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Michael Taylor

About Me

Mississippi born: 5/8/1958 Illinois based. 35 years trying to make the strings sing. Eclectic - Jazz, Blues, Rock, Country, and whatever moves me at the moment. Songwriter, composer, recordist, and teacher. Currently addicted to Chet Atkins thumbstyle pickin.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/04/2008
Band Website: http://www.tioli.com
Band Members: Me, Myself, and I
Influences: Artists, writers, musicians, lovers, friends, teachers, ........ life.
Sounds Like: A guitar player who tries to sing.
Record Label: Quiver River Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I think I have MADDD

Yep, I think I finally have a name for my condition: MADDD "Musical Attention Deficit Disorder Dangit". For years I have bounced from style to style and back again. I love it all, I think. Don't try t...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:45:00 GMT

Blisters on my thumbpick!~

Yep, been working my right hand thumb this last year trying to get that Chetesque sound. Two new music posts reflect my attempt at this style. A public domain tune "Smiles" and an original composition...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:03:00 GMT

Composing like a composer should.

Tunze here, tunes there, tunes from my dreams, tunes from the back of my brain, tunes from the front. Into the digits they go, round and round, where they stop nobody knows, maybe, into your brain to ...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:23:00 GMT