Terry Peake
Terry Peake is an American composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and owner of Robot Academy Music. Biography. Terry was born on April 26, 1980, in Rochester, Michigan. At the age of 9, Terry began learning classical piano. Four years later, he had taught himself how to play guitar. By the time he was 16, he was performing his own compositions with his first band, Nipon. The band developed a following and Terry began to see his success unfold. In 1998, Terry attended Macomb Community College. Two years later, he attended Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, where he  continued to play and study classical piano, as well as guitar. In 2003, he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Music and concentration in composition and music theory. Terry wanted to be able to use classical training in conjunction with his goal of heightening the musical consciousness of popular music audiences. After college, Terry formed the progressive rock band Junecast which he also wrote music for. This opened yet another door and he began composing music in 2004 for what would eventually be known as Bahamut, which officially formed in 2006. This was a turning point for Terry as  he turned his focus to the progressive metal genre as it proposed more of a challenge for him. In 2005, Terry began teaching as a private instructor in addition to composing music. In 2011, he started scoring music for film which has also been a lifelong goal as a writer. In 2012, Terry was recognized specifically for his Bahamut compositions by The Kresge Foundation as a Kresge Artist Fellow and awarded an unrestricted grant in the amount of $25,000. Terry has registered his works as a writer and publisher with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and  all works are encompassed within his self-created production company Robot Academy Music.