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Artists Registry
c. Sevlievo Bulgaria
Artist's Statement
"If Only" (In memory 9/11) was written following broadcast of a TV documentary entitled "Voices of The Towers." Families and lovers, the bereaved described how important these last farewell messages from loved-ones trapped inside the towers were, and what they meant to them. The song was composed from such messages, the story of a farewell to a lover received after the collapse and found later on a telephone answering machine. When asked if I feel it is "appropriate to write such a heart rendering song out of such horrific circumstance" I can answer only this: What these people went through must not be forgotten, nor must their own stories. If the families of victims fins solace in hearing, keeping and treasuring such final voices, then that itself is enough.
If Only was originally released in 2010 on the album "And All the Kings Horses, AKA BLINK." Its first public radio broadcast was later, during a BBC Radio interview with Steve, BBC radio Leeds, UK - On the day of the 10th anniversary of 9/11. You can hear this broadcast via this link: http://youtu.be/CUZ8yBvbCf8
Following the opening of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, a new video has been commissioned and will feature the names of all whom died. It will be available soon. You may download the song "If Only" FREE here: http://soundcloud.com/jonathantaylorbulgaria/if-only-in-memory-9-11
The song was re-mastered during 2013 and now features Canadian violinist, David Copeland. It awaits further public release on my new CD, "Elephant in Chains" later this year.
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I am Jonathan Taylor, a British singer/songwriter who now lives in Bulgaria. I currently work as an English language tutor at the American College Arcus in Velicko Tarnovo, and also part time at the Koyco Koycov Community Centre in Sevlievo. Further, I am the principal song writer for the EnglishClub, an online teaching resource for teachers and learners, it is based in Cambridge, UK.
I write, produce and publish my own work, releasing it for digital distribution via the Oregon based USA Company CDBaby. I have completed 10 independent albums during the last 6 years. You may download many titles free, they change from time to time and via my Sound Cloud account. You will find this link in the Statement of Work as follows.
As a dyslexic, I was removed from formal education at the age of just thirteen. Having achieved good career success without any formal qualifications, I returned to learning, college and later university, at the age of 27. I was awarded the College Trust Fund Award in 1998 at BICC for "outstanding achievements in education." I have worked extensively in education, radio and music ever since.
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