We decided to give the kids an outlet that wasn’t pandemic or lockdown based this February, and made an album as a family for the RPM Challenge 2021. It was just the most precious, funny, brilliant month.

You are.

The Again, Again, Again line and melody has been flowing through my brain since 2017 or so. But if we are merely vessels for songs that are waiting to come to our shores, I was a leaky boat for a very long time and couldn't make the journey without…

Never forget the simple pleasure of just listening to music. I wrote a whole album about it a few years ago called The Lost Art Of Listening. This one's about how a song can simultaneously take you away from the concerns of life, yet make you…

This song is a work in process, co-written with Sarah Hansen.

2021 RPM Challenge

Created on the Polyend Tracker using a single "monowave" wavetable sample for a 48 hour Discord mini jam comp thingummy.

Parts of this are about a breakup, parts of it are complete nonsense. I leave it up to the listener to figure out which is which.

This is a song about someone John met when he moved to Arizona in 1975. A brief encounter that left inspiration for a song.

Working on a Plan © 2021 – John Otto Young – Fluffy Baby Music / BMI I wake up when my body tells me to The dogs’ll tell me what they want to do I wonder how my friends are doing today I wonder if they’ll come on out and play I run outside…

Fathoms deep