I've been following Zory for a couple of years and I'm excited at the progress she's making. Her music is... moving. I'm touched by the intimacy and as I listen, I feel great compassion for the artist. Her songs are personal. Each one is a message from her heart and soul. I find myself feeling very close to her, in a personal way, through her music.

Listening to this CD, I can see her every expression and feel her every mood. That's the goal of all songwriters and Zory accomplishes a wide range of emotions. From the hopeful healing of being lost inside with, "As Long as I'm With You" and the heart wrenching sorrow of "Crying"... looking for love... waiting... pretending... and her falling apart... left to wonder in "Caution or Emotion" and the empty whispers of "Together Alone" are all saddening and all encouraging.

Then she steals the light from the fire in Heaven in "I could Be Anyone" she can do anything... open the door... but "It Doesn't End Here"... we might have lost but you won't lose me! Aiming for the height of the sky, "Silent dancing" in the arms of the night... She gives her heart... chasing dreams... I've said it before and I'll say it again, Zory Burner is worth more than diamonds, more than gold, more than any words... "More Than Any Kind of Power" is a gift of her love... you will never know... unless you listen... then you can know her... and love her!

Then I think she wrote a song to me personally called "My Stalker". (She knows me) I sincerely hope her mission to kill "Assassin" isn't aimed at her stalker, me! Although, maybe she'd like to wrestling me into submission? Fun!!! Then she takes another turn effectively evoking angry emotions with "You Don't Believe Me". The final track, "Efreet" is exotically sensual, even erotic and a wonderful climax to the plethora of feelings in this VERY WELL DONE debut CD!

I'd love to see this Artist on live stage with the enhancements of light, color and dance. I can imagine being surrounded in depth of emotion. Immersed in a mystical array of sensations... Zory possesses a unique potential in the Performing Arts in that her music approaches being a genre of its own rising slightly above the label of Adult Contemporary Rock while remaining comfortably familiar in structure and particularly well suited for the visual effects that can be employed in live performance. Her style will attract sophisticated listeners from a maturing audience growing ever more bored with the same old two dimensional stand up performers who've dominated our music for 50 years. Zory can accomplish this because her music delivers the necessary "hook" elements in mature and sophisticated ways, which will appeal to the aforementioned audience. Lending itself so well to visual enhancements can create mesmerizing music-theater, which is the most promising trend for live performance venues today.

Jack Anthony Jory
Writer/Publisher (T Music Group)
Gainesville, Florida
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