When you listen to Brett Young’s songs like “Sleep Without You,” “In Case You Didn’t Know” and his latest single, “Here Tonight,” you can hear some of his California upbringing influence in his music. Brett says, “I think there is a handful of ways that being from Southern California influenced my sound or my brand of country music, if you will. I think the kind of obvious one is just, for anybody that’s ever been to Southern California, it’s extremely laid back, especially down in Orange County and especially like at the beach.”
Also, Brett cut his teeth in the beginning of his career writing songs and performing in Los Angeles, and he says, “I was a part of the singer songwriter community in L.A. for a long time and that’s a very laid back singer and their instrument. That’s really all it is and so I think the fact that that was where I was coming from as a country music artist combined with the fact that I grew up at the beach in Southern California I think that there’s a lot of Southern California’s DNA all over the songwriting and the record.”
You can hear that influence all over Brett’s latest album, Ticket To L.A., which he just released in December.
Brett Young – California roots on album :45
“I think there is a handful of ways that being from Southern California influenced my sound or my brand of country music, if you will. I think the kind of obvious one is just, for anybody that’s ever been to Southern California, it’s extremely laid back, especially down in Orange County and especially like at the beach. That’s why surfers are portrayed the way they are in television and film. There’s just a level of chill unlike any other, and I think that if you grew up there it’s gonna kind of seep into your personality and if you become a songwriter that’s gonna show for sure. The other thing is I was a part of the singer songwriter community in L.A. for a long time and that’s a very laid back singer and their instrument. That’s really all it is and so I think the fact that that was where I was coming from as a country music artist combined with the fact that I grew up at the beach in Southern California I think that there’s a lot of Southern California’s DNA all over the songwriting and the record.”