Jessica Taylor Golden

Jessica Taylor Golden

California Girl

Living on the coast of California, Jessica is a 23-year-old singer/songwriter who loves sushi, dogs, and music. Her love for the beach brought her to the Pacific Beach neighborhood of San Diego, California. Living about a 5 minute bike ride from the ocean has allowed Jessica many opportunities for beach fun and nightlife. With all the fun of beach living, Jessica doesn't forget her roots in East County area of San Diego. Growing up in the East County suburb really gave Jessica the love for music that she embodies today. She attended Lakeside Middle School, a performing arts school, that encouraged her to pursue band classes and show choir. It was in these classes that music became a part of her. She learned the violin in band and also learned how to sing through show choir. In doing these things, Jessica began performing in other plays throughout the community into her late teenage years. Because of these strong events, Jessica found a deep love and passion for creating music and used her experiences to write her own lyrics.

Jessica climbing through a window on a fire escape

Hobbies

In her free time, Jessica enjoys going to bars, exercising, hanging out at the beach, and watching Netflix. She sometimes likes to play video games like The Sims series or The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. Spending time with friends and family is important to her and she always makes time for them even with her busy schedule.

Career

In high school, Jessica worked at McDonalds for some extra cash and gas money. After high school she worked at BestBuy and SeaWorld San Diego for a little while. After moving to Texas at age 18, she started working for Geico training to be an estimator. She also worked for State Farm and some auto body shops but came back to San Diego and is currently working for AAA as an estimator.

Favorites

Living in San Diego has influenced Jessica's favorite foods because of the extensive diverse culture. Her favorite foods include sushi, mexican food, and macaroni and cheese. Even with all the taco shops around, her favorite go-to spot is Taco Bell for their delicious meximelts (recently discontinued). One of her favorite bars is 7 Grand in the North Park neighborhood of San Diego. It's a dedicated whiskey bar, which this Irish girl loves.

Music

Since music has been a long time passion of hers, it only makes sense that she has musical influences in her writing and style. Some of the artists she accredits for influencing her sound is Muse, Halsey, Evanscence, Billie Eilish, Paramore, Taylor Swift, Lorder and David Bowie. In fact, it was at a Kelly Clarkson event that Jessica first felt the spark of passion for music. Now she spends most of her time writing and creating songs through her experiences with bits of these artists influencing her.

Jessica standing on an old truck posing
Jessica standing with clouds above her
Jessica posing with a building behind her
Jessica posing leaning back onto an object
Up close and personal with Jessica's face