July 5 - Adam Young (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for July 5th are here: George Rochberg (2019), William Crotch (2020), Wanda Landowska (2021), George Rochberg (2022), and William Crotch (2023)

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Adam Young (b. 5 July 1986) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the founder and sole member of electronica project Owl City. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giving a Hoot

 

Owl City is an American electronic music project created in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota. Adam Young created the project while experimenting with music in his parents' basement. Owl City developed a following on the social networking site MySpace. -- adapted from Wikipedia, s.v. "Owl City"

 

If you live in Owatonna

In a basement and you wanna

Have a band, but have no friend

Who’s there to help you to that end,

Fill the basement with a shipment

Of the flashiest equipment,

Record a tune, or several of them,

And hope that folks on MySpace love them.

Well, this is how success was sprung

For Owatonna’s Adam Young;

Without a band, with no committee

Adam Young became Owl City.

 

 

 

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