Check Out Court Taylor’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Court Taylor.

Hi Court, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I’ve always loved music and had a relationship with music. I grew up listening to classic country with my grandparents, and my dad showed me all of his favorite bands. I just fell in love with the storytelling of music. I took piano lessons for a year when I was in the fifth grade because my parents promised if I learned to play the piano, they would get me a guitar.

I continued to play the piano on my own growing up, and then when I graduated high school, my dad bought my first guitar. It took me years before I learned to play it, but I mostly spent time playing alone in my room. My parents didn’t even know I could play it or sing until around 2020. In 2020, when the pandemic hit, I was living in Arizona. My friends and I couldn’t go anywhere, so we hung out in each others’ backyards. One night, my friend and I were sitting alone, and he had a guitar. He was playing it a little bit, and he asked if I could play.

I told him I could, but I couldn’t play it well. He asked me to play him a song. I played him Creep by Radiohead, and when it was over, he was wiping tears from his eyes, and said “Wow, I didn’t know you could sing like that.” The rest of our friends came out and he had me play it again for them. I was so nervous because it was the first time I’d ever played for anyone. They loved it and encouraged me to play it out. I played a few shows at some Vineyards in Arizona, and then I ended up moving back home to Savannah.

In 2022, I started playing music regularly around Savannah. Then, I felt like I wanted to grow as a songwriter and artist, and I would learn from the best if I made the move to Nashville. I moved here the last weekend of February in 2023. Ever since then, I’ve been writing songs and playing shows several times a week.

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
It’s been a relatively smooth road. My road to discovering my passion for music was not smooth. It took a long time for me to realize this was a passion I could pursue. I kind of had a rags-to-riches story. My parents both grew up without a lot of money.

They had me very young. My mom was 19 and my dad was 21. They had to work very hard to provide for my brother and me. Because of that, they wanted to ensure my brother and I would never have to struggle financially and encouraged us to pursue more practical careers. They always encouraged my creativity, but more as a hobby than a career. I ended up going to the University of Georgia for finance and then went down a career path in aerospace and defense.

I work on missile builds for my day job. Now that I’ve set myself up in a good place there, my parents are more comfortable with me pursuing a music career. They encourage me to shoot for the stars. Since I’ve been doing music though, a lot of doors have opened. I have to hustle and work hard, but I’ve been very lucky.

In most opportunities I seek out, people agree to give me a shot, which blows my mind every day. But Nashville has been super kind. I think the biggest struggles I face are within myself. I deal with imposter syndrome a lot. I’m constantly questioning if I am good enough to be here or if I can compare to all of the artists and songwriters I’ve looked up to for so long. I would say I’m my biggest obstacle.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I am an alternative country musician. I would say I specialize in songwriting. People seem to respond to my lyrics and the stories I tell through my songs. I think I bring an authenticity to my music that my audience enjoys. I’m not afraid to deliver hard messages, and say the things that everyone is thinking but won’t say.

I’m most proud of my band and the community I’ve built. I get to work with my best friends every day. We write the songs that are on our hearts and then we perform them in front of several different audiences each week. I’m proud of the bond we’ve built and the way we have such chemistry on stage. It makes the job so much fun.

We’d be interested to hear your thoughts on luck and what role, if any, you feel it’s played for you.
I have such a love-hate relationship with this. I can’t deny that luck does play a part in being a successful musician, but we have to work very hard to get into the rooms that give us the chance for luck to play a factor. I think people see us get these opportunities and it comes across as very easy, but we’re always hustling behind the scenes.

We’re always chasing down gigs and asking songwriters and booking agents to take a chance on us. But that hustle gets you in the venues and in the rooms where luck plays a factor. For example, when I opened for Kane Brown, I hustled very hard to get The Grove to take a chance and let me play there.

They ended up booking me several times a week.

And that hustle and consistency put me on the stage enough, that a booking agent for Enmarket Arena ended up walking in. He heard me play and said “Hey someone just dropped out last minute. Do you want to fill the spot?” and that was luck. Just the happenstance that I was the one there and playing when he walked in. and luck that someone had dropped out and he needed to fill the spot.

Contact Info:

• Website: courttaylormusic.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/court0rdered.music/
• Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/p/Court-Taylor-Music-100066914206685/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRDCDM_CBJTYYrktIP3AXdQ
• Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0akKlcfgdtA8p4qXI0YMTw?si=1zWW_qrwTfiIuP-eyxQwGg

Image Credits
Logan Alexander and Chelsea Erica Smith