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Taylor said, \u201cI\u2019m a big party guy. I like partying, and I like loud, Lynyrd Skynyrd kinds of things. So I sat on my back porch with my whole family, and we all wrote \u2018Delta Queen\u2019.\u201d Arguably, my three best songs were written with my family, so it seems like I need to add them into more of the writing sessions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taylor\u2019s career today is also summed up in a few words. \u201cIt\u2019s wide open,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friends and family enjoyed his music and wanted to be able to listen to it anytime, so he recorded a few songs. It turned out to be the cannon that launched a full-time career. Taylor had performed for friends and family since he was a kid but found his calling after a short move to Pilot Point, Texas, in 2019. A weekly job in a Texas bar exposed him to the music style that heavily influenced his writing and taught him how to play bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI found guys like Daryl Singletary. I learned about Bakersfield country, where Merle Haggard came from. I learned a lot about music and life in general when I moved out there. I found my sound and found myself and the direction I wanted my life to take,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it\u2019s a direction it has taken quickly. Playing four or five times a week keeps him on the road and often separated from family. His family is not only at the heart of his music, but his life as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy family is my compass. I played five shows last week in three different cities. People on the road are great, and they blow your head up. When I get home, I\u2019m just Eric Michael to them. If I start getting an attitude, they\u2019ll put me back in check. They\u2019re definitely the reason I can keep doing this. You\u2019ve got to have those people around you. I still can\u2019t believe that I get to do this job, doing what I love. I feel so lucky and blessed,\u201d Taylor said. GN<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DICK CLARK said \u201cmusic is the soundtrack of your life.\u201d Eric Michael Taylor would say music is his life, and he enjoys writing and performing the soundtracks of your life. Taylor\u2019s music style can be summed up in one word. \u201cRaw,\u201d he said. Listen to it, and you\u2019ll quickly agree. They are relatable and connect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n