Taylor began his formal music education as a young child in Pensacola, Florida.  His paternal grandmother loved classical music and opera so much that she paid for years of piano lessons, and for a piano in Taylor's home. His love of rock music, however, inspired him to pull an acoustic guitar out of his father's closet and translate the musical knowledge he had gained on the piano into playing the guitar.  Around the age of 16, his church persuaded him to use this dual ability to play the bass guitar by following the piano player's left hand movements. A borrowed bass guitar made this possible, but he eventually purchased his first bass guitar (a Fender Precision which he still owns and plays), and that enabled him to gig-out with his older musician friends.  As an avid basketball player, this sometimes necessitated arriving at the venue immediately following a game - still in his uniform!  While attending the University of Alabama at Birmingham he majored in Political Science and minored in Music Technology.  While in college, he participated in the UAB jazz ensemble, but music theory classes and aural skills classes continued to sharpen his music abilities.  In 2000 Taylor moved to Tampa to tour with the Christian band and Pamplin artists "Scarecrow" and "Tinmen." This led to performing at numerous large scale venues in front of tens of thousands of people and even a Pope-centered event in Rome that had millions in attendance.  Since his two-year stint in "Scarecrow" Taylor's music pursuits have been mostly local to the Central Florida area. He has filled the bass role in the Tampa modern rock band "This Day On" since 2003. He has also freelanced on a regular basis with a range of artists from worshipers Steve Fee and David DeMarco to Tampa pop rock outfit 'Radio Reset' and even filled some dates for Aaron Marsh of "Copeland." Taylor regularly plays with the team of musicians at Relevant Church (where he attends) and just finished recording upright bass tracks for their upcoming acoustic Christmas album. His favorite saying: "Tell me, just how dangerous is second best?"  Band nickname: "T-money"