Taylor Sparks is an award
winning producer of American popular music. He is the son of Kenny
and Lisa Sparks of Tucson, Arizona, and the grandson of the late
Butch and Linda Sparks of Tucson and Lucasville, Ohio. Taylor's song
– “Better Luck Next Time,” a collaboration with Darius Coleman
– recently won NBC's Songland
competition and thus became the new single release of country music's
Kelsea Ballerini. Kelsea, a Nashville star, has been recognized as
the first female country artist to send her first three singles to
the top of that chart since Wynonna Judd.
Speaking about “Better
Luck Next Time,” Coleman, a once-aspiring dancer-turned-singer
after a push from friend Jazmine Sullivan, says he overheard a love
story gone wrong while hanging with Taylor Sparks, who played guitar.
He says the lyrics to the song just flooded his head.
"I think a lot of us
creatives in general, but specifically songwriters or singers, I
think we're in tune to like energies," Coleman said of the
creative process.
Taylor Sparks has been a
producer/engineer/songwriter with the United Music Group since 2014
and a songwriter/producer for ten years. He currently has his own
studio in Los Angeles, California. With a wide variety in musical
background, he plays just about any instrument “he can get his
hands on” and specializes in pop/urban music.
Taylor is a graduate of
Sahuaro high school in Tucson. He says his musical education has
mostly been “extensive trial and error from the school of hard
knocks.” Being on the road and touring in a band at a young age, he
found himself falling in love with the studio. After leaving the
band, he then started producing records for local bands and artists
in his hometown of Tucson.
In a September 2012
interview with Audio Media International, Sparks says ...
“Lucky for me, I
didn't go to audio school; I saw past it. You can't be taught to be
creative. So instead of going the traditional route, I took out a
large loan, and put it all into my recording studio. I then moved to
Nashville and interned at Blackbird Recordings and got the hands on
experience with professionals that I needed.”
Sparks describes his style
as “big, aggressive yet polished” and often “dark and moody.”
He believes in starting
with a basic track and “creating around the vocal/song” or
creating a track and letting the track guide the vocal melody.” He
describes his work ...
“My every day is
getting to know my client and start to create a track within the vibe
of the conversation. That’s when I feel the energy never fails and
it just becomes tunnel vision.”
That formula certainly has
paid great dividends to date. Taylor has worked with and been in the
studio with Blink 182, Ashley Tisdale, Keith Urban, Azelia Banks,
Neon Hitch, Sirah, Maxine (Pharrell Williams), Journey, Joe
Bonamassa, Casey Abrams (American Idol), Roxxy Montana (X-Factor),
Bella Thorne, and many more.
Taylor Sparks is
continuously working out of his studio creating, learning and
developing his craft. Contact: https://www.taylorsparks.org/
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