Meet the 11-year-old guitar prodigy taking the world by storm: Former Australia’s Got Talent star Taj Farrant has already performed with Carlos Santana and KISS – and has just released his debut single
He might only be 11 years old, but Australian guitar prodigy Taj Farrant is a rockstar in the making.
The budding musician has just released his debut single, Just Can’t Sleep.
But that’s not the only success the youngster has had, having already performed with the likes of Carlos Santana, KISS and Rob Thomas on stage.
Meet the 11-year-old guitar prodigy taking the world by storm: Former Australia’s Got Talent star Taj Farrant (pictured) has already performed with Carlos Santana and KISS – and has just released his debut single
He told The Music this month about his passion for music and said he became hooked on playing guitar after his father and grandfather took him to an AC/DC concert.
‘As soon as I heard Angus play Shook Me All Night Long I was hooked,’ Taj said.
He went on to say that performing with Carlos Santana in Las Vegas was a ‘dream come true.’
Passion: He told The Music this month about his passion for music and said he became hooked on playing guitar after his father and grandfather took him to an AC/DC concert. Pictured with Santana
His biggest fan: He went on to say that performing with Carlos Santana in Las Vegas was a ‘dream come true’
‘I still can’t believe it actually happened!’ Taj said, saying the musician gave him plenty of advice.
He also spoke about performing with rock legends KISS and said it came about after he performed at the Viper Room in LA.
‘KISS and I hung out for a couple of hours. Such great guys,’ Taj said.
‘Such great guys’: He also spoke about performing with rock legends KISS and said it came about after he performed at the Viper Room in LA
Taj boasts 192,000 subscribers on YouTube and has 82,000 Instagram followers.
He first burst onto the scene by appearing on the Ellen DeGeneres Show early last year, before going on to appear on Australia’s Got Talent.
Taj told Ellen about the AC/DC concert, saying: ‘I was on my pop’s shoulders and I said, I want to do that for the rest of my life. But I didn’t start playing until I was seven.’
Going for gold! He first burst onto the scene by appearing on the Ellen DeGeneres Show early last year, before going on to appear on Australia’s Got Talent. Pictured with Home and Away’s Lynne McGranger
He said he took lessons for about two years, before his father started teaching him to play.
According to The Daily Telegraph, Taj is a fully-endorsed guitarist and has a number of sponsorship deals under his belt.
In February last year, his father told the publication: ‘I guess his end goal was to be fully endorsed.’
He added: ‘He’s pretty much achieved everything he wanted to.’
Rock on: According to The Daily Telegraph , Taj is a fully-endorsed guitarist and has a number of sponsorship deals under his belt. His father told the publication that Taj has ‘achieved everything he wanted to’