Circles 8. Mine Again 9. Angel Prelude 10. Camouflage 11. Angels Cry 12. For The Record 13. I Wish You Knew 14. It's A Wrap 15. Cry. 16. Fly Like A Bird 17. Languishing 18. I Want To Know What Love Is 19. Never Too Far Check it out on Spotify. (Tuesday 3 September 2024; 21:46) this is a reply to message 107,307

Help with my MC ballads playlist (107,307) by Robert-Anthony from United States Thank you, Terna. It is just me being creative and bored on Saturday night. Lol. I don't have a Spotify account anymore. Do you think Circles is a good opener? Should I close with IWTKWLI or FLB? (Tuesday 3 September 2024; 19:08)

Help with my MC ballads playlist (107,305) by Terna from Nigeria I could be of help, I'm quite good at this actually. Is it a Spotify playlist to makes things easier? (Tuesday 3 September 2024; 09:03) this is a reply to message 107,303

Help with my MC ballads playlist (107,303) by Robert-Anthony from United States I am creating this Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis/Tricky Stewart/The-Dream/Big Jim Wright/James Poyser/Jermaine Dupri/Bryan Michael Cox playlist to relax to next Saturday night. I need some help sequencing the tracks so that the songs flow seamlessly together. Here is my tracklisting. Let me know which tracks need to be moved around. 1. Circles 2. Yours 3. H.A.T.E.U. 4. For The Record 5. Mine Again 6. I Wish You Knew 7. Want You 8. Cry. 9. Lead The Way 10. It's A Wrap 11. Never Too Far 12. Cool On You 13. Angel The Prelude 14. Angels Cry 15. Languishing 16. Camouflage 17. Bliss 18. Fly Like A Bird 19. I Want To Know What Love Is (Tuesday 3 September 2024; 00:15)

All Alone In Love (D++ Edit) // Neo Soul Vibes (107,302) by Terna from Nigeria Just one word. Wack. Too glitchy, the tempo on the vocals aren't smooth, placed too far back in the mix. Just no please. This sounds like someone learning how to produce pieced this together. This song is actually the very first song that I heard from the debut album and so it holds a very special place in my heart. Just a gorgeous, well written and sung ballad. (Monday 2 September 2024; 23:28) this is a reply to message 107,296

All Alone In Love (D++ Edit) // Neo Soul Vibes (107,296) by 123 from USA Speaking of remixes RA, I loved this updated production to one of my favorites from her debut. I wish she would let other artists cover her album cuts/non number 1s. She has so many hidden gems. (Monday 2 September 2024; 01:51)

Mom Patricia and Alison (107,288) by Terna from Nigeria May they find eternal rest now, being free from this ugly world. Seeing this news gave me goosebumps and not in a good way at all. Like what kind of double blow is this? Please, remember Mariah in your prayers. Hugs Mariah. We your extended family members are here for you. (Wednesday 28 August 2024; 21:12)

(107,080) by Terna from Nigeria Damn. I'm pleasantly surprised. "Fly like a bird" is a song she always kills every time she performs it, and is always such a triumphant moment for her. I got chills honestly. It is also the concert encore now, which makes sense since it is also the album closer on "The Emancipation of Mimi". Her voice is improving. (Friday 2 August 2024; 12:38)

Rumoured lead singles (106,924) by Terna from Nigeria How that would've been an [epic] fail for the [label], to have that lukewarm song lead an [era]. That Emancipation album truly had and has the best roll out of any of her albums. (Sunday 21 July 2024; 23:12) this is a reply to message 106,916

Rumoured lead singles (106,916) by Pablo from Spain Say Somethin' was talked about and a potential first single for Emancipation. (Saturday 20 July 2024; 22:51)

Remastered Rainbow album (106,762) by Terna from Nigeria First off, I'm loving the attention this album is getting, as it's one of her hidden gems. I played the record on speakers for the first time yesterday, been listening on Airpods all this while. I noticed her voice is placed forward and center, and the sound quality is polished and overall more rounded, with a cleaner sound, than the original version. This makes the ballads pop, the vocals on TGIFY less muddy and reveals parts on the songs one did not catch before, listening to "Bliss" was an experience. Remastering records sometimes marrs an album, this one makes it better. Thumbs up Mariah. (Friday 21 June 2024; 14:53)

Rainbow 25 (106,724) by Terna from Nigeria That's one of the weird things I left Spotify for YouTube Music, missing songs entirely or different versions you're not conversant with and don't get me started on the songs that were previously available and then suddenly not. Leaving gaps in one's playlist. Smh. (Sunday 16 June 2024; 16:34) this is a reply to message 106,695

Rainbow 25 (106,695) by Alexis Carrington-Colby from United States The question becomes what do they mean by "original mixing problems"? Does that mean the mixes we've known for 25 years are not what she initially wanted? Are these new mixes what 2024 MC prefers? I just realized that on Spotify the OG album has been updated with these new mixes and that's annoying. I was listening to the climax note of the Vulnerability interlude and the ending of that sustained note is missing something that was in the OG. (Saturday 15 June 2024; 03:38)

Yours ft. JT (106,690) by Terna from Nigeria Honestly, I'm not stoked for a release of the song knowing the back story as to why it never saw the light of day. I'm also never really into her duets or features, since to me those other artists are a distraction. Lol. That's just me though. (Friday 14 June 2024; 21:57) this is a reply to message 106,671

Yours ft. JT (106,671) by Robert-Anthony from United States This duet needs to be heard year. (Friday 14 June 2024; 04:31)

Rainbow 25 (106,674) by Terna from Nigeria "There for me" finally has been released officially. I noticed that on the Mariah Only version of TGIFY, there's distortion, it's like the master tape was wrinkled in some areas. All in all this feels really like a 2nd take done right. The original recording to me always had this rushed feel to it and was mastered poorly, matter of fact Rainbow out of all her albums is the only one that comes across as half baked. She wasn't in a good place physically, vocally and emotionally and that's reflected on the record. Just for the nostalgia however, I would always love it. It was my first Mariah Carey CD. Lol. I recall it all too well, I bought it alongside Shola Ama's "In Return". (Friday 14 June 2024; 11:43)

Funk queen (106,592) by Terna from Nigeria Haha. Don't do that. Honestly it takes a lot to sing with and like Chaka Khan. I love this version and feel like it's better than the studio recording, and the song is just gorgeous and well produced. (Monday 3 June 2024; 13:57) this is a reply to message 106,588

Funk queen (106,588) by Edward from USA They certainly gave Chaka Khan and her iconic big hair a run for her money. Rumor has it that they were all fired and never seen again after that performance. (Monday 3 June 2024; 00:50)

Funk queen (106,584) by Terna from Nigeria They killed this song but it seems the backup vocalists ran out of steam a lil bit or not? (Sunday 2 June 2024; 20:57)

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