Taylor Locke
Artist / Producer
Taylor Locke is a producer, engineer, guitarist, singer, songwriter and performer. He owns and operates the Velveteen Laboratory studio, in Los Feliz Village, Los Angeles.
Taylor has recently produced Cullen Omori, Bloodboy, Geographer, The Midnight Club, and Human Resources. He has also worked with folk rock legend Linda Thompson, Canadian supergroups The New Pornographers and Sloan, Pearl Charles, and Dan Mangan.
He just completed a the score to a feature film, SLAYERS, due out on MGM this year. He is the sole writer & performer of the score.
As a composer & producer, he contributed 25 original songs for the YouTubeRed network BRAT Productions, and wrote new score and theme music for more than 30 Ed Sullivan Show archival episodes.
As a recording artist, Taylor is released The Bitter End, his 4 song EP with Caroline Records October 2020. The first single, “Dying up Here” arrived on September 18th. He previously released Time Stands Still, a collaboration with the late Kim Fowley (The Runaways), shortly before his passing. The LP, released on Lojinx Records, garnered critical acclaim in the UK and Europe. Prior to that, he lead the band Taylor Locke & The Roughs. In 1999 Taylor co-founded the band Rooney. He was the lead guitarist in the group for 12 years. The band recorded three major label albums on Geffen and Warner Brothers, and toured globally.
As a performing guitarist Taylor toured Europe, Japan and the US with glam-rock legends, Sparks. He played 40 theater and festival dates with them, doing a show that spanned their 27-album repertoire. As a studio guitarist he has played sessions for Emmit Rhodes, Roger Joseph Manning Jr, Bleu, and several long-distance sessions with overseas artists to name a few.
The Velveteen Laboratory is Taylor’s recording studio in the heart of Los Feliz, Los Angeles. It is filled with an impressive gear list including his vintage guitars, a wall of amplifiers, and heaps of collectible effects. Session ace, Roger Joseph Manning Jr’s (Beck, Air, Jellyfish, Moog Cookbook) museum quality synthesizers and piano collection reside in the Velveteen Laboratory.
In April 2018 Taylor launched Don’t Stop, The Story of Fleetwood Mac at the historic Largo at the Coronet Theater in Los Angeles. He co-wrote the comedic musical, and stars as Lindsey Buckingham. Don’t Stop! is a must-see for all Mac fans, music lovers and chuckle chasers. It is quickly becoming one of the most talked about residencies at Largo, and in LA.