If you are looking for proof of the redemptive and transportive power of song, look no further
than ADMT. Born Adam Taylor in Doncaster, the singer-songwriter not only has the knack for
creating candid, soul-bearing tracks, but he also makes songs that have changed – and
even saved – lives, starting with his own.
A teenage drummer whose first role in music misleadingly landed him poolside in Los
Angeles when he was recruited for a local band’s American tour, the fairytale was soon
punctured when ADMT found himself back home, working in a bottling factory after the
group stepped back from playing live. Though he would not have believed you back then,
this mind-numbing reset proved to be the start of another story, ADMT’s own.
“I was working at a bottle factory and I hated it,” he admits. “There were a lot of amazing
people working there, but it just didn’t feed my soul watching bottles go past. Then one of my
mates suggested I should sing rather than drum, but initially I wasn’t sure. It’s quite a scary
thing and I didn’t want to be – and I still worry about this now – the shit guy who everyone
says is good but when they end up on The X Factor they look like an idiot.
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