Hayley Taylor


Hayley Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and actress whose songs have been featured on many popular television shows, including How I Met Your Mother, Royal Pains, and Pretty Little Liars.

Life

Born in Birmingham, Michigan, Hayley moved to Los Angeles as a child and began acting professionally in film and TV as a child, winning a Youth In Film Award for "Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture Drama" for her role in Touch of a Stranger with Shelley Winters.
As a young adult, Taylor also guest starred on television shows such as Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, Unsolved Mysteries, ER, and 7th Heaven.
After graduating from Vassar College she studied painting at the Sorbonne University in Paris and the New York Academy of Art.

Music career

Taylor's songs have been featured on Pretty Little Liars, How I Met Your Mother, Royal Pains, Privileged, MTV's Real World, and in many other TV shows and films.
Taylor was classically trained on piano and singing early on, but it was not until she learned to play guitar in college that she realized music was her passion.
Taylor was nominated by the Los Angeles Music Awards for "Best Independent Album of the Year." She was interviewed on Entertainment Tonight and on San Francisco's KRON news. She was Interviewed on Dutch TV's EénVandaag and she performed with her band live on the music television show City Sessions: Los Angeles on the DISH Network.
Taylor's debut album, entitled One Foot In Front of the Other, produced by Dan Romer and Eric Robinson was released on Aug 24, 2010. It featured an all-star cast of players, including Michael Chaves on guitar, Ben Peeler on guitar and pedal steel, Adrienne Woods on cello, Elliot Jacobson on drums, and producer Marshall Altman on backing vocals.
She is currently working on two new band projects, The Fauve and X My Heart with drummer Anthony Burulcich.

Discography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002ERRenee Carlson"Bygones"
2002Sabrina, the Teenage WitchFemale Council Member"The Whole Ball of Wax"
2002Unsolved MysteriesJenny"Without a Song"
20067th HeavenAndie"You Don't Know What You've Got 'Til He's Gone"

Placements

Taylor frequently performs with her band at the famed Hotel Cafe, and other prime Los Angeles venues.

Live Televised Appearances

Airplay

Taylor began garnering major airplay on XMU's Radar Report and Indie 103.1's Suicide Girls' Radio which led to her co-hosting the show for three months.