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Welcome to the wide, wide world of TayMusic.net. The label is named for the River Tay in Scotland, but every element of the name rings true Đ even the suffix "net." In creating the label, guitarist Kirk Casey cast a wide net, and, with artists as working partners, has built a collection of musicians, composers Tay encompasses techno and electronica-based pop and urban hip-hop; contemporary and smooth jazz; folk, progressive rock and R&B; New Age and world beat; Celtic, Latin, Middle Eastern, and Indian music.


The operative word is "music," and not just its creation and enjoyment. For Kirk Casey, TayMusic.net is also about teaching younger players. Along with his artists, he hopes to forge partnerships with computer and music equipment companies to grow the label and, ultimately, form a music education foundation. "We're hoping to create a faculty and curriculum for online education," he says. In a time when financially-strapped schools are cutting music and arts classes, he says. "Online is a great way for us to reintroduce the arts back into education. It's a way of giving back."


It's a lofty ambition, but, since creating TayMusic.net in late 2003, Casey has gathered together a group of musicians who are not only established as artists, but who are as enthusiastic about teaching as they are about getting their own music heard. Keyboardist Tim Gorman, for example, recently presented a keynote speech at Camp Apple, Apple Computer's summer camp for music teachers.


"When you're starting a label," says Casey, "the core people are very important." His core includes artists who have been making music for movie soundtracks (Titanic), for television (The Who Across the America MTV Special), for popular video and computer games (The Sims), and in dozens of albums and on stage, whether at jazz clubs like Birdland and Yoshi's or in concert arenas around the world.
   



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