• Started by Mark Taylor October 20th, 2010

    Composer/French Hornist Mark Taylor’s New CD

Mark Taylor Video Introduction

Mark Taylor Quartet performing the title track from the new CD on the AACM Concert Series last year.

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Composer/French Hornist Mark Taylor’s New CD

 

Hi everyone. Mark Taylor here. The composer/french hornist Mark Taylor. Not the sax player in Seattle or the British drummer or that gospel keyboard player/producer guy. I'm just sayin'...


Anyway, I’ve been working really hard over the last couple of years to finish "At What Age”  which will be my third CD as a leader. It features my quartet and lots of new music by yours truly. There are also some very special guests adding poetry and additional instruments to the mix.


The material is recorded and I’m working on mixing and mastering. Then, it’ll be time for duplication and promotion and I'd like to invite you to be a part of it! It's apparent that our tools & tech are advancing at lightning speed, hence the way this site exists. It exemplifies the true new 'ballgame' for being an independent artist. Crowd-funding, the network, your network + your friends network. It's (potentially) exponential. A community, a support system, can now be more seamless than ever.


Here's the plan: I'm attempting to raise $1500 by December 16th to complete "At What Age" and there are many ways you can join me. And, of course, the more you give the more you get. Just take a peek at all the goodies to the right. Go ahead. I'll wait...


See? I told you!


Why am I doing it this way? Well...


1. even with all the advances in computer and recording technology, the process of recording and releasing a new album is costly;


2. I want to put every available resource in to making this collection of my music a fantastic as it can possibly be;


3. all of you, the people who support and encourage this crazy habit of composing and playing jazz and improvised music on the french horn (and mellophone!), who come out to the gigs and buy the CDs, are the reason for my past successes so it only makes sense to involve you in my next great adventure from the start;


4. a great partner like RocketHub that makes funding the project surprisingly easy and painless. The more help I can get, the more I can guarantee that this thing will be done right: from recording, mixing and mastering, to pressing amazing looking CDs, to hiring a publicist to really get the album out there.


Here's the catch (yes, you knew there would be one, right?): RocketHub is not an investment or charity. It is an exchange: funds from fans for rewards from me.  In addition, It's all or nothing: if I don't reach my financial goal, you get your money back. "At What Age" will only be funded if we meet the $1500 goal. If we fall short, your pledges will be returned to you (free of charge) and I will end up with nothing. Nada, zip - you get the idea.


SO... Donate away and please pass this info along to anyone you know who might be interested. You know, all those jazz french horn obsessed people out there...