Just wanted to remind everyone that I've got two gigs coming up at the end of this month. The first one is at The Stone on Sunday, July 25th with Warren Smith's WisQtet. We hit at 10pm and The Stone is on the corner of 2nd St. & Ave. C.

The second gig I wanted to tell you about is my own group at the Local 269 on East Houston St the very next night. This is a new group or, rather, an expansion of the Quartet to include some old (and new) friends who are also incredible musicians. I call this group Secret Identity and this will be our first gig together. We'll be performing on Monday, July 26th at 9pm at The Local 269.

Secret Identity is: MIchael Attias - alto sax, Brandon Ross - guitar, Chris Dingman - vibes, Keith Witty - bass, Harris Eisenstadt - drums and yours truly on french horn and, maybe, mellophone!

So come on out and check us out. New band, new music and a brand new venue for us as well. See you there!

Mark Taylor has recently added the following shows.

.July 25, 2010 - New York, NY - The Stone
Address: Corner of Ave. C & 2nd St. - Map
Time : 10:00 PM
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Summer's officially here on the 21st of June, which means it's time for Make Music New York 2010! Make Music New York is a city-wide, all day celebration of live music in all five boroughs (and in many other cities around the world as well)!

This year there will be over 1000 performances on the streets and in the parks of the city and two of those performances will feature yours truly and the return of the FRENCH HORN NATION! Last year, MMNY started a program called Mass Appeal that called for large groups of a SINGLE instrument to perform during MMNY 2009 and I was tapped to organize the french horn ensemble. Well, we're back for 2010 with, hopefully, many more citizens and twice as many performances (this year we have - two!). So, to get your shot of massed french horn music, come visit the FRENCH HORN NATION! at 1pm in Madison Square Park (Broadway and E23rd St.) and at 6:30pm at the Archway under the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO (Water St. and Anchorage Pl).

Also here's a heads up for the upcoming MTQ gig at the Local 269 at 9pm on July 26th. More to come on that one in the next week or so.

Mark

June 21st. Make Music New York: Mass Appeal - FRENCH HORN NATION! We're all set to go with 2 performances this year. The first is at 1pm in Worth Square inside Madison Square Park (Broadway and E24th St.) and the second is at 6:30pm at The Archway under the Manhattan Bridge (Water St and Anchorage Place). Last year the trombones managed to round up 100 players for Mass Appeal! Let's see if we can't drum up an amazing showing THIS year!

Bring your horn, bring some friends or just come to hang out and listen! The FRENCH HORN NATION! is about to hit the streets!

It's the 5 minute edit of filmmaker Aaron Moseson's short "Zero Down O.A.C."   I was fortunate enough to be asked to do the music for this film a few years ago and readily agreed. A few weeks into the project Aaron called me and asked if I'd ever done any sound design work. I told Aaron I hadn't, to which he replied, "Want to?"  SO... This film is my first sound design project, which means every sound in this film (except the actor's voices) was placed there by me - all the car engines and door creaks and lawnmowers off in the distance. All of it. 

It was great fun and I'd love to do more!  Check it out!

Zero Down OAC