Expressing her soul
through music is only part of
Teri Hitt’s passion behind the
creative process.
With her newest album
“Grace Gravity” the Culver
City resident hopes that her
music can serve as a path
“through the gravity to the
grace of knowing, of trusting,
of feeling the truth, of fully
being,” Hitt said.
“When people come eyeto-
eye and begin to talk about
things, there can be change,”
Hitt said. “That is part of what
I try to manifest in my life and
music.”
Hitt creates her art with
hopes that it will help people
reconnect with themselves,
which can then lead them to
becoming closer by establishing
connections with other
individuals.
“I believe that the true purpose
of art and music in general
is to give people a moment
to go to and remind them of
the spaces inside themselves
so that one can remember who
they are,” Hitt said. “You can
trust the universe. We are so
motivated by fear and to start
turning that around in yourself
you have to start looking at your
fears and realize that they aren’t
really that scary.”
Producer and drummer
Brian D. Hardin enjoys the fact
that Hitt’s album was recorded
live and in one take, a task that
he acknowledges was only possible
due to the commitment
and passion for the art that Hitt
and the musicians on her album
shared for the project.
“While she was laying guitar,
everyone is playing to her
voice,” Hardin said. “It feels
different and sounds different
because it is connected.”
Hardin also acknowledges
that the talent and ability that
Hitt brings to the table are as
much the result of her creative
gifts as they are the result of her
hard work and dedication for
the art.
“Her talent and ability for
singing in tune and in time did
not come from her just writing
some lyrics and whipping them
out so we could record them,”
Hardin said. “It came from
rehearsing and practicing and
living with these songs and singing
them the wrong way with
them until she learned the right
way to sing them.”
With musicians like: Chris
Jacks, Vreny Van Eslande, Jeff
Reiner, Stacey Cargal and Jim
Whelan on guitar; June Kato
on bass, Michael Fitzpatrick
on the cello, Christopher Lopez
on hammond B3, Whelan on
keys, Chester C. Washington
on Sax and Corrine Champigny
on background vocals, Hitt was
able to put together an album
with tracks like “War Against
War” and “Immortals” that she
hopes will elevate her audience’s
awareness of themselves
and the world around them.
“I trust that it (music) will
have the effect that it is supposed
to have; that it will do
what it is supposed to do just
like any creation,” Hitt said. “It
will have its own path and its
own light and in trusting that, I
believe that it will unfold in the
way that it is supposed to.”
As an art form Hitt believes
that music should do more
than critique or point out social
and global problems; rather, it
should help people find solutions
from within themselves
and through dialogue with
others.
“It is one thing to say as an
artist ‘this is how I feel’ but is
that it able to be translated by
other people into their own
language and internal symbolism?,”
Hitt said. “If it does facilitate
that, it would be great.”
With love and understanding
Hitt hopes that her music can
transcend the negativity that
exits in the world in order to
bring out the good in people.
“I see that this is going on and
I am not going to send negative
energy to the people,” Hitt said.
“I am going to have compassion
for them. I will take it up a notch
and send them good energy or
as some people will say, pray for
them or send them love.”
For more information about
the artist persons interested can
visit gracegravity.com
