Stephen W. Tayler is a mixer, audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. His career began in the mid-1970s at Trident Studios in London and mostly involves studio work for pop/rock artists. In recent years, he has ventured into concert mixing, sound design and composition, and DVD authoring. He frequently collaborated with Rupert Hine and Howard Jones, but has hundreds of albums and singles by scores of artists to his credit.