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music by Ian Young

Ian Young

Ian is a musician living in Los Angeles. While studying music and recording at the University of Massachusetts, he played bass in the collective indie/folk/rock act Will Brierly & the Roller Holsters as well as sang and played various instruments in his own solo project, Kill the Painter.


After graduating, Ian packed up and drove to California to work at a recording studio in Burbank. Vehicular woes and a lack of income forced him to leave the studio and apply his experience with audio to the home entertainment industry, eventually building screening rooms in the homes of actors, record & film executives, and other members of the Hollywood elite.


In 2006, Ian founded and developed ToneScene, a website that let independent musicians turn their songs into ringtones and sell them to their fans. The ToneScene website officially launched in 2008, but was soon forced to close after a key affiliate unexpectedly exited the wireless market.


Over the past few years, Ian has composed the music for several of JT Mollner's short films. He is attached to compose for JT's full-length feature The I Scream Man and recently won the Best Music and Sound award at the 2011 HollyShorts Film Festival for the short film Sugartown.


Ian also played keyboard and guitar for rock and roll cover band The Generics. He is currently rehearsing, rewriting, and recording material for his next solo project, a concept album titled Postcard.

Credits

  • Minkus - "Four Eyes" (bass, piano)
  • Minkus - ...Of Mice and Minkus (mixer/producer)
  • Dexter - "What I Should Have Said" (guitar)
  • Dexter - Demo EP (mixer/producer)
  • The Jazz Guys - Demo EP (mixer/producer)
  • Harris - "Girl, Don't Be So Shy" (backing vocals, handclaps)
  • Blatt is the New Black - Demo EP (mixer/producer)
  • Blatt is the New Black - "Complicated" (backing vocals)
  • Will Brierly and the Roller Holsters - "Nair" (bass)
  • Will Brierly and the Roller Holsters - "Don't Mean a Thing" (bass)
  • Will Brierly and the Roller Holsters - "Pilt" (bass, backing vocals)
  • Will Brierly and the Roller Holsters - "Rainsticks" (bass)
  • Will Brierly and the Roller Holsters - "Puzzle" (bass)
  • Kill the Painter - "99 Percent" (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboard, programming, mixing)
  • Kill the Painter - "Princess" (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboard, programming, mixing)
  • Kill the Painter - "Here and Now" (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboard, programming, mixing)
  • Kill the Painter - "California" (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboard, programming, mixing)
  • Kill the Painter - "Room w/ a View" (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboard, programming, mixing)
  • Kill the Painter - "Where Did I Go Wrong?" (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboard, programming, mixing)
  • Kill the Painter - "99 Percent (full band version)" (vocals, guitar)
  • Kill the Painter - "Sara's Car (full band version)" (vocals, guitar)
  • Kill the Painter - "Hard Rock Status Quo (full band version)" (vocals, guitar)
  • J Rulon - "Swept Away" (acoustic guitar, backing vocals, mixing)
  • Sunday Evening (composer, synth)
  • The Red Room (composer, piano, violin, synth)
  • Henry John and the Little Bug (composer, vocals, guitar, banjo, synth) 2010 HollyShorts Award Winner: Audience Choice, Honorable Mention
  • Sugartown (composer, percussion) 2011 HollyShorts Award Winner: Best Music & Sound
  • Brotherly Lovve (composer, guitar, piano, synth, bass, vocals)
  • Flowers in December (composer, mandolin)