Coined “the Canadian Paul Simon” by his fans, Canadian musician Taylor Abrahamse collaborated with legendary Beatles and Jimi Hendrix producer Eddie Kramer on his recently released, self-titled debut album. Taylor is gearing up to release a new single, called “I Don’t Care Anymore”, a sunny ballad with a 1970’s feel that is lyrically reminiscent of James Taylor and Randy Newman, with beautifully melodic instrumentation. “I Don’t Care Anymore” will officially be released as a single on Monday, March 22nd.
The former Canadian Idol top 30 finalist collaborated with legendary producer, Eddie Kramer (The Beatles, Jimi Henrix, Eric Clapton) and Fred Mollin (Jimmy Webb, America, Dan Hill) on the song, which became the album’s natural closer. A timeless-feeling ballad, Fred Mollin describes laying down ‘I Don’t Care Anymore’ as ‘one of the highlights of my career’, and Eddie Kramer says Taylor is ‘truly one of Canada’s most original and outstanding artists I have worked with in some time’.
Taylor’s inspiration for “I Don’t Care Anymore” came from his real life experiences. After ending a long-term relationship, Taylor found himself preferring to avoid his feelings of grief instead of dealing with them – something easy to do in a world full of distractions. Taylor did over a hundred takes of the lead vocals over many months, and exhaustively tried to compile them believably together into the ultimate take. When stuck on how to write the simple but impactful bridge of the song, he simply looked out his window on Toronto’s Ossington Avenue, and saw a happy couple walking through the snow together. ‘I just want to walk through the snow with you’ was born. ‘It felt right to keep repeating it, and to repeat the ‘its okay to be alone’ line as well. The repetition made it feel like I was trying to convince myself, which I really was at the time.’
We live in a world where it’s very easy to distract ourselves from our feelings, but avoiding our feelings can have a subtle but profound price. I Don’t Care Anymore is a song about trying to avoid the pain of ending a long-term relationship, fighting your natural need to process & grieve the loss. Yet, on the other end of sadness, there’s a rainbow. – Taylor Abrahamse
Biography:
After seeing Taylor put on a spontaneous performance at Canadian Music Week, Grammy-winning producer & engineer Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Carly Simon, David Bowie & many more), insisted on producing & developing him. Eddie describes Taylor as ‘A true artist, and songwriting genius’. His debut album has a musical backdrop that is true to classic songwriters of the 20th century such as James Taylor or Randy Newman, yet feels entirely fresh – dealing with his experiences with love, depression, loss, and even gender identity. Taylor co-founded a busy professional recording studio, Silverthorn Studios, where much of the album was recorded & mixed.
He has also written musicals, and music for other artists & television series seen worldwide, including the main theme for ‘Fangbone!’ (Disney), one of many cartoon series in which Taylor plays a lead or supporting character. He also wrote and performed original song videos for Youtubers such as Corus’ online division & ‘Super Planet Dolan’ – resulting in over 20 million plays and thousands of music downloads.
Beginning as a five-year-old Elvis impersonator at county fairs, and writing songs & playing guitar since he was 12 – at sixteen, he was a Top 30 finalist on Canadian Idol. He has performed concerts on stages across Ontario including Dundas Square, The Mod Club, the Festival Of Lights and as the closing performer for the Ontario Special Olympics.
A professional singer/songwriter, recording studio owner & voice actor, Taylor is a one of a kind singer songwriter. Fans have described him as ‘The Canadian Paul Simon’ and Grammy-winning producer Chris Birkett says: “Taylor Abrahamse has all the talent of some of the world’s mega artists like Michael Jackson, Prince and Jon Anderson (of Yes). His vocal range is almost off the audio scale. Seeing him perform is an overwhelming experience.”
