Profiles in Geekdom: Musician Adam Young of Owl City

12.07.2012

Primitive. I started with Reason 3 on an old Dell desktop with the enormous box monitor. It's come quite a long way since then.

Can you tell us a little bit about how you get inspiration for your music, and the process of producing a track?

It varies but I get most of my inspiration from my life experiences. I collaborated with a lot of talented artists on so some inspiration stemmed from them. When producing a track, I always write music and vocal melodies before lyrics. Once I have a framework built, then comes plugging in the right sounds and the right syllables.

What was the most random piece of equipment you used?

I recorded myself swishing my bunk curtain back and forth on the tour bus and I've used the sample on almost every track I've ever produced.