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About Me

HEARTOUR NOW ON

Heartour are the solo recordings of independent musican / producer Jason Young. Jason is best known as drummer for rock band THE RUSE . Mr. Young has been involved in the independent music world for over 15 years as a drummer, composer, engineer and producer.

In 2000 Jason moved to New York City to go to an audio engineering school. It was here that Jason began composing and producing his own music. Teaching himself piano and the art of digital music production he began creating songs. After 911 Jason locked himself in his lower Westside apartment and recorded a record called three by the imaginary solo band he dubbed HEARTOUR

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/19/2005
Band Website: heartour.com
Band Members:
Jason Young
(Drums, producer, piano, vocals, guitar, bass, art, recording and programming)
Influences: The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, U2, Led Zeppelin, Phish, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Clash, Peter Gabriel, The Who, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Grateful Dead, Arcade Fire, Metric, Muse, Modest Mouse, Wilco, The Killers, Rolling Stones, Bjork, Nada Surf, Daniel Johnston, Mute Math, The Pietasters, Counting Crows, Rage Against The Machine, The Thrills, Beck, Live, Built To Spill, The Skatalites, Brazilian Girls, Daft Punk, Perry Farrell, Death Cab for Cutie....
Sounds Like:

Record Label: Label Free
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Coachella

Sometimes I hear people say "There is no good music coming out these days".. And to those people I say "You just aren't looking hard enough dude or dudette"!!! In fact I strongly believe that there i...
Posted by heartour on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:00:00 PST

Here Is What Is

I went to a really cool show yesterday. The greatest thing about living in Los Angeles is the quality and frequency of great shows that I get to see. Yesterday I went to see the premier of Daniel La...
Posted by heartour on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:53:00 PST

JASONS BEST SONGS OF 2007 MIX

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! 1. Dashboard - Modest Mouse 2. The Pretender - Foo Fighters 3. 1234 - Feist4. You Don't Know What Love Is - The White Stripes5. Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John 6. Time Won...
Posted by heartour on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:24:00 PST

Setting fire to the blank page

Inspiration strikes. I will not turn away from the blank page anymore. It's all starting again. Here comes the flood.... the sound grows louder
Posted by heartour on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:21:00 PST

BEST RECORDS OF 2006

THE BEST RECORDS THAT CAME OUT IN 2006...1. THE STROKES - FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EARTH2. MUSE - BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIONS3. BECK- THE INFORMATION4. ROCK KILLS KID - ARE YOU NERVOUS? 5. THE KILLERS - S...
Posted by heartour on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:00:00 PST

U2 & PEARL JAM IN HAWAII

The best show I've ever seen went down this weekend in Hawaii. Thanks to my friends Monty and Ross for tearing it up Hawaii style. What a show.. what a weekend.. wow!12/9/2006 Aloha Stadium in Honol...
Posted by heartour on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:04:00 PST

2 NEW SONGS POSTED!

Brothers and sisters I am very happy to show you 2 new songs from my next record! "Get" and "If You" are from the upcomming Heartour release "Five" comming out in May! Spread jah word -J
Posted by heartour on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:10:00 PST

Happy New Year and other thoughts about death

Hello hello 2006!  Let's make some noise this year!  So a new year has arrived and what have I learned?  1.Starting a war to make money is STILL dumb 2. Honesty is STILL very&nbs...
Posted by heartour on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:09:00 PST

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!! here's my gift 2U!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! LOVE JASON HERE ARE MY FAVE SONGS FROM 2005! go make this mix yourself in iTunes! 1. Always Love - Nada Surf 2. Dakota - Stereophonics 3. A Million Ways - Ok Go ...
Posted by heartour on Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:27:00 PST

MY TOP 10 FAVE RECORDS FROM 2005

My Favorate Records of 2005 Jason's 2005 TOP TEN RECORDS Record/Artist 01. The Weight Is A Gift - NADA SURF 02. Brazilian Girls - BRAZILIAN GIRLS 03. Throw Down Your Arms - SINEAD O'CONNOR 0...
Posted by heartour on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:30:00 PST