Owl City’s music makes you want to look back and think about the last time you heard a really good song. Not the kind of song that you liked because of neither music charts nor sheer forces of the masses. Upon listening to front man Adam Young’s creative sounds, you’ll come to realize that you do have your own radar for talent. Owl City is one of the very few artists that bring out genuine positive acceptance from today’s music crowd that’s thirsty for works that are refreshingly original.

Unlike those chart-toppers that paved their way to the industry the easy way – through agents, contests or the internet, Adam Young started quite humbly in a small city located at Minnesota called Owatonna with roughly just 22 thousand inhabitants. There, Owl City was formed in a basement of a modest house where you’ll find young Adam working hard on his electronic and melodically infectious music of simple and singular beauty.
Being an only child in a small town, and having no musicians in his immediate family, Adam is hard pressed to say how it all started. Explaining that he always had a “push” to be creative, Adam picked up his first guitar in junior high school. Growing up in a “sheltered bubble” and being one of the more shy kids around the neighborhood, Adam seemed compelled to lend his time and creative ideas to music. “I’ve always been the shy guy, I don’t see that changing, but I definitely feel a lot more comfortable than I anticipated. I can hide behind the music.”