Yvette Young

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Yvette Young
Young in January 2016
Young in January 2016
Background information
Birth nameYvette Young
Born (1991-06-28) June 28, 1991 (age 30)
San Jose, California
GenresMath rock, Art rock, Progressive rock
Occupation(s)Musician
Composer
InstrumentsGuitar, Violin, Piano, Vocals
Years active2009–present
Associated actsCovet, Archaeologist, Analogue Dear, Mario Camarena, Scale the Summit, San Holo, Polyphia

Yvette Young (born June 28, 1991) is an American musician from San Jose, California. She is currently the front-woman for the math rock band Covet.[1]

History[]

Young is of Chinese heritage and comes from a musical family: her father Phil is a singer, accordionist, and composer, and her mother is an organist and accordionist. She began taking piano lessons at the age of four, and violin lessons at the age of seven. She graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Fine Arts[2] and began her career by posting videos of herself playing music in 2009.[3] In 2014, Young released an EP titled Acoustics EP[4][5] and further expanded her discography with the release of a split EP with Natalie Evans in 2015.[6] In June 2017, Young released a second EP entitled Acoustics EP 2.[7]

Young used her background in piano to use polyphony on a guitar. She taught herself guitar, playing by ear she notes, "I write with my ear, so I’m not really in a box in terms of chord shapes. And I don’t use [traditional] shapes at all, which freaks a lot of people out! I have a million different tunings I work in too so I didn’t really put in the time to learn every shape in every tuning, that would be ridiculous."[8] She uses a technique of singing the part out loud and then replicating it on guitar to decipher the parts of the songs she writes. [8]

Young also creates unique illustration and art pieces, including work on some of her own guitars.[9] One of her paintings serves as the cover for her band's album Technicolor, released in June 2020.[10]

Young has begun to teach a master course on guitar and finds that her style resonates with many of her students. [11] [8] Before this she was mainly an art teacher, but by teaching while on tour she has become a music teacher.  [8]

Young was featured in a Super Bowl LV Commercial in February 2021 for Logitech.[12] She is also featured on their website as a partner with tutorials and tips on how to use their equipment. [13]

Young was featured on Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!'s new album Gone Are The Good Days on the track, Tongue Tied.

Gear[]

As of 2019, Young plays two Ibanez Talman Prestige guitars with Seymour Duncan Five-Two single-coil pickups and custom sparkle finishes, and a 7-string, fanned-fret Strandberg that she has painted.

Young plays through Vox AC amps. Her touring amp is an AC30.[14]

During NAMM 2020, Ibanez announced her signature model, the YY10, a Strat-style Talman.

Discography[]

Yvette Young performing with Covet, 2019

Solo discography[]

Extended plays

  • Acoustics EP (2014)
  • Yvette Young/Natalie Evans Split (2015)
  • Acoustics EP 2 (2017)
  • Piano EP (2019)

Covet discography[]

Albums

  • Effloresce (2018)
  • Technicolor (2020)

Extended plays

  • Currents (2015)
  • Covet on Audiotree Live (2016)
  • Acoustics (2019)

References[]

  1. ^ Harrington, Jim (22 February 2016). "SXSW Bay Area spotlight: San Jose's Covet delivers magical math rock". Mercury News. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ^ Salvatin, Lorisa. "The Sound of Odd Numbers: Yvette Young". XPRESS Magazine. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. ^ Carnes, Aaron. "Guitarist, Yvette Young, Leads Math Rock Band, Covet, With Piano-Like Finger-Tapping". Metro Silicon Valley. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Release group "Acoustics EP" by Yvette Young - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  5. ^ Glob, Cletus. "ALBUM REVIEW: YVETTE YOUNG - ACOUSTICS (2014 EP)". The AU Review. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  6. ^ Frosh, Joel (2 November 2015). "LITTLE L RECORDS INTRODUCES NATALIE EVANS". Circuit Sweet. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Acoustics EP 2, by yvette young". yvette young.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d November 2019, Rob Laing 18 (18 November 2019). "Yvette Young: "I jokingly call myself a hack because I figure everything out by ear and I don't really have a formula I follow"". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  9. ^ "Artwork of Yvette Young". Artwork of Yvette Young. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Yvette Young Official Facebook Page". Facebook. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Yvette Young | Guitar Lessons & Master Course". JamPlay.com. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  12. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpCIEY9xgTY
  13. ^ "Logitech for Creators".
  14. ^ "Rig Rundown - Covet's Yvette Young - youtube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
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