KYNETON songwriter Taylor Sheridan will head off on a national tour with The Voice winner Karise Eden and X Factor runner-up Dean Ray.
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Sheridan said he has previously played with Ray and was excited to get on the road.
“I’ve never worked with Karise but I have done a couple of shows with Dean. I’m looking forward to seeing how we work together and put on a great show,” he said.
“I started shows with Dean just after he finished X Factor. We ended up on the same booking agency.”
Sheridan decided he wanted to write songs when he was 16.
“There wasn’t that much (musical influence) around me when I was young,” he said.
“My parents weren’t very musical, so i was never surrounded by it. From about 16 I started writing songs and kind of knew that was the path I wanted to be on.
“I had a few shows in Kyneton but Bendigo always had the more thriving music scene.”
After Sheridan went to his first concert – Pete Murray at Bendigo Stadium in 2006 – he knew he had to take his music career more seriously.
“After that I ventured out in to Melbourne. My main goal was to play shows down there,” he said.
“I’ve been playing in Bendigo for the last three or four years. That’s where I started gigging regularly and got my first paid gig.
“As far as places to play, Bendigo holds sentimental value.”
Unfortunately for Sheridan, The Karise Eden-Dean Ray tour doesn’t venture to either Kyneton or Bendigo.
“I don’t have any gigs in Bendigo in the short term but and working to books some shows there,” he said.
“In a couple weeks, I am playing at a Kyneton function and have assembled best band I’ve ever had.
“I snagged a drummer from Pete Murray’s band and the bass player has toured with Michael Buble.”
Last November, Sheridan also launched his new EP in Kyneton to a sold out venue with more than 300 people turning out.
“It took a year to record and was launch in Kyneton at the local theatre,” he said.
“It was an enormous show. The local support I get is unbelievable. In a sense it has enabled me to do some things that I otherwise would be unable to do.”
Taylor said working on songs always begins with an acoustic guitar.
“When I was 16 I fell in love with the acoustic guitar,” he said.
“I’m not 100 per cent sure how to label my music. It’s more up to people to decide for themselves.”
For more information about Taylor head to www.taylorsheridanmusic.com or find him on Facebook.