Someone said you need to write 100 songs before you get a good one — maybe there’s some truth to that.
Karl Taylor is an accomplished songwriter & guitarist, someone who has focused on their craft long & hard.
Get Yourself Right is the first release from The Level Up Demos, a collection of songs recorded at home on
the kitchen table between 2010 & 2025. They’re explorations of the craft of songwriting, its a tribute to the
generations of gifted songwriters who’ve come before: Stevie Wonder, Lennon & McCartney, Andy Partridge,
John Hiatt, Elvis Costello, Brian Wilson, Jackson Browne, Hayes & Porter, Bob Dylan & 50 years of Motown.
These artists have been the textbook for generations of songwriters down through the ages.
The intention of The Level Up Demos is not to occupy the ocean of noise we live in, but to return to basics.
Most tracks are just a Rhythm Box, DI guitar/bass & vocals — not much in the way of production, but you get
the idea. The songs are carefully crafted real performances, not autotuned. They’re reflections on the human
condition — personal & political. They’re bare bones, with time & effort involved. Over the coming months, a
series of tracks from The Level Up Demos will be released on streaming platforms.Karl’s songwriting catalogue
stay tuned…
Someone said you need to write 100 songs before you get a good one — maybe there’s some truth to that.
Karl Taylor is an accomplished songwriter & guitarist, someone who has focused on their craft long & hard.
Get Yourself Right is the first release from The Level Up Demos, a collection of songs recorded at home on the kitchen table between 2010 & 2025. They’re explorations of the craft of songwriting, its a tribute to the generations of gifted songwriters who’ve come before: Stevie Wonder, Lennon & McCartney, Andy Partridge, John Hiatt, Elvis Costello, Brian Wilson, Jackson Browne, Hayes & Porter, Bob Dylan & 50 years of Motown. These artists have been the textbook for generations of songwriters down through the ages. The intention of The Level Up Demos is not to occupy the ocean of noise we live in, but to return to basics. Most tracks are just a Rhythm Box, DI guitar/bass & vocals — not much in the way of production, but you get the idea. The songs are carefully crafted real performances, not autotuned. They’re reflections on the human condition — personal & political. They’re bare bones, with time & effort involved.Over the coming months, a series of tracks from The Level Up Demos will be released on streaming platforms.Karl’s songwriting catalogue — stay tuned…