*ALL PHOTOS BY STEVE CZUBARA
unless noted otherwise.
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Eric "the" Taylor
will be playing drums for
HUNGNESS
at the 1 year anniversary of
The Hungness School of Music!
Friday, Feb. 1st, 2008
7:30 pm
Boulder Coffee Co.
100 Alexander St.
Rochester NY
*Other bands playing will be
Macro Meltdown,
Nevergreen,
and Joe Fox-Void
www.myspace.com/blackolivemusic
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Experience the woes of corporate climbling set to music - "2-Step Ladder" is a low-altitude frustration
composition sung by longtime Eric "The" Taylor collaborator, Matthew D. Guarnere. This one-night-only live performance prominently features Taylor doing some serious sonic sidestepping on a Prophet 5
synthesizer and jazz great, Paul Smoker gets totally out of line with his laterally static trumpet!
Watch it now!!
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http://www.matthewdguarnere.com/mdg/index.html
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-Michelle Picardo of
FreeTime Magazine says:
" A true work of art, the piece is an upright piano, suspended from
the ceiling of the club, and boasts a high gloss silver finish and a
set of angel wings that make it 19 feet long from wing tip to wing tip!
Having caught a glimpse of the work myself, I was first struck by its originality,
and next by the heavenly cool impression it left."
Take a look at it yourself at the reception that will include musical performances by:
Eric "the" Taylor
Doped The Horse
Hungness
NATUREWASTENOTHING
Sympathetic Echo
Doped The Horse will be premiering their comedic short film
"The Making Of The Day The Earth Should Still" and
will also be giving a rare live performance on:
Friday, March 23
at: The Club At Water Street
204 N. Water St.
Rochester NY
All Ages $7
Doors open at 7pm
http://www.rochesterinsider.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070201/INSIDER1313/70201031/1198/INSIDER13
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after recent summer sessions for Black Olive
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"...so i've added a shot of me playing tuba(!) taken recently on a recording session
with Rochester's Eric Taylor. Photo is by Steve Czubara, and I didn't have to make that face
while playing, but it had been... many years since I'd picked up my old tuba."
-Tony Levin
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what I'm into: Rochesterians and a few of their faves
Photographed by Megan Dailor
(March 31, 2006)
If you live in the area, you've probably seen Eric "the" Taylor's artwork.
Perhaps you checked out
The Piano Garden: Possible Musics Through Environmental Decomposition,
once located at Atlantic and University avenues.
"I left a piano out to basically rot in the four seasons,"
says the 34-year-old Penfield resident, who lives on a small spread he calls "the ArtFarm."
If you missed The Piano Garden, Taylor's exhibit
"The Lakeside Swamp" is on display in the grassy area behind ArtisanWorks, 565 Blossom Road.
The artist, who has been dating girlfriend Von Murphy, 36,
for four years, also is a musician. So if art isn't your thing, go to the free downloads page at:
www.ericthetaylor.com
What are you listening to now?
Everything Is Funny But We Never Laugh by Inward Becomes An Anthem.
This is a CD by (band members) Figure and Gregory Paul, among others.
It is yet to be released. I have been invited to work on it, so I constantly listen to
it to work out my parts. My record player has the Foreigner 4 record on it. I love vinyl!
Top 5 CDs ever?
This list changes yearly, but ...
Reach the Beach by The Fixx
Earthling by David Bowie
Any and all U2 CDs
Tripping Over God by David Torn
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks by Brian Eno
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What's the best show on TV?
TV sucks. We watch DVDs most often.
What's the last movie you saw?
Curious George with Von's kiddies. Pretty silly.
I didn't know George was such a good painter.
Top 5 movies ever?
Serenity
Primer
Forbidden Planet
Mirror Mask
Star Wars
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BREAKING NEWS:
Final Black Olive wrap-up sessions took place in Woodstock, NY
at Jersville's
brand new location, March17-20th. Eric conducted all new sessions
with Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta, Figure, and Joe Locke.
Pictured above:
Eric "the" Taylor, Tony Levin, Calvin May, Figure, Steve Czubara,
& Jerry Marotta
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"This year's resolution is to burn more pianos then ever before. Starting with
yours!"
Eric "the" Taylor, 34, artist, musician and manager of two Abbott's Frozen
Custard stores
www.rochesterinsider.com
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ERIC "the" Taylor is now a permanent member of the band Kill Myself On Monday.
He will be performing with them this New Year's Eve, 9pm at The Bug Jar!
www.bugjar.com
www.killmyselfonmonday.com
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ABOVE WATER.
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for both MY LIFE IN YOU and GIRLBATH, on Dec. 26th-28th, at BlackDog studios.
CHECK OUT:
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http://www.myspace.com/dopedthehorse
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making the piece a duet between Jen Kerner and himself.
Keyboardist, Rupert Greenal has agreed to do
additional synth work upon such Black Olive pieces as
Figure II and Above Water. MORE TO COME!
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with world renowned vibraphonist Joe Locke
for Eric's Avant-Gard jazz group, BLACK OLIVE.
*Click HERE to see a few seconds of Joe Locke warming up!
*CLICK HERE to see Eric and Joe brainstorm on My Life In You.
at BlackDog Recording Studios
in Rochester, NY.
(Peter Gabriel, King Crimson) and percussionist Jerry Marrotta (Peter Gabriel,
Indigo Girls) which has given "ABOVE WATER" an amazingly rich sense
of rhythm and continues Eric's search for making interesting musics.
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*CLICK HERE to check out MP3's of Black Olive with Levin & Marotta!
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at Snake Farm Studios in Fairport, NY
11.9.04 The House Of Guitars:
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