Where I’ve Been
I had no idea it had been a couple of years since I last really showed up on this page. I guess life gets away from you.
For me, it’s been a promotion at a new job and being constantly busy. I’ve been holding down two positions while waiting on my replacement. Add in playing oboe in multiple bands, and before you know it, two years have passed and you’re left wondering what just happened. Or you hit a new year asking yourself, what next? What now?
Nashville, Ministry, and the Question That Remained
I would like to say that moving to Nashville gave me a clear indication of that “something.” And in some ways, it absolutely has. I never imagined that God would place me in ministry through a company that is grounded in His Word. That part has been a gift.
And yet, the singer, songwriter, and writer part of me still wonders where she fits.
Creating Without Fanfare
Last year, I released a song and a journal and put almost no fanfare into either of them. Most of the copies I purchased, I ended up giving away. I have never been someone who enjoys the marketing side of what I do, and this was another reminder of that. In fact, I never even posted the song or the journal on this website.
That realization hit me on Christmas Day.
The Christmas Day Conversation
I found myself asking God a hard question.
Why would You give me the gift of music, the desire to write and create, but no real interest or ability when it comes to marketing what I make? What is the point of spending thousands of dollars and pouring effort into something if there is hardly an audience to hear it?
And I’ll be honest. A lot of that is on me. I am not a “look at me” kind of person. I genuinely cringe when it comes to sharing my music on Facebook. Not because I don’t believe it matters, but because I never want to come across as arrogant or feel like I am bothering my family and friends with what they might see as a hobby.
Still, the longing remains.
Because being authentic to who I am matters. And who I am is a singer, a songwriter, and a writer.
When the Answer Became a Song
So I brought that question back to God. If You placed this in my heart, what am I supposed to do with it? Why haven’t doors opened? What is the point of creating if the audience is so small, if it even exists at all?
That is where my song Audience Of One came from.
Audience Of One
Written by Kimberly Taylor (BMI)
© 2025 Kimberly Taylor. All rights reserved.
I raise my hands, look to the sky
All that matters is You said, “You are mine”
Don’t know if these songs will ever see a stage
More important is what I’ve done for an audience of One
The Answer I Needed
There was my answer.
God gave me a gift to use, even if it only ever goes as far as Him.
All the years I spent trying to prove my worth to people, trying to get the gig, trying to be number one, trying to build a fanbase, those years broke me. But the most important thing I have ever done is what God sees.
And if God sees fit to let my work reach someone else, if I feel led to post or share and it lands in front of someone who needs the message, then I place that outcome in His hands.
Why I Keep Creating
The point of creating, of spending money to record songs and releasing them into a world already filled with music, is simple. God asks us to use what He gives us. In Scripture, when talents were given, they were meant to be used, not hidden away or left dormant.
What comes of it is not for me to decide.
Looking Ahead
So that is 2026 for me.
I look forward to releasing Audience Of One as my first single this year. It is both a testament and a testimony to what God placed in my heart, and a reminder of who I am creating for in the first place.
