Morgan Taylor Reid | |
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Birth name | Morgan Taylor Reid |
Born |
Santa Rosa, California |
November 1, 1985
Genres | Pop, alternative, rock, adult contemporary music, indie rock, indie pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, record producer, musician |
Instruments | Vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, bass, mandolin, ukulele, drums, percussion |
Years active | 2002–present |
Associated acts | Backstreet Boys, Grace Mitchell, MAX, Plug in Stereo, RedOne, Sean Douglas and Shane Harper. |
Website | www |
Morgan Taylor Reid (born November 1, 1985) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist and record producer based in Los Angeles. As an artist, Reid's music has been licensed for television including his song "Brighter" that was featured in the Season 7 finale of Grey's Anatomy, his song "Simply Human" featured on House (Season 8, Episode 9 FOX) and his song "Where Do I Even Start?" featured in Season 8, Episode 8 of Grey's Anatomy. After being featured on Grey's Anatomy, "Where Do I Even Start?" reached #74 on the Top 100 Alternative Songs on iTunes.
As a songwriter and record producer, Reid has worked with several artists including the Backstreet Boys. Reid wrote and produced five songs on the Backstreet Boys album In A World Like This including their single "Show 'Em (What You're Made Of)". Reid also produced their holiday single "It's Christmas Time Again", which he wrote with Backstreet Boys members Nick Carter and Howie Dorough along with songwriter Mika Guillory.
Morgan Taylor Reid, born and raised in Santa Rosa, California. He first played a musical instrument when he was three years old. He started learning piano at age four. He became multi-instrumental as he proceeded to learn additional instruments including guitar, bass, synthesizers, mandolin, and others. He was exposed to music by his parents. His moved listened to Top 40 and his father rock music including The Beatles, The Eagles, and Elton John. At the age of eleven he wrote his first song.
Reid lives and works in Los Angeles. He has written and produced several songs for artists such as Backstreet Boys, Megan Nicole (Bad Boy Records), Plug in Stereo (Atlantic Records), Shane Harper (Deep Well Records (Adam Anders) and several indie artists.