Michael J. Taylor, more commonly known simply as ‘Taylor’, is a bi-racial human who has been teaching, performing, and recording West African percussion since 1994. He authored the book “Remembering Your Ancestral Fire” published May 2023. He is also the owner and driving force behind Holy Goat Percussion, he imports, sells and repairs West African drums, teaches, is a Tam Tam Mandingue Djembe Academy Senior Certified Instructor, is the director of the Tam Tam Mandingue Djembe Academy – Chicago, School of Percussion and is a Lead Facilitator with Sewa Beats USA. He created the shamanic ritual the DRUMeditation™, created from his early times drumming having out-of-body experiences and astral travels, then reshaped after readings and validation with Elder Dr Malidoma Patrice Somè. His main instruments are the djembe, dunun and Malinke flute (tambin), but he plays a wide assortment of other drums including bugaraboo, congas, frame drum, bongos, and doumbek.