Louder Than The Music

Colorado based singer-songwriter, Sarah Anne Taylor, has just released her first single 'Small Steps'. The song is a beautiful marriage between pop and folk, featuring expressive piano, energetic percussion, and ethereal vocals. The single tells the tale of a journey Taylor took as her faith was tested and tried.

But before that particular journey began, another one had started years before. Taylor's journey with music started at an impressionable time in life when she realized what an incredible outlet it could become for her.

"I could express so many of my jumbled up thoughts when I wrote it into song," she says. "Every time I tried to express myself with my words, I would just ramble and never clearly communicate what was going on in my heart. But when I picked up a guitar or sat at the piano, the words came clearly and everything made sense."

Music became her source of expression in joy, pain and in worship throughout all circumstances. As her music grew, so did her faith. Her single is the outcome of both of these.

"Small Steps is my personal testimony. I grew up with Christian influences all my life and was always involved in my church in one way or another. I fell in love with Christ early. But a time in my life came when I found myself surrounded by the world, and it honestly didn’t look that bad. Everyone was having fun, no one was getting hurt, and all these lines I’d learned not to cross started to blur.

I thought Why not? I could try this out. So I started making small compromises here and there, taking small steps away from who I was. But then one day, it hit me so hard how far I had walked away from what I knew to be true. I had become a completely different person. Praise the Lord, at that moment I dropped to my knees and let forgiveness change me and bring me back to the grace I had called home."