David j Taylor

____________________________________________________________ ________________ *BIG NEWS!!! DAVID WINS PRODUCER OF THE YEAR - 2007 WESTERN CANADIAN MUSIC AWARDS* ____________________________________________________________ ________________ ____________________________________________________________ ________________ DAVID j TAYLOR’S PROFESSIONAL HISTORY ____________________________________________________________ ________________ Recording Artist/Songwriter: David has released 13 albums 1990-2007. He has toured Canada over 25 times in that period and has appeared at numerous music festivals (notables: The South by Southwest Music Festival, The Regina Folk Festival, Smithers Music Festival, Flatland Music Festival, The Howe Sounds Music Fest, Music Waste Festival etc.). David performs a la Imogen Heap --- real-time looping, live-multi-tracking, 16 part vocal harmonies, beatboxing --- the works! He's toured/shared driving responsibilities with: Jasmine Whenham, Tom Holliston, Geoff Berner, Michelle Boudreau, Interstellar Rootcellar, Kim Fontaine and others. Over the year he has shared billings with: The New Pornographers, Wide Mouth Mason, Carolyn Mark, The Be Good Tanyas, Tom Wilson, Rae Spoon, Danny Michel, Limblifter, Ember Swift, Bob Kemmis, Painting Daisies, Linda McRae, Joël Fafard, Odetta, John Guliak, Jay Semko, DDT, Paula Toledo, The Show Business Giants, Linda McRae, The Northern Pikes, Cara Luft, Bobby Wiseman, The Fates, Geoff Berner, Rae Spoon, Tom Holliston, Kris Demeanour and many others. David has Performed live on VTV, CiTR, CTV, CBC TV/Radio, CKUA, MuchMusic et al. David has seen songs he has written or co-written placed in sync with Kyle XY (ABC Family), Degrassi The Next Generation (CTV) and the feature film "Surveillance" by Jennifer Lynch (Producer David Lynch). ____________________________________________________________ ________________ TO LISTEN TO 18 MORE djt SONGS CHECK OUT: radio3.cbc.ca/bands/David-j-Taylor ____________________________________________________________ ________________ Record Producer: David has been a freelance independent record producer/engineer/mixer/arranger/co-writer/session player for over 15 years (Vancouver/Regina). He has produced over 65 albums to date (notables: Despistado "The Emergency Response", Smokekiller "13", Sylvie "I Wish I was Driving" (*2003 WCMA Nominee Indy Album of the Year), The Fates "til we have faces", Kim Fontaine "Morning Pages" “Life Happens”, The Ultimate Power Duo “We’re in control now”, Geoff Berner "Light Enough to Travel", Jasmine Whenham “8640 Days”, Morgan Mayer “iF i Ruled The World”) ____________________________________________________________ ________________ Full Production Reel at: http://www.myspace.com/davidjtaylorproducer ____________________________________________________________ ________________ Audio Post Production: David works in audio post production for television and film. He is the Music Supervisor for renegadepress.com (seasons 1-5 Global/APTN) and has acted as a song plugger for many television commercials and series servicing his own material as well as music by other songwriters/composers. David is also a foley fx recordist/engineer/editor/artist (notable series work thru Talking Dog Studios, Regina): Corner Gas, (*2004 International Emmy Award nominee Best Comedy) (WGN Superstation/CTV), Just Cause, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Moccasin Flats, renegadepress.com (*2004/2005 Gemini Award Nominee Best Overall Sound Dramatic Series) - (notable Film work thru Talking Dog Studios, Regina) Prairie Giant "The Tommy Douglas Story", Betrayed (*2003 Gemini Award Nominee Best Overall Sound Dramatic Program), Walk all over Me, Don't Cry Now, The Englishman's Boy ____________________________________________________________ ________________ Professional Panelist/Educator: David sat on a Demo Listening panel at The South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin TX in March 2007. In the past, David sat as a panelist at Prairie Music Week in 2000, speaking on record production/engineering (with Steven Drake and Brandon Friesen). He sat as the moderator (panelist) at the Western Canada Music Awards Conference in 2005 (producer/artist panel with Warne Livesey, Neil Osborne, Chris Burke-Gaffney and Kyle Riabko) and 2006 (songwriting panel with Jann Arden, Aaron Pritchett and Jay Semko). He has sat on numerous panels over the years addressing a wide range of topics: how to book a successful tour, licensing songs for television/film (music supervision/new revenue streams workshop with Bob Hunka, Terry O’Brien, Amy Fritz and Mike MacNaughton), how to secure funding (FACTOR, Arts Boards) and a live performance critique session in 2005 with Rob James, Earl Pereira and Brenda Baker. David taught record production and how it relates to the craft of songwriting at the USCAD Songwriting Course via the Extension Division of The University of Saskatchewan (2007/07). David lectured twice to the Introduction to Multimedia Systems class at The University of Regina (unorthodox live performance techniques) 2005/2006. He taught at SaskMusic’s “Role of the Producer” workshop in fall 2006. David was a board member with The Saskatchewan Recording Industry Association (2003-04). David also really enjoys talking about himself in the third person ... ____________________________________________________________ ________________ David j Taylor's ALBUM CATALOGUE: 1991-2005: DAVID TAYLOR ALBUMS: "Graphic Profile" (1991), "I'm Pretty" (2000), "I'm Still Pretty" (2001), "My Aren't you Pretty" (2002), "Taylor-Made" (2004), "This Town" (2005) "Don't Throw it Away" (2007 un-released) --- With Vancouver's BIG COOKIE: "Just Baked" (1994), "Log Hop" (1995), "Goldenhips" (1997), "Clean" (1998) --- with Regina's DOLLAR STORE MARY "For your listening pleasure" (2001), "self titled" (2002)