The Music of Shane Taylor

For anybody from Te Aroha and interested in the closure of the old Railway Walk bridge I wrote a wee protest song along with Jean Smith. Lyla and Luca adding backing vocals. I have posted it on www.myspace.com/shanetaylorsongs. It is song number 10. I will add it here soon. It's all become a battle between Ontrack and our council...........the bridge has now re-opened so hoefully it will stay open.

Welcome to my web site and beautiful Mt Te Aroha. You are listening to "Nuclear Free" from "Take me Back" Album. I guess this is my signature song and if you only listen to one then I'm happy it's this one as I wrote it for New Zealand. For 30 years now I have been writing and performing, I've recorded about 100 songs, sent out 100's of demo's, knocked on doors, but to date no record label or stardom. I've lived in luxury and I've lived in Vans, like all travelling musicians, and I have truely enjoyed the ride. I've been financing my own albums and selling them off stage which is very rewarding. Music was and is always in my blood. I have a collection of recordings here from cassette 4 trks to professional studio tracks. I believe all takes should be done in one pass, no patch ups, so some of my home studio stuff is a bit rough but the performance is what it is. Coming back home from Europe in 1997 to New Zealand I soon realised how hard it is to get a gig doing your own material in a small country but NZ is amazing. I'm a bit of a greeney. I love the outdoors and writing songs about feeling good about the earth. I write about local issues and people close to me. I got tired of narrow minded radio stations who don't support you until you are already famous. My music is not Rock and its not Country so radio support is pretty tricky in NZ. But I must add Pittsy's Radio Te Aroha and More FM in Hamilton have been very supportive. I like to tell a story about something real. I was really influenced by Harry Chapin, Jackson Browne and many other great 70's singer song writers. I don't enjoy playing in pubs full of drunks and wine bars are mostly too small to support live music. Well the internet has changed all that. My music is here for you to listen to, free. After years of touring NZ and Europe, recording 5 original albums I reckon I've earned the right to offer my music to you. There's some old un-released and new material I've just finished under the Personal Collection Cover. I've just rebuilt my small studio and inserted a new 16 trk recorder so keep listening, there's always new songs being finished. I've loaded lyrics and a brief discription of what or who the song is about, all my songs mean something to me. Hopefully you can look through this window and share my world for a brief time. I play solo around Te Aroha, At Reva's in Whangarei and The Audio Art Cafe in Hamilton so hopefully I may see you.

All the very best. Love what you do and who you are.

Take care

Shane

In 2009 I completed "The World we Created" Album. Click the Album Tag on the side of the page and then click on the Album cover to listen to all the tracks.

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