Friday, October 21, 2022

“Loud Enough (Live from the Parish)” by Kevin Taylor – A Song Feature

 

     Equipped with charisma in his voice and a Fender guitar strapped to his body, Kevin Taylor recorded “Loud Enough” at Parish, a live music venue in Austin, Texas. Under other conditions, the calming confidence of the vocals would carry a listener’s attention through the single. However, the commanding presence of the guitar demands equal consideration.

Kevin Taylor's Austin-based version of
the Abbey Road album cover?

     And under other circumstances two and a half minutes into a song is sufficient for proper evaluation. That doesn’t apply to “Loud Enough” because the song has two gears in reserve. First, Kevin Taylor launches an enlivened guitar solo, which then deposits the listener at an intensity upshift. In the official video of “Loud Enough,” it’s a cable discovery that triggers the upshift. Until the discovery, Taylor unsuccessfully attempts to explain to an annoyed sound engineer that something is not right. When Taylor plugs the cable into the sound system, the already strong single gains more strength, motivating the previously uninterested sole patron at the Parish to get up and dance. 

     Taylor said, “This is one of my favorite tunes I've written. This recording was taken from a live a video shoot, and we really felt we captured something special on the day of shooting!” The other band members were Austin Sisler (guitar), Maximiliano Martinez (bass), Sarah Ulloa (vocals, synth), and Jean-Luc Vorster (drums).

 
     “Loud Enough (Live from the Parish)” by Kevin Taylor


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