Today, we’d like to introduce you to Paragraph Taylor.
Hello Paragraph Taylor, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
It takes me a paragraph to say what most people say in a sentence. I work a funeral home doing nearly everything mortuary some days, and I farm & make or play music for the remaining ones.
Both activities I help share pain to heal any involved. The band, which I started with my partner, has played 222 shows across North America, and we stay at the farm & create any time between shows we have available.
We all face challenges, but would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
In both industries, I’m in music and mortuary, and I frequently test patience with ebbs and flows of hurrying up and waiting.
Remembering A) the breath that ties us all together and B) that both vocations are a blessing to be called to provide keeps one centered, grateful, empathetic, and present at all times.
I appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I play guitar in two original acts, primarily with my artist, farmer, DJ, and spouse. Lillith Taylor is on vibraphone, and I am on guitar while we sing.
That apocalyptic industrial duo (sometimes more when friends are available) act is called “ManifestiV,” which I write for, manage online, and perform with, alongside another permanent 5-piece industrial nü-metal act based in Dallas called Secret Of Boris. I don’t sing in that one.
However, it moonlights as tribute bands to both nine-inch nails (“Mr. Self-destruct” is that one, named after the NIN record The Downward Spiral’s first song; namesake 94-95 tour from whence we get our pre-show cornstarch; attaching VHS tape to every mix & keyboard stand available) and Limp Bizkit (“significant others” named after Limp’s 2nd album, where I both play guitar & use it as a turntable), both of which I do sing with as needed.
Two other tribute acts I’ve sung in before were “mOBSCENE,” as Marilyn Manson, then “Krautstein,” background singing while playing drums and operating electronics, tributing Rammstein’s heaviest songs, yet they’re nowhere near as active as the others.
I also have provided two soundtracks for the DFW indie flick house Little Spark Films, for 2020’s The Torturer and 2023’s Vicemares, while working on a third for 2025’s Death World with electronic guru, dear friend, Secret Of Boris music video director, and ManifestiV synthesist Lcn1.
We love surprises, fun facts, and unexpected stories. Can you share something that might surprise us?
The guitar was, aside from novice vibraphone, the last instrument I picked up, even though it’s now the instrument I’m seeking to play the most. I began piano & synthesizers when I was five, drumming when I was twelve, and then reluctantly picked up guitar at fifteen. I always thought it was for the egotistical narcissists who were all, “Look at me!” haha.
However, once a generation of humble guitarists who were in it for the deep art emerged, like Munky & Head, Kurt Cobain, Dimebag Darrell, Adam Jones, Robin Finck, John 5, Wes Borland, and more, I had confidence in tackle the instrument that supplied the bite none of the others quite provided while remaining humble doing so.
Contact Info:
- Website: ManifestiV.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/paragraphtaylor
- Facebook: facebook.com/paragraphtaylor
- Twitter: x.com/paragraphtaylor
- Youtube: youtube.com/@paragraphtaylor
- Other: linktr.ee/paragraphtaylor
Image Credits
Lillith (July 2023), Legacy Tour: West Coast, ManifestiV show, Travis Warren, 3 Links (Deep Ellum), John Dalfonso, Never Sleep, John Dalfonso, Little Spark Films’ “Deathworld,” ManifarM, Deep Ellum Art Company, Andrew Sherman, Gas Monkey, Metal Dave (Pantera), JulinY Tour (2022), Secret Of Boris New Year’s Eve, Element Eighty – Ethan Massey, and Ryan A
