Talenthouse

I use my gifts given to me from God to create audible art.

Location United States, Louisiana, New Orleans

Bio Ever since I was a kid I was surrounded by music. My dad was a Jazz producer, and since I grew up in New Orleans it was almost impossible to not be influenced by the culture and music of the city.
I knew that I wanted to be a music producer when I first heard some of the Neptunes work in 2000. The sounds they used, the way they emulated chords, and their ideas were genius to me.
I soon grabbed a keyboard, started making my beats, and experimenting with a 4 track recorder. Although my dad was a trained pianist he and my mother divorced, so learning the piano was a hard task.
Nevertheless, I continued creating until I found my own style and niche.

To further my career, I attended New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) where I studied audio engineering and Film/Video.

When I reached the 11th grade, Hurricane Katrina hit my city of New Orleans, and I was without music for a while. Just like all of the other Orlenians, me and my family decided to rebuild which allowed me to continue and follow my passion.

When I graduated high school I attended the Grammy Camp that summer. I spent 17 days in LA being intensely instructed by industry professionals.

While in college I started my recording business and gradually became the "go-to" audio engineer for any Pop/R&B or rock music. This was great because I was not only getting noted for recording, but the whole city started to notice that my production techniques were just as good as my recordings.

The most recent accomplishment was when I entered the Ryan Leslie/Talenthouse music production contest. Ryan held a contest that required each participant to create a video of themselves creating a piece of music. By my astonishment, I won this global competition with the help of my song writing partner and good friend, Vscript.

Ryan Leslie/Talenthouse flew me and Vscript out to LA where we worked with Ryan and Keri Hilson.

Since then, Ryan has given me some hope for future projects, and many other oppourtines have came about because of that. I now have many fans, and people who support my music all over the world like never before!

I am going to release my 2nd Album to the world at the end of the Fall "Taylor Made II" and I look forward to many more great things to come.

My New single will be release the week of Sept, 27th 2010 and I am constantly releasing "in the studio" videos.
www.blairtaylormusic.com

Influences The Neptunes, Ryan Leslie, Timbaland, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Jermaine Dupri, Brian Michael Cox, Darkchild

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