B Taylor
B Taylor
Growing up in Peoria Illinois,
B Taylor divided his time between his
hobbies, music and sports. Luckily,
those two interests would interweave throughout his life, granting him many
career opportunities. Having a reverend for a father and a church youth
choir director for a mother, it was inevitable that Taylor would be active
in his church choir, which would nurture a love for making music.
Throughout childhood, he played the drums, piano, organ, and guitar and
sang in the choir. His first songs were taught to him by his friends Bob
Robinson and Tim Kelly, who would become the platinum-selling
songwriters/producers of such hits as Boyz II Men抯 揙n Bended Knee?
(15x platinum CD), Sisqo抯 揟he Thong Song?(8 weeks at #1 on the
charts in the U.S. and 30 countries), and Case抯 揑抦 Missing You?
(4 weeks at #1 on the pop charts).
Taylor抯 athletic prowess took him to college where he played Division I
football and basketball at the University of Missouri. While in Missouri,
Taylor was also active in the Naval Reserves and was picked up by the
Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Vern Clark, to
play on the All-Navy and Team USA basketball teams as part of his service.
Upon completion of the basketball tour, the Navy assigned Taylor special
duty to allow him to continue his professional sports and music careers
while completing active military service and he received an honorable
discharge in Dec. 2003. Team USA brought Taylor to the west coast where he
was invited to play piano at a celebrity/NFL function. This event proved to
be a turning point in his career as he was discovered by Snoop Dogg抯
brother, Bing. Taylor was asked to play piano at Snoop and Bing抯
mother抯 birthday party and later at her wedding. At the party he played
揜ibbon in the Sky?for the recording artist Lenny Williams 揝parks
of Love? That experience spawned an opportunity to begin recording in a
studio in San Diego where he met members of Blink 182, Green Day and Jimmy
Eat World and was given the chance to join them on their Pop Disaster Tour
in2002. This break led to the decision to pursue music more seriously.
Since then Taylor has been performing in clubs across the country and at
various special events, such as the 2004 NBA All-Star Extravaganza, the
2004 Narcotics Anonymous Convention, a concert at New York抯 Manhattan
Center with Cuba Gooding, and more recently the 2007 American Music Awards
Pre Red Carpet event in Los Angeles and the 2008 Oscar抯 pre-party at the
at the Forbidden City in Los Angeles.
B-Taylor has worked with a variety of artists, notably rapper/actor/comedian
Nick Cannon (Drum Line), recording artist Nate Dogg and Legendary singers
Cuba Gooding (揈verybody Plays a Fool? and more recently platinum
recording artist and producer Pete Moore of Smokey Robinson and the
Miracles. Taylor has also been busy speaking about how he balanced his
military service, music and sports careers, appearing on San Diego抯 KUS,
San Diego抯 NBC and Telemundo. Meanwhile,
BTaylor continues to record
in the studio where he acts as a rapper, songwriter, and producer. This
multi faceted prodigy has already begun to leave his mark in the music
world with his unique twists on the traditional smooth sounds of R&B mixed
with the energetic beats of hip-hop.
Visit: http://www.BTaylor.com
