WELCOME BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS ERIC KATERLE (PRONOUNCED CATER-LEE). WHEN I WAS GROWING UP BACK IN ROCHESTER, NY MY FRIENDS USED TO CALL ME '"KATO" BECAUSE IT'S SHORT FOR MY LAST NAME. RECENTLY, I HAVE BEEN PRODUCING TRACKS UNDER MY CHILDHOOD NICKNAME.
I AM A GUITAR PLAYER/VOCALIST/PRODUCER WHO LOVES PLAYING MANY DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC: ALTERNATIVE, ROCK, BLUES, OLD SCHOOL R&B AND SOUL, FUNK, HIP-HOP, MOTOWN, JAZZ FUSION, METAL, TOP 40, POP, INDIE, FOLK, GOSPEL, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH...
PLAYING PROFESSIONALLY SINCE THE AGE OF 16 HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY GIGS WITH SOME THE WORLD'S GREATEST MUSICIANS AND PERFORMERS. BY THE TIME I WAS TWENTY ONE YEARS OLD I HAD ALREADY PLAYED WITH ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMERS: MARTHA REEVES AND THE VANDELLA'S; THE COASTERS; AND THE SHIRELLES. OTHER ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS WHOM I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO JAM AND/OR PERFORM WITH INCLUDE: GAVIN DEGRAW, JOSS STONE, MEATLOAF, CLARENCE CLEMENS, DENNIS DAVIS (STEVIE WONDER), RICHIE CANNATA (BILLY JOEL), LIBERTY DIVITO (BILLY JOEL), SHELBY JOHNSON (PRINCE, D'ANGELO), ALEX ALEXANDER (DIDO, EMINEM), RAFAEL MOREIRA (PINK, CHRISTINA AGUILERA), CHE CHE ALARA (CHRISTINA AGUILERA), BEN MAURO (BRITNEY SPEARS, KELLY CLARKSON), DAN PEARSON (JESSICA SIMPSON, CLAY AIKEN), JOHN FRITZ (LIONEL RICHIE), CHRIS KUFFNER (INGRID MICHAELSON), PJ MORTON, MUZZ SKILLINGS (LIVING COLOUR) AND MANY, MANY OTHER EXCELLENT MUSICIANS. RECENTLY, I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE DONE SESSION WORK FOR PRODUCER COREY ROONEY (DESTINY'S CHILD, J-LO, MARK ANTHONY) AS WELL.
WHILE GIGGING WITH ROCHESTER, NY'S OWN MOST POPULAR PARTY ROCK BAND, NIK AND THE NICE GUYS, WE OPENED UP FOR: STEVIE WONDER, CHAKA KAHN, THE B-52'S, STARSHIP, AND THE ROMANTICS. ALSO, I PLAYED WITH THE BAND AT VARIOUS: FESTIVALS, CORPORATE EVENTS, CELEBRITY FUNDRAISERS, AND WEDDINGS, TOURING ALL OVER THE USA, CANADA AND MEXICO. I PERFORMED FOR NUMEROUS COMPANIES SUCH AS: REEBOK (1993), NFL ENTERPRISES (SUPERBOWL XXVIII PARTY- 1994), MOLSON CANADIAN (GREY CUP FESTIVAL- 1994), AND THE INDY RACING LEAGUE (HOUSE BAND- 2003), JUST TO NAME A FEW.
I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT MY NEW ALTERNATIVE/ROCK BAND "THE FIRE MEN". THE BAND REALLY ROCKS! YOU CAN LISTEN TO SOME OF OUR LIVE RECORDINGS AT MYSPACE.COM/THEFIREMENMUSIC . WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RECORDING OUR NEW CD, DUE TO BE RELEASED BY SUMMERTIME (HOPEFULLY).
RECENTLY, I'VE BEEN COLLABERATING WITH AL WEST AND ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IN THE WHOLE WORLD JOSH MC DONNELL WITH THERE COMPANY CALLED "POLISHED PRODUCTIONS" WWW.MYSPACE.COM/POLISHEDPRODUCTIONS . THESE ARE TWO OF THE MOST CREATIVE PRODUCERS THAT THE HIP-HOP WORLD HAS SEEN. JOSH HAS ENGINEERED FOR: J-LO, JESSICA SIMPSON, MARK ANTHONY, ETC. AND AL HAS PRODUCED FOR: SALT N PEPA, TUPAC, AND A MILLION OTHER FAMOUS HIP HOP ARTISTS. THE THREE OF US TOGETHER HAVE PRODUCED SOME COOL TRACKS. AL AND JOSH HAVE A HUGE ARSENAL OF NEW MATERIAL THAT I'M SURE SOME MAJOR LABEL ARTISTS WILL BE USING SOON.
ALSO, I AM CURRENTLY PLAYING GUITAR WITH THE MICHAEL BRUNNOCK BAND. MICHAEL IS AN AWESOME SONGWRITER WITH AN AMAZING VOICE, AND HE'S FROM IRELAND (LIKE MY GRANDFATHER!). CHECK OUT HIS BEAUTIFUL POP/ALTERNATIVE MASTERPIECES WWW.MICHAELBRUNNOCK.COM . CHECK OUT MY PERFORMANCE WITH MICHAEL BRUNNOCK DOING THE SONG HE WROTE CALLED "NIAGARA FALLS" AT FEARLESSMUSIC.TV . IT AIRED in NYC ON JANUARY 5 on Fox 5.
FINALLY, ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT YOU CAN CATCH ME WITH ONE OF THE OTHER BANDS THAT I GIG WITH, SUCH AS: AMO; MARTIN RIVAS; PIMP THE CAT; SONOVAGUN; DAVE RUDBARG; SHELBY AND THE PROVIDAZ; BLACK GYPSY; THE HARLEM GOSPEL JAM BAND; JERRY DUGGER; DAYS OF WILD; YAZMIN; THE NIAGARAS; DAN CAZIO; THE RAT'S ASS RHYTHM SECTION; JASON ROSEN; THE RSP EXPERIMENT; MIKE TAIT; DEAN SCALA AND MANY, MANY, OTHERS. I'LL KEEP THE GIGS POSTED HERE ON MY SPACE.
THANKS FOR STOPPIN' BY!
YO!!!!
ERIC
P.S. My mother, Marjorie Katerle, passed away on May 31st, 1996 after an 18 year long battle with Huntington's Disease. The disease also took my Aunt Betty (Darling), my cousin Don Drake, and my grandmother as well. I found out in 1998 that I inherited the gene that causes HD, which is referred to as being HD positive. Which means that I will eventually have the disease as well, unless I pass away first. The average age of onset is between 30 and 50 years old and currently there is no treatment or cure. So, please help us find a cure. If you would like to know more about Huntington's Disease please visit the HDSA website or the new Greater NY Region MySpace page that my BEAUTIFUL, wonderful fiance, Sarah, created.All contributions to help find a cure or a treatment for this devastating disease are greatly appreciated.
Huntington's Disease Story
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A guy name Michael Chimento made this beautiful video of various hands of people with HD. The visual aspects of this are extremely touching. It's very heart-wrenching for me to watch this because some of these peoples' hands remind me of my mother's. I love my mother very much and I miss her immensely.